It's an opinion.
There are many rivals for the title. WB Yeats, GB Shaw, Bram Stoker, and many others.
Who is the "best-known" would depend on who you asked and where they lived.
Wilde was a Irish writer and poet. He was one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is also remembered for the tragedy of his imprisonment and his early death.
Robert Walsh - Irish writer - died in 1852.
Jim Phelan - Irish writer - died in 1966.
Jim Phelan - Irish writer - was born in 1899.
Mike McCormack - Irish writer - was born in 1965.
Desmond Fennell - Irish writer - was born in 1929.
Robert Walsh - Irish writer - was born in 1772.
Well, in my opinion, i think the British-Irish One Direction is more famous. The American band One Direction changed its name to Uncharted Shores, but it is still less famous than the British-Irish band One Direction.
He is British and Niall is the Irish one :)
Leslie Williams has written: 'Daniel O'Connell, the British press, and the Irish famine' -- subject(s): British Foreign public opinion, Famines, History, Press coverage, Public opinion, Relations 'What's behind that tree?'
I believe your referring to the British and Irish Lions
Louis is British. Nial is Irish