C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis

male, deceased (1963)
Clive Staples Lewis, commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature,...
Maud Gonne

Maud Gonne

female, deceased (1953)
Maud Gonne MacBride was an English-born Irish revolutionary, feminist and actress, best remembered for her turbulent relationship with William...
William Trevor

William Trevor

male, 81 years old
William Trevor was born in 1928, County Cork, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He has been shortlisted three times for the Booker...
Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton

male, deceased (1922)
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO, OBE (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Irish explorer, knighted for the success of the "British An...
Thomas Pakenham

Thomas Pakenham

male, 76 years old
Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford (born 14 August 1933), known simply as Thomas Pakenham, is an Anglo-Irish historian and...
John Butler Yeats

John Butler Yeats

male, deceased (1922)
John Butler Yeats (Born Tullylish, County Down, 16 March 1839, died 3 February 1922) was an Irish artist and the father of William Butler Yeats and...
Jennifer Johnston

Jennifer Johnston

female, 79 years old
Jennifer Johnston is an Irish novelist. She was born in Ireland on January 12, 1930, and educated at Trinity College Dublin. She is the daughter of...
Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington

male, deceased (1852)
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 1 May 1769 - 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish British Army...
Earl Of Cork

Earl Of Cork

male
Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish...

William Thompson

male, deceased (1833)
William Thompson (1775 - 28 March 1833 Rosscarbery, Co. Cork) was an Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from...