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[Post Famine Ireland- Social Structure
Ireland as it
Really Was.
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Biographical Information
This list includes those who did some good to Ireland. So most politicians and clergymen are excluded
Alexander, Cecil Francis, 1818-1895, hymn-writer
Allen, William Allen, David Allen and Sons, bill-posters
Allman, George James, 1812-98, botanist and zoologist
Allman, George Johnston, 1824-1904, mathematician
Atthill, Lombe, 1827-1910, obstetrician
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930, 1st Earl Balfour, Chief Secretary 1887-91
Balfour, Gerald, 2nd Earl Balfour, 1853-1945, Chief Secretary, 1895-1900
Ball, Sir Robert Stawell, 1940-1913, astronomer, mathematician
Barbour, Sir John Milne, linen thread manufacturer
Boole, George Boole, 1815-64, mathematical logic
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-90, dramatist
Brabazon, Reginald, 12 earl of Meath, 1841-1921, philanthropist
Burke OP, Rev Thomas, 1830-83, Dominican preacher
Burke, Thomas Henry, 1829-82, Under Secretary 1869-82
Carson, Sir Edward, 1854-1935, barrister, MP
Clancy, John Joseph, MP, Dublin North 1885-1918
Clark, Sir George Smith, 1861-1935, ship builder at Workman Clark
Clarke, Harry, 1889-1931, stained glass
Cochrane, Sir Henry, 1836-1904, non-alcoholic drinks
Dargan William, 1799-1867, railway projector
Davidson, Sir Samuel, 1846-1921, manufacturer of industrial fans
Deasey, Rickard, 1812-83, barrister, MP, Lord Justice of Appeal
Dickinson DD, Rev. Hercules, 1827-1905. Dean of Chapel Royal, Alexandra College
Dinneen SJ, Rev. Patrick, 1860-1934, Gaelic language, lexicographer
Donnelly, Sir, John 1834-1902, education South Kensington
Du Cross, Sir Arthus Philip, 1871-1955, manufacturer of pneumatic tyres
Dunlop, John Boyd, 1840-1921, inventor of pneumatic tyres
Edward VII, 1841-1910, king 1903-10
Ewart, Sir William, 1817-89, linen manufacturer
Falkiner, Caesar Litton, 1863-1908, barrister, Historical Manuscripts Commission
Ferguson, Sir Samuel, 1810-86, barrister, poet, antiquary, Keeper of the Records
Ferguson, Henry, 1884-1960, manufacturer of tractors
Finlay S.J., Thomas Aloysius, 1848-1940, priest, educationalist, and author
Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851-1901, professor, physics , education
Flower, Robin, 1881-1946, Gaelic language, poet, translator
Foley, John Henry, 1818-74, sculptor
Foster, Vere, 1819-1900, philanthropist, educationalist, assisting emigrants
French, William Percy, 1854-1920, song writer
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-94, controversialist, historian
Gallagher, Thomas, 1840-1927, tobacco manufacturer
Geddes, Wilhelmina, 1887-1955, stained glass
George V, 1965-1936, king 1910-36
Gibson, Edward, 1st Baron Ashbourne, 1837-1913, barrister, MP, Lord Chancellor
Gilbert, Sir John, 1829-98, antiquarian, librarian of Royal Irish Academy
Gore-Booth, Eva, 1870-1926, co-operative movement
Graves, Rev. Charles, 1812-99, C of I bishop of Limerick, mathematician
Gray, Edmund Dwyer, 1845-88, journalist, municipal improver
Gray, Sir John, 1816-75, journalist, MP, municipal improver
Green, Alice (Mrs Stopford Green) 1847-1927, writer on Irish history
Gregory, Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory , 1852-1932, dramatist, theatre.
Grubb, Sir Howard, 1844-1931, instrument maker
Grubb, Thomas, 1800-78, instrument maker
Gubbins, John, 1836-1906, racehorse breeder
Guinness, Edward Cecil, 1st earl of Iveagh, 1847-1927, brewer, philanthropist
Guinness, Sir Edward Arthur, 1st Baron Ardilaun, 1840-1915, brewer, philanthropist
Gwynn, Rev. John, 1827-1917, divinity, authority on ancient Syriac
Hannay, Rev. James Owen, ‘George Birmingham’, 1865, 1950, clergyman, novelist
Hardebeck, Carl, 1869-1949, music collector
Harland, Sir Edward, 1831-95, shipbuilder, MP, mayor of Belfast
Haslam, Anna, 1829-1922, women’s’ suffrage, temperance
Haughton, Samuel, 1821-97, geologist, tide observations, medical administrator
Healey, John Edward, 1872-1924, barrister, editor of Irish Times, co-operative movement
Herbert, George, 13th earl of Pembroke, 1850-95, technical education
Hincks, Rev. Edward, 1792-1866, deciphering cuneiform inscriptions
Horniman, Anne, 1860-1937, theatre promoter
Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949, Gaelic language promoter
Ingram, Thomas Dunbar, 1826-1901, barrister, Indian civil service, historian
Ingram, John Kells, 1823-1907, scholar, TCD, RIA
Ismay, Joseph Bruce, 1862-1937, ship-owner White Star line
Ismay, Thomas Henry, 1837-99, ship-owner, White Star line
Jacob, George, 1854-1942, biscuit manufacturer
James, Sir Henry, 1803-77, Royal Engineers, ordnance survey
Jellicoe, Anne, 1823-80, women’s education, Alexandra College
Joly, Charles Jasper, 1864-1906, Astronomer Royal
Kane, Sir Robert, 1809-90, chemist, education
Keenan, Sir Patrick, 1826-94, education
Lane, Sir Hugh, 1875-1915, art dealer and collector
Larcom, Sir Thomas, 1801-79, Royal Engineers, surveying, mapping, Under Secretary
Lavery, Sir John, 1856-1941, painter
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-73, barrister, journalist, novelist
Lecky, William, 1838-1903, historian, Liberal MP
Lett, Anita, 1872-1940, rural development for women
Macan, Sir Arthur, 1843-1908, obstetrician
MacDonnell, Anthony, 1844-1925, Baron MacDonnell, Indian Civil Service, Under Secretary
Mackie, James, 1864-1943, textile machinery manufacturer
MacNeill, John (Eoin), 1867-1945, Gaelic scholar and antiquarian
Mahaffy, Sir John Pentland, 1839-1919, provost of Trinity College Dublin
Mapother, Edward, 1835-1908, surgeon, medical officer of health
Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937, development of radio
Martin, Violet, 1862-1915, author
Martyn, Edward, 1859-1823, dramatist
McClintock RN, Sir Francis, 1819-1907, Arctic explorer
Molloy, Monsignor Gerald, 1834-96, education
Moore, George, 1852-1933, writer
Morris, Sir Michael, Lord Morris and Killanin, 1826-1901, barrister, MP, Lord Chief Justice
Mulholland, John, 1st Lord Dunleath, 1819-95, linen manufacturer
Murphy, William Martin, 1844-1919, finance, urban transport, newspapers
Newman, Rev. John Henry, 1801-90, education, controversy, Cardinal
O’Brien, Charlotte, 1845-1909, writer, philanthropist, assistance for emigrant women
O’Brien, Peter, Baron O’Brien, 1842-1914, barrister, Lord Chief Justice
O’Conor Don, Charles Owen, 1836-1907, MP
O’Donovan, John, 1806-61, Gaelic scholar and antiquarian
O’Hagan, Thomas, 1st Baron O’Hagan, 1812-85, barrister, journalist, Lord Chief Justice
Orpen, Sir William, 1878-1931, painter
Osborne, Walter Frederick, 1859-1903, painter
Palles, Christopher, 1831-1920, barrister, Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Parke, Thomas Heazle, 1857-93, army surgeon, African explorer
Parsons, Sir Charles, 1854-1931, inventor of steam turbine
Parsons, Sir Lawrence, 4th earl of Rosse, 1840-1908, astronomer
Parsons, William, 3rd earl of Rosse, 1800-67, astronomer
Pirrie, William, Viscount Pirrie, 1847-1924, shipbuilder at Harland and Wolff
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon, 1854-1932, co-operative movement MP
Plunkett, Elizabeth, Countess of Fingall, 1866-1924, co-operative movement
Ponsonby, Frederick, 6th earl of Bessborough, 1815-95, landowner, Irish peer
Praegar, Robert Lloyd, 1865-1953, botanist
Purser, Sarah, 1848-1943, painter
Quin, Edwin Richard, 3rd earl of Dunraven, 1812-71, landowner, antiquarian
Quin, Wyndham Thomas Windham Wyndham-, 3rd earl of Dunraven, 1812-71, landowner, yachtsman
Reeves, Rev. William, 1815-92, antiquarian
Reynolds, James Emerson, 1844-1920, chemist, professor Trinity College Dublin
Richardson, James Nicholson, 1846-1921, linen manufacturer
Ridgeway, Sir William, 1858-1926, classical scholar, study in the origin of money
Roberts, Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832-1914, field marshal.
Robinson, Thomas Romney, 1793-1882, astronomer, mathematics, physics
Ronan, Stephen, 1848-1925, barrister, Lord Justice of Appeal
Ross, Sir John, 1853-1935, barrister, MP, land judge, Lord Chancellor
Russell, Charles, Baron Russell of Killowen, 1832-1900, solicitor, barrister, MP, Lord Chief Justice of England
Russell, George, (A.E.), 1867-1935, journalist, co-operative movement
Shackleton, Sir Ernest, 1874-1922, Antarctic explorer
Shaw, George Bernard, 1856-1950, dramatist
Sheehan, Rev Patrick, 1852-1913, priest and novelist
Smiles, William Holmes, 1846-1904, ropemaker Belfast Ropeworks
Smyly, Sir Philip Crampton, 1838-1904, surgeon
Smyly, Sir William, 1850-1941, surgeon, obstetrics
Somerville, Edith, 1858-1949, writer
Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers, 1852-1924, composer
Stewart, Sir Robert, 1825-1894, music, professor of music
Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900, antiquarian
Stokes, Sir William, 1839-1900, surgeon
Stokes, Whitley, 1830-1909, Gaelic scholar
Stoney, Bindon Blood, 1828-1909, chief engineer Dublin port
Stoney, George Johnstone, 1826-1911, mathematics , physics , education
Sullivan, Alexander Martin, 1830-1904, journalist, MP
Sullivan, Alexander Martin, 1871-1959, barrister, last First Serjeant
Sullivan, Timothy Daniel, 1827-1914, journalist, MP
Synge, John Millington, 1871-1909, dramatist
Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, 1830-82, naturalist, Challenger expedition
Thomson, Sir William, 1st Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907, mathematics , physics
Tod, Isabella, 1836-96, women’s rights, temperance
Todd, Rev. James, 1805-69, Gaelic scholar, historian, librarian of Trinity College Dublin
Victoria, Queen, 1819-1901, queen 1837-1901
Wigham, John, 1829-1906, lighthouse improver
Wilde, Oscar, 1856-1900, dramatist
Wilde, Sir William, 1815-76, surgeon, antiquarian
Wolff, Gustav, 1834-1913, shipbuilding at Harland and Wolff
Wolseley, Garnet, 1st Viscount Wolseley, 1833-1913, field marshal
Workman, Francis, 1856-1927, shipbuilding at Workman Clark
Yeats, Jack, 1871-1957, painter
Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1939, poet, dramatist.