Republic of Ireland

:For an explanation of often confusing terms like Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology) .

Culture

Main article: Culture of Ireland

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The island of Ireland has produced the Book of Kells, Irish traditional music, and writers such as George Berkeley, James Joyce, Bernard Shaw, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Séamus Heaney, and others. Shaw, Yeats, Beckett and Heaney are Nobel Literature laureates. Ernest Walton of Trinity College Dublin shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics for "splitting the atom". William Rowan Hamilton was a significant mathematician.

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Book of Kells - Irish traditional music - George Berkeley - James Joyce - Bernard Shaw - Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Oliver Goldsmith - Oscar Wilde - W.B. Yeats - Samuel Beckett - Séamus Heaney - Nobel Literature - Ernest Walton - Trinity College Dublin - 1951 - Nobel Prize in Physics - William Rowan Hamilton

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Cultural figures of the late twentieth century include Christy Moore, Pat Ingoldsby, Shane MacGowan, and Sinéad O'Connor. Successful entertainment exports in the late twentieth century include the rock group U2, Bob Geldof, The Corrs, The Cranberries and the dance show Riverdance.

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Twentieth century - Christy Moore - Pat Ingoldsby - Shane MacGowan - Sinéad O'Connor - U2 - Bob Geldof - The Corrs - The Cranberries - Riverdance

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