| PARNELL | Famous 19th Century Irish politician (7) |
| OCONNELL | Nineteenth century Irish politician called The Liberator, Daniel ... (1'7) |
| TYNDALL | John __, 19th century Irish physicist known for his work on infrared radiation (7) |
| SANTAFE | A state capital of the US, one end of a famous 19th-century wagon trail (5,2) |
| COLUMBA | 6th century Irish saint known as Colum Cille, 'dove of the church' (7) |
| BECKETT | Samuel -, twentieth century Irish playwright |
| GENERALGORDON | Famous 19th century soldier used common to go on round road (7,6) |
| GRIMALDI | Joseph ___, famous 19th-century clown (8) |
| TRIMBLE | Belt thrown round border by Irish politician (7) |
| IMPLORE | Beg leading Irish politician to accept different role (7) |
| TREATED | Handled Irish politician keeping engineers worried (7) |
| ROSS | Somerville and ___, 19th-century Irish writers (4) |
| KATEGREENAWAY | Under The Window was the first book by this famous 19th century English author and illustrator (4,9) |
| RAVEN | Bird in a famous nineteenth-century poem |
| TALONED | Irish politician going about unaccompanied is somehow able to grasp things (7) |
| TUTORED | Irish politician going round ramshackle route is given an education (7) |
| COLLINS | Michael, Irish politician and Sinn Fein leader who died in 1922 (7) |
| LEFANU | Sheridan --- ---, 19th Century Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (2,4) |
| TRALEE | The Rose Of ____ , 19th-century Irish ballad about a woman, Mary, noted for her beauty (6) |
| SITDOWN | Is turning up with Irish politician to have sort of meal? |
