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Anne Lee Guinness
Anne Lee Plunket, Baroness Plunket was an Irish philanthropist.
William Butler Yeats
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)
Edmund Burke
Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834
William Rowan Hamilton
Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)
Oliver Goldsmith
Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)
Angela Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury was a British-American-Irish actress and singer. In a career spanning 80 years, she played various roles across film, stage, and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States, her work attracted international attention.
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
Irish mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)
John Millington Synge
Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore (1871-1909)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Irish-British politician, playwright and writer (1751-1816)
Maria Edgeworth
Irish writer (1768-1849)
Douglas Hyde
first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)
Seán O'Casey
Irish writer (1880–1964)
John Toland
Irish philosopher (1670-1722)
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)
Barry Fitzgerald
Irish actor (1888–1961)
Elizabeth Bowen
Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899–1973)
Graham Norton
Irish comedian, actor and television host
Sheridan Le Fanu
Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814–1873)
Charles Stewart Parnell
Irish politician (1846-1891)
Erskine Hamilton Childers
4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)
Wolfe Tone
Irish politician (1763-1798)
Charles Villiers Stanford
Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor (1852–1924)
William Trevor
Irish writer (1928–2016)
Arthur Guinness
Arthur Guinness was an Irish brewer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The inventor of Guinness stout, he founded the Guinness Brewery at St. James's Gate in 1759.
Robert Emmet
Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel leader (1780-1803)
Erskine Childers
Irish nationalist and author (1870-1922)
William Howard Russell
Irish journalist (1820–1907)
Jane Wilde
Irish poet and writer, editor (1821–1896)
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
Irish politician, barrister and judge (1854-1935)
John Butler Yeats
Irish artist (1839-1922)
Robert O'Hara Burke
Australian explorer (1821–1861)
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
British politician, businessman and army officer (1880-1944)
William Desmond Taylor
Irish-American film director and actor (1872-1922)
William Smith O'Brien
Irish nationalist politician (1803–1864)
Henry Grattan
Irish politician in Irish and UK parliaments (1746-1820)
Katherine Plunket
Irish artist (1820-1932)
Pierce Butler
United States Founding Father, from South Carolina
George Tyrrell
Irish Jesuit priest (1861-1909)
William Wilde
Irish surgeon and writer (1815-1876)
Lord Edward FitzGerald
Irish nationalist (1763–1798)
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
British Conservative statesman and 4th Viceroy of India (1822–1872)
R. A. Stewart Macalister
Irish archaeologist (1870–1950)
David Norris
Irish scholar, independent Senator, and gay and civil rights activist
John Pentland Mahaffy
Irish classicist and polymathic scholar (1839–1919)
George Bowen
British colonial administrator, 9th Governor of Hong Kong, 1st Governor of Queensland (1821-1899)
Isaac Butt
British politician (1813-1879)
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long
British politician (1854–1924)
Eva Gore-Booth
Irish writer and activist
Trevor Sargent
Irish politician
Richard Church
British and Greek general and Greek politician
John Wilson Croker
Anglo-Irish politician and statesman (1780-1857)
George White
British Army officer (1835–1912)
Ali Hewson
Irish activist and businesswoman
Kathleen Lynn
Irish politician, activist and medical doctor
Richard MacDonnell
former Governor of the Gambia, South Australia, Nova Scotia, and Hong Kong (1814-1881)
William Carleton
Irish writer (1794–1869)
Robert Bentley Todd
Irish physician (1809–1860)