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Famous People
Evie Hone (1894-1955)
- Artist
Outstanding painter of religious subjects. Became interested in
stained glass windows. One of her windows My Four Green Fields (1938-39)
was commissioned by the Irish government and was exhibited in the
Irish Pavilion at the World’s Fair in New York. Considered
to be one of her most important works, it is now to be seen in Government
Buildings on Upper Merrion Street in Dublin. She lived at the Dower
House in Rathfarnham and is buried in St. Maelruain’s Churchyard
in Tallaght.
Malachi Horan
(1847-1945) - Folklorist
Author of Malachi Horan Remembers. Lived at Killinarden Hill, Tallaght
for his whole life.
Robbie Keane (1980-present)
- Footballer
From Fettercairn, Tallaght. Holds the Irish goal scoring record,
having scored 23 goals for Ireland (May 2005). He is also the youngest
player to have scored an international goal for Ireland; against
Malta in October 1998, aged 18.
Oisin
Kelly (1915-1981) - Artist/Sculptor
In 1971 his "Children of Lir"
was unveiled at the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square, Dublin.
Other famous works of his in Dublin include the Jim Larkin statue
on O Connell Street, and the Charioteers of Life outside the Irish
Life Centre on Lower Abbey Street. Lived at Prospect House, Knocklyon.
He is buried in St. Maelruain’s graveyard in Tallaght.
Elizabeth Rivers (1903-1964)
- Wood engraver, figure painter and illustrator
She studied under André L'Hote in Paris, whose influence
led to a long association with Evie Hone's stained glass studio
in Dublin. She came to Ireland in 1935, and apart from the war years
and a short period in 1955 she spent the rest of her life living
and working in this country. She is buried in Tallaght.
William Howard
Russell (1821-1907)
Born at Lilyvale in Jobstown, Tallaght. He was a journalist with
the London Times and reported on Daniel O’Connell’s
repeal campaign and on the famine. On the outbreak of the Crimean
War he became the first war correspondent and was later knighted
for his work.
George Otto
Simms (1910-1991) - Archbishop of Armagh and Primate
of All Ireland
He was elected Bishop of Cloyne, Cork and Ross in 1952 and Archbishop
of Dublin, Bishop of Glendalough and Kildare and Primate of Ireland
in 1956. In 1969 he was elected Archbishop of Armagh and Primate
of All Ireland, an appointment that coincided with a long period
of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. He had contributed in
1951 to a facsimile edition of the Book of Kells, on which he later
became an acknowledged authority, lecturing widely and publishing
several monographs. For thirty-seven years he contributed a weekly
column of spiritual reflections to the Irish Times and was one of
the most admired and loved churchmen of his generation. He married
Mercedes Gywnn of Prospect House and is buried in Tallaght.
Katharine Tynan (1861-1931)
- writer
Prolific novelist and poet. Lived at Whitehall, Tallaght. Close
associate of W.B. Yeats who used to stay at Whitehall for long periods.
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