Henry Hallam was an English historian. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he practised as a barrister on the Oxford circuit for some years before turning to history. His major works were View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (1818), The Constitutional History of England (1827), and Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1837). Although he took no part in politics himself, he was well acquainted with the band of authors and politicians who led the Whig party. In an 1828 review of Constitutional History, Robert Southey claimed that the work was biased in favour of the Whigs.
Henry Horatio Dixon FRS was a plant biologist and professor at Trinity College Dublin. Along with John Joly, he put forward the cohesion-tension theory of water and mineral movement in plants.
Emily Anderson OBE was an Irish scholar of German, music historian and cryptanalyst at the British Government Code and Cipher School for almost 30 years.
Gerard A. Hayes-McCoy (1911–1975) was an Irish historian regarded as one of the leading Irish historians of his generation.
Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister was an Irish archaeologist.
Helena Concannon was an Irish historian, writer, language scholar and Fianna Fáil politician.
Nicholas Patrick Canny is an Irish historian and academic specializing in early modern Irish history. He has been a lecturer in Irish history at the University of Galway since 1972 and professor there from 1979 to 2011. He is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Galway.
James Francis Lydon was an Irish educator and historian. He served as the Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1980 to 1993, and authored numerous works, particularly on the medieval history of Ireland.
Florence Moon was an Irish suffragist, born in Birmingham.
Sarah Persse was an Irish suffragist.
Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy, The O'Shaughnessy, was Chief of the Name and a captain in the Irish army of James II of England. He was present at the Battle of the Boyne, and died ten days after the battle at his castle in Gort. All his property was declared forfeit, and his son and heir, William O'Shaughnessy, was forced into exile.
Richard II de Bermingham was an Anglo-Irish lord.
Edmond I de Bermingham was an Anglo-Irish lord.
Edmond I de Bermingham, Anglo-Irish lord, born 1570, died 1645.
Francis de Bermingham was an Anglo-Irish lord of Athenry and Dunmore, County Galway.
Edward de Bermingham, Anglo-Irish lord of Athenry and Dunmore, County Galway, died 1709, was the son of Francis de Bermingham, 12th Baron Athenry and Bridget, daughter of Sir Lucas Dillon. He succeeded as 13th Baron Athenry in 1677.
Sir Ruadhri Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh was Chief of the Name during 1583–1650.
Colman O'Shaughnessy, O.P. was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Bishop of Ossory from 1736 until his death in 1748.
Robuck or Roebuck O'Shaughnessey was an Irish Chief of the Name and Lord of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge.
Alice Jacqueline Perry was one of the first women in Europe to graduate with a degree in engineering.
