Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland, left an indelible mark on literature and culture with his wit, poetry, and...
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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett was an author, critic, and playwright, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. He wrote in both French and...
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Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, parliamentary orator, and influential political thinker during the late 18th century. His...
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Edward Bruce
Edward Bruce played a pivotal role in the Scottish struggle for independence and ventured into Ireland to assert his own claims to power....
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May 5
Speranza (Jane Wilde)
Jane Wilde was an Irish poet known by the pen name Speranza and a fervent supporter of the nationalist movement. Lady Wilde’s life was a...
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Rosie Hackett
Rosanna “Rosie” Hackett was a pioneering figure in Ireland’s labour movement and a key participant in the struggle for workers’ rights....
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Seam Lemass
Seán Lemass was a prominent figure in Irish politics, serving as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. His political...
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Bernadette Devlin
Bernadette Devlin, also known as Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, born on April 23, 1947, is an influential figure in Irish civil rights and...
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Augusta Gregory
Lady Augusta Gregory was a prominent figure in the Irish Literary Revival. This Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist, and theatre manager...
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Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson is an Irish politician who served as the seventh president of Ireland from December 1990 to September 1997. She was the...
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Charlie Haughey
Charles Haughey, a towering figure in Irish politics, served as Taoiseach for four terms from December 1979 to February 1992. Born in...
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Ian Paisley
Ian Paisley was a prominent figure in Northern Ireland, serving as the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008...
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Silken Thomas
Thomas Fitzgerald, born in London in 1513, hailed from noble lineage as the son of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, and Elizabeth...
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Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne was an iconic figure in Irish broadcasting. Born in 1934, Byrne became a household name as the host of The Late Late Show,...
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John Redmond
John Redmond, born in 1856, was a prominent figure in Irish nationalist politics. As leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) from...
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Hugh O'Neill
Hugh O’Neill, also known as Aodh Mór Ó Néill or simply ‘Tyrone’, was a prominent figure in Irish history, born around 1540 and passing on...
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Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle, an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher and chemist, is recognised as the first modern chemist and a pioneer of experimental...
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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift, known as the “Dean Swift,” was an influential Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, and cleric who rose to prominence...
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Patrick Pearse
Pádraig Pearse was a prominent figure in the Irish nationalist movement and a key leader of the Easter Rising in 1916. Born in Dublin in...
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Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell, a prominent Irish nationalist politician, rose to power in the late 19th century, serving as an influential...
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