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Over 13–14 August, of the 303 yachts that started, 24 were abandoned, of which five were lost and believed to be sunk, due to high winds and severe sea conditions.[8] The Daily Telegraph (15 August 1979, p. 1) described the situation, where "Royal…

, also known as "Greatorex" or "The Stroker", was an Irish faith healer who toured England in 1666, claiming to cure people by the laying on of hands.

John Hogan was the neo-classicist of Irish Sculpture. Along with his contemporaries John Henry Foley, John Lawlor and Samuel Ferris Lynn, was a key figure in the history of Irish art in the 1800s. Hogan's best-known works include his three versions…

An Irish author and philanthropist and an activist in nationalist causes and the protection of female emigrants. She is known also as a plant collector. She contributed poems, stories and articles to magazines, wrote novels, studied botany and was a…

Domnall Mór Ua Briain, or Domnall Mór mac Toirrdelbaig Uí Briain, was King of Thomond in Ireland from 1168 to 1194 and a claimant to the title King of Munster. He was also styled King of Limerick, a title belonging to the O'Brien dynasty since Brian…

She was best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the alternative rock band[4] the Cranberries. O'Riordan had one of the most recognisable female voices in rock in the 1990s. She was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice,[5] signature…

Peig Sayers was an Irish author and seanchaí born in Dunquin, County Kerry, Ireland. Seán Ó Súilleabháin, the former archivist for the Irish Folklore Commission, described her as "one of the greatest woman storytellers of recent times"

Thomas "Tom" Crean was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's…