New Biographies for December 2012

The following lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in December 2012. Most of these new subjects died in the twenty-first century, but three died in the second half of the twentieth century. Five are treated as co-subjects within articles about close family members.

1. Bielenberg, Christabel (1909-2003), anti-Nazi resister and writer
2. Bielenberg, Peter (1911-2001), lawyer, anti-Nazi resister and farmer
3. Browne, Dennis (1908-91), 10th marquess of Sligo, landowner and promoter of Irish tourism
4. Browne, José Gauche (1908-2004), marchioness of Sligo, promoter of tourism and crafts
5. Carr, James (1933-2006), radiologist
6. Carroll, Doc (1939-2005), singer and musician
7. Carroll, Mella (1934-2006), judge
8. Dargan, Michael (1918-2005), Aer Lingus chief executive and businessman
9. Delap, Kathleen (1910-2004), activist in women's organisations
10. Dirrane, Bridget (1894-2003), nurse, centenarian and memoirist
11. Dixon, Beatrice (1916-2005), pioneer of women's participation in public life
12. Gallagher, Patrick (1951-2006), businessman
13. Gibney, Arthur (1931-2006), architect
14. Godley, John (1920-2005), 3rd Baron Kilbracken of Killegar, pilot, journalist, traveller, landowner and environmentalist
15. Hanly, Dáithi (1917-2003), architect and preservationist
16. Harte, Frank (1933-2005), architect, lecturer, folk singer and song collector
17. Haughey, Padraig ('Jock') (1932-2003), sportsman and would-be arms smuggler
18. Hickey, Ted (1940-2005), arts administrator and traditional music enthusiast
19. Lagan, Francis ('Frank') (1916-2005), policeman
20. Leavy, Pat (1936-2003), actress
21. Masterson, Harold (1946-2005), humanitarian aid worker
22. McDonagh, Mattie (1937-2005), Gaelic footballer
23. Murphy, Desmond ('Jack') (1913-2005), military psychiatrist
24. Nowlan, Kevin Ingram (1910-2003), engineer, planning officer and university lecturer
25. Ó Flathartaigh, Mairtín (1912-2005), civil servant and Irish-language scholar
26. O'Brien, Des (1919-2005), rugby player and business executive
27. O'Brien, Mary Lucy (1923-2006), missionary sister and doctor in Africa
28. O'Donoghue, Gregory (1951-2005), poet
29. O'Donoghue, Robert (1924-2008), journalist and writer
30. O'Farrell, Patrick (1933-2003), historian
31. Ryan, John (1871-1954), fox hunter
32. Ryan, Thady (1923-2005), fox hunter and horse breeder
33. Sheridan, Cecil (1910-80), variety entertainer
34. Sheridan, Noel (1936-2006), artist, actor and arts administrator
35. Stewart, Kenneth (1911-2006), surgeon and evangelist
36. Tindal, Nicolas ('Nick') (1911-2006), RAF pilot and farmer
37. Tinney, Mary (1924-2006), diplomat
38. Trench, Chalmers ('Terry') (1909-2005), founder of An Óige, author and businessman

New Biographies for June 2012

The following lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in June 2012.

1. Andrews, Niall (1937-2006), politician
2. Arlow, William (1926-2006), anglican cleric and peacemaker
3. Babington, Anthony (1920-2004), judge, writer, and disability advocate
4. Barton, Harry (1916-2006), naval officer, writer and broadcaster
5. Bolster, Angela (1925-2005), historian and nun
6. Boucher, Billy (1918-2003), musician and broadcaster
7. Boylan, Clare (1948-2006), journalist and writer
8. Byrne, Seán (1955-2003), soccer player
9. Cantwell, Noel (1932-2005), footballer and cricketer
10. Cardiff, Patrick (1925-2005), trade union leader
11. Crotty, Peter (1925-2003), boxer
12. Daly, Maureen (1921-2006), journalist and novelist
13. Davitt, Michael (1950-2005), poet
14. Duncan, George (1902-2006), economist
15. Ervine, David (1954-2007), loyalist paramilitary and politician
16. Firth, Virginia (1937-2005), author, journalist and political campaigner
17. Fitzpatrick, Tom (1918-2006), politician and solicitor
18. Glucksman, Lewis (1925-2006), philanthropist and businessman
19. Gogarty, James (1917-2005), civil engineer and anti-corruption whistle-blower
20. Grierson, Philip (1901-2006), historian and numismatist
21. Hughes, William (1920-2006), businessman
22. Hughes, James (1877-1944), businessman and farmer
23. Jupp, Peter (1940-2006), historian
24. Kelly, John (1936-2007), republican activist and paramilitary
25. Lawlor, Liam (1944-2005), politician and businessman
26. McClory, Kevin (1926-2006), film maker
27. McGuire, Seán (1927-2005), traditional musician
28. Millett, Beningus (1922-2006), Fransican priest and historian
29. Moore, Kieron (1924-2007), actor and catholic activist
30. Ó Domhnaill, Mícheál (1951-2006), traditional musician
31. Ó Domhnalláin, Tomás (1913-2005), teacher and linguist
32. O'Meara, John (1915-2003), academic
33. Oliver, John (1913-2006), public servant and writer
34. Rugheimer, Gunnar (1923-2003), RTÉ controller of programmes

New Biographies for December 2011

The following lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in December 2011. Twenty-eight of these new subjects died in the twenty-first century, and eleven in the twentieth century.

1. Brugha, Ruairí (1917-2006), politician and businessman
2. Bryans, Robert Harbinson (1928-2005), memoirist and travel writer
3. Dolan, (Una) Kathleen (1921-2003), radio announcer
4. Faul, Denis O'Beirne (1932-2006), catholic priest and human rights activist
5. Gallagher, Andrew (1874-1957), businessman and politician
6. Gallagher, Edward (1839-1924), businessman and magistrate
7. Gallagher, Eileen (1887-1976), businesswoman
8. Gallagher, Henry Thomas (1880-1975), businessman and lawyer
9. Gallagher, Redmond (1914-2006), businessman and motor-racing enthusiast
10. Gibson, Jack (1910-2005), medical doctor and hypnotherapist
11. Gregg, Anne (1940-2006), broadcaster and travel writer
12. Hawthorne, James Burns (1930-2006), teacher, television producer, and controller of BBC Northern Ireland
13. Hickey, Maurice Desmond (1915-2005), surgeon
14. Ireland, John Evan de Courcy (1911-2006), socialist, activist, teacher, and maritime historian
15. Kelly, (Patrick) Colm (1925-2002), director of Athlone Drama Festival
16. Kelly, Denis Joseph (1858-1929), farmer and licensed grocer
17. Lambert, Bob (Robert James Hamilton) (1874-1956), cricketer and veterinary surgeon
18. Lambert, Ham (Noel Hamilton) (1910-2006), sportsman and veterinary surgeon
19. Lambert, Thomas Drummond (1837-1911), veterinary surgeon
20. Maguire, (Benjamin) Waldo (1920-2005), broadcaster, controller of BBC Northern Ireland
21. McGahern, John (1934-2006), writer
22. Mullin, (Thomas) Hugh (1914-2006), presbyterian minister and historian
23. O'Doherty, (Eamonn) Feighin (1918-98), priest, academic, and psychologist
24. O'Doherty, Katherine (Kitty) (1881-1969), advanced nationalist
25. O'Doherty, (Michael) Kevin (1912-2006), public servant
26. O'Doherty, Séamus (1882-1945), revolutionary
27. O'Flanagan, Kevin Patrick (1919-2006), athlete, rugby and soccer international
28. O'Leary, Cornelius (1927-2006), political scientist and Roman catholic activist
29. O'Leary, Michael (1936-2006), government minister and district judge
30. O'Malley, Mary (Margaret) (1918-2006), theatrical director and activist
31. O'Malley, Pamela (Kathleen Mary) (1929-2006), bohemian, radical and educationalist
32. O'Malley, (Patrick) Pearse (1918-2004), psychiatrist and theatrical activist
33. O'Riordan, Michael (Micheál; Mick) (1917-2004), communist
34. Orme, Stanley (Stan) (1923-2005), Baron Orme of Salford
35. Paterson, John Thomas Farquhar (1938-2005), Church of Ireland clergyman and scholar
36. Paterson, Thomas George Farquhar (1888-1971), local historian
37. Rees, Merlyn (1920-2006), Baron Merlyn-Rees
38. Swan, Jeremy (1922-2005), cardiologist
39. Wilson, James Walter (1922-2005), composer

New Biographies for June 2011

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:

1. Allen, Dave (1936-2005), comedian
2. Baird, Ernest Austin (1930-2003), unionist politician and businessman
3. Brett, (Sir) Charles Edward Bainbridge (1928-2005), solicitor, architectural historian
4. Clotworthy, Pauline (Cecily Elizabeth) (1912-2004), teacher of fashion design
5. Cowan, (Robert) Barry (1948-2004), journalist and broadcaster
6. Darragh, Paul (1953-2005), showjumper
7. Dawson, George William Percy (1927-2004), geneticist, art lover and philanthropist
8. de Lacy, Hugh (1919-1979), rugby international
9. de Lacy, Stanley (1914-2005), hockey international and athlete
10. Desmond, Eileen (1932-2005), politician and cabinet minister
11. Doherty, Sean (1944-2005), politician and cabinet minister
12. Dunlop, (John) Boyd (1913-2005), orthopaedic surgeon
13. Eglington, Tommy (Thomas Joseph) (1923-2004), soccer player
14. Falloon, Cecil Samuel Gordon ('Paddy') (1911-2003), businessman, hotelier, restorer of historic buildings
15. Fitt, Gerard ('Gerry') (1926-2005), politician
16. Fitzgerald, Geraldine Mary Wilma (1913-2005), actress and stage director
17. Geaney, Donal (1951-2005), businessman
18. Glass, (John) Basil (Caldwell) (1926-2005), politician, lawyer, and judge
19. Henderson, (Robert) Brumwell (1929-2005), managing director of Ulster Television and public figure in Northern Ireland
20. Hynes, (Oliver) Jerome (Morley) (1959-2005), theatre and festival manager
21. Jeffares, Alexander Norman (1920-2005), literary scholar
22. Kelly, Margaret ('Miss Bluebell') (1910-2004), show dancer, choreographer, and impresario
23. Lambert, (Charles) Gordon (1919-2005), businessman and art collector
24. Mac Cana, Proinsias (1926-2004), Celtic scholar
25. McAvin, Josie (Josephine) (1919-2005), theatrical stage manager, and set decorator
26. McGrath, Seamus (1923-2005), racehorse trainer
27. McKiernan, Eoin (1915-2004), cultural entrepreneur and promoter of Irish studies
28. Mowlam, Marjorie ('Mo') (1949-2005), secretary of state for Northern Ireland
29. O'Connell, Maurice Rickard (1922-2005), historian
30. O'Connor, Fergal (1926-2005), priest and philosopher
31. O'Herlihy, Dan (Daniel Peter) (1919-2005), actor
32. O'Malley, Una O'Higgins (1927-2005), peace and reconciliation activist
33. Potter, Maureen (1925-2004), variety artiste, comedian, and actress
34. Prior, Michael Patrick (1942-2004), catholic theologian and anti-Zionist
35. Purcell, Sean (1928-2005), Gaelic footballer
36. Sandford, Irene (1937-2005), soprano singer
37. Tweedy, (Muriel) Hilda (1911-2005), activist for women's rights and in consumer affairs
38. Williamson, John William Patrick (1922-2005), presbyterian minister in England and advocate of ecumenism

New Biographies for December 2010

Forty-two lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in December 2010. Most of the new subjects died in 2003 and 2004, but five of them died in the twentieth century and are included as co-subjects:

1. Adams, Ronald James (Ronnie) (1916-2004), racing driver and businessman
2. Barnes, Colm (1919-2003), businessman
3. Bourke, Fergus (Ignatius) (1934-2004), photographer
4. Cahill, Joe (Joseph) (1920-2004), republican paramilitary
5. Carlin, Terry (Terence) (1946-2003), trade unionist
6. Carr, Joseph (Joe) Benedict (1922-2004), amateur golfer and businessman
7. Cochrane, Ian (1941-2004), writer
8. Colleran, Enda (1942-2004), Gaelic footballer
9. Concannon, Don (John Dennis) (1930-2003), British politician and Northern Ireland minister
10. Cooper, Bob (Robert George) (1936-2004), politician and civil servant
11. Courtney, Aloysius Daniel Joseph (A. D.; Louis) (1891-1985), doctor, found in Michael Aidan (1945-2003)
12. Courtney, Anthony William (Tony) (1899-1970), doctor and sportsman, found in Michael Aidan (1945-2003)
13. Courtney, Michael Aidan (1945-2003), catholic archbishop and Vatican diplomat
14. Doyle, Mick (Michael Gerard) (1940-2004), rugby player and coach
15. Gageby, (Robert John) Douglas (1918-2004), newspaper editor
16. Gracey, (Samuel) Harold (1935-2004), Orangeman
17. Gray, Kenneth Maxwell (Ken) (1925-2002), journalist, found in Gray, Tony (George Anthony) (1922-2004)
18. Gray, Tony (George Anthony) (1922-2004), journalist and author
19. Guiney, Mary (1901-2004), businesswoman and centenarian
20. Holland, Mary Philomena (1935-2004), journalist
21. Kidd, Sir Robert Hill (1918-2004), civil servant
22. Leeper, Richard Robert (1864-1942), a doctor who specialized in psychiatry, found in McClelland, Richard Leeper ('Dick') (1922-2004)
23. Lynch, Máirín (1916-2004), taoiseach's wife and confidante
24. McClelland, Richard Leeper ('Dick') (Richard Leech) (1922-2004), medical doctor and actor
25. McGeown, Mary Graham (Mollie) (1923-2004), medical doctor and health service pioneer
26. McIvor, (William) Basil (1928-2004), politician, barrister and judge
27. MacQuitty, William Baird (1905-2004), traveller, film producer, photographer and polymath
28. Molloy, Dorothy (Mary) (1942-2004), poet, painter and journalist
29. Ó Glaisne, Risteárd (1927-2003), teacher, ecumenist, and journalist
30. O'Carroll, Michael John (1911-2004), catholic priest and author
31. O'Donnell, John Patrick (1920-2004), chemical engineer
32. O'Leary, John ('Johnny') (Johnny Leary) (1923-2004), musician
33. O'Malley, Tony (Anthony) (1913-2003), painter
34. Pantridge, Frank (James Francis) (1916-2004), pioneering cardiologist
35. Peacock, Bertie (John Robert) (1928-2004), football player and manager
36. Quigley, James (1869-1941), engineer and civil servant, found in Quigley, Paul (1923-2003)
37. Quigley, Paul (1923-2003), semi-state company executive
38. Robinson, David Willis (1928-2004), scientist and horticulturalist
39. Russell, George Edward (Ted) (1912-2004), businessman and politician
40. Tisdall, Robert Morton Newburgh (Bob) (1907-2004), Olympic gold medallist
41. Wadham, John Barker (1936-2003), musician
42. West, Harry (Henry William) (1917-2004), farmer and politician

New Biographies for June 2010

Thirty-six new entries, for subjects who died in 2003, were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in June 2010.

1. Gaetano Alibrandi (1914-2003), papal nuncio to Ireland
2. Andy Barr (1913-2003), trade unionist and communist
3. Cyril Barrett (1925-2003, Jesuit priest, art critic and historian, and philosopher
4. J. Bowyer Bell (1931-2003), writer on the IRA and artist
5. Brian Cleeve (1921-2003), writer and broadcaster
6. Mary Edith Dunlop (1912-2003), campaigner for the welfare of the blind
7. Jim Fitzgerald (1929-2003), theatre and television director
8. Pauline Flanagan (1925-2003), actress
9. Albert Folens (1916-2003), Flemish nationalist and educational publisher
10. Lar Foley (1938-2003), Gaelic footballer and hurler
11. Gerald Goldberg (1912-2003), solicitor, politician and writer
12. Terence Gorman (1923-2003), economist
13. Valerie Goulding (1918-2003), philanthropist and senator
14. Anne Grosvenor (1915-2003), duchess of Westminster, racehorse owner
15. James Kelly (1929-2003), army officer and republican
16. Richard Kingston (1922-2003), painter
17. Donal Lamont (1911-2003), missionary bishop and critic of the Rhodesian government
18. Proinsias Mac Aonghusa (1933-2003), journalist and Irish language activist
19. Gary Mac Eoin (1909-2003), journalist and catholic activist
20. Tony McAuley (1939-2003), broadcaster, television producer and expert on folksongs
21. Sean McClory (1924-2003), actor
22. Joe McGough (1919-2003), army officer, barrister and businessman
23. Eric Montgomery (1916-2003), civil servant and pioneer of the study of Scotch-Irish folk history
24. Brian Nelson (1947-2003), loyalist paramilitary and undercover agent
25. Peter O'Brien (1939-2003), musician
26. T. F. (Tom) O'Higgins (1916-2003), politician and judge
27. Davey Payne (d. 2003), loyalist paramilitary
28. James Plunkett (1920-2003), writer and socialist
29. Seamus Purcell (1923-2003), businessman and cattle exporter
30. Gerry Quigley (1928-2003), trade unionist
31. Mary Reid (1953-2003), republican and feminist
32. Constance Smith (1928-2003), actress
33. Charles Chenevix Trench (1914-2003), colonial official and historian
34. Alexander Walker (1930-2003), film critic and cinema historian
35. Dick Walsh (1937-2003), journalist
36. James White (1913-2003), arts administrator, art critic and art historian.