George William Russell

George William Russell

male, deceased (1935)
buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery, artist, Anglo-irish, poet, Irishartworldfigure, vegetarian…Irish, Northern Irish, Irish Agricultural Organization Society
George William Russell who wrote under the pseudonym Æ, was an Anglo-Irish supporter of the Nationalist movement in Ireland, a critic, poet, and p...
Alfred Chester Beatty

Alfred Chester Beatty

male, deceased (1968)
buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin Castle, cripple creek, copper, Burials in Glasnevin Cemetery…Irishartworldfigure, Irish nationality law
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty was born in New York City; he graduated from Columbia University as a mining engineer. He made his fortune mining in...
Hugh Lane

Hugh Lane

male, deceased (1915)
Accidental death, Irishartworldfigure, modern art, RMS Lusitania, county cork, British art dealer…Municipal Gallery of Modern Art
Sir Hugh Percy Lane. Born in County Cork, Ireland, he is best known for establishing Dublin's Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known...
William Dargan

William Dargan

male, deceased (1867)
civil engineer, buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Irishartworldfigure, Irish, cable-stayed bridge, kingstown
William Dargan, an engineer, often seen as the father of Irish railways came from County Carlow, Ireland. Born in 1799, he constructed Ireland's...

Gordon Lambert

male
Anglican, Irishartworldfigure, Irish, Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert (9 April, 1919-27 January, 2005) was an Irish art collector who, in 1992, donated over 300 paintings to the Irish Museum of Modern...