The top ten major Irish contributions to the world

Can we just put the Catholic v. Protestant issue to rest? They have Irish names.

Henry Ford, an American from a family who moved to Cork as part of the English plantations. Ferguson an Ulster man of Protestant stock. Wilson, Protestant, British Navy man. John Joly, Ulster Protestant. Ernest Walton, Protestant. Arthur Guinness, Protestant. Hans Sloane, Ulster Scot Protestant. Just goes to show how dumb the Plastic Paddies are who insist that to be Irish you have to be Roman Catholic. The "800 years of English oppression" suddenly goes out the window when it comes to claiming Irish inventions.

The Irish have always been an innovative people.The harsh difficult times in their history have forced them to be!

Finnbar Mac Eoin from Malow County Cork invented the " Puppet Bucket ". Living in France at the time, the Brevet (Patent) was called " Seau a Bascule " (Balancing Bucket).