Ireland
People of this nationality
Tommy O'Brien
b. 1998
rugby union player
Róis
musician
Catriona Carey
field hockey player
Gary Kelly
b. 1974
association football player
Robert Francis Ruttledge
1899 – 2002
ornithologist
Martina McCarthy
b. 1981
sprinter
Markus Casey
1957 – 2008
archaeologist
Rónan Kelleher
b. 1998
rugby union player
David Hanrahan
b. 1992
Gaelic football player
Thomas Malone
1918 – 1968
basketball player
Denis Daly
1862 – 1942
polo player
Daniel McMenamin
1882 – 1964
politician
Nora Connolly O'Brien
1892 – 1981
politician
Kevin Keegan
1924 – 1978
musician
Jimmy Holmes
b. 1953
association football player
Patrick Farrell
b. 1909
police officer
Darragh McDonald
b. 1994
athletics competitor
Eoin O'Keeffe
b. 1979
composer
Elsa d'Esterre-Keeling
1857 – 1935
writer
Ed O'Donoghue
b. 1982
rugby union player
Martin Medlar
1899 – 1965
politician
Aebh Kelly
b. 1997
singer
Marty Smyth
poker player
Maureen O'Carroll
1913 – 1984
politician
James Carroll
b. 1983
politician
Alo Kelly
b. 1977
boxer
Kevin Hennessy
b. 1961
hurler
John Hayes
b. 2000
Gaelic football player
Sean Kelly
b. 1956
sport cyclist
Killian Burke
b. 1993
hurler
Mossy Lawler
b. 1980
rugby union player
Ned Cleary
1930 – 2021
Cathal McConnell
b. 1944
singer
Noel Dwyer
1934 – 1992
association football player
Jimmy Cooney
1955 – 2023
hurler
Charles H. T. Collis
1838 – 1902
military officer
Vinny Staples
b. 1945
hurler
Ava Hutchinson
b. 1983
long-distance runner
Martin Mansergh
1946 – 2025
historian
Paul Armstrong
b. 1978
association football player
Grace Murray
b. 1989
association football player
David Quinn
b. 1970
painter
Jason Killeen
b. 1985
basketball player
Anna Scher
1944 – 2023
drama teacher
Máirtín Standún
1918 – 1994
businessperson
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
1487 – 1534
politician
John Collett
1798 – 1862
politician
Sindy Joyce
human rights defender
John Lanigan
1803 – 1868
politician
Pat Henderson
b. 1943
hurler
Richard Wilson
1875 – 1957
politician
Dorothea Conyers
1869 – 1949
novelist
Andy Smith
b. 1983
hurler
Cian O'Connor
b. 1979
show jumper
John Nolan
b. 1954
hurler
Tom McEllistrim
1894 – 1973
politician
Shane Casey
b. 1989
hurler
Leighton Aspell
b. 1976
jockey
Linda Nolan
1959 – 2025
singer
T. C. Hammond
1877 – 1961
cleric
John Mulvihill
b. 1945
politician
Kieran Brennan
b. 1957
hurler
Siobhán Nicholson
b. 1966
tennis player
Ethel Hobday
1872 – 1947
pianist
Barry Edward O'Meara
1786 – 1836
surgeon
John Lyons
b. 1977
politician
Edward Dunbar
b. 1996
sport cyclist
Micky Kavanagh
1927 – 2016
association football player
Batt Donegan
1910 – 1978
politician
Gerard O'Halloran
b. 1990
hurler
Frank Wynne
b. 1962
linguist
Eochu mac Ailella
monarch
John O'Sullivan
b. 1980
rugby union player
Seán Ó Cualáin
film director
Eamon Rice
1873 – 1937
politician
Séamus Ryan
1895 – 1933
politician
Rosaleen Mills
1905 – 1993
educator
Hiko Tonosa Haso
b. 1995
athletics competitor
Barbara McDonald
b. 1972
cricketer
Carl McHugh
b. 1993
association football player
Thomas Flanagan
politician
Dick Spring
b. 1950
Gaelic football player
Nicky Roberts
b. 1990
hurler
Seán Burke
b. 1970
Gaelic football player
Denis Leng
1934 – 2020
cricketer
Niamh O'Malley
b. 1975
visual artist
Vincent Broderick
1920 – 2008
flautist
Brinsley MacNamara
1890 – 1963
writer
Fergal Wilson
b. 1979
Gaelic football player
Ann Ormonde
b. 1935
politician
Michael Cusack
b. 1955
sport cyclist
Lisa Stanley
b. 1973
singer
Simon Cumbers
1968 – 2004
journalist
Patrick Tuohy
1894 – 1930
painter
Jack Anthony
1885 – 1964
hurler
Seosamh Mac Grianna
1901 – 1990
writer
Denis Beresford
1818 – 1881
politician
Alex Barclay
b. 1974
writer
Thomas Duffet
1673 – 1676
playwright
Gerry Mackey
1933 – 2021
association football player