What is recorded here
Carrick-on-Suir gave birth to John Forrest Kelly in 1859, the electrical engineer who later helped shape American power systems. His family moved across the Atlantic when he was young, carrying a sharp mind and Irish pride into a world building wires and machines. What began near the Suir river ended in patents, laboratories and long-distance transmission, a life stretched from a small town to the backbone of modern electricity.
Why this person is known: Irish-American engineer
- Birthplace
- Carrick-on-Suir
Places near here
Carrick-on-Suir Heritage Centrechurch/chapel · 86 yd
Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas of Myrachurch/chapel · 97 yd
Town WallTown defences · 249 yd
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CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 411 yd
Maurice DavinMonument · 559 yd
CarrigfenoaghMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Coolnamuck Castke (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 2.1 mi
Coolnamuck Wood WestForest · 2.8 mi
Thomas KielyMemorial · 3.1 mi
Tower HillMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
Tower Hill WoodWood · 3.7 mi