Medieval People

Burgh, Richard de , magnate, justiciar, and lord of Connacht

James Butler

c. 1305–1338

Butler, James , 1st earl of Ormond

Adomnán

c. 624–704

Adomnán , son of Rónán, was 9th abbot of Iona

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Perkin Warbeck

c. 1474–1499

Warbeck, Perkin , pretender, was son of John Osbeck

Early Modern (1500–1749)

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Richard Talbot

c. 1630 – 1691

Talbot, Richard, earl and duke of Tyrconnell, army officer and lord deputy of Ireland

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Esther Johnson

c. 1681–1728

Johnson, Esther , Jonathan Swift's ‘Stella’, daughter of Bridget Johnson, housekeeper to Sir William Temple

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Arthur Capel

c. 1632–1683

Capel, Arthur , earl of Essex and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was baptised 28 January

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Arthur Chichester

c. 1563–1625

Chichester, Arthur , soldier, politician, and lord deputy of Ireland, was born at Raleigh, Devon, in May

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Adam Loftus

c. 1533–1605

Loftus, Adam, Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh and of Dublin, and lord chancellor of Ireland

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George Browne

c. 1698–1792

Browne, George , soldier of fortune, Russian army officer, governor of Livonia, and count of the Holy Roman Empire

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Catherine Boyle

c. 1588–1630

Boyle Fenton, Catherine , countess of Cork

Catherine Clive

c. 1711–1785

Catherine Clive was a first songster and star comedienne of British playhouse entertainment

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Gráinne O'Malley

c. 1530–1603

O'Malley, Gráinne, noblewoman and sea captain, was the daughter of Eoghan O'Malley, lord of Umhall

Modern (1750–1921)

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Frances Power Cobbe

c. 1822–1904

Philosopher, social reformer, and feminist

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Oscar Wilde

c. 1854–1900

Playwright, poet, and prose writer

William à Court

c. 1779–1860

William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury, 2nd Baronet, was an English diplomat and Conservative politician

Arthur Wellesley

c. 1769–1852