Ireland
People of this nationality
Ed Joyce
b. 1978
cricketer
Michael Fogarty
1859 – 1955
Catholic priest
William Lamport
1611 – 1659
writer
Eimear Brannigan
b. 1980
athlete
Martin Gibbons
b. 1953
politician
Martin Fitzgerald
1867 – 1927
politician
Michael McKevitt
1949 – 2021
militant
Frank O'Connor
1922 – 1997
basketball player
Dorothy Colpoys
1894 – 1980
badminton player
Seán O'Connor
b. 1981
hurler
Tommy Ring
1938 – 2020
hurler
Ronan Sheehan
b. 1953
novelist
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
b. 1960
politician
Ian Murray
b. 1970
rugby union player
Claire Kerrane
b. 1992
politician
Fionn O'Shea
b. 1997
film actor
Tony Connolly
b. 1941
hurler
Dirk Kennedy
b. 1969
musician
Gareth Farrelly
b. 1975
association football player
George Coburn
1920 – 2009
politician
Brendan Gleeson
b. 1955
actor
Lochlann Ó Mearáin
b. 1973
actor
Bernard Maguire
politician
Moss Finn
b. 1957
rugby union player
Stuart Poynter
b. 1990
cricketer
Mick Leech
b. 1948
association football player
Ryan O'Dwyer
b. 1986
Gaelic football player
Barry O'Rorke
b. 1989
Gaelic football player
Peter Ruddock
b. 1954
Brendan Larkin
b. 1943
hurler
Michael Carruth
b. 1967
boxer
Aisling Blake
b. 1981
squash player
Eoghain Ó Cianáin
musician
Jamie Egan
b. 2003
association football player
Clare Cryan
b. 1993
competitive diver
Orna Ross
b. 1960
poet
Siobhán Hoey
b. 1970
athletics competitor
Brendan Carr
b. 1950
politician
Julie Feeney
singer
Maelcairearda
Ronan Maher
b. 1995
hurler
Andrew Moran
b. 2003
association football player
Patrick K. Collins
b. 1977
rugby union player
Shapland Hugh Swinny
1857 – 1923
economist
Tony Dixon
1958 – 2010
disc jockey
Desmond O'Malley
1939 – 2021
politician
Ross Tierney
b. 2001
association football player
Claude Toft
1922 – 1981
politician
SOAK
b. 1997
singer
Mike McComish
b. 1983
rugby union player
Joe Jewell
b. 1958
songwriter
Mark Gottsche
b. 1987
Gaelic football player
Ger Spillane
b. 1981
Gaelic football player
Michael Kavanagh
b. 1979
hurler
William O'Callaghan
1921 – 2015
military personnel
Kevin Long
b. 1990
association football player
Ciarán Ó Con Cheanainn
1981 – 2009
teacher
Peig Sayers
1873 – 1958
autobiographer
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
1715 – 1774
politician
Eddie O'Sullivan
b. 1958
rugby union player
Dónal Clifford
b. 1948
hurler
James Colbert
1890 – 1970
politician
John J. Keane
1889 – 1948
politician
Thomas Kennedy
1887 – 1947
politician
Máire Ní Chathasaigh
b. 1956
singer
Anne Keenan-Buckley
b. 1962
long-distance runner
Declan O'Rourke
b. 1976
singer
Paul Curran
b. 1981
hurler
Barry Ryan
b. 1978
association football player
James McElroy
1945 – 2011
Seán MacSwiney
1900 – 2000
politician
Colin Farrell
b. 1976
actor
James Edward Ignatius Masterson
1862 – 1935
military personnel
Roslyn Fuller
b. 1980
model
Johnny Tom Gleeson
1853 – 1924
poet
Lizzie Lyng
b. 1983
Brian Scott
b. 1993
rugby union player
John Hartnett
b. 1957
hurler
William O'Donnell
1878 – 1947
politician
Mark Kelly
b. 1961
keyboardist
Jovita Delaney
b. 1974
Patrick Coveney
1934 – 2022
Catholic priest
Ultan of Ardbraccan
Catholic priest
Charles Fagan
1881 – 1974
politician
Robbie Brunton
1973 – 2020
association football player
John O'Leary
1894 – 1959
politician
James White
1759 – 1799
translator
Stephen Lillis
b. 1986
hurler
Patrick Joseph Morrissey
1936 – 1985
police officer
Tyrone Kane
b. 1994
cricketer
Paul Walker
singer
Anno O'Rahilly
1873 – 1958
Jordi Murphy
b. 1991
rugby union player
Gerry Cott
b. 1954
songwriter
Gerry Healy
1913 – 1989
politician
Julie Parsons
b. 1951
radio producer
Des O'Grady
1953 – 2025
politician
Liam Rushe
b. 1990
hurler
Ollie Cahill
b. 1975
association football player
Denis Jones
1906 – 1987
politician