Éamon Ó Cuív

male, 59 years old
gaeltacht, Member of the 30th Dáil, Member of the 27th Dáil, Seanad Éireann, Teachta Dála, Fianna Fáil…Irishlanguage, Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician
Éamon Ó Cuív is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently the Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs. He has been a Teac...
Douglas Hyde

Douglas Hyde

male, deceased (1949)
from County Sligo, poet, Gaelic League, from County Roscommon, Trinity College, Dublin, folklorist…Irishlanguage, Irish, Irish-language activist
Douglas Hyde was an Anglo-Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. He founded the Gaelic...
Brendan Behan

Brendan Behan

male, deceased (1964)
Roman Catholic, buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, Irish Republican Army member, Irishlanguage, writer, from Dublin…Irish theatre, Irish, irish republican army, Irish Gaelic poet, Irish Republican Army members 1922-1969
Brendan Francis Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed...
Paul Brady

Paul Brady

male, 62 years old
After the Morning, solo, band, piano, The Johnstons, rhythm and blues…Northern Irish, Irish, Irishlanguage
Paul Brady (born Paul Joseph Brady, 19 May 1947, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter, whose work straddles...
Mary Coughlan

Mary Coughlan

female, 44 years old
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Member of the 30th Dáil, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ursuline, Fianna Fáil, from County Donegal…Irishlanguage, Irish, Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician
Mary Coughlan is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. She is currently a Teachta Dála for Donegal South West and Minister for Agriculture, Fi...

Cathal Ó Searcaigh

male, 53 years old
An Grianán, Maigdiléana, Irish-language literature, An Grianan Theatre, letterkenny, Out in the Open…Ulster Irish, Irish, Irish Gaelic poet, Irishlanguage
Cathal Ó Searcaigh is an Irish poet who writes in the Irish language (specifically the Ulster dialect). He was born in Gortahork, a town in the G...
Liam O'Flaherty

Liam O'Flaherty

male, deceased (1984)
novelist, Inishmore, Gort na gCapall, Irish, Short story writer, galway…Irishlanguage, Irish Renaissance
Liam O'Flaherty was a significant Irish novelist and short story writer and a major figure in the Irish Renaissance. Liam was born on August 28,...
Hugo Hamilton

Hugo Hamilton

male, 56 years old
novelist, The Speckled People, Angela's Ashes, from County Dublin, headbanger, Irishlanguage…Irish
Hugo Hamilton (born 1953 in Dublin) is an Irish writer. His mother was a German who travelled to Ireland in 1949 for a pilgrimage, married an...