The Times great Irish lives
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Lysaght, CharlesContributor
London [Eng.] : Times Books,
2008
For the first time, The Times brings together a unique collection of obituaries of Ireland's most distinguished individuals from the last two centuries. The Irish have richly contributed to the world stage most notably in literature and politics but also in art, dance, music, film, religion, science and sport. The obituaries featured in this collection include: Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, Thomas Moore, W.B.Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Charles Parnell, Michael Collins, Countess Markievicz, Eamon de Valera, George Best, Maureen Potter and Eamon Andrews. The obituaries are reproduced here as they were printed at the time. Ian Brunskill, the paper's obituaries editor, has selected the subjects for inclusion with the assistance of Charles Lysaght, well-known Irish writer.
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Henry Grattan, 6 June 1820 -- Daniel O'Connell, 24 May 1847 -- Maria Edgeworth, 28 May 1849 -- Tom Moore, 1 March 1852, 6 June 1820 -- Father Mathew, 12 December 1856 -- William Dargan, 8 February 1867 -- Earl of Rosse, 2 November 1867 -- Cardinal Cullen, 25 October 1878 -- Charles Stewart Parnell, 6 June 1820 -- Sir John Pope Hennessy, 8 October 1891 -- Mrs Cecil Alexander, 14 October 1895 -- Oscar Wilde, 6 June 1820 -- Lord Morris of Spiddal, 9 September 1901 -- Archbishop Croke, 23 July 1902 -- Michael Davitt, 31 May 1906 -- The O'Conor Don, 2 July 1906 -- Sir W. H. Russell, 11 February 1907 -- John Millington Synge, 25 March 1909 -- Cardinal Moran, 17 August 1911 -- Sir Luke O'Connor V. C., hero of the Crimea, 2 February 1915 -- John Redmond, A Great Irish Leader, 7 March 1918 -- Cardinal Gibbons, 26 March 1921 -- Michael Collins, 6 June 1820 -- Erskine Childers, 25 November 1922 -- Thomas Crean V. C., Irish International's Bravery, 27 March 1923 -- Lord Pirrie, Dominant Figure in Shipbuilding, 9 June 1924 -- Lord MacDonnell, Indian and Irish Administration, 10 June 1925 -- Kevin O'Higgins, 11 July 1927 -- Countess Markievicz, 6 June 1820 -- John Devoy, 1 October 1928 -- John Woulfe Flanagan, A great servant of The Times, 18 November 1929 -- T. P. O'Connor, Father of the House of Commons, 19 November 1929 -- Sir Horace Plunkett, 28 March 1932 -- Lady Gregory, 6 June 1820 -- George Moore, 23 January 1933 -- John Edward Healy, A Great Irish Journalist, 31 May 1934 -- Edward Carson, The chosen champion of Ulster, 23 October 1935 -- William Butler Yeats, 6 June 1820 -- Sir Michael O'Dwyer, The Punjab in the last War, 14 March 1940 -- Sir John Lavery, A famous portrait painter, 11 January 1941 -- James Joyce, 6 June 1820 -- Sarah Purser, 17 August 1943 -- John McCormack, 18 September 1945 -- Douglas Hyde, First President of Eire., 14 July 1949 -- Edith Somerville, Flurry Knox's chronicler, 10 October 1949 -- John Dulanty, Loyal servant of Ireland, 12 February 1955 -- Evie Hone, 15 March 1955 -- William Francis Casey, Former Editor of "The Times", 22 April 1957 -- Oliver St John Gogarty, Dublin's literary life, 23 September 1957 -- Margaret Burke Sheridan, 18 April 1958 -- Earl of Longford, 6 February 1961 -- Maureen Delany, Comic spirit of the Irish, 28 March 1961 -- Archbishop Gregg, 4 May 1961 -- Michael O'Leary V. C., 3 August 1961 -- Sean O'Casey, 21 September 1964 --
Jimmy O'Dea, 8 January 1965 -- William T. Cosgrave, 17 November 1965 -- Frank O'Connor, Master of the short story, 11 March 1966 -- Lady Hanson, A famous Dublin hostess, 29 August 1970 -- Sean Lemass, Better Anglo-Irish relations, 12 May 1971 -- Lord Brookeborough, 20 August 1973 -- Professor George O'Brien, Brilliant Dublin personality, 4 January 1974 -- Kate O'Brien, Novelist and playwright, 14 August 1974 -- Eamon de Valera, 6 June 1820 -- John A. Costello, Former Prime Minister of Irish Republic, 7 January 1976 -- Brian Faulkner, Former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 11 March 1977 -- Professor Frances Moran, 16 November 1977 -- Miche�al Mac Liamm�oir, Doyen of the Dublin stage, 8 March 1978 -- Pamela Hinkson, 2 June 1982 -- Professor F. S. L. Lyons, Perceptive Irish historian, 24 September 1983 -- Liam O'Flaherty, Irish novelist and short-story writer, 10 September 1984 -- Anita Leslie, 8 November 1985 -- Frederick H. Boland, Irish voice at the UN, 8 December 1985 -- Siobhan McKenna, 17 November 1986 -- Eamonn Andrews, 6 June 1820 -- Sean MacBride, Irreconcilable Irish Republican, 16 January 1988 -- Samuel Beckett, 6 June 1820 -- Cardinal O Fiaich, 10 May 1990 -- Ernest Walton, 29 June 1995 -- Molly Keane, 23 April 1996 -- Michael O'Hehir, 30 November 1996 -- The Countess of Wicklow, 27 February 1997 -- Dermot Morgan, 2 March 1998 -- Judge Brian Walsh, 11 March 1998 -- Jack Lynch, 21 October 1999 -- Rev. F. X. Martin, Scholar who debunked the Easter Rising and defended Viking Dublin, 28 February 2000 -- Sr. Genevieve O'Farrell, 1 January 2002 -- John B. Keane, 3 June 2002 -- Maureen Potter, 6 June 1820 -- Mary Holland, 9 June 2004 -- Joe Cahill, 26 July 2004 -- Bob Tisdall, 2 August 2004 -- George Best, 6 June 1820 -- Charles Haughey, 14 June 2006 -- Sam Stephenson, 22 November 2006 -- David Ervine, 9 January 2007 -- Tommy Makem, 3 August 2007 -- Nuala O'Faolain, Irish broadcaster and writer who recorded her tormented love life in a fiercely candid and bestselling memoir, 21 May 2008.
For the first time, The Times brings together a unique collection of obituaries of Ireland's most distinguished individuals from the last two centuries. The Irish have richly contributed to the world stage most notably in literature and politics but also in art, dance, music, film, religion, science and sport. The obituaries featured in this collection include: Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, Thomas Moore, W.B.Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Charles Parnell, Michael Collins, Countess Markievicz, Eamon de Valera, George Best, Maureen Potter and Eamon Andrews. The obituaries are reproduced here as they were printed at the time. Ian Brunskill, the paper's obituaries editor, has selected the subjects for inclusion with the assistance of Charles Lysaght, well-known Irish writer.
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