James Stanihurst (died 1573), also spelt James Stanyhurst) was for three terms Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. [1 ] [2 ] He was also the first judge to hold the position of Recorder of Dublin. [3 ] [4 ]
He was a prolific Irish scholar and church leader, who today is most famous for his identification of the genuine letters of the church father, Ignatius of Antioch, and for his chronology that sought to establish the time and date of the…
The Butler dynasty by the early part of the 14th Century were to emerge as the pre-eminent family in Ireland, even surpassing the FitzGerald and Burke families later in the century.
Margaret Butler (née FitzGerald), Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory (c. 1473 – 9 August 1542) [1 ] was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the powerful and celebrated FitzGerald dynasty also known as "The Geraldines".
Irish Catholic Martyrs (Irish: Mairtírigh Chaitliceacha na hÉireann) were 24 Irish men and women who have been beatified or canonized for both a life of heroic virtue and for dying for their Catholic faith between the reign of King Henry…
James Ussher (někdy psán Usher) (4. ledna 1581, Dublin – 21. března 1656, Reigate, Surrey) byl anglikánským arcibiskupem z Armaghu, irským primasem v letech 1625 až 1656 a plodným náboženským učencem, který se nejvíce proslavil vydáním…
Skeffington, Sir William, called ‘ The Gunner’ (d. 1535), lord deputy of Ireland, eldest son of Thomas Skeffington or Skevyngton of Skeffington in Leicestershire, and Mary, his wife, emerges from obscurity as sheriff of the counties of…