Ireland’s Greatest People

Ireland’s Greatest Persons

1. Daniel O’Connell 1775 to 1847 The Liberator

2. Charles Stewart Parnell 1846-1891 Politician

3. James Joyce 1882 – 1941 Writer

4. John Fitgerald Kennedy 1917 – 1963 US President

5. Michael Collins 1890 – 1922 Revolutionary and Politician

6. Eamonn de Valera 1882-1975 Politician

7. James Craig 1871-1940 Politician

8. John Hume 1937- Politician

9. Sean Lemass 1899-1971 Politician

10. Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Poet and Writer

11. WB Yates 1861-1939 Poet and Playright

12. Arthur Wellesley – Duke of Wellington 1769-1852 British military giant

13. Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763-1798 Revolutionary

14. WT Cosgrave 1880 – 1965 Politician

15.. Catherine McAuley Sisters of Mercy

16. Mary Aikenhead Sisters of Charity

17. Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 Writer

18. Bernardo O’Higgins 1778-1842 Chilean republic

19. James Connolly 1868 – 1916 Socialist and revolutionary

20. Ernest Thomas Walton 1903-1995 Physicist

21. William Dargan 1799-1867 Railways

22. Michael Davitt 1846-1906 Land League

23. Arthur Griffith 1872-1922 transformer

24 Garret FitzGerald 1926 Politician and commentator

25 Jack Lynch 1917-1999 Politician and GAA star