Ireland: Culture#

World Heritage#

Nobel Prize Winners (5)#

Here persons are counted for the country they born in or if their affiliation is with this country.
NameCategoryYearMotivation
Samuel BeckettLiterature1969"for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation"
William C. CampbellMedicine2015"for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites"
George Bernard ShawLiterature1925"for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"
Ernest Thomas Sinton WaltonPhysics1951"for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles"
William Butler YeatsLiterature1923"for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation"

National Parks#