Location of Ireland This is alist of notable Irish people, who were born on the island ofIreland , in either theRepublic of Ireland orNorthern Ireland , and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the Republic of Ireland, have adopted Irish citizenship (e.g.,Daniel Day-Lewis ). The names are sorted by surname.
Sara Allgood – actressJonas Armstrong – actor, star of the BBC seriesRobin Hood Caitríona Balfe – actressSpranger Barry – actorPatrick Bergin – film actorSarah Bolger – actress, played Princess Mary Tudor inThe Tudors ;Spiderwick Chronicles ; Princess Aurora inOnce Upon a Time Stephen Boyd – film actorKenneth Branagh – actor on stage, film and TV,Harry Potter Brid Brennan – actressGeorge Brent – Hollywood actorHarry Brogan – actorShane Brolly – actor,Underworld Pierce Brosnan – actor, best known asJames Bond from 1994 to 2005Gabriel Byrne – TV and film actorTodd Carty – TV, stage and film actor and directorElaine Cassidy – film actressTony Clarkin – actor of stage, TV, radio, film; voiceover artistMichael Colgan – actorKerry Condon – actressD'Arcy Corrigan – Hollywood actorNicola Coughlan – actressCatherine Cusack – stage and TV actor; daughter of Cyril CusackCyril Cusack – actor of stage, film and TV (born in South Africa)Niamh Cusack – TV actress; daughter of Cyril CusackSinéad Cusack – stage, film and TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack; married toJeremy Irons Sorcha Cusack – film and TV actress; daughter of Cyril CusackDaniel Day-Lewis – English-bornOscar winnerThomas Doggett – actorAlison Doody – actress, best known for her role inIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade Richard Dormer – actor, playwright, known for roles inGame of Thrones Fortitude Jamie Dornan – actor and model; played the Huntsman inOnce Upon a Time ; best known for roles inThe Fall andFifty Shades of Grey Roma Downey – actor, best known for her role as Monica in the TV seriesTouched by an Angel Maria Doyle Kennedy – actress and singerAda Dyas – actressHilton Edwards – co-founder of theGate Theatre , born in UKColin Farrell – Hollywood actorMichael Fassbender – Hollywood actor, born inWest Germany Al Ferguson – actorBarry Fitzgerald –Abbey Theatre actor turned Hollywood starGeraldine Fitzgerald – actressFionnula Flanagan – actressBrenda Fricker –Oscar winnerBronagh Gallagher – actressMichael Gambon – theatre, TV and film actor,Harry Potter filmsCharles K. Gerrard – Hollywood actorDouglas Gerrard – Hollywood actorAidan Gillen – actor,The Wire Game of Thrones Queer as Folk Brendan Gleeson – actor,Harry Potter Brian Gleeson – actorDomhnall Gleeson – actorCreighton Hale – actorLouisa Harland – actressRichard Harris – actor,Harry Potter filmsForrester Harvey – Hollywood actorAmy Joyce Hastings – actressAmy Huberman – actressSaoirse-Monica Jackson – actressValene Kane – actress,The Fading Light David Kelly – actorBarry Keoghan – actorJ. M. Kerrigan – Abbey actorJoanne King – actressDervla Kirwan – actress,Ballykissangel ,Goodnight Sweetheart Evanna Lynch – actress,Harry Potter filmsJoe Lynch – TV actorJohn Lynch – actorSusan Lynch – actressMicheál Mac Liammhóir – co-founder of theGate Theatre , born in UKEoin Macken – actor,Merlin Gerard McCarthy – actor,Hollyoaks Sean McClory – actorF. J. McCormick – Abbey actorDamian McGinty – TV actorGlee Patrick McGoohan – actor and creator ofThe Prisoner Barry McGovern – stage, film and TV actorKatie McGrath – film and TV actressGerard McSorley – actorColm Meaney – Hollywood actorPaul Mescal – actorJonathan Rhys Meyers – film and TV actorCharles Mitchel – actor and newsreaderDamien Molony – stage and television actorColin Morgan – actor of stage, film and TV, best known for being the lead inMerlin Edward Mulhare – actor; played Captain Daniel Gregg inThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir Knight Rider Cillian Murphy – actorDevon Murray – actor,Seamus Finnigan in theHarry Potter Liam Neeson – actorSam Neill – actorJames Nesbitt – actorJim Norton –character actor Jamie-Lee O'Donnell – actressColin O'Donoghue – actor, member of The Enemies; best known for playing Captain Hook inOnce Upon A Time Chris O'Dowd – actor and comedianArdal O'Hanlon – actor and comedianJoan O'Hara – actressMaureen O'Hara – actressJason O'Mara – actorMilo O'Shea – actorMaureen O'Sullivan – actor; mother ofMia Farrow Peter O'Toole –Oscar winnerDaragh O'Malley – actorGlenn Quinn – actorAidan Quinn – actorStephen Rea – actorJack Reynor – actorPaul Ronan – actor,The Devil's Own ; father of Saoirse RonanSaoirse Ronan – actressAndrew Scott – film, stage and television actorFiona Shaw – actress,Harry Potter filmsRobert Sheehan – actorArthur Shields – actor; younger brother of Barry FitzgeraldNiall Tóibín – actor and comedianStuart Townsend – actor andboxer Aidan Turner – actor, played John Mitchell in the BBC'sBeing Human and Kili inThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Richard Wall – actorDave Allen Aisling Bea Ed Byrne Jimmy Carr Risteárd Cooper Neil Delamere P. J. Gallagher Brendan Grace Sean Hughes Jon Kenny Denis Leary Andrew Maxwell Kevin McGahern Tim McGarry Seán William McLoughlin – YouTube personality (under the name Jacksepticeye), musician, game commentatorDylan Moran Dermot Morgan – comedian, actor, radio personalityColin Murphy Graham Norton Dara Ó Briain Brendan O'Carroll Jimmy O'Dea David O'Doherty Ardal O'Hanlon Hector Ó hEochagáin Deirdre O'Kane Jarlath Regan – comedian, journalist, interviewer, author, cartoonistMario Rosenstock – comedian, impressionist, actor, musicianPat Shortt Tommy Tiernan Jackie Wright Chloë Agnew – singerIain Archer – singer-songwriter and producerBobbi Arlo – singerMichael William Balfe – opera composerGerald Barry – composer, member ofAosdána John K. Beatty – uilleann piperDerek Bell – harpistEric Bell – guitarist, Thin LizzyEd Bennett – composerMary Bergin – tin whistlerBig Tom – lead singer ofBig Tom and The Mainliners Wallis Bird – singer-songwriterFrances Black – singerMary Black – singerSeóirse Bodley – composer, Saoi ofAosdána Bono (Paul David Hewson) – lead singer ofU2 Ciarán Bourke – singer, guitaristBrian Boydell – composerIna Boyle – composerMichael Bradley – bass player, songwriter,The Undertones Brídín Brennan – singerEnya Brennan – musicianMoya Brennan – musicianNiall Breslin – lead singer ofThe Blizzards John Buckley – composerChris de Burgh – singer-songwriter, musicianJoe Burke – accordionistKevin Burke – fiddlerNicky Byrne – singer ofWestlife , songwriterEamonn Campbell – guitarist, producerVivian Campbell – co-lead guitarist ofDef Leppard , DioSeán Cannon – singer, guitaristPaddy Casey – singer-songwriterPatrick Cassidy – composerMic Christopher – singer-songwriterBobby Clancy – singer, banjo, guitar, harmonica, andbodhrán playerLiam Clancy – singer, guitaristPaddy Clancy – singer, harmonica playerTom Clancy – singerWillie Clancy – uilleann piperSiobhán Cleary (born 1970) – composerJulia Clifford – traditionalfiddle playerErica Cody – singerPhilip Cogan – composerMichael Coleman – fiddlerFinghin Collins – pianistBrian Conway – fiddlerTadhg Cooke – singerFrank Corcoran – composerAndrea Corr – singer fromThe Corrs Caroline Corr – drummerJim Corr – guitaristSharon Corr – fiddle playerPhil Coulter – composerNadine Coyle – singerRaymond Deane – composerDamien Dempsey – singer-songwriterMike Denver – singerJoe Dolan – singer, entertainerRyan Dolan – singer-songwriterBrian Downey – drummer, Thin LizzyRoger Doyle – composerMaria Doyle Kennedy – singer-songwriter, musicianRonnie Drew – singer, guitaristKeith Duffy – singer ofBoyzone Hugo Duncan – singerBenjamin Dwyer – composerThe Edge (David Howell Evans) – guitarist, singer ofU2 Kian Egan – singer ofWestlife , songwriterSéamus Ennis – uilleann piperEnya – singer-songwriterÓrla Fallon – singer, harpistCiarán Farrell – composerMark Feehily – singer ofWestlife , songwriterAngela Feeney – opera singerJohn Field – composer; creator of thenocturne Shane Filan – singer ofWestlife , songwriterMick Flannery – singer-songwriterAloys Fleischmann – composer and musicologistW. H. Grattan Flood – musicologistDave Flynn – award-winning composer, guitarist and singer-songwriterGavin Friday – singerFinbar Furey – singer-songwriter, uilleann piper, 5-string banjo player, actorRory Gallagher – blues/rock guitaristSirJames Galway – flautist Bobby Gardiner – accordionistRea Garvey – singer-songwriter, guitarist, tv music competition judge and lead singer ofReamonn Stephen Gately – singer of BoyzoneMark Geary – singerThomas Augustine Geary – composerBob Geldof – songwriter, singer ofthe Boomtown Rats , activistJohn William Glover – composerLen Graham – singerMichael Graham – singer of BoyzoneBernadette Greevy –mezzo-soprano John and Edward Grimes –X Factor Marc Gunn – autoharpist, singer-songwriter, and podcaster, formerly of theBrobdingnagian Bards Carmel Gunning – tin whistlerLisa Hannigan – singer-songwriterGlen Hansard –Oscar -winning singer/songwriterHamilton Harty – composer and arrangerCatherine Hayes – opera singerGemma Hayes – singerUna Healy – member of girl bandThe Saturdays Christie Hennessy – singer-songwriterNiall Horan – singer-songwriter, member of British-Irish boy bandOne Direction Hozier – musician and singer-songwriterHerbert Hughes – composer and arrangerRed Hurley – singerBrian Irvine – composerJolyon Jackson – composer musicianFergus Johnston – composer, member ofAosdána Dolores Keane – singerBryan Kearney – trance DJ and producerRichard Kearns – classical composerRonan Keating – singer-songwriterPaddy Keenan – uilleann piperLisa Kelly – singerLuke Kelly – singerMichael Kelly – tenor and composerBrian Kennedy – singerDermot Kennedy – singer-songwriterPaddy Killoran – fiddlerKatie Kim – singer-songwriter, musicianDave King – singer-songwriterJohn Kinsella – composer, member ofAosdána David Kitt – musicianJohn F. Larchet – composerApril Lawlor – singer-songwriterDamien Leith – singer-songwriter, winner ofAustralian Idol Gary Lightbody – lead singer ofSnow Patrol Josef Locke – singerJohnny Logan – singer-songwriterSamuel Lover – composer and performerCora Venus Lunny – violinistDónal Lunny – musicianBob Lynch – folk musicianShane Lynch – singer ofBoyzone Phil Lynott –Thin Lizzy frontmanJimmy MacCarthy – singer-songwriterMickey MacConnell – singer-songwriterShane MacGowan – English-born singer-songwriterSean Mackin – backup vocals and violinist of YellowcardSean Maguire – violinistSarah Makem – singerTommy Makem – singer-songwriterMargo – singerEnda Markey – singerPhilip Martin – pianist, composer, member ofAosdána Gwendolyn Masin – violinist, author, pedagogueLarry Mathews – singer-songwriter, violinistFrederick May – composerChristopher McCafferty – underground club promoter, DJJim McCann (musician) – musicianJohn Count McCormack – singerEleanor McEvoy – singer-songwriterBrian McFadden – singer-songwriterDamian McGinty – Celtic Thunder; played Rory Flanagan onGlee Matt McGinn – singer-songwriterMichael McGlynn – composer, arranger, choir directorGeraldine McGowan – folk singerBarney McKenna – banjo playerSusan McKeown – Grammy Award-winning vocalist and songwriterGeraldine McMahon – harpistPaul McSherry – guitaristJames Lynam Molloy – ballad composerChristy Moore – singer-songwriterGary Moore – guitarist, singer-songwriterPeter K. Moran – composerVan Morrison – singer-songwriterLee Mulhern – singer-songwriterGráinne Mulvey – composerSamantha Mumba – singer, actressMundy – singer-songwriterJohn Murphy – fiddle playerRóisín Murphy – singerRuby Murray – singerMáiréad Nesbitt – fiddlerMéav Ní Mhaolchatha – singerMairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – musicianEithne Ní Uallacháin – singerPádraigín Ní Uallacháin – singerJohn O’Callaghan – musicianFintan O'Carroll - composerTurlough O'Carolan – 17th/18th-century harper and composerColm Ó Cíosóig – musician, drummer ofMy Bloody Valentine Maura O'Connell – singerMáirtín O'Connor – accordionistSinéad O'Connor – singerDaniel O'Donnell – country-and-western singerDanny O'Donoghue – lead singer of The ScriptRobert O'Dwyer – composerLiam O'Flynn – uilleann piperKane O'Hara – composerMary O'Hara – harpist/singerMícheál Ó hEidhin – musicianArthur O'Leary – composerJane O'Leary – composer and pianistDamian O'Neill – lead guitarist ofThe Undertones John O'Neill – guitarist of The Undertones; writer ofTeenage Kicks Seán Ó Riada – composer and musicianAnnmarie O'Riordan – singer-songwriterDolores O'Riordan – singer-songwriter, guitaristGeorge Alexander Osborne – composerGilbert O'Sullivan – pop singer-songwriter, pianistUna Palliser – violinist, violist, singerGeoffrey Molyneux Palmer – composerLuan Parle – singer-songwriter, musicianTommy Peoples – fiddlerBrendan Phelan – songwriterA. J. Potter – composerThomas Osborne Davis – writer, poetSeamus Deane – writer, member ofAosdána Patrick Deeley – poetEamon Delaney – diplomat and writerFrank Delaney – writer and broadcasterGreg Delanty – poetDenis Devlin – poetRoddy Doyle – novelistMargaretta Eagar –memoirist Garth Ennis – comic writerSirSamuel Ferguson – poet Roderick Flanagan – historianPhilip Flattisbury – compilerBrian Friel – playwright, member of AosdánaOliver St. John Gogarty – poetOliver Goldsmith –novelist anddramatist Augusta, Lady Gregory – playwright and founder of theAbbey Theatre Hugo Hamilton – authorDermot Healy – writer, member of AosdánaRandolph Healy – poetSeamus Heaney [ 3] Saoi of Aosdána,Nobel laureate Aidan Higgins – fiction writer, member of AosdánaAnthony Holten – authorPat Ingoldsby – poet, playwright, television performerJennifer Johnston – novelist, member of AosdánaNeil Jordan – author, film director, AosdánaJames Joyce [ 4] Ulysses [ 1] Trevor Joyce – poetHerminie Templeton Kavanagh – authorPatrick Kavanagh – poetJohn B. Keane – playwright, novelist and essayistBenedict Kiely – writer,Saoi ofAosdána Caitlín R. Kiernan – American novelist and paleontologistAnatoly Kudryavitsky – poetDerek Landy – author,Skulduggery Pleasant Mary Lavin – fiction writer, Saoi of Aosdána (born in the United States)Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu – gothic novelistFrancis Ledwidge – poetC. S. Lewis – author of theChronicles of Narnia Michael Longley – poet, member of AosdánaSeosamh Mac Grianna – Gaelic authorOliver MacDonagh – historianWalter Macken – novelistJames Clarence Mangan – poetMalachi Martin – horror writerEdward Martyn – playwright, art patron and political activistFrank McCourt – writerMartin McDonagh – playwrightHugh McFadden – poet and criticJohn McGahern – novelist, member ofAosdána Lisa McGee – playwright, screenwriter, creator ofDerry Girls Frank McGuinness – playwright, member of AosdánaPaula Meehan – poetJohn Montague – poetThomas Moore – poetPaul Muldoon – poetDervla Murphy - travel writerRichard Murphy – poet, member of AosdánaNuala Ni Dhomhnaill – poetChristopher Nolan – poet, member of AosdánaEdna O'Brien [ 3] novelist , member of AosdánaSeán O'Casey [ 5] Frank O'Connor – short story writerUlick O'Connor – writer, member of AosdánaP. G. O'Dea – playwrightMáirtín Ó Direáin – Irish-language poet, member of AosdánaPeadar O'Donnell – novelist, autobiographer and revolutionaryHarry O'Donovan – scriptwriterDennis O'Driscoll – poetSeán Ó Faoláin – writer,Saoi of AosdánaLiam O'Flaherty – novelist, short story writerFinghin O Mathghamhna – medieval translator and scribeBrian O'Nolan (aka Myles na gCopaleen – Flann O'Brien)[ 3] Philip O'Sullivan Beare – writer, historianJames Plunkett – fiction writer, member ofAosdána Katherine Purdon – fiction writerSally Rooney – novelist, screenwriterGabriel Rosenstock – poetGeorge William Russell – writer and criticMichael Scott – novelist, screenwriter, folklorist, author ofThe Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Maurice Scully – poetDarren Shan – novelist, author ofThe Saga of Darren Shan George Bernard Shaw [ 5] Pygmalion Nobel laureate John D. Sheridan – short story writer and humoristRichard Brinsley Sheridan – playwrightJames Simmons – poetMichael Smith – poetPaul Smith – novelist, playwrightAnnie M. P. Smithson – novelistGeoffrey Squires – poetLaurence Sterne [ 6] Tristram Shandy [ 1] Bram Stoker [ 7] Dracula Francis Stuart – writer,Saoi ofAosdána (born in Australia)Jonathan Swift [ 6] St Patrick's Cathedral ,Dublin , novelist andsatirist , author ofGulliver's Travels [ 1] John Millington Synge [ 5] dramatist Joan Tighe – fashion journalist, editor and local historianWilliam Trevor [ 8] William Wall – novelist, poetOscar Wilde [ 7] The Picture of Dorian Gray Macdara Woods – poetMaev-Ann Wren – writerWilliam Butler Yeats [ 5] Nobel laureate [ edit ]
Robert Adrain (1775–1843) – scientist, mathematician and United IrishmanThomas Andrews (1813–1885) – chemist and physicistFrancis Beaufort (1774–1857) – hydrographer, developed a scale for classifying wind strengthJohn Stewart Bell (1928–1990) – atomic physicist, 'Bell's Inequalities'John Desmond Bernal (1901–1971) – X-ray crystallographyGeorge Boole (1815–1864) – mathematician (Boolean algebra, digital logic)Robert Boyle (1627–1691) – physicist, 'Boyle's law'Louis Brennan (1852–1932) – principle of a guided missile, wire-guided torpedoPádraig de Brún (1889–1960) – scholar and mathematicianLucien Bull (1876–1972) – high-speed photography, modern electrocardiogram (ECG)Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943) – discoveredpulsars Nicholas Callan (1799–1864) – inventor of theinduction coil and discoverer the principle of the dynamoAeneas Coffey (1780–1852) – heat exchanger, inventor of thecolumn still William Monad Crawford –entomologist William Dargan (1799–1867) – railwayengineer David Doak (born 1967) –scientist ,video game developer andentrepreneur Frederick G. Donnan –chemist Niall J. English (born 1979) – inventor, industrialist, researcher and chartered chemical engineerMichael Everson – expert inwriting systems andUnicode , born in the U.S.Wentworth Erck – astronomer, poor-law guardian and magistrateHarry Ferguson – engineer, designer of the modern farm tractor, inventor of the three-point hitchGeorge FitzGerald (1851–1901) – theoretical physicist, 'FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction'Patrick Ganly (1809–1899) – geologist; described the use of cross-bedding in stratificationJohn Robert Gregg (1868–1948) –Gregg shorthand systemWilliam Rowan Hamilton – mathematician, astronomer and mathematical physicistÁine Hardiman – nun, headteacher, anti-apartheid activistJohn Philip Holland (1841–1914) – submarine designerEllen Hutchins (1785–1815) – botanistJohn Joly (1857–1933) – photometer, colour photographySindy Joyce – educationRichard Kirwan (1733–1812) – meteorologistAlice Lawrenson , (1841–1900) – botanical writer and gardenerKathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971) – crystallographerChristine E. Loscher – biotechnologistPercy Ludgate (1883–1922) – designer of the secondAnalytical Engine Lydia Lynch – immunologistKathleen Lynn (1874–1955) – one of the first female medical doctors in Ireland, politician and activistRobert Mallet (1810–1881) – seismologyAlexander Mitchell (1780–1868) – lighthouse and marine engineerDervilla Mitchell – engineerHannah Moylan (1867–1902) – first woman to get a degree in science in IrelandRobert Murphy (1806–1843) – mathematician and physicistCliona O’Farrelly – immunologist, Trinity CollegeRichard O'Keefe – computer scientistFrank Pantridge (1916–2004) – inventor of the mobile defibrillatorDorothy Price (1890–1954) – physician who introduced the BCG tuberculosis vaccine to IrelandPatricia Redlich (1940–2011) – clinical psychologistSir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819–1903) – mathematician, physicist, 'Stokes Theorem' and Stokes-Navier equations'George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911) – atomic physicist, named the electron and measured its chargeJohn Lighton Synge (1897–1995) – mathematicianWilliam Thomson , Lord Kelvin (1824–1907) – physicistJohn Tyndall (1820–1893) – physicistErnest Walton (1903–1995) – physicist, 1951Nobel Prize in Physics Mary Ward (1827–1869) – microscopistJohn Richardson Wigham (1829–1906) – inventor and lighthouse engineerBundee Aki –rugby union playerFrancie Barrett – professional boxerGeorge Best – soccer player (Northern Ireland)John Pius Boland – tennis player, double Olympic medallist, 1896Packie Bonner – soccer playerAndre Botha – cricketerJeremy Bray – cricketerAndrew Bree – swimmerTommy Byrne – racing driverKenny Carroll – cricketerMichael Carruth – Olympic gold medal winner, boxingTony Cascarino – soccer playerEamonn Coghlan – runnerSéamus Coleman – soccer playerEnda Colleran – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Ray Cummins – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumLiam Daish – soccer playerDerek Daly – racing driverGordon D'Arcy –rugby union playerPaul Darragh – showjumperRon Delany – 1500m runner, Olympic medallistFergal Devitt (Finn Bálor ) –WWE wrestlerKen Doherty –World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association championJohn Doyle – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumMick Doyle –rugby union playerDamien Duff – soccer playerRichard Dunne – soccer playerJoey Dunlop – motorcycle racer, 26 timesIsle of Man TT race winnerEamon Dunphy – soccer player, media commentator and broadcasterKieran Dynes – NASCAR driverShay Elliott – professional cyclistJonny Evans – soccer player (Northern Ireland)Stephen Farrelly (Sheamus ) –WWE wrestlerDave Finlay (Finlay ) –WWE wrestlerCiaran Fitzgerald –rugby union player,British and Irish Lions captainSeán Flanagan – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Sharon Foley – track and field athleteCarl Frampton – boxerFrankie Fullen – soccer playerMick Galwey – rugby playerIan Garry – mixed martial artistEdmond Gibney – equestrianDarron Gibson – soccer playerJohnny Giles – soccer playerPeter Gillespie – cricketerShay Given – soccer playerPádraig Harrington – golfer and three timeGolf Majors winnerElizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed – 19th-century mountaineerDavid Healy – soccer player (Northern Ireland)Jamie Heaslip –rugby union playerKevin Heffernan – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Robert Heffernan – race walker and Olympic medalistDenis Hickie –rugby union playerAlex Higgins – snooker playerRay Houghton – soccer playerDenis Irwin – soccer playerTrent Johnston – cricketerEddie Jordan – racing driver and Formula 1 team ownerJohn Keane – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumRobbie Keane – soccer playerRoy Keane – soccer playerEddie Keher – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumJoe Kelly – racing driverSeán Kelly –road cyclist David Kennedy – racing driverJoe Keohane – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Kevin Kilbane – soccer playerMichael Kinane – jockeyHam Lambert – rugby union andcricket playerTommy Langan – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Dave Langford-Smith – cricketerJim Langton – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumLiam Lawrence – soccer player forShrewsbury Town FC andRepublic of Ireland internationalAlan Lewis –rugby union refereeBecky Lynch –WWE wrestlerJack Lynch – member of thehurling Team of the Millennium, politicianEddie Macken – horse showjumperMick Mackey – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumOwen Madden – soccer playerDan Marten – cyclistDave McAuley –boxer Kevin McBride – boxerWillie John McBride –rugby union player,British and Irish Lions captainKyle McCallan – cricketerDavid McCann – cyclistMick McCarthy – soccer player and Republic of Ireland soccer managerWayne McCullough – WBC World Boxing Champion, Olympic silver medalistPaul McGinley – golferOwen Roe McGovern – Gaelic football player for Cavan and All-IrelandPaul McGrath – soccer playerConor McGregor –mixed martial artist Barry McGuigan – worldfeatherweight boxing championRory McIlroy – golferCatherina McKiernan –track and field athleteJimmy McLarnin – boxerLory Meagher – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumJason Molins – cricketerJohn Mooney – cricketerPaul Mooney – cricketerEoin Morgan – cricketerGeordan Murphy –rugby union playerSeán Murphy – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Tommy Murphy – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the MillenniumOwen Nolan – hockey playerAiden O'Brien – soccer playerKevin O'Brien – cricketerNiall O'Brien – cricketerVincent O'Brien – voted greatest horse trainer of all time byRacing Post Pat O'Callaghan – Olympic gold medal, hammer, 1928, 1932Martin O'Connell – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the MillenniumMick O'Connell – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the MillenniumPatrick O'Connell – soccer player,Real Betis /FC Barcelona manager, 1930sPaul O'Connell – rugby union player,British and Irish Lions captainCian O'Connor – show jumper, Olympic gold medal withdrawnShane O'Connor – Alpine skier, Olympian 2010Christopher O'Donnell –track and field sprinterNick O'Donnell – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumBrian O'Driscoll –rugby union player,British and Irish Lions captainRonan O'Gara –rugby union playerDan O'Keeffe – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Malcolm O'Kelly –rugby union playerJonjo O'Neill –jockey Seán O'Neill – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the MillenniumJoan O'Reilly – international hockey playerJohn Joe O'Reilly – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the MillenniumDerval O'Rourke – World Indoor Champion and European silver medalistJohn O'Shea – soccer playerPeter O'Sullevan –horse racing commentatorEddie O'Sullivan – rugby union coachGillian O'Sullivan – World Championships silver medalistSonia O'Sullivan – Olympic silver medalistMichael Phelan – billiardsPaddy Phelan – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumWilliam Porterfield – cricketerSeán Purcell – Gaelic footballer, member of theFootball Team of the Millennium Niall Quinn – soccer playerBobby Rackard – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumBoyd Rankin – cricketerJonathan Rea – motorcycle racer, six timeSuperbike World Champion Tony Reddin – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumChristy Ring – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumNicolas Roche – cyclistStephen Roche –road cyclist Michael Roe – racing driverAlain Rolland –rugby union player and refereeGlenn Ross –Strongman Mark Scanlon – cyclistJohnny Sexton –rugby union player, 2018World Rugby Player of the Year Tom Sharkey –boxer Mikey Sheehy – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the MillenniumAndrew Slattery – rally car driver*Michelle Smith – multi gold medalist 1996 OlympicsDes Smyth – golferDr.Bethel Solomons –rugby union player,Ireland national team, Olympic team silver Pat Spillane – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the MillenniumSteve Staunton – soccer playerJim Stynes –Australian rules football championKatie Taylor – boxer, Irish, European, World and Olympic champion in the 60 kg division, Olympic Gold Medalist (2012)Bob Tisdall – 400m runner, Olympic gold medal 1932John Treacy – marathon runner, Olympic silver medal 1984Josh van der Flier –rugby union player, 2022World Rugby Player of the Year Ruby Walsh – jockeyBrian Whelahan – member of thehurling Team of the MillenniumGlenn Whelan – soccer playerRonnie Whelan – soccer playerAndrew White – cricketerNorman Whiteside – soccer player (Northern Ireland)Joe Wickham – soccer player, President of the Football Association of IrelandKeith Wood –rugby union player, 2001World Rugby Player of the Year Anne Anderson – Irish Ambassador to the United StatesTodd Andrews –civil servant Alfred Chester Beatty – mining magnateGeorge Berkeley – philosopherBrian Boru – 11th-century high-king of IrelandSeán Brady –Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh andPrimate of All Ireland Brigh Brigaid – judge {1st-century)William Brown – Irish-born Argentine AdmiralEdmund Burke – philosopher and politicianFrank E. Butler – marksmanGraham Cantwell – directorEdward Carson – Lord Carson, barrister and politicianNellie Cashman – gold prospector in the United States (born in County Cork)Cheiro – astrologerHarry Clarke –stained glass artistMichael Collins – revolutionary leader and politicianRuaidrí Ua Conchobair – high-king of Ireland (12th-century)Desmond Connell –Roman Catholic Cardinal of IrelandJames Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon – politicianTom Crean – explorerRosanna Davison – Miss World 2003Moya Doherty – impresarioBishop James Doyle – bishopJim Duffy – Irish advisor to Australia'sRepublic Advisory Committee Margaretta Eagar – Limerick-born governess to the last Russian royal familyRobin Eames –Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh andPrimate of All Ireland Johannes Scotus Eriugena – theologian (born 810)Brendan Finucane –fighter pilot for theRoyal Air Force Michael Anthony Fleming – Bishop ofSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Eileen Flynn – SenatorBrian Gibbons – Welsh politicianGlenda Gilson – modelVeronica Guerin – journalist, murdered by drug dealers in 1996Rory Hearne – academic and political candidateMary, Lady Heath – early aviatorSir William Johnson, 1st Baronet – pioneer settler of AmericaPeter Lacy – Russianfield marshal James Larkin – labour leaderSamantha Lewthwaite – terrorism suspectEliza Lynch – mistress ofFrancisco Solano López , Paraguayan dictatorAnnette Elizabeth Mahon (1918–2013) – only Irish women in the ATA during World War IIDubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh – scribe, translator, historian and genealogistEdward MacLysaght –Chief Herald of Ireland , 1943–1954Martin Maher – cadet instructor at theUnited States Military Academy Diarmuid Martin –Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin andPrimate of Ireland Edward Martyn – co-founder of theIrish Literary Theatre Catherine McAuley – founder theSisters of Mercy Kevin McClory – screenwriter, producer and directorJohn McKenna – Liverpool FC managerSeán William McLoughlin (AKA Jacksepticeye) – YouTube personalityMichael Mills – ombudsman and political journalistSeán Milroy – revolutionary politicianAnnie Moore – first person to pass through the Ellis Island immigration systemJohn Moore – directorLord Killanin – head of theInternational Olympic Committee Kevin Murphy –Ombudsman andInformation Commissioner Patricia O'Brien – United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Irish Ambassador to GenevaMay O'Callaghan – suffragette and communistPat O'Connor – directorSeosamh Ó Duibhginn – writer, editor, publisher, Republican and Gaelic language activistGráinne O'Malley – pirate queenEmily O'Reilly – journalist,ombudsman andInformation Commissioner Ian Paisley – Lord Paisley, Northern Irish politicianSaint Patrick – Irish patron saintMargaret Phelan – founder of the Kilkenny Archeological SocietyHorace Plunkett – founder of co-operative movementJane Wyse Power – activist, feminist, politician and businesswomanPhoebe Prince – victim ofbullycide Jon Riley – major in theSaint Patrick's Battalion of the Mexican ArmyRobert Ross – British Army officer during the Napoleonic WarsMary Ryan – first woman in Ireland or Great Britain to be appointed Professor in a UniversityErnest Shackleton – explorerWilliam Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne –British Prime Minister Gerard Slevin –Chief Herald of Ireland , 1954–1981Timothy Smiddy – academic, economist, Ireland's first ambassadorLisa Smith – soldierOlivia Taaffe – founder of St Joseph's Young Priests SocietyMary Catherine Tinney – first female Irish ambassador (to Sweden)Thomas Joseph Tormey –Garda Síochána officerPhilip Treacy – millinerDavid Trimble – Lord Trimble, Northern Irish politicianPeter Tyndall – ombudsmanArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington –Field Marshal (defeatedNapoleon atBattle of Waterloo ),Commander-in-Chief of the British Army andBritish Prime Minister Mary Whelan – Irish diplomat, appointed ambassador to Austria in 2014^a b c d "The Top 100 Books of All Time" .The Guardian . 8 May 2002. 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