This week's famous Irishman is Sir Roger Casement. Sir Roger Casement (1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916) was an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary and nationalist. He was a British consul by profession famous for his reports and activities against human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru, but better known for his dealings with Germany before Ireland's Easter Rising in 1916.
This week's famous Irishman is John Ford. John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director of Irish heritage famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath.
John Barry (1745 – 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He is often credited as "The Father of the American Navy". Barry was born in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland and appointed a Captain in the Continental Navy 7 December 1775.
This week's famous Irish woman is Maria Edgeworth.
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1767 – 22 May 1849) was an Anglo-Irish novelist. She was explicit about the fact that all her stories had a moral purpose behind them, usually pointing out the duty of members of the upper class toward their tenants.
