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Kathleen Lonsdale FRS (1903-1971)
Kathleen Lonsdale FRS (1903-1971)
Kathleen Lonsdale FRS, crystallographer.
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Edward Conway (1894-1968)
Edward Conway (1894-1968)
Edward Conway became Professor of Biochemistry at University College Dublin in 1932.
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Bindon Blood Stoney (1828-1909)
Bindon Blood Stoney (1828-1909)
Bindon Blood Stoney, civil engineer, was born at Oakley Park, County Offaly on 13 June 1828
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Charles Yelverton O'Connor (1843 - 1902)
Charles Yelverton O'Connor (1843 - 1902)
Charles Yelverton O'Connor, civil engineer, was born in Castletown, County Meath in January 1843. He emigrated in 1865 to New Zealand and was involved in two major projects, Fremantle Harbour and the Coolgardie Water Supply.
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Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937)
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937)
Guglielmo Marconi's best-known work was in the area of wireless telegraphy.
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Newgrange
Newgrange
Newrange is the best known but not the only astronomical monument in Ireland: a burial mound at Loughcrew, Co Meath, is aligned with the spring and autumn equinoxes; and a tomb at Knockroe, Co Kilkenny, is lit by the setting of the winter solstice sun. The burial mound is on top of a rocky outcrop and the entrance passage climbs uphill for 15 metres into the inner burial chamber. A special opening above the entrance is level with the floor of the inner chamber, and the rising Sun shines through this opening to light the chamber. Scratches on the underside of the stones suggest that various positions were tried before it was perfected. The winter solstice marks the end of the longest night and would be important in farming. But we can only guess at the full significance of this tomb-observatory and who, if anyone, would have been in the chamber to witness the solstice. The tomb was 'discovered' in the late 1600s but was not excavated until the 1960s. On December 21st 1967 at 8.58 am the archaeologists became the first modern people to witness Newgrange's astronomical phenomenon.
Image: Newgrange, Co. Meath (© Richard Gallagher)
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George Berkeley (1685-1753)
George Berkeley (1685-1753)
George Berkeley was born in Kilkenny in 1685. He did important work in the areas of mathematics, physics, the psychology of perception and medicine.
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George Boole (1815-1864)
George Boole (1815-1864)
George Boole was the first Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College (now University College) Cork.
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Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922)
Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922)
Ernest Henry Shackleton, Antarctic explorer.
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Charles Blacker Vignoles FRS (1793-1875)
Charles Blacker Vignoles FRS (1793-1875)
Charles Blacker Vignoles, civil engineer, was born on 31st May, 1793 at Woodbrook near Enniscorthy in Co.Wexford.
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