Sunday, October 25, 2009

Famous Irishman - Hugh O'Neill


This week's famous Irishman is Hugh O'Neill.

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.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Famous Irishman - Robert Boyle


This week's famous Irishman is Robert Boyle.

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.

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Famous Irishman - Joseph R. McCarthy

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.

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Sunday, October 04, 2009

Famous Irishman - Richard Croker


This week's famous Irishman is Richard Croker.

Richard Croker
(November 24, 1843 – April 29, 1922)
was an American politician, a leader of New York City's Tammany Hall.

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