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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO
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Examiner for Board of Intermediate Education for many years; Departmental Commissioner of Income Tax for National Board; represented the Commissioners of National Education at International Congresses connected with Education; was Representative of Board of National Education at the British Association, Dublin 1908, and was Vice-President of Education Section; was a Member of the Commission on Manual and Practical Instruction, 1897; Member of Advisory Committee of Standard Dictionary. Pubns.: articles in quarterly reviews, magazines, weeklies, etc.: editions of books for primary and secondary schools. Wrote the articles on The English Versions of the Bible; on Archaic, Obsolete, and Obscure Words in English Bible; and on Biblical Antiquities, Customs, etc., in Aids to Biblical Study for Students. Recns.: investigation of mathematical formulæ; horticulture. Res.: St. Helens, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

EVELEIGH, DE-MOLEYNS, Hon. Arthur; second son of 4th Baron Ventry and brother and Heir-presumptive to present Peer; b. 1864; m. 1897, Evelyn Muriel Stuart, dau. of Lansdowne Daubeney, of Norton, Malreward, Somerset. Res.: Burnham, Dingle, Co. Kerry.

EVERARD, Col. Sir Nugent Talbot, Baronet, (Unit. Kgd., 1911); M.A. (Cantab.); late Lieut.-Col. Comdg. and Hon. Col. 5th Batt. Prince of Wales's Leinster Regt.; H.M. Lieutenant, Co. Meath (High Sheriff, 1883); son of late Capt. Richard Everard, and Matilde Arbella, dau. of the Marquis d'Amboise; b. 1849; m. 1873, Sylvia Pricilla, dau. of William Humphreys, D.L., Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan, and has issue one son. Res.: Randlestown, Navan, Co. Meath. Clubs: Sackville Street, Dublin; Constitutional, London.

EVERETT, James (M.P. for Cos. Kildare and Wicklow from 1921); Member of Wicklow County Council. Res.: St. Patrick's Road, Wicklow.

EWART, Charles Gordon, M.A. (T.C.D.): second son of late Sir William Quartus Ewart, 1st Bart, and heir-presumptive to Baronetcy; b. 21st June, 1885; m. 1915, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph M. Greeves, of Bernagh, Strandtown, Belfast. Res.: Schomberg, Strandtown, Belfast.

EWART, Sir Robert Heard, Bart. (Unit. Kgd., 1887): B.A. (T.C.D.); eldest surviving son of Sir William Quartus. 2nd Bart., and Mary Warren, dau. of Robert Heard, J.P., of Pallastown, Kinsale, Co. Cork; b. 1879; s. his father as 3rd Bart., 17th Oct., 1919. Res.: Glenmachan, Strandtown, Belfast. Club: Ulster, Belfast.

EYRE, William Henry Gregory, D.L., J.P., Co. Galway; eldest surviving son of late John Eyre, of Eyrecourt, Co. Galway, and Eleanor, dau. of Hubert Butler Moore, of Shannon Grove, Co. Galway; m. 1901, Louisa Butler, dau. of Lewis Gower Stewart, of Mount Pleasant, Ilfracombe. Res:. Eyrecourt Castle, Eyrecourt, Co. Galway.

FAGAN, Bernard Goulding, B.A. (Hons.); B.Sc. (Hons.) National University, Ireland; Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland; Associate of Royal College of Science, Ireland. Educ.: Christian Brothers' Schools, Nth. Richmond Street, and Royal College of Science. Public Analyst for Dublin City, and Counties of Dublin, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Louth, Westmeath; Medicine Analyst for Poor Law Unions and County Homes; Lecturer in Chemistry m. Dublin Technical Schools, 1910-; Examiner in Chemistry, Intermediate Education Board, 1917-1920; Committee member. Institute of Chemistry (Irish section); b. 24th July, 1888; m. 21st June, 1916, 3rd dau. of James Brady, Solicitor. Recns.: swimming, music, football, motor-cycling. Res.: The Laurels, Carrickbrennan Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin.

FAGAN, James Bernard, Manager and Dramatic Author. Educ. at Clongowes, Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford University; studied for the Bar; was engaged in the Indian Civil Service for some time; originally an actor in F. R. Benson's Company, making his first appearance in 1895; was engaged with Beerbohm Tree at Her Majesty's Theatre from1897-9, where he played in "Katherine and Petruchio," "A Man's Shadow," "Julius Caesar," "The Musketeers," "Carnac Sahib," etc.; retired from the stage in 1913, returned and toured as the Pvt. Hon. Denzil Trevena in his own play "The Earth"; produced "Damaged Goods" in March, 1917, at the St. Martin's; at the Ambassadors', Dec, 1917, produced "The Wonder Tales" of Hawthorne; April, 1918, "The Little Brother"; took over the management of the Court Theatre, Sept., 1918, reviving "Damaged Goods"; Oct., 1918, produced "Twelfth Night"; Mar., 1919, "The School for Scandal"; June, 1919, "The Lost Leader"; Oct., 1919, "The Merchant of Venice"; this was transferred to the Duke of York's, where in April, 1920, he revived "The Government Inspector," and in June, 1920, produced "Madame Sand"; at the Ambassadors', Sept., 1920, produced "The White Headed Boy"; at the Court, Dec, 1920, revived "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Feb., 1921, "King Henry IV" (part II.); April, 1921, "Othello"; is the author of the following among other plays: "The Rebels," 1899: "The Prayer of the Sword," 1904; "Under Which King?" 1905; "Hawthorne, U.S.A." 1905; "Gloria," 1907; "The Earth," 1909;