they think of things like ‘The Island of Saints and Scholars’,
The Book of Kells, our great writers,
Irish music, and so on. Ireland has little by way of a scientific
heritage – right? Wrong.' So begins a great article by William
Reville, University College, Cork.
IRELAND’S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/irishscientists.htm
Robert Boyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle
Lots happening in Ireland to inspire the use of good Irish minds in
STEM, not just poetry,
ballades and folklore.
Science & Technology
http://www.rds.ie/science
Irish teens win Google science fair with bacteria-enhanced
plant growth
Irish 16-year-olds Ciara Judge, Sophie Healy-Thow
and Emer Hickey
Dublin Science Festival - 'The Festival of Curiosity'
http://www.rds.ie/cat_project_detail.jsp?itemID=1100297
What attracts big tech companies to Ireland? Hint:
It’s not just low taxes
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/26/what-attracts-big-tech-companies-
to-ireland-hint-its-
not-just-low-taxes/
I am not at all surprised by discovering brilliant Irish women and men both in
STEM areas.
I had years of Catholic school and they were the best math teachers I ever had, Sister Gertrude,
Sisters of Mercy, in particular.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton
Lucy Everest Boole (1862-1905)
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/science-
technology/irish-scientists/lucy-everest-boole-%281862-/
Irish politics is no surprise. I don't condone violence, Jesus said He
'came to save mens' lives not
destroy them.' Luke 9:46.
That being said, here is a St. Patrick's Day surprise I had this week
while researching.
I remember the news report of Bobby Sands back in the 80s. But I hadn't watched the biographical
movie 'Hunger' 2008 directed by Steve McQueen
(12 Years A Slave, Oscar winner) which I did. It is not for the feint hearted. Actor Michael
Fassbender lost 40 pounds to portray the hunger strike in
Maze Prison. It is critically acclaimed. Earns the R rating.
Hunger (2008 film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_%282008_film%29
What I didn't know was that Bobby Sands was also a poet and author, and elected to Parliament
while on the hunger strike. Nelson Mandela references
him as an inspiration.
Bobby Sands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands
Bobby Sands--Writings from Prison
http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/bobby-sands-writings-from-prison/
Poems of Bobbly Sands
http://www.poemhunter.com/bobby-sands/
Prison Diary
http://www.bobbysandstrust.com/writings/prison-diary
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| Peace Activists Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan in 1976 |
In 1976, two Irish mums won the Nobel Peace Prize
for organizing a peace movement in the middle of
'TheTroubles' in Northern Ireland.
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