KANE, GEORGE MacDOWELL 1890-1954

George Kane was born in Belfast and was educated at Belfast Mercantile Academy. He took up architecture as a profession and worked with the firm Blackwood and Jury. He attended the Belfast School of Art and won a Dunhill Scholarship to the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. He taught art for a short time at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, but left for Edinburgh to work on the Bradstone Memorial, St Andrew Square. In 1917 he returned to Belfast, and devoted his time to portrait drawings, some of these depict actors and actresses preparing for performance. He painted a mural in the kitchen of the family house, at 8 Dunluce Avenue, Belfast. His bronze bust of John Whaley, and his drawing of Hans Iten are in the Ulster Museum.

KANE, RICHARD 1666-1736

Richard Kane was born in Duneane, County Antrim, entered the army in 1689 and was wounded at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. From 1720 to 1725 he served as Governor of Gibraltar and of Minorca, where he died. He published Narrative of the Campaigns in the Reigns of William the Third and Anne, and his letters are in a collection in the British Library. He was knighted, and a monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey.

KANE, ROBERT ROUTLEDGE 1841-1898

Robert Kane was born in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, and became the Church of Ireland Rector of Tullylish, County Down, in 1872. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and gained a Master of Arts degree in 1880 and a doctorate in 1882. He moved to Christ's Church, Belfast in that same year, and was renowned not only for his violent speeches against Home Rule but also for his nationalist stance which he paradoxically adopted when economic aspects of Irish politics were being debated.

KANE, WILLIAM FRANCIS DE VISMES b.1840

William Kane lived at Drumreaske House, Monaghan. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He published a Handbook of European Butterflies and A Catalogue of European Butterflies.

KAVANAGH, PATRICK 1905-1967

Patrick Kavanagh was born in Mucker, Iniskeen, County Monaghan, where he grew up on a small farm. For a time he worked as a shoemaker. Ploughman and other poems was published in 1938, and in 1939 he moved to Dublin, where he contributed to The Bell, Envoy and the Dublin Magazine. He wrote film criticism for the Irish Press under the pseudonym Piers Plowman. With his brother Peter he published Kavanagh's Weekly. In 1957 he became a Lecturer in Extra-Mural Studies at University College, Dublin. His publications include novels The Green Fool (1938) and Tarry Flynn (1948) and several collections of poetry: The Great Hunger; A Soul for Sale and Come Dance with Kitty Stobling. His collected poems appeared in 1964 and his collected prose in 1967. By Night Unstarred, his last novel, was published posthumously in 1977. He is recognised as a major Irish poet.

KAVANAGH, ROSE (pseud. UNCLE REMUS II or RUBY) 1859-1891

Rose Kavanagh was born in Kiladroy, County Tyrone. She was educated at the Loreto Convent, Omagh, and the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin. She published in The Shamrock, as 'Ruby', in the Irish Monthly and in Young Ireland. In 1887 she produced a literary page for children in Irish Fireside under the pseudonym 'Uncle Remus II'. She was the subject of a poem by Katherine Tynan and another by Charles Kickham, whom she looked after when he became blind and deaf. W. B. Yeats said that she was 'a young inspiration whose great promise was robbed of fulfillment first by ill-health and then by an early death'. She died of tuberculosis.

KEIGHTLEY, SAMUEL ROBERT b.1859

Samuel Keightley was born in Belfast and educated at Queen's College, Belfast, where he studied law. He contested Antrim as Independent Unionist Candidate in 1903, and in 1910 he contested South Derry as a Liberal Candidate. As well as being a member of the university senate, he was a poet and novelist and, among other works, published The Pike Men in 1903.

KEITH, ROBERT M. 1933-1977

Dick Keith was born in Belfast and was an international soccer player. He played for Linfield, Newcastle and Bournemouth. He won three Irish League medals in 1954, 1955 and 1956 and an Irish Cup medal in 1953. He was capped twenty-three times for Northern Ireland between 1958 and 1962 and played in all five games in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. He was killed in an accident.

KELBURN, SINCLAIR 1754-1802

Sinclair Kelburn was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained in 1780 in Belfast as a Presbyterian minister. As a convinced Volunteer he preached in his uniform, with his musket beside him and in 1797 was imprisoned in Kilmainham. He resigned from the ministry because of paralysis which developed during his imprisonment. Some of his sermons are published.

KELLY, EUGENE 1808-1894

Eugene Kelly was born in County Tyrone and in his twenties emigrated to America. It is said that he took with him £100. In America he became a banker and a multi-millionaire. He founded and was benefactor of the Catholic University of Washington.

KELLY, FRANCIS 1813-1889

Francis Kelly was born in Drumragh, County Tyrone, and was educated at Maynooth. He was ordained, became first parish priest of Upper Fahan and then Coadjutor Bishop of Derry in 1849, eventually succeeding as Bishop in 1864.

KELLY, JAMES 1912-1970

Jimmy Kelly was born in Ballybofey, County Donegal and was an international soccer player. He played for Coleraine, Liverpool and Derry City for which he scored three hundred and sixty-three goals over a period of twenty years. He represented the Irish League sixteen times and played for the League of Ireland three times. From 1927 to 1937 he was capped eleven times for Northern Ireland and scored four international goals. He was capped four times for the Irish Free State from 1932 to 1936

KELLY, JOAN 16th century

Joan Kelly was brought up at Dungannon, County Tyrone, in the house of Art Braddagh O'Hagan. In 1594 she was a camp-follower in the relief column which went to the besieged Enniskillen Castle. The relief column were captured by the confederates, including Hugh O'Donnell. Some days later she was called to the Earl of Tyrone to give him an account of government losses. She overheard O'Neill's conversations, and saw him receive his share of the booty. She knew the names of the O'Neill family who had taken part in the battle, and that while O'Neill was pretending to be a neutral intermediary between the English crown and the confederacy headed by O'Donnell, he was actually in liason with the confederates. She later gave a sworn confession, which was taken as evidence.

KELLY, JOHN SHERWOOD 1880-1931

John Kelly was a soldier and served in the Boer War, where he was promoted on the field. He was commander of Inniskilling Fusiliers during the First World War. He was awarded the DSO, the GCM and the VC. He was courtmartialled for telling the truth, it is said, regarding the unfortunate expedition to northern Russia.

KELLY, SEAMUS 1912-1979

Seamus Kelly was born in Belfast, and was educated at St Mary's Christian Brothers' School, at Queen's University, Belfast, where he was a boxing champion, and at University College, Cork. In 1940 he joined the army and was a lieutenant on the intelligence staff. By 1945 he was drama and ballet critic of the Irish Times. In 1946, having left the army, he became a Public Relations Officer for Aer Lingus and wrote a daily column for the Irish Times, a task he performed for the next thirty years. He played the part of Flask in John Huston's film of Moby Dick in 1954. He contributed to many prominent international newspapers and died in Dublin.

KELLY, WILLIAM 1823-1914

William Kelly was born in Millisle, County Down, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He joined the Plymouth Brethren in 1841 and edited the thirty-four volumes of J. N. Darby's works, as well as Bible Treasury. He died in Exeter and left his library of fifteen thousand volumes to Middlesborough.

KELVIN, LORD see THOMSON, WILLIAM

KENNEDY, ANDREW 1897-1963

Andy Kennedy was born in Belfast and was an international soccer player. He played for Belfast Celtic, Glentoran, Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Everton and Tranmere. He was capped twice for Northern Ireland in 1923 and 1925.

KENNEDY, ARTHUR EDWARD 1810-1883

Arthur Kennedy was born in Cultra, County Down, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He retired from the army after twenty-one years' service and became a Poor Law inspector during the Famine. In 1851 he was appointed Governor of Gambia and in 1854 of West Australia. He was knighted in 1868 and served as Governor of Hong Kong in 1872 and of Queensland in 1877. He died at sea when he was returning home.

KENNEDY, EVORY 1806-1886

Evory Kennedy was born in Carndonagh, County Donegal, and was educated in Derry, Dublin and Edinburgh, London and Paris. He settled in Dublin as an obstetrician and established a large medical practice. He was appointed Master of the Rotunda Hospital in 1833 and in 1839 was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. From 1853 to 1854 he was President of the College of Surgeons. When he had retired from medicine he became Deputy Lieutenant for County Dublin. He was stood unsuccessfully as a parliamentary candidate in support of Home Rule for County Donegal in 1874. He died in London.

KENNEDY, GILBERT 1678-1745

Gilbert Kennedy was born in Dundonald, County Down, and was educated in Glasgow. He was ordained Presbyterian minister of Tullylish, County Down in 1704, and during the next forty years, published many pamphlets.

KENNEDY, (later KENNEDY-BAILIE) JAMES b.1793

James Kennedy was educated at Trinity College, Dublin where he became a fellow in 1817. He was Rector of Ardtrea, County Tyrone, from 1830 to 1864, having gained a Doctorate of Divinity in 1828. He was a classical scholar and published Greek verses and a work on Greek Inscriptions in three volumes. He also edited Demosthenes, Homer and Aeschylus.

KENNEDY, JAMES 1903-1984

Jimmy Kennedy was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, but was reared in Portstewart, County Londonderry, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He went to England where he taught before taking up song-writing as a full-time profession. Many of his songs were very successful, including 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic'; 'Red Sails in the Sunset'; 'South of the Border'; 'Love is Like a Violin' and 'The Hokey-Cokey'. He won two Ivor Novello awards, was awarded an honorary degree from the New University of Ulster and received the Order of the British Empire. Bing Crosby, who became a personal friend, recorded nine of his songs. He lived in County Wicklow and died in England.

KENNEDY, JOHN PITT 1796-1879

John Kennedy was born at Carndonagh, County Donegal, and was educated at Foyle College, Derry, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served in the Engineering Corps from 1815 until 1831. Having been Sub-Inspector of Militia in the Ionian Islands, Greece, he returned to County Tyrone to be an estate manager. He was appointed Inspector-General in the National Education Department in 1837 and set up a model farm as a training establishment for teachers at Glasnevin, Dublin. Facing apathy from the government in response to the need for agricultural education, he resigned in 1839. He was secretary to the Devon Commission on Land Law in Ireland from 1843 to 1845, and superintendent of relief work until 1848, when he was given the task of organising the defence of Dublin against Smith O'Brien's rebellion. He rejoined the army in India in 1849 and helped build a road from Simla towards Tibet: the road bears his name. In 1853 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and became managing director of the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway. He was the author of many pamphlets.

KERNOHAN, JOSEPH WILLIAM 1869-1923

Joseph Kernohan was born in Kilrea, County Londonderry, and was educated at Belfast Royal Academy and Queen's College, Belfast. In 1906 he founded the Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland and served as its honorary secretary until his death. From 1909 to 1923 he was Librarian of the Presbyterian College, Belfast. His works include The Parishes of Kilrea and Tamlaght O'Crilly; The County of Londonderry in Three Centuries and an Historical Account of Boveedy Congregation.

KERR, ROBERT b.1882

Bobbie Kerr was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. He and his family emigrated to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, when he was seven years old. He represented Canada in the 1904 Olympic Games in three sprint events. In the 1908 London Games he won a bronze medal in the 100 metres and a gold medal in the 200 metres sprint. He set a new Canadian record in 1908. He represented Ireland for the first time in 1909 and won both the 100 and 200 yards events. He was captain of the Canadian team in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam and was later manager of the Canadian track and field division.

KETTLE, THOMAS MICHAEL 1880-1916

Thomas Kettle was born in Dublin, and was educated at Clongowes Wood and University College, Dublin, where he studied law. He was member of parliament for East Tyrone from 1906 to 1910. He practiced law and was made the first Professor of Economics at University College, Dublin. In 1913 he joined the Irish Volunteers, but in 1914 joined the Dublin Fusiliers and was employed in a recruitment capacity. His writings include Miscellaneous Essays; The Open Secret of Ireland; The Ways of War and The Day's Burden. He died leading a bayonet charge in the battle of the Somme. One of his own poems served as his epitaph: 'Died not for flag, nor King, nor Emperor,/But for a dream born in a herdsman's shed/And for the secret scripture of the poor'. It is inscribed on his memorial in St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Robert Lynd said of him that he was the most brilliant Irishman of his generation.

KIDD, GEORGE HUGH 1824-1895

George Kidd was born in Armagh, and was educated in Dublin and Edinburgh. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and practiced medicine in Edinburgh. He served as Master of Coombe Hospital for seven years from 1876. He was a leading obstetrician and surgeon and was a founder of the Stewart Institute for Imbeciles. In 1876 he was President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and he edited for many years the Dublin Journal of Medical Science.

KIDD, JAMES 1761-1834

James Kidd was born in Loughbrickland, County Down, and in 1784 emigrated to America. He taught himself Hebrew and other eastern languages and returned to Edinburgh to study. In 1793 he was appointed Professor of Oriental Languages at Aberdeen University. In 1796 he procured a license to preach, and his sermons were extremely popular. He published many theological works and died in Aberdeen.

KIDD, WILLIAM LODGE 1784-1851

William Kidd was born at Thornhill, County Armagh. He joined the navy and was on active service during the Napoleonic War. After 1816 he had a medical practice in Armagh and in November 1817 he read before the Royal Physical Society an important paper dealing with typhus which was then raging in Ireland. He is also remembered for his untiring care during the cholera epidemic of 1832. In 1844 he was appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

KILLEN, JAMES BRYCE 1845-1916

James Killen was born in Kells, County Antrim, and was educated at Queen's College, Belfast where he studied law. He was called to the Bar in 1869. With Michael Davitt he founded the Land League in Mayo in 1879 and was later arrested. In Belfast he edited the Northern Star, subsequently working as a journalist in Dublin.

KILLEN, THOMAS YOUNG 1826-1886

Thomas Killen was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, and was educated in Belfast. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister in Ramelton, County Donegal, and came to Belfast in 1862, where he built up a large congregation at Duncairn. He edited the Evangelical Witness for four years and was Moderator of the General Assembly in 1882, gaining a Doctorate of Divinity in 1883.

KILLEN, WILLIAM DOOL 1806-1902

William Killen was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. In 1829 he was ordained Presbyterian minister of Raphoe, County Donegal, and was appointed Professor of Church History in the Presbyterian College, Belfast, a post which he held for forty-eight years. In 1869 he became President of the college. The University of Glasgow gave him two doctorates. Among other works, he published Reminiscences of a Long Life; The Ecclesiastical History of Ireland in two volumes and History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, in three volumes, a work begun by J. S. Reid, which he completed.

KINAHAN, GEORGE HENRY 1820-1908

George Kinahan was born in County Down, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. After having been engaged on the construction of the Boyne Viaduct, he entered the Geological Survey and became a district surveyor in 1869. He published many papers on geology and was a member of the Royal Irish Academy. It is said of him that few had his knowledge of Irish geological structure. He died in Clontarf.

KING, ROBERT 1815-1900

Robert King was born in Cork, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and was ordained in 1841. He was curate in Armagh from 1851 to 1858 and headmaster of the Diocesan School, Ballymena, for the next forty-two years. He was a close friend of William Reeves and John O'Donovan, and he published, among other works, A Primer; A Catechism; A Life of Christ; The History of the Church of Ireland in three volumes and a Memoir of the Primacy of Armagh. He was a devoted scholar of the Irish language, and published an Irish translation of the Book of Common Prayer. He died in Ballymena.

KING, WILLIAM 1650-1729

William King was born in Antrim, and was educated at Dungannon, County Tyrone and Trinity College, Dublin. After his ordination he became Rector of St Werburgh's parish in Dublin. He was a pioneer of the Royal Irish Academy, and a founder member of the Dublin Philosophical Society in 1683. In 1688 he was appointed Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, but was imprisoned when he sided with William; he was released after the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and appointed Bishop of Derry. His publication, The State of the Protestants of Ireland under the late King James's Government was reprinted three times. In 1703 he was translated to Dublin as archbishop. He supported the penal laws, and his correspondence, which was prolific, is historically illuminating. He was in favour of the teaching of Irish at Trinity College, Dublin. Among his published work is De Origine Mali and many sermons. Some of his manuscripts are in Trinity College, Dublin, and in the British Library. [Biography by C. S. King. ]

KINGSMILL, ROBERT BRICE 1730-1805

Robert Brice was born in County Donegal, and Kingsmill was added to his name by act of parliament on his marriage to Elizabeth Corry, grand-daughter of Sir William Kingsmill. He entered the navy as lieutenant in 1756, and by 1761 he had gained the rank of commander. In 1784 he was elected member of parliament an in 1799 he was promoted to the rank of admiral. A year later he was created baronet. He died in Sidmouth.

KINNEAR, JOHN 1824-1909

John Kinnear was born in Clonaneese, County Tyrone, and was educated in Belfast. He spent the rest of his life in Letterkenny, County Donegal, where he was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1848. He received a Doctorate of Divinity in 1874. He was elected Liberal member of parliament for County Donegal from 1880 to 1885; consequently he was the first clergyman in charge of a congregation to sit in parliament. He supported the Tenant Right movement and left his fine collection of books to the Presbyterian College, Belfast.

KINOULTY, JOHN CHARLES 1910-1981

John Charles Kinoulty was born in Belfast and when he was two years old, moved to County Kilkenny. He was educated there, in Cork and at the Bablake School, Coventry. He worked in commercial offices and qualified as a solicitor in 1942. He entered local government and was assistant solicitor at Batley, and Deputy Town Clerk of Bilston. He was assistant legal adviser to West Midland Gas in 1950, and later was legal adviser. When he retired in 1975, he began to compile A Dictionary of Irish Biography, which contains 2468 entries and which covers the period 1500 to 1980. He completed the book three months prior to his death. A copy presented by Mary Kinoulty is in the library of Queen's University, Belfast.

KIRKPATRICK, WILLIAM BAILLIE 1808-1882

William Kirkpatrick was born in Ballynahinch, County Down, and was educated at Glasgow. He became Presbyterian clergyman of Mary's Abbey, Dublin and was instrumental in building a new church in Rutland Square. Among his publications is Chapters in Irish History. He died in Bray.

KNOWLES, JAMES 1759-1840

James Knowles was born in Dublin and worked as a schoolteacher in Cork and London. Belfast Academical Institution appointed him teacher of English in 1815, but dismissed him in 1816. He went to London, where he pursued study in lexicography and produced a Pronouncing Dictionary in 1835. He was a cousin of Richard Brindsley Sheridan, the playwright.

KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN 1784-1862

James Sheridan Knowles was born in Cork. For a time he was an ensign in the militia and then studied medicine at Aberdeen. He taught in Belfast and Glasgow, but his principal activity was the writing of plays, among which are Virginius; The Hunchback; The Wife; The Love Chase and William Tell. In 1844 he became a Baptist preacher and published religious literature. He died in Torquay.

KNOWLES, WILLIAM JAMES 1832-1927

W. J. Knowles was born in Fenagh, near Cullybackey, County Antrim. He was educated privately, and later taught botany and geology. He taught in Cullybackey, Portglenone and Ballymena, such diverse subjects as heat and light and the principles of agriculture. He was the land agent for the Casement estate, and from 1879 to 1920, secretary of the Antrim County Land, Building and Investment Company. He embarked on his antiquarian career in 1870 and in 1871 discovered sandhill settlement sites in Portstewart, excavated at Whitepark Bay and at Tievebulliagh, where his major achievement was the discovery of a Neolithic Axe Factory. In 1878 he was secretary of the committee set up by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in order to investigate such sites. He founded the Ballymena Naturalists' Field Club and the Ballymena Archaeological Society. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, a fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, a member of Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, and a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. He published more than seventy papers in journals. His fine collection of antiquities was dispersed in 1924 and he left Ballymena and retired to Ballvcastle. He is buried at the Craigs.

KNOX, ALEXANDER c.1757-1831

Alexander Knox was born in Derry and was educated privately. He was Lord Castlereagh's private secretary and he lived the life of a hermit, studying theology and writing. He was a forerunner of the Oxford Movement. He published Correspondence with Bp. Jebb and Remains. He died in Dublin.

KNOX, J. 1851-1907

J.Knox was born in Armoy, County Antrim, and owned the mills at Armoy. In 1872 he emigrated to America and became editor of Texas Siftings. He was a colonel and wrote plays, books and humorous articles.

KNOX, ROBERT 1815-1883

Robert Knox was born in Clady, County Tyrone, and was educated in Glasgow. He was ordained as a Presbyterian clergyman in Strabane, County Tyrone, in 1840 and moved to a congregation in Coleraine, County Londonderry, and then to Belfast in 1843. He published many sermons and was editor of the Irish Presbyterian.

KNOX, ROBERT b.1884

Robert Knox was born at Drumaduan, Coleraine, County Londonderry. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was awarded the DSO in the First World War.

KNOX, ROBERT BENT 1808-1893

Robert Knox was born in County Tyrone and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He gained a Doctorate of Divinity in 1858, and having served as Bishop of Down and Connor from 1849 to 1886, he then became Archbishop of Armagh. He was author of the important Ecclesiastical Index (of Ireland), which was published in 1839.

KNOX, THOMAS FRANCIS 1822-1882

Thomas Knox was born in County Armagh, and was educated at Cambridge University. He converted to Catholicism. He and F. W. Faber founded the London Oratory, and of this institution he became superior. He became Doctor of Divinity in 1875 and was the author of many religious and historical works. He died in London.

KNOX, THOMAS GEORGE 1824-1887

Thomas Knox was born in Maghera, County Londonderry, and served with the English army from 1840 to 1848. From 1851 to 1857 he served with the Siamese army and became first interpreter, then British consul and finally Consul-General in Siam. He was knighted in 1880, married a Siamese woman. He died in the Pyrenees.

KNOX-LITTLE, WILLIAM JOHN 1839-1918

William Knox-Little was born in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, and was educated at Cambridge University. He was Rector of St Alban's, Manchester, having been a curate in London. He was mentioned in dispatches during the Boer War, in his capacity as army chaplain. He published fiction and religious work and was made Canon of Worcester Cathedral in 1881. He died in Worcester.

KYLE, GEORGINA MOUTRAY 1865-1950

Georgina Kyle was born in Craigavad, County Down. She was educated privately and at the Colarossi Studio in Paris. She travelled a great deal and exhibited in Paris, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool. In 1924 her work was in the Wembley Exhibition. She was a member of the Ulster Academy of Arts and from 1902 she ran the Belfast Art Society's Life Class. Her work is in the collection of the Ulster Museum, Armagh County Museum and Queen's University, Belfast