94 Notable alumni of
National University of Ireland, Galway
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The National University of Ireland, Galway is 785th in the world, 277th in Europe, and 3rd in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 94 notable alumni from the National University of Ireland, Galway sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nicola Coughlan
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Nicola Mary Coughlan is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington in Netflix period drama Bridgerton (2020–present).
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Michael D. Higgins
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- poetwriterpoliticianpolitical scientist
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Michael Daniel Higgins is an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster and sociologist who has served as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011. Entering national politics through the Labour Party, he served as a senator from 1973 to 1977 having been nominated by the Taoiseach. Elected in 1981 as a Teachta Dála (TD), he represented the Galway West constituency from 1981 to 1982 and 1987 to 2011. Between these terms, he returned to Seanad Éireann from 1983 to 1987 as a senator for the National University. He served as minister for arts, culture and the Gaeltacht from 1993 to 1997 and mayor of Galway from 1981 to 1982 and 1990 to 1991. Higgins was the president of the Labour Party from 2003 to 2011, until he resigned following his election as president of Ireland.
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Enda Kenny
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- school teacherpoliticianinternational forum participant
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Enda Kenny is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 2017, Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2011, Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State at the Department of Labour and Department of Education with responsibility for Youth Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He served as Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo West from 1975 to 1997 and for Mayo from 1997 to 2020.
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Pat Gibson
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- quizzergame show contestant
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Patrick Gibson is an Irish quizzer. On 24 April 2004 he became the fourth contestant to win the £1m jackpot on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He is a multiple world champion in quizzing and one of the world's most successful quiz players. He is best known for winning several quiz shows and being a panellist on Eggheads. He was born, raised and educated in Ireland but currently lives in the United Kingdom and competes as part of the England quiz team. As of 5 December 2018, Gibson is currently the No. 1 ranked quizzer in the world.
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Michael J. Ryan
- Enrolled in the National University of Ireland, Galway
- Graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Occupations
- trauma surgeonphysicianepidemiologist
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Ryan is an Irish epidemiologist and former trauma surgeon, specialising in infectious disease and public health. He is executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, leading the team responsible for the international containment and treatment of COVID-19. Ryan has held leadership positions and has worked on various outbreak response teams in the field to eradicate the spread of diseases including bacillary dysentery, cholera, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, Marburg virus disease, measles, meningitis, relapsing fever, Rift Valley fever, SARS, and Shigellosis.
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Mick Lally
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- stage actortelevision actorfilm actorteacher
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Michael Lally was an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He departed from a teaching career for acting during the 1970s. Though best known in Ireland for his role as Miley Byrne in the television soap Glenroe, Lally's stage career spanned several decades, and he was involved in feature films such as Alexander and the Academy Award-nominated The Secret of Kells. He died in August 2010 after a battle with emphysema. Many reports cited him as one of Ireland's finest and most recognisable actors.
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Sabina Higgins
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Sabina Mary Higgins is an Irish actress, political activist and the wife of the current president of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.
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Heather Humphreys
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Heather Humphreys is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served in various cabinet positions since 2014, currently serving as Minister for Rural and Community Development and Minister for Social Protection since June 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since 2011.
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Lisa Chambers
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- barristerpolitician
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Lisa Chambers is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, and former barrister who has served as Leader of the Seanad since December 2022. She served as deputy leader of the Seanad from 2020 to 2022, and as Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad since June 2020. She previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency from 2016 to 2020.
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Eamon Gilmore
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- diplomattrade unionistpolitician
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Eamon Gilmore is a European Union diplomat, and an Irish former Labour Party politician. He serves as European Union Special Representative for Human Rights since February 2019. He is also the European Union Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process since 2015. He was Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2014, Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2012 to 2013, Minister of State at the Department of the Marine from 1994 to 1997. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1989 to 2016.
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Barry Cowen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barry Cowen is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016. From 2016 to 2020, he was a TD for the Offaly constituency. He previously served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from June to July 2020.
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Jack Carty
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Jack Carty is a rugby union player from Ireland. His primary position is at fly-half. Having started out with his hometown club, Buccaneers, Carty currently plays for the team of his native province of Connacht in the United Rugby Championship, having come through the team's academy. He is Connacht's record points scorer in the Pro14, having overtaken Ian Keatley in March 2019. Carty is an Ireland international, having made his debut for the side against Italy in 2019.
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David Andrews
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- diplomatpoliticianbarrister
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David Andrews is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993 and 1997 to 2000, Minister for Defence from 1993 to 1994 and June 1997 to October 1997, Minister for the Marine from 1993 to 1994, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1979 and Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 1970 to 1973. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 2002.
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Rónán Mullen
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- barristerpolitician
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Rónán Thomas Mullen is an Irish senator and former delegate to the Council of Europe. He is the leader of the Human Dignity Alliance, an anti-abortion political party formed in 2018. He was elected by the National University Seanad constituency in July 2007 and re-elected in 2011, 2016 and 2020. He has topped the poll in every NUI Seanad election since 2011. Mullen is a frequent media commentator on social and political topics. The first National University of Ireland senator appointed to the Council of Europe, he received international coverage for his role in defeating the controversial McCafferty Report which sought to limit the right to conscientious objection for medical staff in the case of abortions.
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Wilfrid Napier
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishopfriar
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Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM is a South African prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Durban from 1992 to 2021 and has been a cardinal since 2001. He served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1981 to 1992.
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Max Arthur Macauliffe
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- Indian Civil Servicetheologianorientalisttranslatorlinguist
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Michael MacAuliffe, also known as Max Arthur MacAuliffe was a senior British administrator, prolific scholar and author. MacAuliffe is renowned for his partial translation of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib and history into English.
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James Dillon
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- farmerbarristerpolitician
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James Mathew Dillon was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965 and Minister for Agriculture from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1932 to 1969.
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Pat the Cope Gallagher
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- politician
- Biography
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Pat "the Cope" Gallagher is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2016 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 1987 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2008. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1981 to 1997, 2002 to 2009 and 2016 to 2020, and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2002 and from 2009 to 2014.
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Thomas Power O'Connor
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
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Thomas Power O'Connor, PC, known as T. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay (mimicking his own pronunciation of the initials T. P.), was an Irish nationalist politician and journalist who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years.
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Caitlín Maude
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- poetstage actorwritersinger
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Caitlín Maude was an Irish poet, language revival activist, teacher, actress, and traditional singer. She is also well-known for her campaigns to improve the lives of women in Ireland.
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Pat Rabbitte
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- politician
- Biography
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Pat Rabbitte is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007 and a Minister of State from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1989 to 2016.
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Catherine Noone
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Catherine Anna Noone is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. She served as a Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel from April 2011 to March 2020.
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Rose Conway-Walsh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rose Conway-Walsh is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since the 2020 general election. She previously served as a Leader of Sinn Féin in the Seanad and a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2016 to 2020.
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Alice Perry
- Occupations
- poetengineerwritercivil engineer
- Biography
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Alice Jacqueline Perry was one of the first women in Europe to graduate with a degree in engineering.
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Michael O'Shaughnessy
- Occupations
- hydraulic engineer
- Biography
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Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy was an Irish civil engineer who became city engineer for the city of San Francisco during the early twentieth century and developed both the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) and the Hetch Hetchy water system.
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Mike McCormack
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Mike McCormack is an Irish novelist and short-story writer. He has published two collections of short stories, Getting It In the Head and Forensic Songs and four novels - Crowe's Requiem, Notes from a Coma, Solar Bones, and This Plague of Souls. He was described as "a disgracefully neglected writer" early in his career, but the success of some of his later works and his tenure as a writing educator have brought him wide recognition today.
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Anne Rabbitte
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- politician
- Biography
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Anne Rabbitte is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Minister of State since July 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since 2016.
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Carol Nolan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carol Nolan is an Irish independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2016 to 2020 for the Offaly constituency.
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Alan Dillon
- Occupations
- politicianGaelic football player
- Biography
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Alan Dillon is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Bindon Blood
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- engineermilitary personnel
- Biography
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General Sir Bindon Blood, GCB, GCVO was a British Army commander who served in Egypt, Afghanistan, India, and South Africa.
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Michael Ring
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- politician
- Biography
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Michael Ring is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since 1997, and previously from 1994 to 1997 for the Mayo West constituency. He served as Minister for Rural and Community Development from 2017 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2017.
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Mairéad Farrell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mairéad Farrell is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Jim McDaid
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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James Joseph McDaid is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for Transport from 2002 to 2004 and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation from 1997 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from 1989 to 2010.
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Paul Hession
- Occupations
- sprinter
- Biography
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Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who is the fastest Irishman in history over 200 metres. He specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres. He has won silver and bronze medals at the World University Games, a silver medallist in the 200 m in the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final and in 2007 made the leap into world class by setting 4 Irish national records at 100 metres and 200 metres. He is a member of the Athenry Athletics Club.
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Denis Buckley
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Denis Buckley is a rugby union player from Ireland. He predominantly plays as a loosehead prop. Buckley currently plays for Irish provincial team Connacht in the Pro14. He plays his club rugby for Buccaneers.
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Brendan Griffin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brendan Griffin is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry constituency since 2016, and from 2011 to 2016 for the Kerry South constituency. He served as Deputy Government chief whip from July 2020 to December 2022 and as Minister of State for Tourism and Sport from 2017 to 2020.
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Séamus Brennan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Séamus Brennan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2004 to 2007, Minister for Transport from 1989 to 1992 and 2002 to 2004, Government Chief Whip from 1997 to 2002, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment from 1993 to 1994, Minister for Education from 1992 to 1993 and Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce from 1987 to 1989. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1981 to 2008. He also served as a Senator from 1977 to 1981, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
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Sir Thornley Stoker, 1st Baronet
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- surgeon
- Biography
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Sir William Thornley Stoker, 1st Baronet, was an Irish medical writer, anatomist and surgeon. He served as chair of anatomy and president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, president of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, and professor of anatomy at the Royal Hibernian Academy.
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Cathal Berry
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Ireland - Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Cathal Berry is an Irish Independent politician and retired soldier who has been a Teachta Dála for the Kildare South constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Daithí Burke
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Daithí Burke is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county hurling team and for his clubs Turloughmore and Corofin.
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Seán Sherlock
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Seán Sherlock is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency since the 2007 general election. He served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2016.
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Seán Kyne
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- politician
- Biography
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Seán Kyne is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel since March 2020, and previously from February 2020 to March 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He served as a Minister of State from 2016 to 2020, including as Government Chief Whip from 2018 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 2011 to 2020.
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Lex Frieden
- Biography
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Lex Frieden is an American educator, researcher, disability policy expert and disability rights activist. Frieden has been called "a chief architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act." He is also regarded as a founder and leader of the independent living movement by people with disabilities in the U.S.
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Lorraine Higgins
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Lorraine Higgins is an Irish barrister, and a former Labour Party politician who represented the party in the 24th Seanad after being nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. From Galway, she is a graduate of NUI Galway (acquiring a B.A. from the university in 2001) and, later, the King's Inns. During her time there she was Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Reform and Foreign Affairs.
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Conor Whelan
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Conor Whelan is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner forward for club side Kinvara and at inter-county level for the Galway senior hurling team.
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Des MacHale
- Occupations
- academicmathematicianuniversity teacherscientist
- Biography
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Desmond MacHale is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at University College Cork, Ireland. He is an author and speaker on several subjects, including George Boole, lateral thinking puzzles, and humour. He has published over 80 books, some of which have been translated into languages including Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, German, Korean, and Japanese.
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Peter Burke
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Burke is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for European Affairs and Minister of State at the Department of Defence since December 2022. He previously served as Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage from 2020 to 2022. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency since 2016.
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Pádraig Ó Céidigh
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Pádraig Ó Céidigh is an Irish former Independent politician and businessman who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He is the former owner of Aer Arann Islands
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Joseph Cooney
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Joseph Cooney is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He currently lines out as a left wing-back.
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John G. Breslin
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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John Breslin is an Irish engineer and full professor at the University of Galway. He is co-founder of the Irish websites boards.ie and adverts.ie. He co-authored the Irish bestselling book Old Ireland in Colour in 2020, Old Ireland in Colour 2 in 2021, and Old Ireland in Colour 3 in 2023.
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Claire Kerrane
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Claire Kerrane is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Robert McCall
- Years
- 1849-1934 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- barrister
- Biography
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Sir Robert Alfred McCall was an Irish lawyer.
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Jim Higgins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jim Higgins is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. He served as a member of Seanad Éireann, Dáil Éireann, and was a European People's Party Member of the European Parliament for the North-West constituency from 2004 to 2014.
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Shane McGrath
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Shane McGrath is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary senior team.
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Cathal Mannion
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Cathal Mannion is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Ahascragh-Fohenagh and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward.
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Eoghan Masterson
- Occupations
- rugby union playerrugby player
- Biography
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Eoghan Masterson is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays for Aurillac. He primarily plays in the back row, though he has played as a lock at under-age level. Masterson previously played for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro14, after being promoted from the academy ahead of the 2015–16 season.
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Frank Gannon
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- molecular biologist
- Biography
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Frank Gannon (born 1947, Ireland) was the seventh Director of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia (2011 – 2020). He is a molecular biologist and has held high-profile appointments in scientific management and research in Ireland, England, the United States, France, Germany and Australia.
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Antony MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell
- Years
- 1844-1925 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- colonial administratorpoliticiancivil servant
- Biography
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Antony Patrick MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell, GCSI, KCVO, PC, known as Sir Antony MacDonnell between 1893 and 1908, was an Irish civil servant, much involved in the Indian land reform and famine relief in India. He was Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1902–1908); Member of the Council of India (1902); Privy Councillor (1902); Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1895–1901); Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal (1893–1895); Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces (1890–1893); Chief Commissioner of Burma (1889–1890); Home Secretary to the Central Government of India (1886–1889); Secretary to the Government of Bengal and the Bengal Legislative Council.
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Darragh Leader
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Darragh Leader is a retired rugby player from Ireland. His primary position is at fullback, though he has also played on the wing. Leader plays for Connacht in the Pro14, having come through Connacht's academy. Darragh has also joined the NFL player pathway program as a kicker/punter
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Eoin Griffin
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Eoin Griffin is a former professional rugby union player from Ireland. He primarily played as a centre, and played both outside and inside channels. Griffin last played for Connacht in the Pro14.
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Gavin Duffy
- Occupations
- rugby union playerGaelic football player
- Biography
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Gavin Duffy is an Irish sportsman. Duffy is a former international rugby union footballer who primarily played at full back. He last played professionally for Irish provincial side Connacht Rugby, in the Pro12, and represented Ireland at full international level.
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Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
- Occupations
- television producerpolitician
- Biography
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Trevor Ó Clochartaigh is an Irish former politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2011 to 2018.
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Sheila Christina Tinney
- Enrolled in the National University of Ireland, Galway
- Studied in 1935-1936
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicistmathematician
- Biography
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Sheila Christina Tinney was an Irish mathematical physicist. Her 1941 PhD from the University of Edinburgh, completed under the supervision of Max Born in just two years, is believed to make her the first Irish-born and -raised woman to receive a doctorate in the mathematical sciences.
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Pádraic Mannion
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Pádraic Mannion is an Irish hurler, he also plays as a right wing-back for club side Ahascragh-Fohenagh and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. His brother, Cathal, also plays for both teams.
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Enda O'Coineen
- Occupations
- sailorbusinessperson
- Biography
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Enda O'Coineen, is an Irish businessman, sailor, navigator and skipper.
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Terry Leyden
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Terry Leyden is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator (elected on the Labour Panel) from September 2002 to March 2020, and previously during December 1992 (after being nominated by the Taoiseach). He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1992, and as a Minister of State from March to December 1982, and from 1987 to 1992.
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Joseph Brennan
- Occupations
- politicianGaelic football player
- Biography
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Joseph Peter Brennan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1977 to 1980, Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Social Welfare from 1970 to 1973 and 1966 to 1969, Minister for Labour from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1965 to 1966, and a Parliamentary Secretary from 1959 to 1965. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1951 to 1980.
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Maureen O'Brien
- Born in
- Ireland
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Major General Maureen O'Brien is an Irish Army general and current Deputy Military Advisor in the United Nations Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations. O'Brien had previously been Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights from September 2019 to March 2021 (and Acting Force Commander from October 2019 to July 2020).
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Derek Nolan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Derek Nolan is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 2011 to 2016.
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Aidan Harte
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Aidan Harte is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship Gort and previously at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.
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Kieran Brennan
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- soldierhurler
- Biography
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Kieran Brennan is an Irish Army major general and former hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations with the Irish Defence Forces until mid-2019.
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Eugene Murphy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Eugene Murphy is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2020. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency from 2016 to 2020.
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John H. Rogers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992, which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.
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Thomas Derrig
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Derrig was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Lands from 1939 to 1943 and 1951 to 1954, Minister for Education from 1932 to 1939 and 1940 to 1948 and Minister for Posts and Telegraphs in September 1939. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1923 and 1927 to 1957.
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Naoise Ó Muirí
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Naoise Ó Muirí is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Dublin City Councillor since June 2004. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2012 to 2013.
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Niall Burke
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Niall Burke is an Irish hurler who, as of 2012, played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Galway county team.
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Alfred Keogh
- Occupations
- surgeonmilitary physician
- Biography
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Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Henry Keogh, GCB, GCVO, CH, FRCP was a medical doctor in the British Army. He served as Director-General Army Medical Services twice; from 1905 to 1910 and 1914 to 1918.
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Frank Hugh O'Donnell
- Years
- 1846-1916 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Hugh O'Donnell, born Francis Hugh MacDonald (9 October 1846 – 2 November 1916) was an Irish writer, journalist and nationalist politician.
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Maeve McLaughlin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maeve McLaughlin is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2012 to 2016.
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Ray Butler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ray Butler is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency from 2011 to 2016.
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James P Mahon
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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James Patrick Mahon is an Irish TV news reporter and lecturer.
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Edward Divers
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Edward Divers FRS was a British experimental chemist who rose to prominence despite being visually impaired from young age. Between 1873 and 1899, Divers lived and worked in Japan and significantly contributed to the science and education of that country.
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Maura Hopkins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maura Hopkins is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2016 to 2020. She had been a member of Roscommon County Council from 2014 to 2016.
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John Hanbury
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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John Hanbury is an Irish hurler who plays as a left corner-back for club side Rahoon-Newcastle and formerly at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.
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Pól Ó Foighil
- Years
- 1928-2005 (aged 77)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pól Ó Foighil was an Irish politician and activist for Irish-speaking, coastal and island communities. A teacher turned co-operative manager, he was an active member of the Fine Gael party, and as a long-serving councillor he was the party's only elected representative in the Connemara Gaeltacht for two decades. He also served as a senator from 1989 to 1993.
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Thomas Noel Mitchell
- Occupations
- classical philologistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Noel Mitchell is an Irish academic who served as the 42nd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1991 to 2001.
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Christine Maggs
- Enrolled in the National University of Ireland, Galway
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- explorerphycologist
- Biography
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Christine Adair Maggs is a British phycologist. Formerly Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science & Technology at Bournemouth University, she was the first Chief Scientist of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, retiring in 2022. She is now an independent non-executive Director of Ocean Harvest Technology https://oceanharvesttechnology.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/
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Valentine O'Hara
- Years
- 1875-1941 (aged 66)
- Occupations
- non-fiction writer
- Biography
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Valentine James O'Hara was a noted Irish author and authority on Russia and the Baltic States in the 1920s.
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James O. McInerney
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- evolutionary biologistresearchermicrobiologistcomputational biologist
- Biography
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James O. McInerney is an Irish-born microbiologist, computational evolutionary biologist, professor, and former head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology and elected Fellow of the Linnean Society. In June 2020 he was elected president-designate of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution and in 2022 he took up the role of President.
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Seán Loftus
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Seán Loftus is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Turloughmore and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He is usually deployed as a corner-back, but can also be deployed at midfield.
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Andrew Joseph Thynne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Joseph Thynne was a lawyer and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and Attorney-General of Queensland.
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Ciara Conway
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ciara Conway is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford constituency from 2011 to 2016.
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Frank Fahy
- Occupations
- politicianhigh school teacher
- Biography
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Francis Patrick Fahy was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1932 to 1951. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1919 to his death in 1953.
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Joseph R. Fisher
- Years
- 1855-1939 (aged 84)
- Occupations
- barristerwritereditor
- Biography
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Joseph Robert Fisher was a barrister, a newspaper editor, and an author from Ulster. Fisher alternated his career between working as a journalist at London daily newspapers, legal practice at the English Bar, editing Belfast's liberal unionist daily newspaper, and authoring books on subjects such as Irish and European politics and press law. Fisher's most prominent role was his appointment as the Unionist commissioner on the Irish Boundary Commission, the body established under the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to decide on the delineation of the border between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.
