Peter O’Toole
Peter O'Toole is an Irish-born Hollywood actor, best known for his portrayal of Laurence of Arabia. Discover the life of this exceptional…
Irish personalities : the must-haves
Bram Stoker
Abraham Stoker, also known as Bram Stoker, is a renowned Irish writer, known the world over for his Dracula. A talented writer,…
Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt is an American-Irish writer and teacher best known for “Angela’s Ashes”, an autobiographical account of his difficult childhood in Limerick,…
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender has been a well-known German-Irish actor since late 2005. Considered a rising star on the silver screen, the young man…
Gerry Conlon
Gerry Conlon (1954-2014), is a Northern Irishman who was a victim of the terrible miscarriage of justice of the "Guildford Four". Wrongly…
Cecelia Ahern
Cecelia Ahern is an Irish novelist and daughter of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Considered a rising star of Irish literature, her many…
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle is a contemporary Irish writer born in Dublin in May 1958. As a novelist, his works have always been widely…
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (real name Jonathan Michael Francis O’Keefe), is an Irish actor, best known for his starring role as Henry VIII in…
Robert McLiam Wilson
Eureka Street is his best novel, and Robert McLiam Wilson has been described as a true writing prodigy… An avid lover of…
Matt Talbot
Matt Talbot (1856-1925) was an Irishman known the world over for his fight against alcoholism… Although his life is only partially known,…