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Anne was the second daughter of the Duke of York, afterwards King James II of England and VII of Scotland. She succeeded to the throne in 1702 following the death of her brother-in-law William III of Orange, joint monarch with his wife Mary, Anne’s elder sister, following the deposition of King James II in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Anne’s reign was short and relatively peaceful, although it did witness a further tightening of the Penal Laws against the Roman Catholic population in Ireland.

Frances O’Hara was born on 3 January 1949 in Belfast as the eldest daughter of Seamus and Phoebe O’Hara. Her paternal aunt, Ann O’Hara, was a dancer with Patricia Mulholland’s Irish Ballet, and it was through this connection that Frances was initially auditioned and accepted into the Irish dancing classes. The weekly lessons took place in Patricia Mulholland’s house in Nevington Street, a short walk from Frances’ home in north Belfast. Her brothers and sisters all followed her to Patricia Mulholland’s classes, but it was Frances who had the grace and enthusiasm to continue dancing through her teens and early twenties. She became part of the Irish Ballet and danced in a range of roles in ballets such as The Children of Lir, Phil the Fluter’s Ball and Cúchulainn. In 1967, she travelled with the company to the Isle of Man to participate in the Viking Festival. She made lifelong friendships through Irish dancing, and also maintained a close relationship with Patricia Mulholland. It was Frances and her friend and fellow dancer Sheelagh Gilligan who organised a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Irish Ballet in 1976.

In 1987, Frances married Robert Clark Buchanan and emigrated to the Cayman Islands, where she worked as an attorney in a private law practice. She later worked in Geneva, Switzerland for the philanthropic Oak Foundation. She and her husband retired to Ireland in 2013 to the village of Castlerock near Coleraine, where she became an active committee member of the Castlerock Community Association. She died in Coleraine on 27 May 2020.

Grace O’Malley was born in 1934 as the elder of two children of Charles Vincent O’Malley and Dr Sarah (Judy) née Walsh. Her father was a dentist and ran a successful dental practice in the heart of Limerick city at No. 4 Pery Square, while her mother worked as a doctor and ophthalmologist. Grace was educated at Mount Anville in Dublin and later entered University College Dublin, where her studies for a degree in French and Italian were interrupted by tuberculosis in 1956. Following her recovery, Grace worked in public relations in Shannon. In 1958 she met and married her husband, George Cantillon, and had four children with him. Grace’s lifelong interest in family history culminated in an MA in Art History at University of Limerick in 2004 and the publication of The Round House O’Malleys: The Power of One Woman! in 2014.

James Gaffney was born in Limerick on 12 October 1866 to Thomas Gaffney and Agnes Mary née Clune. He was educated at Crescent College, Limerick and gained a BA from University College Dublin in 1887. Later that year he became apprenticed to Patrick Shelton Connolly, a solicitor in Limerick. He qualified as a solicitor in November 1890. In 1907, he was appointed Crown Solicitor for county Limerick and served in that capacity until 1920. James Gaffney married Mary ('Cis') Spain in 1901 and by her had two sons and five daughters. He died in Limerick city on 21 October 1933.

David Bolger is an Irish dancer, choreographer and founder of the dance company CoisCéim.

Jill Gregory was born on 10 October 1917 in Bristol. Her family moved to Ireland when she was seven years old, and it was in Dublin that she was first introduced to Ballet. In 1931, she joined the Vic-Wells Ballet, founded in London by Ninette de Valois. The company later became known as the Royal Ballet. In 1962 Gregory was appointed its ballet mistress responsible for training the corps de ballet. She remained with the Royal Ballet until her retirement in 1986. She died on 5 January 2010, aged 92.

General Eoin O'Duffy was an Irish nationalist military leader who played a central role in the development of the Irish armed forces and police. His attraction to fascism led him to raise an Irish Brigade to aid Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939.

For a full biography of Seán Mac Diarmada, please refer to the Dictionary of Irish Biography, https://www.dib.ie/biography/mac-diarmada-macdermott-sean-a5027.

For a full biography of Eugene O'Curry, please refer to the Dictionary of Irish Biography, https://www.dib.ie/biography/ocurry-curry-o-comhrai-eugene-eoghan-a6664.

Timothy Looney, a native of Cahir, county Tipperary, was born in 1914. A well-known local historian, he could regularly be found exploring local castles, churches, graveyards and sites of archaeological interest. He was known to challenge established beliefs and traditions and to use the evidence of cross-disciplinary elements such as documents and landscapes to offer alternative interpretations. His house on Pearse Street, a treasure trove of maps, books, documents and photographs, was a popular port of call for genealogists tracing their ancestors and for scholars researching historical topics. Looney’s collecting activities culminated in a remarkable salvage operation to recover papers from Shanbally Castle, county Tipperary prior to its destruction by a controlled explosion in March 1960.

In addition to his historical pursuits, Looney was an active member of his local community. He had a lifelong interest in the GAA, and was influential in the development of Gaelic games in Cahir. He was a tireless charity worker and fundraiser. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he organised volunteers to travel around the country to collect money for the Central Remedial Clinic, known as the Little Willie Fund, to aid the plight of polio victims. A supporter of the trade union movement, he was also active in the Irish Transport and General Workers Union. He had a great fondness for Cahir, and campaigned prominently to save its historical railway station. Timothy Looney died in his native town in 1990.