Significant Individuals in Irish History


Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, (Strongbow)
Norman Lord
1130 - 1176
Henry II
King of England
1130 - 1176
Dermot MacMurrough
King of Leinster
1110 - 1171
Edward Poynings
Lord Deputy of Ireland
1459 - 1521
Henry VIII
King of England
1491 - 1547
Elizabeth I
Queen of England
1533 - 1603
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Soldier
1539 - 1583
Hugh O'Neill
Earl of Tyrone
1550 - 1616
Charles Blount
Lord Mountjoy
1563 - 1606
Robert Devereux
Earl of Essex
1566 - 1601
Hugh Roe O'Donnell
Earl of Tyrone
1572 - 1602
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini
Papal Nuncio
1592 - 1653
Thomas Wentworth
Earl of Strafford
1593 - 1641
Oliver Cromwell
Lord Protector
1599 - 1658
Sir Phelim O'Neill
Leader of 1641 Rebellion
1603 - 1653
James Butler
Earl of Ormonde
1610 - 1688
Henry Grattan
Politician
1746 - 1820
Wolfe Tone
Nationalist Leader
1763 - 1798
Charles Stewart Parnell
Nationalist Leader
1846 - 1891
William Butler Yeats
Poet
1865 - 1939
Eamon De Valera
Nationalist
1882 - 1975


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