Sir Charles Russell
Charles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen. Irish statesman and Lord Chief Justice of England 1894-1900. Born Ireland. His three sisters all became nuns and his brother Matthew Russell was ...
1 memorial
Sir William Howard Russell
War correspondent. Born near Dublin. 1841 began in journalism, came to London, studied for the bar and became attached to The Times. As a war reporter he covered: the Crimean War, the Indian Rebell...
1 memorial
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Sculptor. Â Born Dublin to a French father and Irish mother. Â The family emigrated to New York when Augustus was a baby. Â Studied in America and Europe. Â Very successful as a monumental sculptor and...
1 memorial
James Patrick Scully GC
Soldier. Born in Crumlin, Ireland. in January 1941, he volunteered for the British army and was assigned to 256 Company, Royal Pioneer Corps and deployed to Birkenhead. On the night of 13/14th Marc...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Sapper John Sexton
John Sexton was born on 28 August 1884 in Newcastle West, Limerick, Ireland, the second of the eight children of John Sexton (1847-1925) and Mary Sexton née Flanagan (b.1858). In the 1901 census h...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic...
3 memorials
Eyre Massey Shaw
Soldier and fire brigade chief. Probably born at Glenmore Cottage, Ballymore, Ireland. After a short military career, he was appointed Chief Constable of Belfast, being responsible for both the pol...
Person, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration, Ireland
1 memorial
George Bernard Shaw
Born Dublin. Socialist, member of the Fabian Society. Plays include: Saint Joan, Major Barbara and Pygmalion on which My Fair Lady is based. Didn't like his first name, "Don't George me!" so is oft...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Theatre, Ireland
5 memorials
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Irish nationalist and suffragist. Founder of the Irish Women’s Franchise League. Along with her husband Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Margaret Cousins and James Cousins, she founded the Irish Women'...
1 memorial
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Playwright. Born Dublin. Pupil at Harrow School 1762-8. Married Elizabeth Linley at St Marylebone Church in 1773. 1780-5 they lived in the grand house "The Grove" in Harrow, immediately north-east ...
4 memorials
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