Samuel Beckett 1906-1989
Playwright, Author and Nobel Laureate
Brendan Behan 1923-1964
Playwright and Author
George Best 1946-2005
Footballer
Michael Collins 1890-1922
Revolutionary
James Connolly 1868-1916
Revolutionary Socialist
Henry Cooke 1788-1868
Cleric
Harry Ferguson 1884-1960
Inventor
Sir Samuel Ferguson 1810-1886
Poet
Maude Gonne 1865-1953
Revolutionary
Authur Guinness 1725-1803
Brewer
James Joyce 1882-1941
Author
Thomas Moore 1779-1852
Author and Balladeer
John Mitchel 1815-1875
Revolutionary
Daniel O'Connell 1775-1847
Politician
William James Pirrie 1847-1924
Shipbuilder
Saint Oliver Plunkett 1625-1681
Archbishop
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
Author
Thomas 'Buck' Whaley 1766-1800
Rake
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900
Author
Joyce Cary 1888-1957,
Edmund Burke 1729-1797,
Padraic Colum 1881-1972,
Clive Staples Lewis 1898-1963,
Kate O'Brien 1897-1974,
Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany 1878-1957,
George Shiels 1881-1949
Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne- Irish saint who was a seventh century bishop of Lindisfarne.
Saint Brendan the Navigator - During the sixth century, St Brendan sailed to France and America.
Saint Brigid of Kildare - St Brigid continued the work of Saint Patrick in Ireland, converting pagans to Christianity.
Saint Ciarán of Saigher - the first-born of the Irish Saints.
Saint Colman of Lindisfarne - St Colman was the third bishop of Lindisfarne in 661.
Saint Columba of Iona - During 1997, Columba's journey to Iona was internationally commemorated.
Saint Comgall of Bangor - Founded a monastery in Bangor.
Saint Dympna of Gheel - St Dympna was murdered by her father when she refused to marry him.
Saint Fiacre of Meaux - St Fiacre settled in the French diocese of Meaux in 526.
Saint Finnian of Clonnard - is generally regarded as the father of Irish monasticism.
Saint Fursey of Péronne - St Fursey was a ninth century Irish missionary in England and France.
Gall of Saint Gall - St Gall was a missionary alongside St Columbanus in France and Italy.
Saint Gildas the Wise - Sixth century Scottish priest who preached in Wales, Ireland and Brittany.
Saint Ita of Killeedy - Born in 480, St Ita established a convent in Killeedy, County Wicklow.
Saint Patrick of Ireland - The patron of Ireland, St Patrick travelled throughout the country, converting pagans and building churches.
Prehistoric Settlers - Despite its rich archaeological heritage, Ireland has by world standards only recently been inhabited by man.
The Celts part 1 - The Celts were well established in Ireland a century before Christ, and they dominated the island for nearly a thousand years.
The Celts, part 2
The Normans - Part I - After a period of isolation Ireland was in the twelfth century drawn back into the mainstream of western history: the agents of this were the Normans.
The Normans - Part II,
The Vikings - The traditional perception of the Vikings as marauders and plunderers of Irish monasteries is incomplete.
The English - The early Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland seemed English to the Irish and Irish to the English
The English - Part II,
The Scots - Geography and history have combined to link the peoples of what we now call Scotland and Ireland closely together.
Women of Clogher - Rose Shaw witnessed life in the Ulster countryside in the early decades of the twentieth century at both ends of the social scale.
Robert John Welch - The leading photographer in the north of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was undoubtedly Robert John Welch (1859-1936).
May Young - Mary Alice Young was the eldest daughter of the Rt Hon. Sir F.E.W. Macnaghten, bt. When she was born in 1867 the family owned nearly 8000 acres at Bushmills, Co. Antrim.
Sentry Hill - Sentry Hill was the name of the house and farm of the McKinney family.
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