In 1910, silent filmmaker Sidney Olcott, a Canadian-American of Irish descent, became the first Hollywood director to shoot an on-location movie when he travelled to County Kerry to make A Lad from Old Ireland.
In a country in which half the population is less than 30-years-old, Ireland seems to be teeming with start-up entrepreneurs or people with aspirations to become a startup entrepreneur.
Westwood had been surprisingly teamed up with rookie Rory McIlroy during final practice on Thursday, but Montgomerie resisted any temptation to spring a surprise and instead selected the 21-year-old Northern Ireland player alongside fellow countryman Graeme McDowell in the day's second group.
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The 40-year-old former Northern Ireland international, who left Portman Road in April, has signed a two-year deal at Loftus Road.
The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland needed no second prompting and to the delight of the sell-out 18, 000 crowd took up her offer.
In his last seven competitive rounds, the 23-year-old from Northern Ireland is an impressive 17 under par and his putting is back-of-the-cup sharp.
The Hammers say they have an option to extend the 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international's deal by two years if they avoid relegation.
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Tottenham also lost Keane to Liverpool in July, with the 28-year-old Republic of Ireland striker joining the club he supported as a boy.
The 21-year-old Republic of Ireland Under-21 international, who can play anywhere on the left flank, had a loan spell at St Mirren last season.
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"I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out next year and proves people wrong by winning a couple of majors, " said the 20-year-old from N Ireland.
In a bid to curry favour with locals, the 20-year-old from Northern Ireland sported a splendid pair of tartan trousers, as did his flamboyant playing partner Ian Poulter.
The 21-year-old from Northern Ireland was out in the harshest of the weather, which caused a delay of just over an hour, and six bogeys and a double bogey told the tale of his miserable day.
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The 27-year-old has played for Ireland at U21 level and has also represented the Ireland sevens side.
The 24-year-old was named in Ireland's squad on Wednesday and is hopeful his side can cause another upset.
The 23-year-old former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international has had loan spells with Accrington Stanley, Gillingham, Bury and Hereford United while at the Valley.
"When you put a new team together, as we have, in the context of a rugby or soccer season, we are only six or seven games into the season and you need five to bed down, " the 61-year-old former Bath and Ireland coach explained.
The 28-year-old Tottenham and Republic of Ireland striker has been linked with a move to Anfield.
The 66-year-old former billionaire, once Ireland's richest man, will be due for release on January 4.
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The 66-year-old former billionaire, once Ireland's richest man, will be due for release on 4 January.
The 19-year-old could play for Northern Ireland in a friendly and still be able to switch to England in the future.
The 35-year-old lock has made 92 Ireland appearances since his debut in 1997 and he is Leinster's most capped player with 186.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the murderers and insisted there would be "no return to the old days" in Northern Ireland.
The 23-year-old, a former Northern Ireland U-21 player, discovered on Monday that he had been included in Giovanni Trapattoni's team for next month's finals.
However a compromise is reached, what was supposed to have been the jolliest budget on record has turned into a sour reminder that old traditions cannot, in Ireland, be casually chucked.
The emerging generation of programmers seem highly adept at creating them: Harry Moran, a 12 year old developer from Cork, Ireland became the youngest app developer in the App Store in November with his Pizza app, Pizzabot.
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The 26-year-old, capped 13 times by Ireland, described the Independent Judicial Tribunal's verdict as "crazy and unbelievable".
David Harrison, a 23-year-old hacker in Belfast, Northern Ireland, claims to be the first to package the procedure in an all-inclusive piece of software that can be downloaded for free.
The 30-year-old is doubtful for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia in March.
The 55-year-old, a former chief rabbi of Ireland, will succeed Lord Jonathan Sacks in September.
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