Who's your favourite Irishman?

[Whitney]

So, here my go at getting this group going.
So, tell me, who's your favourite Irishman?
And who was his creator?
:)

[Michael]

I don't have a favorite fictional Irish character.
But the Irishman I respect most in real life is Michael Collins.

[Bekka]

My favorite contemporary real-life Irishman is Hozier, no doubt about it. Saw him in concert this year.

His parents created him, although I Wrote him into a short story ("Uncharted Passage: Toward New Realms"). In this fantasy short story, he's been made into a changling.