A collection of people who have made an impact on the Irish culture, history, politics, or folklore.
Éamon de Valera is the man who, more than anyone else, determined Ireland’s fate and character for most of the 20th century.
In October 1917 a young boy of fifteen years put himself forward to fight for the freedom of Ireland with the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Roger Casement is a name that holds significant weight in Irish history. Born in 1864 in Dublin, Casement’s journey from a British civil servant to one of the most prominent figures in the Irish nationalist […]
Seán MacDiarmada (also known as Seán MacDermott / John MacDermott) was a leading Irish republican who was involved with promoting the Irish language, the Gaelic revival, and Irish nationalism.
Thomas MacDonagh was a teacher, a playwright, and a member of the provisional government that declared the Proclamation of the Irish Republic in 1916.
Joseph Plunkett was born into a wealthy Catholic family in the city of Dublin.
Thomas Clarke was a leading member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and main planner of the 1916 Easter Rising alongside Seán MacDiarmada.
Éamonn Ceannt was a leading Irish nationalist who helped with the revival of the Irish culture and also became involved with the planning of the 1916 Easter Uprising.
Padraig Pearse was born in Dublin on 10th November 1879 and whose full name is Patrick Henry Pearse or as probably preferred in Irish Pádraic Anraí Mac Piarais.
James Connolly was born in Edinburgh’s Cowgate area in the parish of St. Patrick’s, on the 5th June 1868. His parents, John and Mary were Irish Catholic immigrants who originally came from County Monaghan.
Arthur Griffith, one of the most influential figures in the fight for Irish independence, played a pivotal role in the Irish War of Independence and in shaping the modern Irish state. As the founder of […]
The Countess Constance Markievicz is an iconic figure in Irish nationalist and republican myth.
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