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The most famous Irish people you’ve probably never heard of

What do the inventors of the submarine and the ejector seat, the surgeon who carried out the world’s first C-section and the first All-Black rugby captain have in common? They’re all Irish. With the help of the Epic — the Irish Emigration Centre — we profile 20 of our most famous

The most famous Irish people you’ve probably never heard of

Mon, 21 Aug, 2017 - 01:00

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Ernest Walton, 1903-1995

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