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Richard Boyle (1566–1643) – The Great Earl of Cork

Aug 11, 2021

Without question, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, was the dominant figure on Ireland’s Blackwater Valley for the first forty years of the 17th century. Indeed, the entrepreneur from Canterbury was one of the most extraordinary and powerful characters in Western...

Rosie Hackett (1893-1976) – For Whom the Dublin Bridge is Named

Aug 11, 2021

Perhaps the most remarkable women to serve in the Royal College of Surgeons during the Easter Rising, Rosie was a woman of such unbending resolve that Dublin City Council chose to name a city bridge in her honour in 2013. Complete access to all articles on this...

Sir William Arrol (1839-1913), or, How A Boiled Sheep’s Head Shaped The Industrial Age

Aug 11, 2021

The greatest bridge builder of his generation learned his craft while singeing hair off sheep's heads in a blacksmith's forge as a boy. He went on to build works such as the Forth Bridge and the Tay bridge in Scotland, the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, the Arrol...

Richard Boyle (1566–1643) – The Great Earl of Cork

Rosie Hackett (1893-1976) – For Whom the Dublin Bridge is Named

Sir William Arrol (1839-1913), or, How A Boiled Sheep’s Head Shaped The Industrial Age

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