Irelands greatest : is that all we can produce?

I saw the list of Irelands greatest - so called greatest - 40 people. We all know from tv that Michael Collins, Mary Robinson, James Connolly, John Hume and last but not least Bono made it in to the final 5. Only one person from the world of business scraped it in to the top 40. Nobody from industry or science. We call ourselves an educated people and the IDA would try to promote the idea we are good with technology, and a good base for business. Why do we produce better people in those fields, or acknowledge those who are world class in business or science ? In science we have Walton, a noble prize winner in science, Boyle of Boyles law fame, + many more. In industry Henry Ford was born in Cork, Ferguson ( tractors ) + Dunlop (tyres) were from the north. In business we have Arthur Guinness. Not to forget the man who grew Ryanair from humble beginnings to be the largest airline in the world, against very stiff competition. A man who pays his taxes in Ireland ( and does not choose to pay some in Holland, like one of the 5 above ). A man who employs many thousands and who reduced the cost of air travel in Europe dramatically. Who has not beneffited from having cheap flights, directly or indirectly ? Remember paying over 200 pounds 30 years ago to get to England with the heavily unionised Air Lingus ? Nobody can claim he was a terrorist, an agitator, or someone who wiped billions off the world banks / encouraged defaulting ( which has affected us all, like it or not, directly or indirectly ). If we were a great country, should we not have had one great business person, engineer or scientist on the list of 5, or are we really that bad ? We need a few of those type of people ( world class business people, engineers and scientists ) surely to lead us out of the mess we are in ?