Boland, John Pius (1870–1958), politician and tennis player, son of Patrick Boland (1840–1877), businessman, and his wife, Mary Donnelly, was born at 135 Capel Street, Dublin, on 16 September 1870. His father, the wealthy proprietor of the largest bakery in Ireland, died in 1877, and his mother in 1882, leaving their seven children under the guardianship of ...
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Boland, John Pius (1870–1958), politician and tennis player
G. Martin Murphy
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McCarthy, Daniel (1883–1957), sports administrator and politician
Mike Cronin
McCarthy, Daniel (1883–1957), sports administrator and politician, was born at 50 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, on 22 January 1883, the son of John McCarthy, a coach finisher, and his wife, Bridget, née Rabbit. A product of the reawakening of Irish culture in the late nineteenth century who pursued his beliefs into the political arena, he was active in the ...
