Ireland
People of this nationality
Eileen Costello
1870 – 1962
musicologist
Nora O'Keeffe
1885 – 1961
revolutionary
John Russell
b. 1985
association football player
Fiona Coghlan
b. 1981
rugby union player
Chris Cochrane
b. 1988
rugby union player
Mary Whelan
b. 2000
diplomat
Christopher Grene
1629 – 1697
historian
William O'Sullivan
1873 – 1953
politician
John McCloughlin
b. 1958
athlete
Sam Nolan
1930 – 2024
trade unionist
Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey
1853 – 1925
engineer
Mark Kinsella
b. 1972
association football player
Donncha Sheehan
b. 1979
hurler
Omero Mumba
b. 1989
actor
Donnell O'Brien
John Kennedy
b. 2000
Gaelic football player
Zara Devlin
actor
Katie McCabe
b. 1995
association football player
John Jordan
1930 – 1988
editor
Frederick Boland
1904 – 1985
diplomat
Paul Colton
b. 1960
Anglican priest
Robert Mallet
1810 – 1881
civil engineer
Christy Moore
b. 1945
singer
Conor McPherson
b. 1971
actor
Charles Kickham
1828 – 1882
writer
Olivia Knight
1830 – 1908
poet
Veronica Guerin
1959 – 1996
accountant
Peter O'Brien, 1st Baron O'Brien
1842 – 1914
judge
Michael Murphy
b. 2000
physician
Cyril Lyons
b. 1959
hurler
Brian O'Neill, Baron Dungannon
Jim Nelson
1938 – 2015
Vinny Faherty
b. 1987
association football player
Molly Barton
1861 – 1949
artist
Shane Lowry
b. 1989
association football player
Karlin Lillington
b. 1959
journalist
Shane Byrne
b. 1993
association football player
Josie Gallagher
1923 – 1998
hurler
James McGrath
b. 1977
referee
Henry George Hughes
1810 – 1872
politician
Margaret Tollerton
b. 1958
equestrian
Frank Filgas
1926 – 2006
cricketer
Mary Kingston
b. 1970
television presenter
Philly McMahon
b. 1987
Gaelic football player
Neil Cusack
b. 1951
athletics competitor
Tom Barry
b. 1968
politician
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
b. 1963
politician
Liam Connor
1955 – 2013
Gaelic football player
Margaret L. Kennedy
1892 – 1953
politician
Dearbhla Molloy
b. 1946
actor
Patrick Browne
1888 – 1970
politician
Oliver Óge French
politician
Damien O'Donnell
b. 1967
film director
Alec Poole
b. 1943
racing automobile driver
Bethel Solomons
1885 – 1965
rugby union player
Seamus Quaid
1937 – 1980
police officer
Thomas Reddy
1929 – 1992
boxer
Nicola Tuthill
b. 2003
athletics competitor
James Cullen
1841 – 1921
Catholic priest
Hilda Roberts
1901 – 1982
painter
Mark Vaughan
b. 1985
Gaelic football player
Harry Mullan
1946 – 1999
journalist
Theo English
1931 – 2021
hurler
Stephen White
b. 1988
hurler
John Holloway
b. 1947
sociologist
Fergal Ryan
b. 1972
hurler
Karl Shiels
1972 – 2019
television actor
Mary Brück
1925 – 2008
astronomer
Thomas Ryan
1893 – 1980
military personnel
Patrick Johnston
1958 – 2017
physician
Seán McGrath
b. 1991
hurler
Felim Egan
b. 1952
painter
Diarmaid FitzGerald
b. 1983
hurler
Hugh Kelly
1739 – 1777
poet
John Burns
b. 1977
association football player
Tommy Dunne
1932 – 2015
association football player
Angela Bourke
b. 1952
writer
Gerry Doyle
1913 – 1975
athlete
Ivana Bacik
b. 1968
politician
Denis Johnston
1901 – 1984
journalist
Anne Cleary
b. 1965
Sarah Persse
suffragist
Sean Lynch
b. 1942
rugby union player
Paddy O'Toole
1938 – 2025
politician
Billy Moloughney
b. 1932
hurler
Barry Kelly
b. 1970
referee
Lynn Gilmartin
b. 1984
television presenter
Patrick O'Donovan
b. 1977
politician
Dominick Lynch
1754 – 1824
Ferdia Shaw
b. 2004
actor
Joe Cooney
b. 1965
hurler
Niall Breen
b. 1986
racing driver
Thomas Houston
1777 – 1803
poet
James Larkin
1932 – 1998
politician
Seymour Crawford
1944 – 2018
politician
Thomas Noel Mitchell
b. 1939
politician
Peter Sheridan
b. 1952
screenwriter
Conor Connelly
1975 – 2020
Gaelic football player
Nora Cleary
1924 – 1988
singer
Denise O'Sullivan
b. 1994
association football player