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  • History makers

    • Clara 'Ma' Copley

      Clara 'Ma' Copley was a boxing promoter in Belfast in the early 20th Century.

    • Lilian Bland

      Lilian Bland was the first woman in the world to design and build her own aeroplane.

    • Anne Crawford Acheson

      Anne Crawford Acheson used her artistic talent to help wounded soldiers in the First World War.

    • Annie Maunder

      Annie Maunder was an astronomer who captured the longest coronial streamer (a ray like structure coming out from the sun) on record.

    • William McCrum

      William McCrum invented the penalty kick.

    • Oliver Pollock

      Oliver Pollock is credited with inventing the US dollar sign.

    • Mary Ann McCracken

      Mary Ann McCracken was a social reformer in the 18th Century

    • Samuel McGaughey

      Sir Samuel McGaughey was a sheep farmer and philanthropist who had the nickname 'the sheep king'.

    • Mary Mallon

      Mary Mallon was also known as'Typhoid Mary' as she unknowingly carried typhoid and infected many people.

    • Barney Hughes

      Barney Hughes was a successful baker and philanthropist who invented the'Belfast bap'

    • Kennedy Kane 'Ken' McArthur

      Kennedy Kane McArthur won Gold in the marathon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics

    • James Martin

      James Martin invented the ejector seat.

    • John Clarke

      John Clarke was known as 'the potato wizard'.

    • Dr Elizabeth Bell

      Dr Elizabeth Bell was one of the first female doctors in Ireland, a feminist and advocate for women’s rights.

    • John McAlery

      John McAlery introduced association football to Ireland.