Find A Grave - County Armagh

, Generous b. 1988 d. January 15, 2013
Champion Thoroughbred Racehorse. Considered one of the best racers of his time, he won six of eleven races. His major wins include the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, the Irish Derby, the Epsom Derby, the Dewhurst Stakes, the Reference Pointer Stakes and the Garter Stakes. His honors include ‘British Horse of the Year' and the ‘Irish Horse of the Year'. After the 1991 racing season, he was retired to stud where he sired more than 160 European winners. He was retired from stud...[Read More] (Bio by: Whispers From The Grave)
Buller's Stud Farm Grounds, Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Beresford, Lord John George de la Poer b. November 22, 1773 d. July 18, 1862
(Protestant) Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (appointed 1822). Cousin of Marcus Gervaise Beresford (q.v.) (Bio by: David Conway)
Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Beresford, Marcus Gervaise b. January 14, 1801 d. December 26, 1885
(Protestant) Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (appointed 1862). Cousin of Sir John Beresford (q.v.) (Bio by: David Conway)
Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Boroimhe, Brian 'Brian Boru' b. 941 d. April 23, 1014
Irish Monarch. King of Ireland whose military gifts enabled him to deal a succession of defeats against the Norsemen and their allies. His last battle, at Clontarf, was also succesful, but being too old to fight himself he remained in his tent where he was killed by a fleeing soldier. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Conway, William b. January 22, 1913 d. April 17, 1977
Created (Catholic) Atchbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in 1963 and made a Cardinal in 1965. (Bio by: David Conway)
Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
D'Alton, John Francis b. October 11, 1882 d. February 1, 1963
Catholic Bishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (1946). Created a Cardinal in 1953. (Bio by: David Conway)
Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
D'Arcy, Charles Frederick b. January 2, 1859 d. February 1, 1938
(Protestant) Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. (Bio by: David Conway)
Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Daly, Cahal Cardinal b. October 1, 1917 d. December 31, 2009
Roman Catholic Cardinal. He drew the ire of his fellow Catholics for advocating an end to the violence in Northern Ireland. Raised by a middle class family in Loughuile, County Antrim, he was educated at St. Patrick's National School, and later at St. Malachy's College, Belfast, and at Queens University, Belfast. Ordained a Priest in 1941, he took his doctorate in 1944, then taught for a time in WWII Paris, where he came under the influence of progressive thinkers (though he himself was to be...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Knox, Richard Bent b. September 25, 1808 d. October 23, 1893
(Protestant) Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (appointed 1886). (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Heart disease
Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Mac Rory, Joseph b. March 19, 1861 d. October 13, 1945
Religious Figure. Born in Ballygowley, near Armagh, he studied at Saint Patrick's College, in Armagh and at Saint Patrick's College, in Maynooth. He was ordained, on September 13, 1885, in Maynooth. He was the first president of the Dungannon Academy, in 1886 to 1887. He was a Faculty member of Oscott College, from 1887 to 1889, and of Saint Patrick's College, in Maynooth, from 1889 to1915, the last three years serving as vice-president. In 1906, he was one of founders of "The Irish Theological...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
O Fiaich, Cardinal Tomas b. 1923 d. May 8, 1990
(Catholic)Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, 1977, made Cardinal in 1999. Writer and lecturer in history. A controversial and dedicated advocate of a united Ireland, who was regarded by some as reticent in his condemnations of the IRA. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Robinson, Richard '1st Baron Rokeby of Armagh' b. 1709 d. October 10, 1794
(Protestant) Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (appointed 1765). Raised to the peerage as Lord Rokeby in 1777. Walpole called him 'a proud but superficial man'. (Bio by: David Conway)
Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Saint Ethnea
Saint. She was the daughter of the King Of Ireland. After she and her sister met St Patrick they were baptised. Both died soon after in religous happiness. Ethnea died around 433AD and her Feast Day is January 11th. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

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