Constance Smith, Hollywood actress of the 1950s Bill Whelan, Grammy Award-winning composer of Riverdance and many other works Terry Wogan, presenter on BBC radio and television Business Sir Thomas Cleeve, founder and chairman of the Condensed Milk Company of Ireland, High Sheriff of Limerick city (1899, 1900, and 1908) Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe Dermot FitzGerald, businessman and philanthropist JP McManus, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist Science Laurence Cussen, East India Company surveyor who triangulated the Auckland Province (1876), photographed Māori (1884) and published research in the colony of New Zealand. John Philip Holland, invented the submarine (1881). Lady Mary Heath, pioneering aviator who flew from Cape Town to London (1928) and set records for altitude in a light aircraft (1927). The first female to complete a mechanic qualification in the US, parachute from an aeroplane (1927) and have a commercial pilot licence in Britain (1927) Mary McCoy, an Irish nurse who served during the American Civil War at the Battle of Fair Oaks and met President Lincoln. Sylvester O'Halloran, invented cataract surgery (1750) Michael O'Shaughnessy, designed the San Francisco streetcar system (1927), the O'Shaughnessy Dam (1923) and the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct (1923). William Brooke O'Shaughnessy, early anaesthetist who introduced the therapeutic use of cannabis to Western medicine (1838), pioneered intravenous fluid therapy to treat cholera (1831) and established a telegraph system in India (1852). Politics Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon, wife of the Earl of Snowdon, and member, by marriage, of the extended British Royal Family James P. Boyd, businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada Kathleen Clarke (1878-1972), First Lady Mayoress of Dublin, widow of Tom Clarke Niall Collins, Irish politician Stephen Coughlan (Labour), TD 1961–77; Mayor of Limerick 1951–52, 1969–70 Pat Cox, TD 1992–94; MEP 1989–2004; President of the European Parliament 2002–04 Éamon de Valera (Fianna Fáil), TD; Taoiseach; President of Ireland; raised in Bruree, Co. Limerick Frances Fitzgerald Michael D. Higgins, elected President of Ireland in 2011. Jim Kemmy (Labour and Democratic Socialist Party), TD 1981–1982, 1987–1997; Mayor of Limerick 1991–92, 1995–96 Michael Lipper (Labour), TD 1977–81; Mayor of Limerick 1973–74 Michael Noonan (Fine Gael), TD 1981–present; former Leader of Fine Gael; Minister for Justice, Minister for Health Dan Neville Tom Neville Willie O'Dea (Fianna Fáil), TD, 1982–present; Minister for Defence Kieran O'Donnell Desmond O'Malley (Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats), TD, 1968–2002; founder and Leader of the Progressive Democrats Donogh O'Malley (Fianna Fáil), TD 1954–1968; Minister for Health