Hugh O'Neill (1540 – 1616) was the 2nd Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl) and was later created The O'Neill. O'Neill's career was played out against the background of the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland, and he is best known for leading the resistance during the Nine Years War, the strongest threat to English authority in Ireland since the revolt of Silken Thomas.
Robert Boyle (25 January 1627 – 30 December 1691) was an Irish theologian, natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and early gentleman scientist, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. He is best known for the formulation of Boyle's law.
This week's famous Irishman is Joseph R. McCarthy.
Joseph R. McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period of intense anti-communist suspicion inspired by the tensions of the Cold War.
