INGLIS, CHARLES 1734-1816

Charles Inglis was born in County Donegal. He went to America, where he worked as a teacher from 1755 until 1758. He was ordained in London and returned to New York, where he became incumbent of Holy Trinity Church. He was later consecrated Bishop of Nova Scotia.

INGRAM, JOHN KELLS 1823-1907

John Ingram was born in Temple Carne, near Pettigo, County Donegal, and was educated in Newry and Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a senior fellow. From 1852 to 1866 he was Professor of Oratory; from 1866 to 1877 Professor of Greek; from 1879 to 1887 Librarian and from 1898 to 1899 Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. He helped to found the Dublin Philosophical Society in 1842, and was published in the Nation in 1843, although he supproted the Union. He was instrumental in founding the Dublin Statistical Society in 1847 and served as its President from 1878 to 1880. He served as President of the Royal Irish Academy from 1892 to 1896. He founded and edited Hermathena, a series of papers produced by members of Trinity College. Among his major works are A History of Political Economy, which was translated into French and Japanese; Sonnets; A History of Slavery and Serfdom; Outlines of the History of Religion; Practical Morals and The Final Transition. He was the author of the poem 'Who Fears to Speak of '98?'

INGRAM, THOMAS DUNBAR 1826-1901

Thomas Ingram was born in County Donegal, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Queen's College, Belfast. In 1853 he graduated in law and in 1856 was called to the Bar. From 1856 to 1867 he was Professor of Hindu Law in Calcutta. Among other works he wrote History of the Union.

IRELAND, DENIS 1894-1974

Denis Ireland was born in Belfast, and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and at Queen's University, Belfast. He interrupted his degree in medicine in 1914 and joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers, serving in France and Macedonia. He was invalided home with the rank of captain. He represented the family linen business in Canada, Britain and the United States, but retired in 1930. He was a freelance writer and broadcaster for nearly forty years. He was elected Senate of the Irish Free State and was the first member of the Oireachtas to be resident in Northern Ireland. Among his works are Red Brick City; Patriot Adventurer, a life of Wolfe Tone; The Age of Unreason; Six Counties in Search of a Nation and From the Irish Shore,his autobiography. A further volume of autobiography, Statues Round the City Hall, was published in 1939.

IRVINE, ALEXANDER 1863-1941

Alexander Irvine was born in Pogue's Entry, Antrim. He was the ninth of twelve children. Before he emigrated to America he worked in various jobs, as a newsboy, a coalminer and a soldier. He graduated from Yale as an ordained minister and preached for some years in New York's Fifth Avenue Church of the Ascension. It is said that he served as chief morale officer at the front in the First World War, at the personal request of Lloyd George. Among his publications are My Lady of the Chimney Corner which is a tribute to his mother Anna nee Gilmour; The Souls of Poor Folk and The Man From World's End and other stories. He is buried in Antrim parish churchyard and the family home has been preserved.

IRVINE, JOHN 1903-1964

John Irvine was born in Belfast and published several collections of poems: A Voice in the Dark, 1932; Willow Leaves: Lyrics in the Manner of the Early Chinese Poets,1941; Lost Sanctuary and other poems among others. He edited The Flowering Branch: An Anthology of Irish Poetry Past and Present.

IRVINE, WILLIAM 1741-1804

William Irvine was born in County Fermanagh, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was a surgeon in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and then emigrated to America, where he had a medical practice in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was elected representative for Carlisle and raised and commanded the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment. As a prisoner he was exchanged in 1778. In the autumn of 1781, he was stationed as brigadier-general at Fort Pitt and made responsible for defending the north-west-frontier. In his capacity as Examiner of Public Lands he incorporated an outlet from Pennsylvania upon Lake Erie. He was a member of Congress from 1793 to 1795. He died in Philadelphia.

IRVING, SAMUEL JOHNSTONE 1884-1969

Samuel Irving was born in Belfast and was an international soccer player. He played for Newcastle United, Galashiels United, Bristol Shields, Shildon, Dundee, Cardiff City, Chelsea and Bristol Rovers. Between 1923 and 1931 he was capped eighteen times for Northern Ireland, all in the Home international series.

IRWIN, THOMAS CAULFEILD 1823-1892

Thomas Irwin was born at Warrenpoint, County Down, and was educated privately. As a young man he travelled to Europe and North Africa. His poems, which he had published in Irish magazines such as the Nation, and the Dublin University Review, have been collected into eight volumes. Richard Dowling called him 'the Irish Keats'. He published a selection of prose sketches, Winter and Summer Stories; a biography of Swift; Irish Poems and Legends and Songs and Romances. He died in Rathmines, Dublin.

ITEN, HANS 1874-1930

John Iten was born in Zurich, and studied at the School of Art in St Gall, Switzerland and in Paris. He arrived in Belfast in 1904 to work as a damask designer with McCrum, Watson and Mercer, and remained for the rest of his life. He painted many pictures of Belvoir Park and of County Down and County Donegal. He was a member of the Belfast Art Society, vice-president of the Ulster Arts Club and exhibited in Paris, Glasgow and Dublin. He died in Swtzerland. His portrait, by Pierre Montezin, was presented to the Ulster Museum.