Daniel O’Donnell should be up there with the likes of Elvis and Michael Jackson.
underover69 on
My go to answer is always Bram Stoker and CS Lewis.
Unfair_Original_2536 on
I think Margaret Skinnider is fascinating
BigDrummerGorilla on
Robert Boyle, one of the forefathers of modern chemistry.
16ap on
And he managed to live to 90. In those times. Praise him.
taRANnntarantarann on
Richard Martin aka Humanity Dick
mayodoc on
Christine Buckley, without her bravery to speak up about the abuse she endured in Goldenbridge, people would remain oblivious/in denial of the abuses committed by the Catholic church.
Accomplished-Ad-6639 on
Humanity Dick
YngSndwch on
Bernardo O’Higgins
Fitz_Yeet on
Roger Casement and Tom Crean.
Natural-Upstairs-681 on
Rory Gallagher. He has so many brilliant songs, that everyone should know but doesn’t get played on the radio but he never released a single and didn’t like the fame
DangerousTurmeric on
Violet Gibson was an Irish woman who shot Benito Mussolini. She almost killed him but he moved at the last minute and the bullet hit his nose. She was put in a psych hospital for the rest of her life.
Melodic-Chocolate-53 on
C.Y. O’Connor, designed much of the infrastructure around Perth Australia in the 19th century, including a water pipeline to the goldfields. Had a sad end, criticism from politicians and the press got on top of him and he took his own life. Well known name around Perth and Fremantle, an unknown back home.
adaveaday on
Ernest Walton. First Irish person to win a Nobel prize in any of the sciences. He got it (along with John Cockroft) for being the first to split the atom and to experimentally prove Einstein’s E=mc2. Not a bad day at the office.
BazingaQQ on
Bono 😀
International-Aioli2 on
Great fact !
Thank you
SoloWingPixy88 on
What kind of recognition?
DannyVandal on
Dave. Never gets the recognition he deserves.
Professional_Elk_489 on
Great kit
thats_pure_cat_hai on
Shady Ganley
castler_666 on
Sophie Peirce. Early irish barnstorming pilot. Amelia Earhart used to be second billing to her. Lots of flying records etc. All that’s left of her now is a plaque on a wall in West limerick, a cocktail named after her in one of the bars on the quays abd a tiny scale model of her plane in dublins smalles museum. Go check her Wikipedia page. It’s a bit unusual
WickerMan111 on
Paddy Losty.
BenderRodriguez14 on
Ciaran Hinds might deserve a mention, considering he’s in about 78% of movies ever made.
broken_neck_broken on
Neil Hannon. Amazing songwriter/composer. He wrote all the original music in Father Ted including the theme and all the music in the Eurovision episode. He is now a patron of a horse charity called My Lovely Horse Rescue.
cianpatrickd on
Kit (Christian) Cavanaugh
KingJacoPax on
There’s a lot of cool Georgian to Victorian and long Edwardian era “British people” who were actually Irish and I feel like are either forgotten or loosing popularity.
Generals:
– The Duke of Wellington.
– Hugh Gough (AKA the mad bastard who ran around battlefields in a big white coat to draw enemy fire away from his own troops)
Writers
– Oscar Wilde.
– George Bernard Shaw
Explorers
– Ernest Shackleton
– Tom Crean
Politicians(including 2 British Prime Ministers)
– Richard Martin MP. AKA Humanity Dick.
– The Duke of Wellington (again)
– William Fitzmaurice (aka Lord Shelburne)
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He looks cool in that pic.
Typhoid Mary.
Daniel O’Donnell should be up there with the likes of Elvis and Michael Jackson.
My go to answer is always Bram Stoker and CS Lewis.
I think Margaret Skinnider is fascinating
Robert Boyle, one of the forefathers of modern chemistry.
And he managed to live to 90. In those times. Praise him.
Richard Martin aka Humanity Dick
Christine Buckley, without her bravery to speak up about the abuse she endured in Goldenbridge, people would remain oblivious/in denial of the abuses committed by the Catholic church.
Humanity Dick
Bernardo O’Higgins
Roger Casement and Tom Crean.
Rory Gallagher. He has so many brilliant songs, that everyone should know but doesn’t get played on the radio but he never released a single and didn’t like the fame
Violet Gibson was an Irish woman who shot Benito Mussolini. She almost killed him but he moved at the last minute and the bullet hit his nose. She was put in a psych hospital for the rest of her life.
C.Y. O’Connor, designed much of the infrastructure around Perth Australia in the 19th century, including a water pipeline to the goldfields. Had a sad end, criticism from politicians and the press got on top of him and he took his own life. Well known name around Perth and Fremantle, an unknown back home.
Ernest Walton. First Irish person to win a Nobel prize in any of the sciences. He got it (along with John Cockroft) for being the first to split the atom and to experimentally prove Einstein’s E=mc2. Not a bad day at the office.
Bono 😀
Great fact !
Thank you
What kind of recognition?
Dave. Never gets the recognition he deserves.
Great kit
Shady Ganley
Sophie Peirce. Early irish barnstorming pilot. Amelia Earhart used to be second billing to her. Lots of flying records etc. All that’s left of her now is a plaque on a wall in West limerick, a cocktail named after her in one of the bars on the quays abd a tiny scale model of her plane in dublins smalles museum. Go check her Wikipedia page. It’s a bit unusual
Paddy Losty.
Ciaran Hinds might deserve a mention, considering he’s in about 78% of movies ever made.
Neil Hannon. Amazing songwriter/composer. He wrote all the original music in Father Ted including the theme and all the music in the Eurovision episode. He is now a patron of a horse charity called My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Kit (Christian) Cavanaugh
There’s a lot of cool Georgian to Victorian and long Edwardian era “British people” who were actually Irish and I feel like are either forgotten or loosing popularity.
Generals:
– The Duke of Wellington.
– Hugh Gough (AKA the mad bastard who ran around battlefields in a big white coat to draw enemy fire away from his own troops)
Writers
– Oscar Wilde.
– George Bernard Shaw
Explorers
– Ernest Shackleton
– Tom Crean
Politicians(including 2 British Prime Ministers)
– Richard Martin MP. AKA Humanity Dick.
– The Duke of Wellington (again)
– William Fitzmaurice (aka Lord Shelburne)