In the run-up to this year’s Engineers Week, here are 10 Irish engineers and scientists, some of their most famous and useful inventions, and links to more information about each of them:
1. The submarine – John Philip Holland (184-1914)– Co Clare
2. Nickel-zinc batteries – James J. Drumm (1897-1974) – Co Down
3. The aircraft ejection seat – James Martin (1893-1981) – Co Down
4. Tractors – Henry Ferguson (1884–1960) – Co Down
5. Radiotherapy, and the first practical system of colour photography – John Joly (1857-1933) – Co Offaly
6. The mobile defibrillator – Frank Pantridge (1916-2004)– Co Down
7. Hypodermic needles – Francis Rynd (1801-61) – Dublin
8. Rubber tyres – John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) – Scotland/Belfast
9. Monorails, torpedoes, early helicopters – Louis Brennan (1852-1932) – Co Mayo
10. Incubators for premature infants – Robert Collis (1900-1975) – Dublin
