Ireland
People of this nationality
Jason Doherty
b. 1989
Gaelic football player
Sean Cooney
b. 1983
association football player
Eoghan Kenny
b. 2000
politician
Melanie Le Brocquy
1919 – 2018
sculptor
Neil Francis
b. 1964
rugby union player
Cecil Weekes
1931 – 2012
Seán Clohessy
1931 – 2019
hurler
Herbert Brenon
1880 – 1958
actor
Tommy Burke
b. 1943
Gaelic football player
Emmet Stagg
1944 – 2024
politician
Darren Kennedy
b. 1981
journalist
Paul McSherry
musician
Matthew Barrett
b. 1944
Brendan Cauldwell
1922 – 2006
film actor
Joe Taylor
b. 1991
rugby league player
Charles Donnelly
1914 – 1937
poet
Jodie McCann
b. 2000
athletics competitor
David Virgin
b. 1962
songwriter
Colin O'Donoghue
b. 1981
singer
James McNamara
1939 – 2016
marathon runner
Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford
1902 – 1961
politician
Charles Robertson
1759 – 1821
painter
Alan Murphy
b. 1996
hurler
Billy Lawless
1951 – 2024
politician
Daniel Flynn
b. 1994
Australian rules football player
Seán Ryan
b. 1960
judge
C. Morton Horne
1885 – 1916
author
Darragh Maguire
b. 1976
association football player
Paudie O'Neill
b. 1957
hurler
Peadar Carton
b. 1986
Gaelic football player
Alan Bestic
1921 – 2014
journalist
Maria Doyle Kennedy
b. 1964
actor
Paul Hughes
b. 1997
mixed martial arts fighter
Tony McCarthy
b. 1969
association football player
Henry Greer
1855 – 1933
politician
Brian Murphy
b. 1982
hurler
Consolata Boyle
b. 2000
costume designer
Angela Nagle
b. 1984
writer
Karl Mullen
1926 – 2009
rugby union player
Gerry L'Estrange
1917 – 1996
politician
Thomas Meaney
1931 – 2022
politician
Terry Moore
1945 – 2001
rugby union player
Críona Ní Dhálaigh
b. 2000
politician
Greg Allen
sports commentator
Peter Hynes
b. 1983
association football player
Kevin O'Connell
b. 1949
chess player
Vincent Wallace
1812 – 1865
composer
Bernie Murphy
1923 – 2002
Gaelic football player
Mick Brophy
1932 – 2009
hurler
Seán Ardagh
1947 – 2016
politician
Breandán Ó hEithir
1930 – 1990
journalist
Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
singer
Ian Maconachie
1905 – 2000
badminton player
Donell Dubh Ó Cathail
musician
Gearóid Ó Cuinneagáin
1910 – 1991
politician
Charlotte Brooke
1740 – 1793
linguist
Damien Molony
b. 1984
actor
Johnny Doran
1907 – 1950
musician
Thomas Farren
1879 – 1955
politician
Dermod O'Brien
1865 – 1945
painter
Paudie Fitzgerald
1933 – 2020
sport cyclist
Kevin Moran
b. 1987
hurler
Ger Glavin
1956 – 2023
hurler
Donald O'Brien
1930 – 2003
film actor
Donal Collins
1953 – 2010
Catholic priest
James Hart
b. 1991
rugby union player
Conor Cruise O'Brien
1917 – 2008
politician
Roberta Howett
b. 1981
singer
Niamh Reilly
academic
Jessie Barr
b. 1989
sprinter
Deirdre Heenan
university teacher
Des Geraghty
b. 1943
politician
James David Bourchier
1850 – 1920
journalist
Blanaid Salkeld
1880 – 1959
poet
Joe Gallen
b. 1972
association football player
Elizabeth Dunne
b. 1956
judge
Gillian Pinder
b. 1992
field hockey player
Willie Faloon
b. 1986
rugby union player
John McCaffrey
b. 1987
hurler
John Paul O'Shea
b. 1983
politician
Shane O'Neill
b. 1986
hurler
Maud Gonne
1866 – 1953
actor
Brendan Murtagh
b. 1983
hurler
Graham Jones
b. 1973
film director
Mildred Fox
b. 1971
politician
Michelle Finn
b. 1989
athletics competitor
Fiontán Ó Curraoin
b. 1992
Gaelic football player
Paul Opperman
b. 1979
sprinter
Colm O'Donoghue
b. 1980
jockey
Joe Sheridan
1914 – 2000
politician
John Barry
1875 – 1938
Catholic priest
Victor Forster
1917 – 2009
priest
Paul Nagle
b. 1978
co-driver
Rory Brady
1957 – 2010
lawyer
P. J. Mara
1942 – 2016
politician
Liam Griffin
b. 1945
hurler
LJ Cleary
b. 1999
professional wrestler
Patrick Cockburn
b. 1950
war correspondent
Philip McGuinness
1984 – 2010
Gaelic football player
Seán Hillen
b. 1961
photographer