Ireland
People of this nationality
Aileen Convery
b. 1969
swimmer
Patrick "Paddy" Smith
1901 – 1982
politician
Mick Fairclough
b. 1952
association football player
Daragh Walsh
b. 1997
field hockey player
Ardal O'Hanlon
b. 1965
actor
Martin Quinn
1938 – 2021
Gaelic football player
Scott Barron
b. 1974
tennis player
Proinsias Mac an Bheatha
1910 – 1990
writer
Sylvia Meehan
1929 – 2018
teacher
Paddy Kenny
b. 1978
association football player
Donal Ryan
b. 1976
writer
Anne Cluysenaar
1936 – 2014
poet
Nicky O'Connell
b. 1989
hurler
Brian Gavin
b. 1977
hurler
Mary Guiney
1901 – 2004
businessperson
Bryan Byrne
b. 1993
rugby union player
Leo Auva'a
b. 1984
rugby union player
Ruth Coppinger
b. 1967
politician
Kieran Lewis
b. 1980
rugby union player
Seán Tubridy
1897 – 1939
politician
Colm Markey
b. 1972
politician
Vincent Becker
b. 1947
rugby union player
David Murphy
Gaelic football player
Kyle Hosford
b. 1989
basketball player
Gay Firth
1937 – 2005
civil servant
Siva Kaneswaran
b. 1988
singer
James Douglas Ogilby
1853 – 1925
zoologist
Paddy Clohessy
1908 – 1971
politician
Dar Lugdach
nun
Ross O'Carroll
b. 1987
hurler
Liam O'Neill
b. 1947
Gaelic football player
Richard Conroy
1933 – 2024
politician
Richard Pockrich
1690 – 1759
musician
Thomas Hewitt
b. 1950
sport shooter
Jeremiah Murphy
musician
Dermot O'Leary
b. 1973
radio personality
Seán MacEntee
1889 – 1984
poet
Niall McCarthy
b. 1981
hurler
John Reddan
b. 1979
Gaelic football player
Liam O'Flynn
1945 – 2018
uilleann piper
John Osborne Varian
1863 – 1931
poet
Tom Fogarty
b. 1952
hurler
Peter Molloy
1921 – 1973
association football player
Cathal Goan
b. 1954
television editor
John Caffrey
1891 – 1953
military personnel
Gerard Beirne
b. 1962
poet
Johnny McGrath
1931 – 2019
hurler
Johnny Duane
b. 1991
Gaelic football player
Johnny Carey
1919 – 1995
association football player
Mary Reynolds
b. 1974
landscape architect
Frank Ward
b. 1930
sport cyclist
Willie Doran
b. 1982
Augusta Caroline Crofton
1839 – 1928
photographer
Francis Collins
hurler
Niall Rigney
b. 1969
hurler
Michael O'Halloran
2000 – 2023
politician
Annie Hoey
b. 1988
politician
Pat Nelis
1898 – 1970
association football player
Tomm Moore
b. 1977
film director
Cieron Keane
b. 1996
association football player
Niall Ó Donnghaile
b. 1985
politician
Mick McGrath
1936 – 2025
association football player
Sylvia Margaret Phillips
1900 – 1973
painter
Jonas Armstrong
b. 1981
actor
Johnny Carey
b. 1945
Gaelic football player
Rody Gorman
b. 1960
poet
Jerry Kiernan
1953 – 2021
marathon runner
Michael Francis Crotty
b. 1970
Catholic priest
Eugene Davy
1904 – 1996
rugby union player
Kevin O'Connor
1923 – 2004
hurler
Mossie Dowling
b. 1946
hurler
Darrell Figgis
1882 – 1925
politician
Jack Chase
1904 – 1991
boxer
David Lloyd
b. 1974
chemist
Gary Halpin
1966 – 2021
rugby union player
Liam Meaney
b. 1972
hurler
Sean Finn
b. 1978
association football player
Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno
1720 – 1801
military personnel
James Field Stanfield
1749 – 1824
actor
Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond
1401 – 1542
Tom Barry
1897 – 1980
politician
Andrew Boland
b. 1972
canoeist
Frank Peard
1919 – 2019
badminton player
Gary O'Reilly
b. 1993
cyclist
David Matthews
b. 1974
middle-distance runner
Jimmy Kelly
association football player
Damien Delaney
b. 1981
association football player
John O'Donoghue
b. 1942
hurler
Gerard Hartmann
Keith Fahey
b. 1983
association football player
Edwina Keane
b. 1991
Colm Begley
b. 1986
Australian rules football player
Mary Dickenson-Auner
1880 – 1965
composer
Andrew White
b. 1980
cricketer
Arie Verveen
b. 1976
actor
John Joe O'Reilly
1881 – 1967
politician
Noel Cantwell
1932 – 2005
association football player
Brian Begley
b. 1979
Gaelic football player
Captain Gallagher
1800 – 1818
Niall Quinn
b. 1966
association football player