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Henry Ford – founder of Ford Motor Company; Anglo-Irish [8] Mark Gallogly - American private equity investor who co-founded and served as Managing Principal of the private investment firm Centerbridge Partners until his retirement in 2020; Paul Galvin – inventor of the car radio; founder of Motorola; James P. Gorman - chairman and CEO of ...
Irish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques which owe their existence either partially or entirely to an Irish person. Often, things which are discovered for the first time, are also called "inventions", and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. Below is a list of such inventions.
John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin/Ó Maolchalann [citation needed]; February 24, 1841 [1] – August 12, 1914 [2]) was an Irish marine engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1.
Patrick Cunningham standing with one of his torpedoes. Patrick Cunningham (4 May 1844 – 23 May 1921), known locally as "Wild Cunningham", [1] was an Irish inventor known for creating a torpedo which he fired down a New Bedford high street around the time of the 1896 United States presidential election.
This is a list of notable Irish people, who were born on the island of Ireland, in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the ...
Christopher Colles, portrait by James Frothingham. Christopher Colles (1739–1816) was an Irish and American engineer and inventor, known for his work on numerous inland improvement projects, among them a water distribution system in New York City, canals to link the Atlantic seaboard to the American interior, and a road atlas of the northeastern United States.
Irish Americans may dance a jig for corned beef on St Patrick's Day, but their Irish counterparts don’t actually eat much of it. According to Stack, in Ireland, cows historically earned their ...
Classification: People: By occupation: Scientists: By nationality: Irish Also: Ireland : People : By occupation : Scientists An inclusive list with Irish-born scientists who worked abroad, scientists who came to Ireland to work and Irish-born scientists who worked in Ireland.