Players: References

This page provides references, and commentary on references, for the biographical data on the Players page, and other biographical information (for example, references to photographs). (Under development; contributions welcome.)

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  • ADDEY, R. G. Dixon (Ronald George Dixon Addey) (sometimes given incorrectly as R. G. Dixon-Addey). Ronald George Dixon Addey (1882-1956), “jenjen999”, My Families blog (detailed biography).
  • ALCORN, Tom M. Email from David McAlister, 2 February 2022 (date of birth (per Albert Long’s notebooks); month of death). Ulster Chess News 2003, Issue 3 (obit.; biographical summary)
  • ALEXANDER, C. H. O’D.. “Industry and Invention Represented in Midlands Awards: C.B.E. for Birmingham Toy Manufacturer”, Birmingham Post, 1 January 1955 p. 6 (C.B.E., biography). Westward Ho!, April 1974 p. 2 (obit.).
  • ALLEN, Keith. Irish Chess Journal, issue 9, May-June 1989 (National Club Championship win, 1988).
  • ALLEN, W. J. (William John). Evening Herald, 24 January 1962 p. 4 (“in his 89th year”) and 14 October 1964 p. 12 (“the late W.J. Allen”).
  • ALLISON, Finbarr. Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 22 (b. May 24, via ICU grading identification code).
  • ARCHER, Richard. Census form, 1901. IrishGenealogy.ie (d.n.). Evening Echo, 21 February 1938 p. 5 (obit., including photo). Cork Examiner, 22 February 1938 p. 10 (obit., including photo), 23 February 1938 p. 15 (obit.). Irish Independent, 28 February 1938 p. 6 (obit.). Plunkett Trophy page, Irish Chess History web site.
  • ARMSTRONG, James Septimus. Obituary, British Medical Journal, vol. 1(3934) p. 1137, 30 May 1936. (Gaige (1987) gives date and place of birth. Harding Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987, p. 193 gives 1891-?.)
  • ARMSTRONG, Simon Carter. Tim Harding, Ph.D. dissertation. Irish Times, (Monday) 3 August 1942 p. 4 (obit.).
  • ARMSTRONG, William. Baptismal record, IrishGenealogy.ie. Irish Times, (Wednesday) 9 August 1899 p. 1 (obit.). Dublin Evening Mail, 19 August 1899 p. 2 (obit.). The Irish Law Times and Solicitors’ Journal, vol. 33, August 12, 1899, p. 333 (obit.).
  • AUDLEY, J. H. (James Henry; ‘Harry’). Evening Herald, 22 September 1978 p. 4 (d.n.). Cork Examiner, 23 June 1977 p. 20 (full name; aged 62), 22 September 1978 p. 2 (d.n.), 23 September 1978 p. 2 (d.n.), p. 10 (obit.). Irish Press, 23 September 1978 p. 2 (d.n.). Irish Independent, 14 July 1976 p. 8 (photo; aged 62). James Henry Audley, Ancestry.com (date and place of birth and death).

  • BAKER, Philip. Obituary, Irish Times, (Wednesday) 20 April 1932 p. 5. (Gaige gives date of death as ‘c05-1932’.) Date of birth: cf. census form, 1911 (aged 30 on 11 April 1911).
  • BARKER, F. C.. Mr. Francis Const Barker, BillionGraves.com (scroll right three images) (date and place of death).
  • BARRINGTON, Conor. Irish Times, 3 October 2011 p. 27 (d.n.). BARRINGTON, Conor: Death (same).
  • BARNETT, (later Sir) Richard Whieldon. Belfast News-Letter, 3 June 1925 p. 7 (knighted); 18 October 1930 pp. 8, 11 (obits.). Evening Herald, 17 October 1930 p. 11 (obit.) (gives birthplace as Holywood, Co. Down).
  • BARRY, C. J. (Charles Joseph). IrishGenealogy.ie (date and place of birth, full name). IrishGenealogy.ie (date and place of death).
  • BARRY, G. F. (George Frith). Obituary, BCM 1891 p. 171.
  • (BARRY-BROWN, J.—see Brown, J. Barry.)
  • BATESON, Raymond. Evening Herald, 22 September 1976 p. 10 (Irish correspondence champion 1976).
  • BEAVEN, A. E. (Alfred). Census form, 1911 (place of birth, aged 36 at 1901 census).
  • BECKETT, Roger. Irish Chess Journal, issue 9, May-June 1989 (National Club Championship win, 1988).
  • BECKETT, Tony. Belfast Telegraph, 9 July 1988 p. 21 (retired as UCU President). Profile, ChessNI web pages (via the Wayback Machine). Tony Beckett awarded Honorary Membership of Bangor Chess Club, UCU web site, ca. September 2021 (biographical details, photo) Tony Beckett RIP, UCU web site, ca. April 2022 (obits., biographical details, photos).
  • BEWLEY, T. H. (Thomas Henry). Thomas Bewley obituary: Irish psychiatrist at heart of drug and alcohol addiction treatment in Britain, Irish Times, 16 July 2022 (obit.). Thomas Bewley obituary, The Guardian, 2 August 2022. Dr Thomas Bewley, psychiatrist who influenced British drug policy from the 1960s onwards – obituary, The Telegraph, 17 September 2022. Thomas Bewley obituary, The Times, 22 August 2022. Thomas Bewley: put addiction medicine on an equal footing with other psychiatric specialties, British Medical Journal, 8 August 2022 (obit.). Thomas Bewley, Geoff Watts, The Lancet, 13 August 2022 (obit.). Thomas Bewley, CBE, MD, FRCPI, FRCPsych (Hon), Martin Mitcheson, BJ Psych Bulletin, First View, pp. 1-2, 14 December 2022 (obit.) (pdf). In conversation with Thomas Bewley, Psychiatric Bulletin, vol. 31, no. 6, June 2007, pp. 220-223, published online by Cambridge University Press, 2 January 2018 (interview by Alan Kerr, 10 March 2004; photo). Reform Club Annual Dinner and Dr Thomas Bewley 1926-2022, Danny Rosenbaum, Hamilton-Russell Chess Cup web site, 4 February 2015 and 27 July 2022 (chess activity in England).
  • BONNER, Seán. Wicklow People, 23 April 1955 p. 2 (first name; Inter-County Championship win).
  • BOURKE, Austin. Irish Times, 3 August 1995 p. 25 (obit.).
  • BOWESMAN, H. N. (Henry Nassau). Martin Bowesman (great-grandson), Genealogy.com, 18 July 2001 (date of birth). IrishGenealogy.ie (place of birth). IrishGenealogy.ie (year and place of death); Evening Herald (Friday) 18 April 1930 p. 10 (President of Irish Chess Union); Irish Times (Friday) 15 October 1926 p. 11 and (Wednesday) 4 November 1931 p. 13 (elected President of Sackville C.C.).
  • BRADLEY, John. “John Bradley—Archaeologist”, Fintan Deere, Kilkenny People, 26 August 1988 p. 7 (place and year of birth). Kilkenny People, 7 November 2014. RIP.ie (dead link as of October 21, 2023). Irish Times, (Saturday) 29 November 2014 (obit.).
  • BRADY, Cormac. Thread, Chess Ireland forum, 24 January 2003 (tributes).
  • BREEN, Willie. Evening Herald (Saturday) 3 February 2001 p. 46 (d.n.).
  • BROWN, J. Barry. Census form, 1911 (place of birth). Irish Times Thursday, 9 March 1972 p. 13 (obit.).
  • BUCKLEY, Maurice. Irish Chess Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, August-September 1997 p. 11 (elected ICU Chairman); vol. 10, no. 4, August-September 1998 (re-elected Chairman).
  • BUTLER, E.[dward] Gerald. Saturday Herald, 25 February 1899 p. 8 (obit.). Irish Genealogy.ie (birth record). IrishGenealogy.ie (d.c.).

  • CAFFERKY, Tony. Irish Press, 26 April 1965 p. 12 (Irish Schoolboys’ championship 1965).
  • CAFOLLA, Peter. LCU Newsletter, no. 2/1977-78 p. 2 (re Kilkenny ‘Stars Barred’ 1977). Sunday Independent, 25 May 1980 p. 14 (Leinster Intermediate champion 1980). Tournament results, LCU web site, ca. January 2000 (via the Wayback Machine) (re Rathmines 2000). Fiacla Fichille, vol. 2, issue 14, June 1984, p. 11 (ICU grading list 1984) (month and day of birth, via identification code); vol. 2, issue 18 p. 18 (Greystones Intermediate 1st-2nd 1985).
  • CALVERT, H. W.. Post, David McAlister, English Chess Forum, 30 May 2024, and following posts (Strandtown C.C.).
  • CAMPBELL, Karina (née Kruk). Belfast Telegraph, 15 July 2023 p. Weekend-8 (full-page profile).
  • CANTON, Brian (Brian Francis Canton). Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 7 (ICU grading list 1983) (b. October 4, via identification code). IrishGenealogy.ie (year and place of birth). RIP.ie (date and place of death; middle name; photo).
  • CAREY, J. W. (Joseph William). Belfast News-Letter, May 29, 1937 p. 1 (d.n.), June 3, 1937 p. 11 (obit.). Census form, 1901 (aged 42, born in Scotland) and 1911 (aged 52, born in Ayr, Scotland). Joseph William Carey, Ancestry.com (exact date of birth, born Ayr SCO). Joseph William Carey, Ulster History Circle web site, February 2, 2015 (via the Wayback Machine) (gives birthplace as Kilwarlin, Co. Down, contradicting census forms; his father was a Moravian minister at Kilwarlin and it seems more likely that this was where he grew up, but not his birthplace). Joseph W. Carey, Geni.com (ditto).
  • CARROLL, John. Evening Herald, 11 October 1952 p. 4 (photo, address); 2 September 1953 p. 2 (full name, address (6 Maxwell St., Dublin); into playoff for Irish correspondence title for 1952-53); 24 February 1954 p. 7 (photo receiving gold medal; joint winner with O.[wen] McAuley of Irish correspondence championship 1952-53). Harding (2011) gives initial (p. 368).
  • CASEY, John (of Dublin). Irish Independent, 18 March 1968 p. 13 (obit.). Irish Times, 23 April 1968 p. 8 (obit.). Evening Herald, 5 May 1934 p. 7 (photo), 10 April 1937 p. 2 (photo).
  • CASEY, John (of Cork). Cork Examiner, 25 July 1952 p. 3 (photo in play during Irish championship 1952).
  • CASSIDY, Paul. Evening Herald, May 6, 1959 p. 2 (profile, including photo).
  • CASSIDY, Ray. Irish Times, 18 December 1999 p. 20 (obit.). Leinster Chess Gradings – July 1982 (b. October 7, via ICU grading identification code). Irish Chess Journal, vol. 12, issue 1, February-March 2000 p. 3 (an appreciation, by John Murray).
  • CHATER, Hilda F.[lorence]. Hilda Chater, Ulster Chess Union archives (photos; biographical sketch abridged from Albert Long notebooks (including vital dates)). Ireland’s Saturday Night, 7 December 1968 p. 10 (obit.; “who was in her 93rd year” (note that this is not consistent with the dates given by Albert Long). Hilda Florence Chater, Stephen John Mann, Yorkshire Chess History web site (detailed biography; gives year of birth as both 1876 (in heading) and 1875 (in table); gives a sister as born in 1874, not consistent (barring adoption of one or both) with the birth date 28 August 1874 given by Albert Long.
  • CLARKE, Ken. Irish Press, 23 April 1965 p. 18 (first name, St. Paul’s school).
  • CLARKE, Russell. Irish Independent, 30 June 1932 p. 13 (first name).
  • CLOSE, L. J. (Leo Joseph). Birth certificate, IrishGenealogy.ie (date and place of birth). Census form, 1911 (full name, place of birth). Marriage record, IrishGenealogy.ie. Irish Times, April 8, 1971 p. 11 (obit.). Irish Independent, 12 April 1971 p. 2 (obit.)
  • COLDRICK, Art. Evening Herald, 8 April 1959 p. 2 (Irish Schoolboys’ champion 1959; photo (of good newspaper quality), biographical sketch). Belfast Telegraph, 11 April 1962 p. 16 (photo (of excellent newspaper quality) during Irish Universities’ Championship 1962).
  • COLE, Ethan. Belfast Telegraph, 15 July 2023 p. Weekend-9 (full-page profile).
  • COLL, Frank. Derry Journal, 10 April 1970 p. 16 (photo (of good newspaper quality); Ulster champion), 25 September 1970 p. 15 (Ulster champion; aged mid-twenties). Evening Herald, 15 December 1994 p. 16 (joint Irish correspondence champion 1994; “Drumsill Park, Armagh”).
  • COLLINS, Sam. Chess is something I love—an interview with Sam Collins, Johannes Fischer, ChessBase.com, 28 March 2017 (place of birth).
  • COLLINS, William. Belfast Telegraph, 9 July 1988 p. 21 (UCU President 1988-89).
  • CONLON, Tom. Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 8 (b. May 5, via ICU grading identification code). RIP.ie (d.n.). Tom Conlon RIP, ICU web site, August 26, 2019 (d.n.).
  • COOKE, Wheeler. Census form, 1911.
  • COOTES, Arthur. Belfast Telegraph, 5 January 1983 p. 3 (photo). Arthur Cootes 1907-2002, Gerald Harvey, UCU web site (obit.). Victor Coates a.k.a. Arthur Cootes,Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players, 1873-1959, BritBase (ed. John Saunders).
  • COPELAND, C. C.. Birth cert, IrishGenealogy.ie. IrishGeneaology.ie (d.c.). Irish Independent, 19 May 1952 p. 8 (obit.). Irish Press, 22 May 1946 p. 9 (photo, at play during Irish championship 1946). Connacht Tribune, 11 October 1947 p. 18 (outgoing President of Galway C.C.).
  • CORBY, James C. (Jim). Evening Herald, 2 September 1959 p. 4 (Irish correspondence champion 1959, age in 1959, place of birth), 13 January 1960 p. 2 (photo), 7 September 1960 p. 2 (retained title; photo), 13 August 1961 p. 5 (again retained title; photo), 12 April 2001 p. 28 (extended profile, photo (of good newspaper quality)); RIP.ie, 4 May 2011 (obit.); Irish Times, 5 and 6 May 2011 (obit.).
  • COSGRAVE, Ephraim McDowell. Belfast News-Letter, 20 September 1888 p. 3 (President, City C.C.).
  • COTTER, (Major) J. P. M. (John). Census form, 1911 (place of birth).
  • COTTER, J. R.. The Dublin University Calendar for the Year 1909-10, vol. 1, p. 56.
  • COVENEY, Maurice J.[ames]. Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 22 (b. July 25, via ICU grading identification code). Evening Herald, 9 December 1964 p. 21 (I.C.C.C. Junior Section C winner, 1963-64, including photograph (of medium newspaper quality)); 24 September 1969 p. 9 (I.C.C.C. Senior Section E joint winner, 1968-69). Cork Examiner, 4 November 1970 p. 13 (outgoing C.C.A. chairman, re-elected); 6 October 1971 p. 12 (outgoing C.C.A. Chairman). Southern Star, May 23, 2009 p. 31 (candidate for Cork County Council; profile, with photo; “has lived all his life in the locality except for ten years he trained as an aircraft engineer in the Air Corps at Baldonnell and worked in the aircraft industry overseas”). Maurice Coveney, ElectionsIreland.org (middle name). Maurice Coveney RIP, ICU web site, September 4, 2024. RIP.ie (d.n.).
  • COX, David. Irish Independent, 3 January 1969 p. 13 (Leinster Schoolboys’ champion 1969).
  • CRANSTON, T. G. (Thomas George). IrishGenealogy.ie (date and place of birth). IrishGenealogy.ie (place of death).
  • CREEVEY, James C.. Copy of birth certificate, IrishGenealogy.ie (date of birth, possible town of birth; gives last name as “Creevy”). Census form, 1901. Irish Times, 28 February 1967 p. 17 (obit.; interred Glenlivet SCO). Cork Examiner, 13 April 1967 p. 12 (obit.; county of birth; r. Cork at time of Irish championship wins). Photo of headstone, BillionGraves.com (dates of birth and death; place of birth; confirmation of last name).
  • CRONHELM, Edward. Yorkshire Chess History, Stephen John Mann, last updated 25 April 2012 (via the Wayback Machine).
  • CRONIN, April. Facebook page (month and day of birth).
  • CROWE, Michael. Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 8 (b. May 11, via ICU grading identification code). Michael Crowe RIP, ICU web site, 6 February 2021. Post, Stephen Stokes, Facebook, 6 February 2021 (tribute, including photographs). Tribute, Alexander Baburin, ICU web site, 6 February 2021. Tribute, Alexander Baburin, Facebook, 6 February 2021 (including photographs). RIP.ie (d.n.). Irish Chess Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, April-May 1997, p. 22 (ICU Chairman in April-May 1997).
  • CUMMINS, James. Evening Herald, 20 September 1967 p. 13 (Glorney Cup 1967; I.C.C.C. Junior champion 1967; address); 15 November 1967 p. 6 (Glorney Cup 1966, 1967; results in schoolboy competitions; photo (of good newspaper quality)).
  • CUNNANE, (Fr. / Rev. Fr. / Canon) Séamus. RIP.ie (d.n.). Father Seamus Cunnane, who served as Cardigan’s parish priest for 37 years, dies at 92, Tivy-Side Advertiser, 7 October 2021 (obit.). The Nationalist (Carlow), 8 October 2021 (d.n.). Cardigan People 54: Seamus Cunnane (1929-2021), ‘WHH’, Cardiff Through the Ages web site, 9 October 2021 (tribute primarily based on activities as local historian, incl. year of birth, photo). Diamond Jubilee: Celebrations mark 60 years of Priesthood for Father Cunnane, Tivy-Side Advertiser, 25 June 2015 (photo, place and date of ordination). Biography (including date and place of birth) and Homily given by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Clyde Hughes Johnson at the funeral Mass of Canon Seamus Cunnane on Saturday 16th October 2021 (month, year, and place of birth; biographical details), Diocese of Menevia web site, 27 October 2021. Previous winners, Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation website (Welsh correspondence champion 1969-70, 1972, 1974). Cork Examiner, 25 September 1970 p. 12 (Welsh correspondence champion). The Nationalist and Leinster Times, 11 July 1975 p. 17 (three times Welsh Postal champion); 12 January 1977 p. 1 (ICCF World Cup Division 3 1974-77 winner). FM Iolo Ceredig Jones RIP, Welsh Chess Union web site, September 2021 (co-founder, Cardigan C.C.).

  • DAVIES, A. L.. Belfast News-Letter, 29 October 1947 p. 6 (re-elected President of Belfast C.C.).
  • DÉISEACH, Donal. Evening Herald, 27 May 1964 p. 8 (pen portrait of Collegians 1963-64 Armstrong Cup team; Déiseach won Armstrong Cup at age 16.) Déiseach – Spassky, World Junior Championship 1955, IRLchess, April 5, 2019 (photo in play against Boris Spassky). Brian Canton 1930-2019, IRLchess, July 19, 2019 (photo of 1954-55 Clontarf Armstrong Cup-winning team). Family Life Education in Canadian Schools, Canadian Education Association, June 1977 (his rendition of first and last name).
  • DELANEY, Michael C.. RIP.ie, 5 May 2020 (obit., including photograph). Michael Delaney RIP, ICU web site, May 5, 2020 (d.n.). Phibsboro C.C. Facebook page, May 6, 2020.
  • DE LOUGHRY, Des. Irish Press, 27 September 1958 p. 6 (photo, with Brian Canton and J. J. Walsh), 29 September 1958 p. 6 (photo; aged 29). Evening Herald, 21 April 1977 p. 2 (d.n.; date and place of death; full name). Irish Independent, 21 April 1977 p. 11 (d.n.; “native of Kilkenny”; athletics background), p. 21 (d.n.; date and place of death; full name). Irish Times, 22 April 1977 p. 6 (d.n.; gives name as both “de Loughrey” (headline) and “de Loughry” (story); usage varies but “de Loughry” seems correct). Sunday Independent, 24 April 1977 p. 25 (appreciation, from athletics community). Irish Times, 26 July 1962 p. 8 (elected ICU President for 1962-63.)
  • DENARD, Vincent. Post, Stephen Stokes, Facebook, October 25, 2023 (100th birthday celebrations, including photographs).
  • DENNEHY, Tony. Gaige (1987) (date and place of birth, citing letter from Pat Constant; gives first name as “Antony”). RIP.ie, 28 August 2015 (obit., including photograph). Tony Dennehy RIP, ICU web pages, 28 August 2015. Remembering Tony Dennehy, Paul Cassidy, ICU web pages, 27 June 2016.
  • DESMOND, Brian. Evening Echo, 12 October 1982 p. 11 (re-elected ICU President; first elected 1980). Sunday Independent, 7 November 1982 p. 13 (elected ICU President).
  • DEVENNEY, Ray. Evening Echo, 20 September 1983 p. 13 (President, ICU, 1983–).
  • DISKIN, Pat. Sunday Independent, 7 May 1950 p. 6 (Connacht champion).
  • DOBSON, James S.. Irish Times, (Monday) 25 June 1894 p. 6 (obit.); Irish Times, (Friday) 29 June 1894 p. 7 (obit.).
  • DONNEGAN, T.[homas] P.. Irish Independent, 27 September 1952 p. 1 (death notice) (first name, date and place of death).
  • DOYLE, J. J. (James). Irish Times, 1 December 1955 p. 4 (obit.).
  • DOYLE, Vincent. “13-year-old Chess Champion”, Irish Independent, 8 May 1942 p. 2 (photo; Leinster Schoolboys’ champion 1942; aged 13 in May 1942). Evening Herald, 1 October 1945 p. 2 (son of J. J. Doyle; three times winner of (Leinster) Schoolboys’ championship).
  • DREW, Martin. Cork Examiner, 4 May 1966 p. 13 (National Club Championship 1966).
  • DRURY, Charles. Census form, 1901 (place of birth). Weekly Irish Times, (Saturday) 13 June 1903 p. 6 (obit.). IrishGenealogy.ie (d.n.).
  • DUFFY, Séamus, Post, Séamus Duffy, Facebook, 21 November 2023 (photo in second year).
  • DUIGNAN, P. A. (Patrick Alphonsus) (Paddy). Duignan, Patrick Alphonsus, The Duignan One-Name Study web site (birth date and place, link to birth cert., links with details of parents (m. Manhattan, New York); gives death as 1998. Birth cert., IrishGenealogy.ie. Anglo-Celt, 8 August 1964 p. 1 (“seconded for a year as a United Nations advisor to the Arab Postal Union”; departed with wife and three children, incl. children’s names); Evening Herald, 28 July 1964 p. 5 (photo, former chess champion of Ireland, “Off to Cairo on Saturday with his wife and family of three”); Fermanagh Herald, 15 August 1964 p. 6; Irish Independent, 14 March 1967 p. 6 (“returned recently to Ireland after serving as United Nations Postal Expert to the Arab Postal Union”); Irish Press, 29 July 1964 p. 11 (native of Arigna, Co. Roscommon, names three children), 30 July 1964 p. 6 (photo, native of Arigna, past pupil of O’Connell Schools, Dublin), 10 October 1973 p. 1 (“The wife of an Irishman heading a United Nations postal development in Damascus, whose home was destroyed in the Israeli bomb attack, was waiting last night in Dublin for confirmation that her husband was safe” (re Yom Kippur War, 6-25 October 1973); age 56); Irish Times, 4 September 1997 p. 4 (d.n.); Leitrim Observer, 15 August 1964 p. 5. Irish Press, 4 September 1984 p. 15 (bridge column by John O’Keeffe with example of Duignan’s bridge play; “Paddy Duignan of Dun Laoghaire and Blackrock bridge clubs”). Sunday Independent, 21 May 1950 p. 8 (Leinster champion 1950, with photo). Paddy Duignan, ICU web pages (items by Joe Keenan (1996) and Enda Rohan (1997)).
  • DUNDAS, Robert E.. Irish Independent, 6 December 1948 p. 2 (born Boston, of Galway parents; served in US Navy during Second World War; engineering student at U.C.G.). Irish Press, 14 October 1950 p. 13 (middle initial; B.E. degree, Autumn 1950).
  • DUNSCOMBE, Parker. Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, vol. 1 (5th edition) (London: Harrison, 1871), p. 380 (date of birth). Weekly Irish Times, (Saturday) 24 January 1914 p. 24 (obit.). BCM 1903 p. 504 (President, Dawson Street C.C., 1903).
  • DYNAN, R. D. Irish Independent, 6 October 1955 p. 13 (elected President of LCU).

  • FAGAN, Michael. Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 9 (b. December 13, via ICU grading identificatio code). RIP.ie (d.n.). Westland Row P.P.U. (obit.).
  • FARNHAM, J. E. Evening Herald, 7 November 1903 p. 7 (President, Sackville C.C.).
  • FARRINGTON, Thomas E.. Cork Examiner, 5 May 1924 p. 5 (obit.). Freeman’s Journal, 5 May 1924 p. 6 (obit.). Census form, 1911 (aged 53, born in Cork City). Cork Examiner, 30 December 1918 p. 5 (results of 1918 general election). IrishGenealogy.ie (d.c.).
  • FAWCETT, (Rev.) R. H. (Richard Henry. Census form, 1901 (age in 1901, place of birth). IrishGenealogy.ie (d.c.).
  • FERRIS, Sam. Martin Kelly remembering two wonderful Belfast South players, Martin Kelly, UCU web site, ca. November 2018 (obit.). Samuel Ferris, FuneralTimes.com, 15 October 2018 (d.n.).
  • FINN, (Miss) Kate Belinda. John Saunders, Kate Belinda Finn, English Chess Forum, August 29, 2015, citing Gaige; BCM 1932 pp. 166-7; The Times, 9 March 1932; and Ancestry.com.
  • FITZGIBBON, Walter. RIP.ie, 5 January 2016 (d. n.).
  • FITZSIMONS, Pat. FIDE Arbiter norm report, FIDE web site (place and date of birth).
  • FLANNERY, David. Evening Echo, 26 September 1978 p. 11 (photo).
  • FOLEY, Declan. Sunday Independent, 2 October 1949 p. 9, 9 October 1949 p. 8 (Irish correspondence champion 1949; born October 1928).
  • FORSON, Des. Belfast Telegraph, 5 January 1983 p. 3 (photo); 15 November 2013 (d. n.). Des Forson 1964-2013, David Houston, UCU web site (obit., including photo).
  • FREESTONE, Richard. IrishGenealogy.ie (date and place of death).
  • FRENCH, S.[eán] A.. Evening Herald, 19 June 1936 p. 8 (first name).
  • FURMSTON, M. P. (Michael Philip Furmston). Varsity Oxford-Cambridge Match: Pen Pictures of Players, 1873-1959, BritBase (ed. John Saunders) (full name, vital dates, citing Michael Furmston 1933-2020, University of Oxford Faculty of Law web pages, 9 July 2020 (obit., with photo)). He lectured at Queen’s University Belfast, probably for two or three years: he was living in Southampton in April 1961 (Birmingham Daily Post, 18 April 1961 p. 29 (part of Midland Institute, Birmingham team that won (national?) League), won the Williamson Shield in 1962, and returned to Oxford in 1964.

  • GALVIN, Barry St. John. IrishGenealogy.ie (date and place of birth). IrishGenealogy.ie (d.c.). Irish Times, (Friday) 3 October 1941 p. 4 (obit.).
  • GAMBLE, James. Belfast News-Letter, August 21, 1920 p. 7 (place and date of death, possible place of birth (“native of”)); August 26, 1920 p. 7 (obit.). BCM 1921 p. 52 (obit.). Death certificate, IrishGenealogy.ie (aged 63). Census form, 1901. Irish Times, May 16, 1914 p. 24, Belfast News-Letter, October 24, 1915 p. 2, BCM 1919 pp. 41-42 (President of Belfast C.C.).
  • GEDVILAITE, Monika. Facebook page, February 17, 2015 (date and place of birth).
  • GERRARD, J. T. (John Thomas). Evening Herald, May 5, 1954 p. 8 (obit.). IrishGenealogy.ie (date and place of death).
  • GIBNEY, Eugene, Interview with CC-IM Dr Eugene Gibney, date unknown, I.C.C.A. web pages (biographical details, photo). The Globe and Mail, 11 October 2003 (Canadian correspondence champion 2000; from Ireland).
  • GIBSON, John F. Leinster Chess Gradings – July 1982 (b. November 23, via ICU grading identification code). RIP.ie (d.n.). John Gibson RIP, ICU web site, March 15, 2022 (giving date of death as 14 March). John Gibson RIP, Kevin Burke, St. Benildus C.C. web site, March 16, 2022 (obit., details of playing career, esp. Armstrong Cup record). John Gibson RIP, Paul Cassidy, ICU web site, March 17, 2022 (obit.). John Gibson (1948-2022), ‘Eoghan’, Irish Go Association web site, March 20, 2022 (obit.; includes photo). John Gibson, Dudley Moore, Sensei’s Library web site, March 22, 2022 (obit.). 5 MINUTES WITH: John Gibson, Ireland, None Redmond, American Go E-Journal, May 30, 2010 (with photo).
  • GLORNEY, C.[ecil] Parker. The British Friend, 3rd Month 1st 1882, p. 80 (date and place of birth). Irish Times, 8 March 1933 p. 4 (Ennis Shield win). Cork Examiner, 22 July 1949 p. 7 (elected ICU Chair). Evening Herald, 17 April 1958 p. 2 (Ennis Shield win, including photo).
  • GOLDSMITH, J. M. (John Mills). Profile, GENi.com (date and place of birth, date of death).
  • GOOD, John. Weekly Irish Times, September 18, 1909 (winner of Plunkett Trophy 1908-08, Copeman Cup win 1909, Secretary of Cork Young Men’s Society, first name).
  • GORMALLY, Ivan. Fiacla Fichille, vol. 1, no. 11, September 1983, p. 10 (b. December 21, via ICU grading identification code).
  • GRANT, Eddie. Tweet, Gary Lane, 17 December 2022 (date of birth).
  • GROGAN, Richard (Dick). RIP.ie, May 14, 2016. Obituary, Irish Times, May 21, 2016.

  • HAND, Robert. Irish Chess Journal, vol. 1, no. 7, January-February 1989, pp. 8-9 (date and place of birth; President, ICU); vol. 1, issue 11, September-October 1989 p. 19 (photo); vol. 2, no. 4, 1990 p. 4 (photo; President, ICU). RIP.ie, March 26, 2024 (d.n.; photo). Robert Hand RIP, ICU web site, April 27, 2024.
  • HARRISON, Harold. Cork Examiner, 4 May 1966 p. 13 (first name, Plunkett Trophy 1963, National Club Championship 1966).
  • HARTE, Harry. Evening Herald, 12 July 1960 p. 12 (first name).
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  • KRUK, Karine—see Campbell, Karina.

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  • LONG, Thomas. Obituary, BCM 1907 p. 259. Weekly Irish Times, 25 May 1907 p. 18 (obit; formerly Registrar, Board of Works). IrishGenealogy.ie (d.c.) (at 53 (?) Rathgar Road, Dublin; civil servant—retired; giving age as 76 years, so born 1830 or 1831, versus 1827 as given by Gaige and Harding). Chess Notes 10861, Edward Winter, 17 May 2018, citing Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, privately circulated 1994 edition and Tim Harding, British Chess Literature to 1914 p. 351 (year and place of birth; place of death). Cf. return in 1901 census for a Thomas Long, retired civil servant, resident at 435 (note discrepancy) Rathgar Road, aged 70; form completed 6 April 1900 (per form B-1). If this is the same person, and the return is accurate, the date of birth would be 15 June 1829, not 15 June 1827 as given by Gaige and Harding.
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  • (McGRILLEN, Hugh—see MacGrillen, Hugh.)
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  • Ó BROIN, R.. Evening Herald, 17 April 1958 p. 2 (Ennis Shield win, including photo).
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  • ROPER, Alfred S.. Census form, 1911. Belfast News-Letter, 16 January 1967 p. 2 (d.n.), 17 January 1967 p. 2 (obit.). Photo, UCU web pages (from Albert Long collection).
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  • RYND, J. A. “Porterfield”. Tim Harding, The Last Homecoming of Mars, Kibitzer 121, ChessCafe.com, June 2006 (via the Wayback Machine), citing King’s Inn’s Barristers, 1868-2004 (Kenneth Ferguson, ed.; 2005) (date of birth). Marriage record (m. Anna Hester Cranwill, St. Mary’s Church, Dublin City, 7 September 1869), IrishGenealogy.ie. James Alexander Porterfield Rynd and Kenneth Arly Rynd, Stephen John Mann, Yorkshire Chess History web site, 16 December 2020 (full name; detailed biography).
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  • SADLIER, Jim. Cork Examiner, 4 May 1966 p. 13 (National Club Championship 1966).
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  • SCHUSTER, Michael. Evening Herald, 17 April 1958 p. 2 (Ennis Shield win, including photo).
  • SHEEHAN, Jim. Evening Echo, 4 April 1967 p. 6 (photo; biographical sketch; several times played on winning Copeman Cup and Martin Cup teams).
  • SKELTON, Adrian. Belfast News Letter, 30 December 1985 p. 5 (photo).
  • SMITH, Andrew Philip. Happy Birthday to FM Andrew Smith (**-**-1959), British Chess News web site, * 2020 (date of birth, club, photos, games, book).
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  • SOFFE, George D.[aniel]. IrishGenealogy.ie (d.c.) (full name). George Daniel Soffe, Ancestry.com (place, month, and year of birth).
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  • STEPHENS, Albert. Weekly Irish Times, (Saturday) 20 April 1912 p. 20 (obit.). IrishGenealogy.ie (place of death).
  • STEWART, James. Irish Chess Journal, issue 9, May-June 1989 (National Club Championship win, 1988).
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  • WOODS, Yannick. Our students, GM Alex Baburin Grandmaster School of Chess web site (via the Wayback Machine) (place of birth).

  • YEATS, Michael Butler. Bernard Adams, Michael Yeats: Politician son of the poet, The Independent, 10 May 2007 (obit.).
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  • General references:
  • Gaige, Jeremy, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1987. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 (reprint, 2005).
  • Harding, Tim, Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011. ISBN 978-0-7864-4553-0.
  • Luce, A. A., A History of Dublin Chess Club, ca. 1965.

Last updated November 21, 2024.

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