Early Modern Times
Some of the more notable natives of Ireland who settled in Britain between the 16th and 19th centuries were:
- Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde, died 1635.
- Robert Boyle, FRS, died 1691.
- Laetitia Pilkington, died 1750.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- George Monro (British Army officer), 1700-57.
- Patrick Brontë, 1777-1861.
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Thomas Moore, died 1852.
- Bram Stoker, author of Dracula
- Oliver Goldsmith author of The Deserted Village
- Edmund Burke politician, reformer, writer
- Mary Burns
- Robert Tressell The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Read more about this topic: British People Of Irish Descent
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