‘Dream big. You can’t put a limit on your dreams because nothing is impossible.’ Katie Mullan, Ireland Hockey Captain Are you ready to be inspired? Open this book and discover a world of courage, bravery and adventure. Adventurers, explorers, inventors, dreamers.... for a small country Irish people have had a huge impact internationally. From helping street children in India, to saving Jewish children during World War II and exploring new worlds, their reach has been world-wide. From Michael Collins to Rosie Hackett, Lady Gregory to Tom Crean, this book celebrates the brave and daring Irish. Be inspired by some of Ireland’s most daring and fearless men and women. Table of Contents WILLIAM PARSONS Engineer and Astronomer 4–5 GEORGE BOOLE Mathematician 6–7 AGNES MARY CLERKE Science Writer 8–9 ALBERT DJ CASHIER American Civil War Soldier 10–11 LADY GREGORY Writer and Co-Founder of the Abbey Theatre 12–13 DOUGLAS HYDE Ireland’s First President 14–15 ROGER CASEMENT Human Rights Activist and Irish Nationalist 16–17 LENA RICE Wimbledon Winner 18–19 MAUDE DELAP: ‘THE JELLYFISH LADY’ Marine Biologist 20–21 LILY AND LOLLY YEATS Artists, Craftswomen and Publishers 22–23 INVENTORS AND DISCOVERERS 24–25 TOM CREAN Antarctic Explorer 26–27 GRETTA COUSINS Suffragette, Teacher and Civil Rights Campaigner 28–29 PATRICK PEARSE Teacher and Revolutionary 30–31 JAMES JOYCE Writer 32–33 ELIZABETH O’FARRELL Nationalist, Midwife and Loyal Friend 34–35 REX INGRAM Movie Director, Producer and Writer 36–37 ROSANNA ‘ROSIE’ HACKETT Trade Unionist and Nationalist 38–39 CYNTHIA EVELYN LONGFIELD: ‘MADAM DRAGONFLY’ Dragonfly Expert and Adventurer 40–41 ERNEST WALTON Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist 42–43 MARY ELMES Aid Worker and Humanitarian 44–45 JACK KYLE Surgeon and Rugby Legend 46–47 RONNIE DELANY Olympic Champion 48–49 JOHN HUME Politician and Civil Rights Campaigner 50–51 PROFESSOR SUSAN McKENNA-LAWLOR Astrophysicist 52–53 BOB GELDOF Musician and Humanitarian 54–55 U2 Musicians 56–57 PHILIP TREACY Hat Designer 58–59 CORA STAUNTON Sportswoman 60–61 DREAMERS OF TOMORROW 62–63 Sarah Webb is a children's author who combines writing with schools visits, reading and giving workshops at festivals, and teaching creative writing. She has won two Irish Book Awards for her children's books (for A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea and Blazing a Trail), as well as the Children’s Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Books, awarded in 2015. Sarah worked for many years as a children’s bookseller and was writer in residence for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2016/2017: she is currently the Children’s Literary Advisor to Listowel Writers’ Week. For more, visit www.sarahwebb.info Graham Corcoran is an illustrator based in Dublin, Ireland. He has previously illustrated two An Post Irish Book Award nominated children’s books, Dare to Dream by Sarah Webb and The Story of Croke Park by Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.