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The following lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in June 2011. Most of these new subjects died between 2003 and 2005, but two of them died in the twentieth century and are included as co-subjects:
- Allen, Dave (1936-2005), comedian
- Baird, Ernest Austin (1930-2003), unionist politician and businessman
- Brett, (Sir) Charles Edward Bainbridge (1928-2005), solicitor, architectural historian
- Clotworthy, Pauline (Cecily Elizabeth)(1920-2004), teacher of fashion design
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Archdale, Mervyn Edward (1812–1895)
by C. J. WoodsArchdale, Mervyn Edward (1812–95), army officer, politician, and landowner, was born 27 January 1812 in Dublin, the eldest of nine sons of Edward Archdall of Riversdale, Co. Fermanagh, and his wife Matilda, daughter of William Humphrys of Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan. Edward Archdall (1775–1864), third son of Mervyn Archdall (1725–1813) of Castle Archdall, Co. Fermanagh, had raised and commanded the Lurg and Magheraboy True Blue Infantry in 1798 and was high sheriff in 1813. Mervyn Edward Archdale (he ...
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