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 

Even though the catalogue is still in the course of preparation, the Irish Examiner can today offer a sneak preview of treasures from Bantry House to be sold by Edinburgh-based auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull on October 21.

JULY 14 next year is the 200th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Charles Agar of Cashel from 1779 until 1801.

THE 200th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Charles Agar will be marked on July 14, 2009.

VIRGIN boss Richard Branson yesterday offered a $25 million (€19.2m) prize to scientists to find a way to help save the planet from climate change.