LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.dublincity.ie/

Population:
495,781 (2002)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Gonzaga College	1950
National University of Ireland	1908
Trinity College Dublin	1592
University College Dublin	1908

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Ryanair	1985
Experian	1980
CRH plc	1970
Allied Irish Banks	1966
Aer Lingus	1936

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bertie Ahern	Head of State	12-Sep-1951		Prime Minister of Ireland, 1997-2008
Francis Bacon	Painter	28-Oct-1909	28-Apr-1992	The Screaming Popes
John Ball	Naturalist	20-Aug-1818	21-Oct-1889	Irish Alpinist
Freddie Bartholomew	Actor	28-Mar-1924	23-Jan-1992	Little Lord Fauntleroy
Samuel Beckett	Playwright	13-Apr-1906	22-Dec-1989	Waiting for Godot
Brendan Behan	Playwright	9-Feb-1923	20-Mar-1964	The Hostage
Dominic Behan	Playwright	1929	3-Aug-1989	The Patriot Game
Patrick Bergin	Actor	4-Feb-1951		Sleeping with the Enemy
Eavan Boland	Poet	24-Sep-1944		In a Time of Violence
Bono	Musician	10-May-1960		Lead singer of Irish band U2
Dion Boucicault	Playwright	26-Dec-1820	18-Sep-1890	The Corsican Brothers
Elizabeth Bowen	Author	7-Jun-1899	22-Feb-1973	The Heat of the Day
John Brougham	Actor	9-May-1814	7-Jun-1880	Irish-American dramatist and actor
Edmund Burke	Philosopher	1-Jan-1729	9-Jul-1797	Reflections on the Revolution in France
Gabriel Byrne	Actor	12-May-1950		The Usual Suspects
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh	Politician	18-Jun-1769	12-Aug-1822	Architected Napoleon's defeat
John F. Coyne	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Western Digital
Liam Cunningham	Actor	2-Jun-1961		Stranded
George Darley	Poet	1795	23-Nov-1846	Nepenthe
Sir John Denham	Poet	1615	10-Mar-1669	Cooper's Hill
Alison Doody	Actor	11-Nov-1966		Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Roddy Doyle	Novelist	1958		The Commitments
Dermot Dunphy	Business	15-Apr-1932		CEO of Sealed Air, 1971-99
Siobhan Fahey	Musician	10-Sep-1958		Bananarama
Colin Farrell	Actor	31-May-1976		Bullseye in Daredevil
John Field	Composer	26-Jul-1782	23-Jan-1837	Irish composer of Nocturnes
Barry Fitzgerald	Actor	10-Mar-1888	14-Jan-1961	Going My Way
Garret FitzGerald	Head of State	9-Feb-1926		Twice Prime Minister of Ireland
Geraldine Fitzgerald	Actor	24-Nov-1913	17-Jul-2005	Wuthering Heights
Fionnuala Flanagan	Actor	10-Dec-1941		James Joyce's Women
Brenda Fricker	Actor	17-Feb-1945		My Left Foot
Michael Gambon	Actor	19-Oct-1940		The Singing Detective
Aidan Gillen	Actor	24-Apr-1968		Stuart Alan Jones on Queer as Folk
Brendan Gleeson	Actor	29-Mar-1955		Mad-Eye Moody
Henry Grattan	Politician	3-Jul-1746	6-Jun-1820	Legislative independence for Ireland
Sir William Rowan Hamilton	Mathematician	3-Aug-1805	2-Sep-1865	Inventor of Quaternions
Victor Herbert	Composer	1-Feb-1859	24-May-1924	Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
Fenton J. A. Hort	Religion	23-Apr-1828	30-Nov-1892	Translator of the New Testament
Ronan Keating	Singer	3-Mar-1977		Boyzone
David Kelly	Actor	11-Jul-1929		Waking Ned
Charles James Lever	Novelist	31-Aug-1806	1-Jun-1872	Charles O'Malley
Samuel Lover	Novelist	24-Feb-1797	6-Jul-1868	Handy Andy, an Irish Tale
Jack MacGowran	Actor	13-Oct-1918	30-Jan-1973	The Fearless Vampire Killers
Edmond Malone	Scholar	4-Oct-1741	25-Apr-1812	Irish Shakespearian scholar
James Clarence Mangan	Poet	1-May-1803	20-Jun-1849	O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire
Sean McClory	Actor	8-Mar-1924	10-Dec-2003	The Quiet Man
Colm Meaney	Actor	30-May-1953		Transporter Chief O'Brien in Star Trek: TNG
Larry Mullen	Drummer	31-Oct-1961		Drummer for U2
Samantha Mumba	Singer	18-Jan-1983		Always Come Back to Your Love
Iris Murdoch	Novelist	15-Jul-1919	8-Feb-1999	The Sea, the Sea
Sean O'Casey	Playwright	30-Mar-1880	18-Sep-1964	Juno and the Paycock
Colm O'Ciosoig	Drummer	31-Oct-1964		Drummer for My Bloody Valentine
Sinead O'Connor	Musician	8-Dec-1966		Pop star ripped up Pope picture
David J. O'Reilly	Business	1947		CEO of Chevron
Milo O'Shea	Actor	2-Jun-1926		Ulysses
Thomas Parnell	Poet	1679	1718	The Hermit
Maureen Potter	Actor	1925	7-Apr-2004	Beloved Irish actress and comic
Glenn Quinn	Actor	28-May-1970	3-Dec-2002	Mark Healy on Roseanne
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers	Actor	27-Jul-1977		Velvet Goldmine
Augustus Saint-Gaudens	Sculptor	1-Mar-1848	3-Aug-1907	Leading 19th c. American sculptor
George Bernard Shaw	Playwright	26-Jul-1856	2-Nov-1950	Irish dramatist and pamphleteer
Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Playwright	30-Oct-1751	7-Jul-1816	The School for Scandal
Thomas Southerne	Playwright	1660	26-May-1746	The Persian Prince
Richard Steele	Author	1672	1-Sep-1729	The Spectator
Peter Sutherland	Government	25-Apr-1946		First Director General of the WTO
Jonathan Swift	Author	30-Nov-1667	19-Oct-1745	Gulliver's Travels
Napper Tandy	Politician	1740	24-Aug-1803	Irish politician and revolutionary
Nahum Tate	Poet	1652	30-Jul-1715	Imitative British playwright
Richard Todd	Actor	11-Jun-1919		The Dam Busters
James Ussher	Religion	4-Jan-1581	20-Mar-1656	Old Testament chronologist
Arthur Wellesley	Military	1-May-1769	14-Sep-1852	1st Duke of Wellington
William Butler Yeats	Poet	13-Jun-1865	28-Jan-1939	The Land of Heart's Desire

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brendan Behan	Playwright	9-Feb-1923	20-Mar-1964	The Hostage
John Bernard Burke	Historian	5-Jan-1814	12-Dec-1892	Burke's Peerage
Michael Davitt	Politician	25-Mar-1846	31-May-1906	Irish Nationalist, Land League
Eamon de Valera	Head of State	14-Oct-1882	29-Aug-1975	President of Ireland, 1959-73
Barry Fitzgerald	Actor	10-Mar-1888	14-Jan-1961	Going My Way
Sir William Rowan Hamilton	Mathematician	3-Aug-1805	2-Sep-1865	Inventor of Quaternions
Charles Haughey	Head of State	16-Sep-1925	13-Jun-2006	Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland
Patrick Hillery	Head of State	2-May-1923	12-Apr-2008	President of Ireland, 1976-90
Gerard Manley Hopkins	Poet	28-Jul-1844	8-Jun-1889	Defeated the tyranny of poetic meter
Richard Llewellyn	Novelist	8-Dec-1906	30-Nov-1983	How Green Was My Valley
Jan Lukasiewicz	Mathematician	21-Dec-1878	13-Feb-1956	Invented Reverse Polish Notation
Jack Lynch	Head of State	15-Aug-1917	20-Oct-1999	Twice Prime Minister of Ireland
Seán MacBride	Activist	26-Jan-1904	15-Jan-1988	Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient
James Clarence Mangan	Poet	1-May-1803	20-Jun-1849	O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire
John McGahern	Novelist	12-Nov-1934	30-Mar-2006	Amongst Women
E. Arthur Milne	Mathematician	14-Feb-1896	21-Sep-1950	Kinematic relativity
Patrick O'Brian	Novelist	12-Dec-1914	2-Jan-2000	The Aubreyad series
Flann O'Brien	Author	5-Oct-1911	1-Apr-1966	At Swim-Two-Birds
Frank O'Connor	Author	17-Sep-1903	10-Mar-1966	Guests of the Nation
Sean O'Faolain	Novelist	22-Feb-1900	20-Apr-1991	Come Back to Erin
Liam O'Flaherty	Novelist	28-Aug-1896	7-Sep-1984	Thy Neighbour's Wife
Jonathan Swift	Author	30-Nov-1667	19-Oct-1745	Gulliver's Travels
John Millington Synge	Playwright	16-Apr-1871	24-Mar-1909	The Playboy of the Western World

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