Ireland
People of this nationality
Deasún Breathnach
1921 – 2007
journalist
Joseph Hughes
1905 – 1960
politician
Frederick Clarendon
1820 – 1904
architect
Billy Roche
b. 1949
actor
Ray MacSharry
b. 1938
politician
Thomas O'Mahony
politician
Seánie McGrath
b. 1975
hurler
Dawson Devoy
b. 2001
association football player
Charles Dunne
b. 1993
association football player
James Byrne
1948 – 2024
con artist
Jack Finucane
1937 – 2017
Angela Downey
b. 1957
athlete
James Wilfred Lennon
1911 – 2012
diplomat
Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore
1774 – 1841
politician
Wesley Ferris
1927 – 2001
cricketer
Beverley O'Sullivan
1981 – 2009
singer
Robert Farren
1909 – 1984
poet
John O'Donovan
1908 – 1982
politician
Karl O'Connell
b. 1988
Gaelic football player
Gary McCabe
b. 1988
association football player
Chris Murphy
b. 1985
hurler
Dermot Healy
b. 1948
hurler
William Johnston
1925 – 2010
Catholic priest
Ronan Keating
b. 1977
singer
Neville Keery
b. 1938
politician
Nicola Evans
b. 1990
field hockey player
Mick O'Dowd
b. 1973
Gaelic football player
John B. Keane
1928 – 2002
novelist
John Lackey
sport cyclist
Art Oge O'Neill
Jimmy Lucey
1941 – 1969
Gaelic football player
Theresa Lowe
barrister
Mannix Joyce
1920 – 2006
author
Robert Jones
1955 – 1980
Anglican priest
Conor Maloney
b. 1974
canoeist
Alexander O'Donovan Shiel
1903 – 1966
Philip Lavery
b. 1990
sport cyclist
Kieran Egan
1942 – 2022
philosopher
Justin Benson
b. 1967
cricketer
Kieran McGuckin
b. 1967
hurler
James Gralton
1886 – 1945
trade unionist
David Farrell
b. 1960
political scientist
Sylvia O'Brien
opera singer
Thomas Hamill
b. 1994
hurler
Eddie Byrne
1911 – 1981
actor
Uel Graham
b. 1967
cricketer
Jack Lukeman
b. 1973
songwriter
Paddy Barry
1895 – 1967
hurler
Declan McGonagle
b. 1953
curator
Daniel Moloney
1909 – 1963
politician
May Guinness
1863 – 1955
painter
Maud Cotter
b. 1954
visual artist
Mary O'Connor
b. 1977
American football player
Colin Doyle
b. 1985
association football player
Olivia Taaffe
1832 – 1918
Jonathan O'Callaghan
b. 1978
hurler
Thomas Delany
1868 – 1939
politician
Mary MacSwiney
1872 – 1942
politician
Martin Moffat
1882 – 1946
military personnel
James Shields
1806 – 1879
politician
Brian Murphy
b. 1985
rugby union player
Sean McCarthy
b. 1993
rugby union player
Aindrias Moynihan
b. 1967
politician
Cassia O'Reilly
b. 1990
singer
Sean McComb
b. 1992
boxer
Tomás Waters
b. 1987
hurler
Gemma O'Connor
b. 1940
restorer
John Dominic Crossan
b. 1934
historian
Michael Fitzmaurice
b. 1969
politician
Colin O'Brien
b. 1984
tennis player
Ruairi O'Connor
b. 1991
actor
Bill Harrington
1913 – 1996
association football player
Gabriel Byrne
b. 1950
film director
Andy Reid
b. 1982
association football player
Kieran Egan
1916 – 1976
politician
John Bouchier-Hayes
b. 1944
fencer
Patrick Harrington
b. 1939
Catholic priest
Pauline Flanagan
1925 – 2003
actor
Alex Kavanagh
b. 1999
association football player
Bridget Redmond
1905 – 1952
politician
Gabriel Rosenstock
1949 – 2026
linguist
Eamon Delaney
b. 1962
author
William Moore
1895 – 1932
association football player
Colum Prendiville
b. 1998
basketball player
Henry George Farmer
1882 – 1965
musicologist
Ronan Guilfoyle
b. 1958
composer
Mary Eva Kelly
1826 – 1910
poet
Flossie Donnelly
b. 2007
environmentalist
Michael Finneran
b. 1947
Gaelic football player
Patrick F. O'Reilly
politician
Des Harman
1941 – 2007
rector
Catherine Walker
b. 1972
actor
Kevin McManamon
b. 1986
Gaelic football player
Maurice Walsh
1879 – 1964
writer
Osborn Bergin
1873 – 1950
linguist
Derek Davis
1948 – 2015
radio personality
John Ramage
1748 – 1802
painter
Aidan MacCarthy
1913 – 1995
military physician
Joe McNulty
1923 – 1986
association football player
Moyra Barry
1886 – 1960
painter