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MacAdam was born to Jane Shipboy (1774–1827) and her husband James MacAdam (1755–1821), who lived next to their hardware shop in High Street, Belfast. [2] Before being apprenticed to his father, he was educated at the new Belfast Academical Institution, a school founded on progressive principles by the former United Irishman William Drennan, and other veterans of the radical politics of ...
Robert Day (1836–1914) was an Irish antiquarian and photographer who collaborated with Franz Tieze in producing imitation Williamite, Jacobite and Irish Volunteer glassware. Biography [ edit ]
Drennan is a surname of Irish origin. Variations of the name are found primarily in Ireland , Scotland , and the United States . The surname is purportedly derived from the Gaelic Ó Droighneáin , Ó Draighnáin, or Ua Draighnen, meaning "descendant of Draighnen", or "descendant of blackthorn".
Rose O'Neill (Irish: Róisín Dubh Ní Néill; fl. 1587–1607) was a Gaelic Irish noblewoman and queen consort of Tyrconnell.She was the daughter of Hugh O'Neill and wife of "Red" Hugh Roe O'Donnell, the two leaders of the Irish confederacy during the Nine Years' War.
The overprint was later changed to Saorstát Éireann 1922 (Irish Free State 1922). [1]: 8 The Irish Free State issued the first commemorative stamps depicting a person on 22 June 1929 when Oifig an Phoist, the Irish Post Office, a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, issued a set of three stamps showing Daniel O'Connell.
Sybil Connolly (24 January 1921 – 6 May 1998) was a celebrated fashion designer and global icon known for her innovative use of traditional Irish textiles in haute couture. Often described as "Dublin's Dior", she achieved international repute and success, making her one of the first Irish designers to do so. [ 1 ]
Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824) Colum McCann (born 1965) Barry McCrea (born 1974) Frank McCourt (1930–2009) John McGahern (1934–2006) Christina McKenna (born 1957) Anna McPartlin (born 1972) Brian Moore (1921–1999) George Moore (1852–1933) Lady Morgan (Sidney Owenson, c. 1776–1859) Danny Morrison (born 1953) Iris Murdoch (1919 ...
Charles Robert Maturin (1782–1824) Patrick McCabe (born 1955) Colum McCann (born 1965) Barry McCrea (born 1974) John McGahern (1934–2006) Christina McKenna (born 1957) Adrian McKinty (born 1968) Charlotte Elizabeth McManus (1850–1941) Janet McNeill (1907–1994) George McWhirter (born 1939) Anna Millikin (fl. 1793–1810) Brian Moore ...