Ireland's Greatest: the top 10 of RTÉ's 2010 poll
The top 3 according to 135 votes from people: John Hume · Noël Browne · James Connolly. (Updated Jul 13, 2021.)
John Hume ahead of Michael Collins, Mary Robinson, James Connolly and Bono: the top 10 of Ireland's Greatest, the 2010 RTÉ public vote. Only the top five were ranked; the next five (Browne, Gately, Lynott, Pearse and Roche) were announced without order.
Top 10
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1
John Hume
1937–2020. Politics; Nobel Peace Prize 1998. Winner of the poll.
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2
Noël Browne
1915–1997. Politics; places 6 to 10 were not ranked.
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3
James Connolly
1868–1916. Politics; socialist leader of the 1916 Rising. 4th place.
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4
Adi Roche
b. 1955. Charity; founder of Chernobyl Children International.
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5
Stephen Gately
1976–2009. Music; Boyzone singer.
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6
Phil Lynott
1951–1986. Music; Thin Lizzy frontman.
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7
Bono
b. 1960. Music and charity; U2 singer. 5th place.
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8
Mary Robinson
b. 1944. Politics; first woman President of Ireland. 3rd place.
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9
Michael Collins
1890–1922. Politics; revolutionary leader. 2nd place.
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10
Pádraig Pearse
1879–1916. Politics; leader of the 1916 Rising.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
Stephen Gately in the top 10 but no Yeats, no Joyce, no Wilde. Says more about 2010 than about Ireland, to be honest.