From the Armagh footballer who introduced the penalty kick to the
Cork inventor who installed the first floodlight system at the
Statue of Liberty, Ireland's thirty-two counties have been
providing innumerable Irish men and women around the world for
hundreds of years. Great Irish People celebrates the achievements
of these Irish men and women. Great Irish People traces those
memorable Irish figures from the Flight of the Earls in 1607
throughout the most dramatic four centuries in the country's
history, culminating in the Good Friday Agreement. This period saw
men and women of Ireland reach dizzying heights, not only within
Ireland but worldwide, including: Antrim's Chaim Herzog became
President of Israel; Derry's Chames Thomson designed the Great Seal
of the USA; Cork's Matthew Thornton was a signatory of the American
Declaration of Independence; Armagh's Arthur Hunter was the Premier
of Queensland and Carlow's Patrick Francis Moran the Archbishop of
Sydney. Great Irish People is laid out county-by-county allowing an
extensive look at this 'reservoir' of Irish men and women of merit
and achievement. This is a special collection celebrating the
contributions made by the Irish at home and in virtually every
corner of the globe; an immense, amazing, sometimes bizarre,
extraordinary and varied collective.
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