Location of Ireland This is a list of notable Irish people, who were born on the island of Ireland , in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern 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.
Art
Architecture
Actors
Sara Allgood – actressJonas Armstrong – actor, star of the BBC series Robin Hood Caitríona Balfe – actressSpranger Barry – actorPatrick Bergin – film actorSarah Bolger – actress, played Princess Mary Tudor in The Tudors ; Spiderwick Chronicles ; Princess Aurora in Once Upon a Time Stephen Boyd – film actorKenneth Branagh – actor on stage, film and TV, the Harry Potter Brid Brennan – actressGeorge Brent – Hollywood actorHarry Brogan – actorShane Brolly – actor, Underworld FranchisePierce Brosnan – actor, best known as James 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 to Jeremy Irons Sorcha Cusack – film and TV actress; daughter of Cyril CusackDaniel Day-Lewis – English-born Oscar winnerThomas Doggett – actorAlison Doody – actress, best known for her role in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Richard Dormer – actor, playwright, known for roles in "Game of Thrones " and "Fortitude "Jamie Dornan – actor and model; played the Huntsman in Once Upon a Time ; best known for roles in The Fall and Fifty Shades of Grey Roma Downey – actor, best known for her role as Monica in the TV series Touched by an Angel Maria Doyle Kennedy – actress and singerAda Dyas – actressHilton Edwards – co-founder of the Gate Theatre , born in UKColin Farrell – Hollywood actorMichael Fassbender – Hollywood actor, born in West 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 the Gate Theatre , born in UKEoin Macken – actor, Merlin Gerard McCarthy – actor, Hollyoaks Sean McClory – actorF. J. McCormick – Abbey actorDamian McGinty – TV actor Glee Patrick McGoohan – actor and creator of The 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 actor)Colin Morgan – actor of stage, film and TV, best known for being the lead in Merlin Edward Mulhare – actor; played Captain Daniel Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Knight Rider Cillian Murphy – actorDevon Murray – actor, Seamus Finnigan in the Harry 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 in Once 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 of Mia 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, the Harry Potter moviesRobert Sheehan – actorArthur Shields – actor; younger brother of Barry FitzgeraldNiall Tóibín – actor and comedianStuart Townsend – actor and boxer Aidan Turner – actor, played John Mitchell in the BBC's Being Human and Kili in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Richard Wall – actor
Chefs
Dave Allen Aisling Bea Ed Byrne Jimmy Carr Risteárd Cooper Neil Delamere PJ 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
Music
Chloë Agnew – singerIain Archer – singer-songwriter and producerMichael William Balfe – opera composerGerald Barry – composer, member of Aosdána John K. Beatty – uilleann piperDerek Bell – harpistEric Bell – guitarist, Thin LizzyEd Bennett – composerMary Bergin – tin whistlerBig Tom – lead singer of Big Tom and The Mainliners Wallis Bird – singer-songwriterFrances Black – singerMary Black – singerSeóirse Bodley – composer, Saoi of Aosdána Bono (Paul David Hewson) – lead singer of U2 Ciarán Bourke – singer, guitaristBrian Boydell – composerIna Boyle – composerMichael Bradley – bass player, songwriter, The Undertones Brídín Brennan – singerEnya Brennan – musicianMoya Brennan – musicianNiall Breslin – lead singer of The Blizzards John Buckley – composerChris de Burgh – singer-songwriter, musicianJoe Burke – accordionistKevin Burke – fiddlerNicky Byrne – singer of Westlife , songwriterEamonn Campbell – guitarist, producerVivian Campbell – co-lead guitarist of Def Leppard , former Dio guitaristSeán Cannon – singer, guitaristPaddy Casey – singer-songwriterPatrick Cassidy – composerMic Christopher – singer-songwriterBobby Clancy – singer, banjo, guitar, harmonica, and bodhrán playerLiam Clancy – singer, guitaristPaddy Clancy – singer, harmonica playerTom Clancy – singerWillie Clancy – uilleann piperSiobhán Cleary (born 1970) – composerJulia Clifford – traditional fiddle playerPhilip Cogan – composerMichael Coleman – fiddlerFinghin Collins – pianistBrian Conway – fiddlerTadhg Cooke – singerFrank Corcoran – composerAndrea Corr – singer from The Corrs Caroline Corr – drummerJim Corr – guitaristSharon Corr – fiddle playerPhil Coulter – composerNadine Coyle – singer
Raymond 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 of Boyzone Hugo Duncan – singerBenjamin Dwyer – composerThe Edge (David Howell Evans) – guitarist, singer of U2 Kian Egan – singer of Westlife , songwriterSéamus Ennis – uilleann piperEnya – singer-songwriterÓrla Fallon – singer, harpistCiarán Farrell – composerMark Feehily – singer of Westlife , songwriterAngela Feeney – opera singerJohn Field – composer; creator of the nocturne Shane Filan – singer of Westlife , 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 guitaristSir James Galway – flautist
Bobby Gardiner – accordionistRea Garvey – singer-songwriter, guitarist, tv music competition judge and lead singer of Reamonn Stephen Gately – singer of BoyzoneMark Geary – singerThomas Augustine Geary – composerBob Geldof – songwriter, singer of the 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 the Brobdingnagian 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 band The Saturdays Christie Hennessy – singer-songwriterNiall Horan – singer-songwriter, member of British-Irish boy band One Direction Hozier – musician and singer-songwriterHerbert Hughes – composer and arrangerRed Hurley – singerBrian Irvine – composerJolyon Jackson – composer musicianFergus Johnston – composer, member of Aosdána 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 of Aosdána David Kitt – musician
John F. Larchet – composerApril Lawlor – singer-songwriterDamien Leith – singer-songwriter, winner of Australian Idol Gary Lightbody – lead singer of Snow Patrol Josef Locke – singerJohnny Logan – singer-songwriterSamuel Lover – composer and performerCora Venus Lunny – violinistDónal Lunny – musicianBob Lynch (musician) – musicianShane Lynch – singer of Boyzone 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 of Aosdána 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 on Glee Matt McGinn – Irish 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 of My 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 of The Undertones John O'Neill – guitarist of The Undertones; writer of Teenage 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 – composer
Dance
Writing
Thomas Osborne Davis – writer, poetSeamus Deane – Aosdána Patrick Deeley – poetEamon Delaney Frank Delaney Greg Delanty – poetDenis Devlin – poetRoddy Doyle – novelistMargaretta Eagar – memoirist Garth Ennis – comic writerSir Samuel Ferguson – poet
Roderick Flanagan – historianPhilip Flattisbury – compilerBrian Friel – playwright, AosdánaOliver St. John Gogarty Oliver Goldsmith – novelist and dramatist Augusta, Lady Gregory – playwright and founder of the Abbey Theatre Hugo Hamilton – authorDermot Healy – AosdánaRandolph Healy – poetSeamus Heaney [ 3] Saoi of Aosdána, Poet and Nobel laureate Aidan Higgins – AosdánaAnthony Holten – authorPat Ingoldsby – poet, playwright, television performerJennifer Johnston – 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 – Saoi of Aosdána Caitlín R. Kiernan – American novelist and paleontologistAnatoly Kudryavitsky – poet
Derek Landy – Skulduggery Pleasant Mary Lavin – Saoi of AosdánaJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu – gothic novelistFrancis Ledwidge – poetC. S. Lewis – author of the Chronicles of Narnia Michael Longley – 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, Aosdána Lisa McGee – playwright, screenwriter, creator of Derry Girls Frank McGuinness – AosdánaPaula Meehan – poetJohn Montague – poetThomas Moore – poetPaul Muldoon – poetRichard Murphy – poet, AosdánaNuala Ni Dhomhnaill – poetChristopher Nolan – poet, AosdánaEdna O'Brien [ 3] novelist , AosdánaSeán O'Casey [ 5] Frank O'Connor – short story writerUlick O'Connor – AosdánaP.G. O'Dea – playwrightMáirtín Ó Direáin – Irish-language poet, AosdánaPeadar O'Donnell – novelist, autobiographer and revolutionaryHarry O'Donovan – scriptwriterDennis O'Driscoll – poetSeán Ó Faoláin – 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 – Aosdána Katherine Purdon – Irish writer
Sally Rooney – novelist, screenwriterGabriel Rosenstock – poetGeorge William Russell – writer and criticMichael Scott – novelist, screenwriter, folklorist, author of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Maurice Scully – poetDarren Shan – novelist, author of The 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 – Saoi of Aosdána Jonathan Swift [ 6] St Patrick's Cathedral , Dublin , novelist and satirist , author of Gulliver's Travels [ 1] John Millington Synge [ 5] dramatist William Trevor [ 8] William Wall – novelist, poetOscar Wilde [ 7] The Picture of Dorian Gray Macdara Woods – poetMaev-Ann Wren – writerWilliam Butler Yeats [ 5] Nobel laureate
Business
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) – Boolean Algebra, Digital LogicRobert 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) – discovered pulsars Nicholas Callan (1799–1864) – inventor of the induction coil and discoverer the principle of the dynamoAeneas Coffey (1780–1852) – heat exchanger, inventor of the column still William Monad Crawford – entomologist William Dargan – railway engineer David Doak (born 1967) – scientist , video game developer and entrepreneur Frederick G. Donnan – chemist Niall J. English (born 1979) – inventor, industrialist, researcher and chartered chemical engineerMichael Everson – expert in writing systems and Unicode , 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 second Analytical 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, 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics Mary Ward (1827–1869) – microscopistJohn Richardson Wigham (1829–1906) – inventor and lighthouse engineerThomas Wynne (1942–2005) – inventor, mechanic and engineer
Sport
Bundee Aki – rugby union playerFrancie Barrett – professional boxerGeorge Best – soccer player (Northern Ireland)John Pius Boland – double Olympic medal-winner, tennis, 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 – footballerEnda Colleran – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium Ray Cummins – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumLiam Daish – soccer playerDerek Daly – racing driverGordon D'Arcy – rugby union playerPaul Darragh – showjumperRon Delany – Olympic medal winner/athleticsFergal Devitt (Finn Bálor ) – WWE wrestlerKen Doherty – World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association championJohn Doyle – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumMick Doyle – rugby union playerDamien Duff – soccer playerRichard Dunne – soccer playerJoey Dunlop – motorcycle racer, 26 times Isle of Man TT race winnerEamon Dunphy – soccer player, media commentator and broadcasterKieran Dynes – NASCAR driverShay Elliott – professional cyclistJonny Evans – Northern Irish footballerStephen Farrelly (Sheamus ) – WWE wrestlerDave Finlay (Finlay ) – WWE wrestlerCiaran Fitzgerald – rugby union player; British and Irish Lions captainSeán Flanagan – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium Sharon Foley – track and field athleteCarl Frampton – boxerFrankie Fullen – soccer playerMick Galwey – rugby playerEdmond Gibney – equestrianDarron Gibson – soccer playerJohnny Giles – soccer playerPeter Gillespie – cricketerShay Given – soccer playerPádraig Harrington – golfer and three time Golf Majors winnerElizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed – 19th-century mountaineerDavid Healy – soccer player (Northern Ireland)Jamie Heaslip – rugby union playerKevin Heffernan – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium Robert Heffernan – Irish 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 the hurling Team of the MillenniumRobbie Keane – soccer playerRoy Keane – soccer playerEddie Keher – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumJoe Kelly – racing driverSeán Kelly – road cyclist David Kennedy – racing driverJoe Keohane – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium Kevin Kilbane – soccer playerMichael Kinane – jockeyHam Lambert – rugby union and cricket playerTommy Langan – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium Dave Langford-Smith – cricketerJim Langton – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumLiam Lawrence – soccer player for Shrewsbury Town FC and Republic of Ireland internationalAlan Lewis – rugby union refereeBecky Lynch – WWE wrestlerJack Lynch – member of the hurling Team of the Millennium, politicianEddie Macken – horse showjumperMick Mackey – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumOwen Madden – soccer playerDan Marten – cyclistDave McAuley – boxer Kevin McBride – boxerWillie John McBride – rugby union player and British and Irish Lions captainKyle McCallan – cricketerDavid McCann – cyclistMick McCarthy – soccer player and Republic of Ireland soccer managerWayne McCullough – Olympic silver medalist; WBC World Boxing ChampionPaul McGinley – golferOwen Roe McGovern – Gaelic football player for Cavan; an All-Ireland playerPaul McGrath – soccer playerConor McGregor – mixed martial artist Barry McGuigan – world featherweight boxing championRory McIlroy – golferCatherina McKiernan – track and field athleteJimmy McLarnin – boxerLory Meagher – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumJason Molins – cricketerJohn Mooney – cricketerPaul Mooney – cricketerEoin Morgan – cricketerGeordan Murphy – rugby union playerSeán Murphy – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football 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 by Racing 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 – Real Betis /FC Barcelona manager, 1930sPaul O'Connell – rugby union player and British and Irish Lions captainCian O'Connor – show jumper who had an Olympic gold medal taken from himShane O'Connor – Alpine skier, Olympian 2010Christopher O'Donnell – track and field sprinterNick O'Donnell – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumBrian O'Driscoll – rugby union player and British and Irish Lions captainRonan O'Gara – rugby union playerDan O'Keeffe – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football 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 playerJ. J. 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 the hurling Team of the MillenniumWilliam Porterfield – cricketerSeán Purcell – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium Niall Quinn – soccer playerBobby Rackard – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumBoyd Rankin – cricketerJonathan Rea – motorcycle racer, six time Superbike World Champion Tony Reddin – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumChristy Ring – member of the hurling 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, 2018 World 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 – champion Australian rules footballer Katie Taylor – boxer, Irish, European, World and Olympic champion in the 60 kg division. Olympic Gold Medalist (2012)Bob Tisdall – Olympic gold medal, 400mH, 1932John Treacy – Olympic silver medal, marathon, 1984Josh van der Flier – rugby union player, 2022 World Rugby Player of the Year Ruby Walsh – jockeyBrian Whelahan – member of the hurling Team of the MillenniumGlenn Whelan – soccer playerRonnie Whelan – soccer playerAndrew White – cricketerNorman Whiteside – Northern Irish footballerJoe Wickham – President of the Football Association of Ireland and soccer playerKeith Wood – rugby union player, 2001 World Rugby Player of the Year
TV and Radio
Saints
Others
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 and Primate of All Ireland Brigh Brigaid – 1st-century Irish judgeBrigid of Kildare – Irish saint and bishopWilliam 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 CorkCheiro – astrologerHarry Clarke – stained glass artistMichael Collins (Irish leader) – Irish revolutionary leader and politician.Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair – 12th-century high-king of IrelandDesmond Connell – Roman Catholic Cardinal of IrelandJames Craig – Viscount Craigavon, politicianTom Crean – explorerRosanna Davison – Miss World 2003Moya Doherty – impresarioBishop James Doyle – bishopJim Duffy – Irish advisor to Australia's Republic Advisory Committee Margaretta Eagar – Limerick-born governess to the last Russian royal familyRobin Eames – Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Johannes Scotus Eriugena – theologian (born 810)Brendan Finucane – fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force Michael Anthony Fleming – Bishop of St. 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 – Russian field marshal James Larkin – labour leaderSamantha Lewthwaite – terrorism suspectEliza Lynch – mistress of Francisco 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 the United States Military Academy Diarmuid Martin – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland Edward Martyn – co-founder of the Irish Literary Theatre Catherine McAuley – founder the Sisters of Mercy Kevin McClory – screenwriter, producer and directorJohn McKenna – Liverpool FC managerSeán William McLoughlin (AKA Jacksepticeye) – YouTube personalityMichael Mills – ombudsman and political journalistSeán Milroy – Irish revolutionary politicianAnnie Moore – first person to pass through the Ellis Island immigration systemJohn Moore – directorLord Killanin – head of the International Olympic Committee Kevin Murphy – Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Patricia O'Brien – United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Irish Ambassador to GenevaMay O'Callaghan – Irish suffragette and communistPat O'Connor – directorSeosamh Ó Duibhginn – writer, editor, publisher, Republican, and Gaelic language activistGráinne O'Malley – pirate queenEmily O'Reilly – journalist, ombudsman and Information 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 – Irish activist, feminist, politician and businesswomanPhoebe Prince – victim of bullycide Jon Riley – major in the Saint 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 Olivia Taaffe – founder of St Joseph's Young Priests SocietyLaunt Thompson – famous American sculptor from Abbeyleix, County LaoisMary 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 (defeated Napoleon at Battle of Waterloo ), Commander-in-Chief of the British Army and British Prime Minister Mary Whelan – Irish diplomat, appointed ambassador to Austria in 2014
See also
Further References
^ a b c d "The Top 100 Books of All Time" . The Guardian . 8 May 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2021 .^ Bloom, Harold (1994). "Beckett…Joyce…Proust…Shakespeare". The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 493–514. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ a b c Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 555. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ Bloom, Harold (1994). "Joyce's Agon with Shakespeare". The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 413–432. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ a b c d Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 553. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ a b Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 537–538. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ a b Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 544. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ Wood, James (7 October 1994). "The best books since 1945". The Guardian . pp. 29–30.
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