Did you know that Irish people were behind all these life-changing inventions?

• Irish man Robert Boyle is known as the father of chemistry
• Francis Rynd invented the hypodermic syringe
• Charles Parsons developed the world’s first steam turbine
• Ernest Walton, working with John Cockcroft, became the first person to artificially split the atom
• The Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon was one of the fathers of modern economics
• Samuel Beckett and James Joyce have had a revolutionary impact on English literature, influencing writers and artists in countries and cultures across the world.
• Irish man Philip Treacy – milliner to the rich, beautiful and famous – is one of the top hat makers in the world
• Technology from Kerry-based Altobridge enabled AeroMobile to make history when they launched the world’s first commercial in-flight mobile communications service.
• The Irish company Daon supplies biometric software to governments around the world, allowing them to establish and confirm the unique identity of billions of people for border control and social security.
• Technology from the Dublin company Havok allows some the world’s best-known developers to reach new standards of realism and interactivity in games from Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony etc.

Source: Enterprise Ireland-Irish State agency works under the authority of the Minister for Education and Skills.