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Martyn Turner (born 1948) is an English-born Irish [1] political cartoonist, [2] caricaturist and writer, working for the Irish Times since 1971. [3] [4] His cartoons appear four times a week in the newspaper, parodying current events.
The Irish Times, referring to his analysis published in the Irish language newspaper Foinse, quoted him as follows: "It is an absolute indictment of successive Irish Governments that at the foundation of the Irish State there were 250,000 fluent Irish speakers living in Irish-speaking or semi Irish-speaking areas, but the number now is between ...
Flann O'Brien. Brian O'Nolan ( Irish: Brian Ó Nualláin; 5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966), his pen name being Flann O'Brien, was an Irish civil service official, novelist, playwright and satirist, who is now considered a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature. Born in Strabane, County Tyrone, he is regarded as a key figure in ...
Crosaire. John Derek Crozier (12 November 1917 – 3 April 2010), under the pseudonym " Crosaire " ( Irish pronunciation: ['kɾˠɔsəɾʲə] [2] ), was the compiler of the cryptic crossword in The Irish Times from its inception in 1943 until the year after his death. [1] It was formally named "The Irish Times Crossword", as opposed to the non ...
R. M. "Bertie" Smyllie. Robert Maire Smyllie (1893 – 11 September 1954), known as Bertie Smyllie, was editor of The Irish Times from 1934 until his death in 1954. Smyllie was born in Glasgow where his father was a Scottish journalist, who later moved to Sligo as editor of the Sligo Times. Smyllie was educated at Sligo Grammar School and ...
The closest Rome got to conquering Ireland was in 80 CE, when, according to Turtle Bunbury from the Irish Times, “Túathal Techtmar, the son of a deposed high king, who is said to have invaded Ireland from afar in order to regain his kingdom at about this time”. The Romans referred to Ireland as Hibernia around CE 100.
Breda O'Brien (born 1962) is an Irish teacher and columnist, writing a weekly column for The Irish Times. O'Brien is a frequent spokesperson for Catholic-based views on political issues such as opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. She founded the Irish chapter of Feminists for Life in 1992.
Douglas Gageby. (Robert John) Douglas Gageby (29 September 1918 – 24 June 2004) was one of the pre-eminent Irish newspaper editors of his generation. [1] His life is well documented and a book of essays about him, written by many of his colleagues, some of whom had attained fame for their literary achievements, was published in 2006 [ Bright ...
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