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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 December 2018.
- Almqvist, Bo Gunnar (1931–2013), folklore scholar
- Binchy, Maeve (1939–2012), novelist and journalist
- Blaney, Harry (1928–2013), politician
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Falloon, Cecil Samuel Gordon (' Paddy') (1911–2003)
by Linde LunneyFalloon, Cecil Samuel Gordon ('Paddy') (1911–2003), businessman, hotelier, and restorer of historic buildings, was born 10 July 1911 in Camly Macullagh, a townland near Newtownhamilton in south Co. Armagh, younger son and youngest of four children of Samuel Falloon, farmer, and his wife Esther Anne (née Purdy). The family was Church of Ireland. One of his sisters brought her young brother to live with her in England and be educated there, and so he attended grammar school in Brackley, Northampto...
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