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The Grand Egyptian Museum

The Grand Egyptian Museum’s Irish Architect

By Geoffrey Cobb

February 21, 2026

February 16, 2026 by Leave a Comment

The recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, outside Cairo, is breathtaking. The sixth largest museum on earth, its immense size, vast collection, and innovative design are simply awesome. So also is the story of the gifted architect who designed it; Irish-born Róisín Heneghan, a woman whose journey from isolated Belmullet, Co. Mayo, to the heights of the architectural … [Read more...] about The Grand Egyptian Museum’s Irish Architect

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George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin on this day in 1856. Shaw, Ireland’s famous playwright and most well known for his works like “Pygmalion,” is amongst the four Irishmen who have received the Nobel Peace Prize for literature. In 1925, he was awarded the prize, just two years after William Butler Yeats won the award. Shaw was also well known for being a Socialist, writing essays such as “How to Settle the Irish Question” (1917).

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