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To Find out more click the name on the left hand side Francis Bacon - Painter Colonel Henry Baker - Governor of Derry during siege William Balfe - Composer. The Bohemian Girl. John Banim - Writer. Tales by the O'Hara Family Michael Banim - Writer. Tales by the O'Hara Family Father John Bannon - Campaigned against the Irish joining the Northern army during the Civil War Thomas Barnardo - Philanthropist. Barnardo's Homes James Barry - Painter Dr James Barry - The army doctor who turned out to be a woman Commodore John Barry - Founder of the American navy Kevin Barry - Republican. Hanged at 18. The subject of many ballads Tom Barry - IRA commander during War of Independence Thomas Bateson - Magistrate murdered by Ribbonmen Sir Arnold Bax - Composer and writer Piaras Beaslai - Introduced the Fainne Chester Beatty - Collector and first Honorary Irishman Francis Beaufort - He devised the wind scale that bears his name Samuel Beckett Writer. Waiting for Godot, Murphy, Molloy, Malone Dies William Bedell - supervised the translation of the Old Testament into Irish. Brendan Behan Writer. Borstal Boy. Brian Behan Writer. Mother of all the Behans Dominic Behan Writer. The Patriot Game, Liverpool Lou. Sam Hanna Bell Writer. December Bride Lord John George Beresford - Archbishop of Armagh Marcus Gervais Beresford - Archbishop of Armagh Willie Bermingham Founder of ALONE Osborn Joseph Bergin - General editor of the Royal Irish Academys Dictionary of the Irish Language Bishop George Berkeley - Philosopher and educationalist. University of California named after him George Best - Footballer Richard Irvine Best - Director of the National Library of Ireland 1924-1940. The librarian in Ulysses Charles Bianconi - His cars revolutionised travel in Ireland Francis Joseph Bigger Author and antiquary Michael Biggs Sculptor. The Arbour Hill Proclamation George A Birmingham Writer. Spanish Gold, The Red Hand of Ulster, The Northern Iron Helen Blackburn - She was one of the first to campaign for womens rights. E Owens Blackburne Writer. Ernest Blythe Politician. Best remembered for his support of the Irish language. Thomas Patrick Bodkin - Director of the National Gallery of Ireland Harry Boland Republican. Killed 1922 George Boole - Mathematician Elenor Booth She inspired Eibhlνn a Rϊin (Eileen Aroon) Oliver Bond United Irishman Brian Boru King of Ireland Dionysius Boucicault Playwright. The Shaughraun Canon Ulick Bourke Writer and promoter of Irish language Elizabeth Bowen Writer. Captain Charles Boycott gave his name to the English language Brian Boydell - Composer John Boyle Victim of riots Patrick Boyle Writer. Robert Boyle Author of Boyles Law Brendan Bracken Politician. Advisor to Churchill Thomas Bracken - Writer of New Zealand national anthem Teresa Brayton Poet. The Old Bog Road Dan Breen Republican. My Fight for Irish Freedom Louis Brennan Inventor of the dirigible torpedo and the gyrosopic monorail Brennan on the Moors- Highwayman John Broderick - Writer Patrick Bronte Father of the famous daughters Charlotte Brooke Writer. Collected and translated Irish poems and songs Henry Brooke - Writer Stopford Brooke Writer. Primer of English Literature Christy Brown Writer. My Left Foot, Down All the Days Stephen Brown - Bibliographer William Brown Father of the Argentinian navy Father Francis Browne - Photographer Noel Browne Politician. Mother and Child scheme King Edward Bruce - .Brother of Robert Cathal Brugha Republican. Killed in OConnell Street 1922. William Bulfin Journalist, writer, Rambles in Eirinn. Elizabeth and Mary Bullyn Daughters of Ann Boleyn Edward Bunting Collector of Irish airs Edmund Burke Political thinker and writer. Reflections on the Revolution in France Robert O'Hara Burke - Explorer Thomas Henry Burke Assassinated in the Phoenix Park by the Invincibles William Burke Resurrectionist and killer George Burrowes - Environmentalist Peter Burrowes - lawyer, advocate of Catholic rights in Ireland Frederick William Burton Painter. Meeting on the Turret Stairs Hubert Butler Journalist, essayist, translator Rev Richard Butler Historian Isaac Butt Politician, writer. Founder of the Irish Home Rule party Alfie Byrne Ten times Lord Mayor of Dublin Charles Byrne Irish Giant Donn Byrne - Writer James Byrne Died after hunger strike during the Lock Out 1913 |