Michael Collins

1890 – 1922 | Revolutionary Leader and TD Michael Collins was born in Clonakilty, County Cork on the 16th October 1890. He was the youngest of eight children. As he grew up, Michael listened to stories of rebellion from his father and is reported to have said...

John Stanislaus Joyce

4/7/1849 – 29/12/1931 | Father of writer James JoyceWhen James Joyce introduced his future wife, Nora Barnacle, to his father John, the reply he got was said to be “well she will certainly cling to you!” Born in Cork in 1849, John Stanislaus Joyce was the only...