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The Dictionary of Irish Biography, a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland. These 11 volumes contain fascinating short summaries and detailed assessments that document over 10,000 lives, ranging from the earliest times to 2010. Biographical subjects include: artists, scientists, lawyers, actors, musicians, writers, politicians, criminals, and saints.
The following lives were added to the Dictionary of Irish Biography Online in June 2019.
- Beckett, Mary (1926–2013), writer
- Boland, Harry (1925–2013), businessman
- Brugha, Máire MacSwiney (1918–2012), teacher, author and charity worker
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Glen, William Matthew (‘Sacky’) (1903–1981)
by Jim ShanahanGlen, William Matthew (‘Sacky’) (1903–81), soccer player, was born 18 July 1903 in 25 North William St., Dublin, son of Robert Glen, blacksmith, and Maria Glen (née Hillan). He joined Shamrock Rovers at the age of sixteen, while the club was still in the Leinster Senior League, and went on to become a fixture at full-back in the great Rovers teams of the 1920s and 30s, winning a joint club record of seven FAI Cup winners medals (1925, 1929–33, 1936) and also played in two losing finals (1922, 19...
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