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This is a fabulous story; In school we learnt about Edward Jenner/Brunel/Stevenson etc (who indeed were extremely important) but why are we never taught about the advances made by Irish people whether it happened at home or abroad. If we knew more about the innovation and creativity that was driven by them, it might make us a more entrepreneurial people, and not so dependent on others to come in and fill that gap.
Why is there not a museum in this country dedicated to these people?
Not on the list but:
Parsons Family (Birr Co. Offaly) – Giant Telescopes and the steam turbine (although C.A. Parsons was born in London)
Robert Boyle (Lismore, Co. Waterford) – noted for investigating the relationship between pressure and volume of a gas: hence Boyle’s Law (P inversely proportional to V)
George Boole (UCC, Cork – born in England) – his abstract form of algebra, later refined, forms the mathematical basis of the modern electronic circuit.
Because no one has invented that yet, sorry you just did, well done!
Irish? Not really. Anglo-Irish or British, really.
We were never British no matter way you want to word it. Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. We were never British. To be British you would have to be born in England, Wales or Scotland.
Great to see Rynd acknowledged at last. Other “ingenious Irish” inventions include… the stereo stethoscope, the submarine, the periscope, and the steam turbine that makes widespread electricity possible!
(We’ve lots more Irish inventions in our list here too: http://ingeniousireland.ie/2011/02/how-the-ingenious-irish-changed-the-world/)
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