James Nesbitt
James Nesbitt is a well-known Northern Irish actor. The latter is famous for his roles in Bloody Sunday and Five Minutes of…
Irish personalities : the must-haves
William Butler Yeats
Any lover of Irish literature will tell you: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is one of the great poets who have left their…
Hugues de Lacy II
Hugues de Lacy was born into a Norman family settled in England. His father, Gilbert de Lacy, was a wealthy Anglo-Norman baron…
Edward England
Edward England was an 18th-century Irish pirate. Although originally from Ireland, he was more active in the Bahamas and West Africa. A…
Rory O’Connor
Rory O’Connor (1883-1922) was an Irish republican nationalist who fought in the War of Independence (1919-1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922/1924).…
Charles Cunningham Boycott
Who would have thought that the term“Boycott” comes from a social episode in Ireland? Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832-1897), the Earl of Erne’s…
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria's reign over Ireland was a period of change for Ireland. From the consequences of the Great Famine to the rise of Irish nationalism, his reign remains controversial.
Theobald Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798) was one of the leading figures in the struggle for Irish independence. He organized the Irish Rebellions of…
Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese (1951- ) was the 8th President of the Republic of Ireland. She took up this position on November 12, 1997,…
Thomas J. Clarke
Thomas J. Clarke (1857-1916) was an Irish revolutionary who was one of the main leaders of the nationalist movement of the 1900s.…