Ireland
People of this nationality
Liam Ahern
1916 – 1974
politician
Peter O'Hara
1885 – 1977
golfer
Gerry O'Sullivan
1936 – 1994
politician
James Espey
b. 1984
athlete
Dungal of Bobbio
800 – 828
astronomer
Colm Gallagher
politician
Matthew Jebb
b. 1958
botanist
Ciara Sheehy
b. 1980
sprinter
Tommy Walsh
b. 1988
Australian rules football player
John Meagher
b. 1995
hurler
Elizabeth Bowen
1899 – 1973
writer
Lugaid Laigde
sovereign
Fred Finn
1919 – 1986
musician
Mary Butler
b. 1963
politician
Thomas McShea
politician
Mick Crotty
1945 – 2024
hurler
Duncan Williams
b. 1986
rugby union player
Jude Gallagher
b. 2001
boxer
Mick Brennan
b. 1950
hurler
Vincent Maher
b. 1929
chess player
Sorcha Cusack
b. 1949
actor
Mick Malone
b. 1950
hurler
Brian O'Sullivan
b. 1992
hurler
Eoin Wearen
b. 1992
association football player
Michael Duignan
b. 1970
Catholic priest
Richard FitzRalph
1295 – 1360
Catholic priest
John Denis Macdonald
1826 – 1908
surgeon
Laurence Ginnell
1852 – 1923
politician
Patrick Heron
1952 – 2014
author
Eamon Carr
b. 1948
drummer
Michael Gallagher
b. 1951
political scientist
Pádraic Ó Máille
1878 – 1946
politician
Alto of Altomünster
701 – 760
monk
Gina Moxley
b. 1957
actor
Tom Reilly
b. 1960
historian
Danielle Galligan
b. 1992
stage actor
Shay Given
b. 1976
association football player
Suzy Lawlor
b. 1984
actor
Cory O'Sullivan
b. 2006
association football player
Cecily Brennan
b. 1955
painter
Éanna Murphy
b. 1990
Gerard Murphy
1951 – 2024
politician
Pat Reilly
1873 – 1937
association football player
Shane Curley
politician
Sean Byrne
1937 – 2018
politician
Ralph Kenna
1964 – 2023
mathematician
Brian Gaynor
b. 1973
hurler
Alan Lewis
b. 1950
athlete
Andrew Connolly
b. 1965
actor
Lorraine Keane
b. 1972
television presenter
Michael Comyn
1871 – 1952
politician
Tom Scannell
1925 – 1994
association football player
George Truelove
b. 1975
rugby league player
J. B. Lyons
1922 – 2007
author
Gerry Martina
1928 – 1990
amateur wrestler
Stephen Rice
b. 1984
association football player
Greg Thompson
b. 1987
cricketer
Tom Morrissey
b. 1956
politician
Aoife Dooley
b. 1991
writer
Pat Fox
b. 1962
hurler
Michael Donnelly
b. 2000
politician
Declan Lowney
b. 1960
film director
Rob Smyth
b. 1977
rugby league player
Alan Titley
b. 1947
writer
Pat Lee
1944 – 2023
politician
David Willis
1932 – 2014
artist
Brian O'Keeffe
b. 1977
hurler
John Herrick
1946 – 2025
association football player
Stephen O'Donnell
b. 1986
association football player
Adrian McCoubrey
b. 1980
cricketer
Peter Huban
b. 1976
hurler
John Clarke
1899 – 1962
hurler
Kenny Egan
b. 1982
boxer
Noel Skehan
b. 1945
hurler
Mary Dinan
1943 – 2024
badminton player
Peter Barrett
1956 – 2015
priest
Sean Dougall
b. 1989
rugby union player
Cornelius Ryan
1920 – 1974
journalist
Jeff Hendrick
b. 1992
association football player
Arthur Morgan
b. 1954
politician
Augustine Henry
1857 – 1930
linguist
Ruadhan Jones
b. 1996
cricketer
Auxilius of Ireland
priest
Joan Collins
b. 1961
politician
Patricia Ryan
b. 1969
politician
Finbarr Dwyer
1946 – 2014
musician
George Fitzmaurice
1877 – 1963
writer
Denis Cussen
1901 – 1980
rugby union player
Robert Carrickford
1928 – 2016
actor
James Nathaniel Halbert
1871 – 1948
entomologist
Éamon Rooney
politician
Peter Casey
b. 1957
businessperson
Micheál Ledwith
b. 1942
writer
Niall FitzGerald
b. 1945
businessperson
Ray Carey
b. 1986
Gaelic football player
Tony Connelly
b. 1964
journalist
Liam Simpson
b. 1966
hurler
Michael Gleeson
b. 1946
Gaelic football player
Hugh Dubh O'Donnell
Luan Parle
musician