Ireland
People of this nationality
Nicky English
b. 1962
hurler
Máire Hoctor
b. 1963
politician
Sean Lavan
1898 – 1973
sprinter
Trevor Hogan
b. 1979
rugby union player
Seán Ó Síocháin
1914 – 1997
Gaelic football player
Patrick Hyland
b. 1983
boxer
John Sinnich
1603 – 1666
theologian
Kevin Conneff
b. 1945
singer
Conor McCormack
b. 1990
association football player
Breandán Ó Madagáin
1932 – 2020
celticist
Michael Ryan
b. 1953
chef
Billy O'Neill
1919 – 1978
association football player
Roger Yates
b. 1957
academic
Peter Wyse Jackson
b. 1955
botanist
Mick Holden
1955 – 2007
Gaelic football player
Edwin Maxwell
1886 – 1948
actor
Tom Raworth
1938 – 2017
poet
Madudan mac Gadhra Mór
Brendan McManamon
b. 1982
Gaelic football player
Ben Nelson
field hockey player
Mick Barry
b. 1964
politician
Patrick McDonnell
b. 1967
actor
Hugh Cahill
journalist
Gavin James
b. 1991
composer
Valentine Jago
1913 – 1983
politician
Eileen Burns
b. 1989
sport cyclist
Bryan Mollen
b. 1995
rugby sevens player
William McCrea
1904 – 1999
mathematician
Conor Murray
b. 1989
Gaelic football player
George Moyers
1836 – 1916
architect
Frank McLoughlin
b. 1946
politician
Johnny Duhan
1950 – 2024
musician
Alex Cusack
b. 1980
cricketer
Mattie McDonagh
1936 – 2005
association football player
Peter Boylan
obstetrician
Cora Staunton
b. 1981
association football player
Terry P. Hughes
b. 1956
biologist
Junior McBrine
b. 1963
cricketer
Niall Sheridan
1912 – 1998
poet
Ruth M. J. Byrne
b. 1962
psychologist
Philip Deignan
b. 1983
sport cyclist
James Charles Dowdall
1873 – 1939
politician
Brendan Bugler
b. 1985
hurler
Darren Gleeson
b. 1981
hurler
Eddie McGoldrick
b. 1965
association football player
Timothy J. Murphy
1893 – 1949
politician
Ciaran Fitzgerald
b. 1952
rugby union player
Maurice O'Connell
1936 – 2019
politician
Martin Hanamy
b. 1967
hurler
Hubert Adryan Verneer
b. 1627
James Ryan
b. 1996
rugby union player
Michael Murphy
b. 1947
journalist
Paul Caffrey
b. 1967
manager
Cyril Donnellan
b. 1985
hurler
Tadhg Murphy
b. 1951
hurler
Brendan Cummins
b. 1950
hurler
Emer O'Brien
b. 1974
artist
Paul Durcan
1944 – 2025
poet
Sean Gannon
b. 1991
association football player
Nicholas Griggs
b. 2004
athletics competitor
Grace Weir
visual artist
Brian O'Driscoll
b. 1979
rugby union player
Hugh Kennedy
1879 – 1936
politician
John A. Costello
1891 – 1976
politician
Anne Harris
b. 1947
journalist
Paudie Fitzmaurice
b. 1949
hurler
Paddy McLaughlin
b. 1979
association football coach
Declan Nerney
b. 1959
singer
Maxwell Simpson
1815 – 1902
chemist
John Roberts
1894 – 1987
baker
Joe Ward
b. 1993
boxer
Frederick Darwent
1927 – 2020
Anglican priest
Neil Blaney
1922 – 1995
politician
Declan Pilkington
b. 1969
hurler
Séamus Brennan
1948 – 2008
politician
Tony Kett
1951 – 2009
politician
Joachim Kelly
b. 1955
hurler
Sheldon Friel
1888 – 1970
dentist
Graham Doyle
b. 1974
association football player
Ger Mahon
b. 1986
hurler
Kevin Martin
b. 1973
hurler
Murcadh Ó Madadhan
B+
b. 1966
photographer
Jim Treacy
1943 – 2026
hurler
Sally Connolly
b. 1976
writer
Fearghal Flannery
b. 1991
hurler
Philip Maher
b. 1979
hurler
Peadar Cowan
1903 – 1962
politician
Antoinette McKenna
1952 – 2012
singer
Robert Malachy Burke
1907 – 1998
politician
Gene McCarthy
b. 1938
Gaelic football player
Jon Macken
b. 1977
association football player
Thomas Ussher
1779 – 1848
naval officer
Linda Hogan
b. 1964
theologian
Brian Geary
b. 1980
Gaelic football player
Damien Hancock
b. 1965
association football referee
Seán Keane
b. 1961
singer
Paddy Curran
b. 1988
Gaelic football player
Derek Nally
b. 1936
politician
Kenneth Burke
b. 1984
hurler