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George Francis Fitzgerald FRS (1851-1901)
George Francis Fitzgerald FRS (1851-1901)
George Francis Fitzgerald was born in Dublin in 1851.
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Ernest Walton (1903-1995)
Ernest Walton (1903-1995)
Ernest Walton is the only Irish person to have received a Nobel Prize for science.
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George Johnstone Stoney (1826-1911)
George Johnstone Stoney (1826-1911)
George Johnstone Stoney, physicist, is remembered for his conception and calculation of the magnitude of the 'atom or particle of electricity'.
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John Philip Holland and Submarine
John Philip Holland and Submarine
John Philip Holland was the inventor of the modern submarine. This photograph shows Holland with one of his inventions.
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John B. Dunlop (1840-1921)
John B. Dunlop (1840-1921)
John B. Dunlop introduced the idea of using air-filled tyres instead of solid rubber ones to make bicycle travel more comfortable.
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John P. Holland (1841 - 1914)
John P. Holland (1841 - 1914)
John Philip Holland, inventor of the modern submarine, was born on 24 February 1841 in Liscannor, County Clare.
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Hemans Plaque
Hemans Plaque
This plaque was put up to commemorate George Willoughby Hemans, railway engineer, by the National Science & Engineering Plaques Committee.
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Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817)
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817)
In 1813, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, educational writer and engineer, published 'An Essay on the Construction of Roads and Carriages'.
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Maude Jane Delap (1866-1953)
Maude Jane Delap (1866-1953)
This plaque commemorating Maude Jane Delap was put up by the National Science & Engineering Plaques Committee.
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John Purser Griffith (1848-1938)
John Purser Griffith (1848-1938)
John Purser Griffith, civil engineer, was President of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland in 1887-1889 and of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1919-20 and was elected a Commissioner of Irish Lights in 1913 and Senator of the Irish Free State in 1922.
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