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Well, Irish history is long and involved but broken down into eras, these figures made a huge difference to Ireland, and the Irish people.

Current day: 20th - 21st Century

Bobby Sands-IRA Leader & Political Prisoner, elected to the British Parliament (representing West Belfast) while in prison, 1st Hunger Striker to die.

Bernadette Devlin McClosky

Mary Robinson

John Hume- Protestant MP, Pacifist leader, Coauthor of the Belfast Agreement

19th-20th Century:

Eamon DeValara - Elected as Ireland's Prime Minister three times, leader in the 1916 Easter Rising, garnered the USA's support for Irish independence from England

Michael Collins-Irish leader in the Civil war against England, founding member of the IRA

Arthur Griffith-Founder of Sinn Fein, President of Dail Eireann

James Connelly - Key figure in the 1916 Easter Rising, Writer & Professor

18th - 19th Century:

Daniel O'Connell-Catholic MP, Lawyer, "The Liberator"

Charles Stewart Parnell - Nationalist, Land Reform Activist

17th-18th Century:

Theobald "Wolf" Tone - "Father" of Irish Republicanism, Lawyer and leader of the United Irishmen

Lord Edward Fiztgerald-leading figure in the Irish Rebellion of 1798

16th-17th Century:

King James II

Oliver Cromwell-Lord Chancellor of England, Leader of Protesant Reform in Ireland

Richard "Mad Dick" Talbot - Catholic Landlord, Major of Dublin, lead the rebellion in Dublin to restore the throne to King James II ("beyond the Pale")

15th-16th Century:

Hugh O'Neill- "The Great O'Neill"-Head of the strongest and most powerful family in Irish history leading the "Nine Year War" against Henry VIII in the Tudor re-conquest of land in Ireland.

Thomas Fiztgerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, AKA "Silken Thomas"- leader of the Kildare Rebellion in 1534 which posed a significant threat to Henry VIII

Rory O'Donnell-leader in the "Nine Year War" in the Tudor re-conquest of land in Ireland.

Hugh "Red" O'Donnell-leader in the "Nine Year War" in the Tudor re-conquest of land in Ireland.

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