Irish author Claire Keegan is well-known for her short stories, which have appeared in Granta, The Paris Review, The New... View More

Irish author Claire Keegan is well-known for her short stories, which have appeared in Granta, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, and Best American Short Stories. She is also well-known for her novellas, two of which have been made into movies. View Less

Irish actress Caroline Anne Crowley was once a radio and television host. She co-presented the 1997 Eurovision Song Cont... View More

Irish actress Caroline Anne Crowley was once a radio and television host. She co-presented the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Ronan Keating and has her own discussion program, Limelight. The Clinic, School Run, An Crisis, and Fair City are among her acting credits. View Less

Former Irish ambassador to the United States, Daniel Mulhall is a retired diplomat. Additionally, he served as Ireland's... View More

Former Irish ambassador to the United States, Daniel Mulhall is a retired diplomat. Additionally, he served as Ireland's ambassador to Malaysia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. View Less

Irish Olympian and former athlete John Treacy is currently employed as a sporting administrator. His silver medal in the... View More

Irish Olympian and former athlete John Treacy is currently employed as a sporting administrator. His silver medal in the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles is what made him most famous. View Less

In 1940, Annraoi de Paor was born in Waterford. He completed his engineering studies at UCD in 1961. In 1963, he receive... View More

In 1940, Annraoi de Paor was born in Waterford. He completed his engineering studies at UCD in 1961. In 1963, he received an MS from the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1967, he received a PhD from UCD. He started teaching control theory at Salford in 1969, then in 1978 he went back to UCD to teach electrical engineering. In addition to pursuing interests in biomedical engineering and renewable energy, he became a globally recognized authority on control theory. He established the Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire and was a trailblazing biomedical engineer in Irish academia. View Less