Medieval People

Accused of witchcraft and sorcery

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Richard de Burgh

c. 1193–1243

Magnate, justiciar, and lord of Connacht

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Isabella Marshal

c. 1171–1220

Daughter of Richard de Clare (Strongbow)

James Butler

c. 1305–1338

1st earl of Ormond

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Niall Óg O'Neill

c. 1350–1403

King of Tyrone, eldest of the six sons and two daughters of Niall Mór O'Neill

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Agnes de Valence

c. 1250–1309

Magnate, daughter of William de Valence, lord of Wexford, earl of Pembroke

Perkin Warbeck

c. 1474–1499

Pretender, son of John Osbeck

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Hugh de Lacy

c. 1130–1186

Lord of Weobley, Herefordshire, and lord of Meath

Early Modern (1500–1749)

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Richard Talbot

c. 1630 – 1691

Earl and duke of Tyrconnell, army officer and lord deputy of Ireland

Catherine Boyle

c. 1588–1630

Countess of Cork

William Molyneux

c. 1656–1698

Scientist and political writer

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Esther Johnson

c. 1681–1728

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

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James Ware

c. 1594–1666

Historian, collector of manuscripts, and civil servant

Gráinne O'Malley

c. 1530–1603

Noblewoman and sea captain

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Arthur Capel

c. 1632–1683

Earl of Essex and lord lieutenant of Ireland

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Hugh O'Neill

c. 1550–1616

2nd earl of Tyrone , the ‘Great O'Neill’

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Catherine Clive

c. 1711–1785

First songster and star comedienne of British playhouse entertainment

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Arthur Chichester

c. 1563–1625

Soldier, politician, and lord deputy of Ireland

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Elizabeth Butler

c. 1615–1684

Duchess of Ormond and Lady Dingwall, noblewoman

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Adam Loftus

c. 1533–1605

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

Henry Cromwell

c. 1628–1674

Soldier and administrator

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George Browne

c. 1698–1792

Soldier of fortune, Russian army officer, governor of Livonia, and count of the Holy Roman Empire

Modern (1750–1922)

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Mary Aikenhead

c. 1787–1858

Foundress of the congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity and of St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin

Samuel Ferguson

c. 1810–1886

Poet and archivist

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Frances Power Cobbe

c. 1822–1904

Philosopher, social reformer, and feminist

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Agnes Mary Clerke

c. 1842–1907

Historian of astronomy and scientific writer

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Daniel O'Connell

c. 1775–1847

Barrister, politician and nationalist leader

Eliza Rosana Gilbert

c. 1820–1861

Dancer and adventuress

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Oscar Wilde

c. 1854–1900

Playwright, poet, and prose writer

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Mary Tighe

c. 1772–1810

Poet, born 9 October 1772 in Dublin

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William A'Court

c. 1779–1860

1st Baron Heytesbury, 2nd Baronet, English diplomat and Conservative politician

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Cecilia Maria Eleanor Betham

c. 1843–1913

Archer, born in January 1843 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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Arthur Wellesley

c. 1769–1852

1st Duke of Wellington, British statesman, soldier, and Tory politician

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Lydia Shackleton

c. 1828–1914