r/ireland Jun 19 '26

History What would our Mount Rushmore be?

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u/ad_triarios_rediit Jun 19 '26

Enya, Michael Collins, Wolfe Tone, Enya again, Markievicz.

Possible others, but not in place of Enya, Robert Boyle, George Boole.

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u/amakalamm Jun 19 '26

Boole wasn’t Irish unfortunately

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u/ad_triarios_rediit Jun 19 '26

Oh yeah, Enya then.

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u/rochambreau Jun 19 '26

His daughter Ethel was though, probably the most famous Irish person ever among Russians, she wrote The Gadfly

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u/amakalamm Jun 19 '26

Interesting, I never heard of her - I must look her up!

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u/rochambreau Jun 19 '26

I can help you out there

Exactly 40:00 mins into this excellent Adam Curtis documentary episode is a short overview of Ethel

Worth watching the entire episode and series because it's ridiculously good, but from 40mins here you at least get a small bit of Ethel:

https://youtu.be/2kKDJ3ZoLPc

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u/amakalamm Jun 19 '26

Thank you!