Ireland
People of this nationality
Mary O'Rourke
1937 – 2024
politician
Joanne Cuddihy
b. 1984
athletics competitor
Aidan O'Connor
politician
Denis Maher
b. 1991
hurler
Rodney Bernstein
1937 – 2024
cricketer
Patrick Cahill
1884 – 1946
politician
Liam Neeson
b. 1952
film actor
Terence Wheelock
1985 – 2005
Lar Foley
1938 – 2003
Gaelic football player
James Barry
b. 1990
hurler
Seán McCarthy
1937 – 2021
politician
Matthew D'Arcy
1821 – 1889
politician
Jeremiah Coffey
1933 – 2014
Catholic priest
Eddie Reynolds
1935 – 1993
association football player
Deirdre Ryan
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Pat Barry
b. 1951
hurler
Billy Richardson
1920 – 2004
association football player
Austin Dunne
1934 – 2007
association football player
Charles Haughey
1925 – 2006
politician
Desmond Governey
1920 – 1984
politician
Nick Thuillier
1907 – 1983
fencer
Dervla Murphy
1931 – 2022
cyclist
Freddy White
b. 1951
guitarist
Dáithí Ó Conaill
1938 – 1991
politician
George Greene
1838 – 1911
farmer
Billy Fitzpatrick
b. 1954
hurler
Patrick Collins
1911 – 1994
painter
Daithí Holohan
b. 1956
painter
John Dowling
1930 – 1998
Gaelic football player
Billy Dardis
b. 1995
rugby sevens player
Ciaran Hope
b. 1974
composer
Ruth Dudley Edwards
b. 1944
historian
Jill Whelan
b. 1986
cricketer
Stephen Jordan
1886 – 1975
politician
Amanda Brunker
b. 1974
model
John Daly
1917 – 1988
rugby union player
Bertie Messitt
1930 – 2012
athletics competitor
Gilbert Hughes
politician
Pat Ryan
b. 1976
hurler
Noel Bridgeman
1947 – 2021
drummer
Jerry Sexton
b. 1993
rugby union player
Seán Silke
b. 1950
hurler
Peter Fitzpatrick
b. 1962
Gaelic football player
Derek Ryan
b. 1983
singer
Evanne Ní Chuilinn
b. 1981
journalist
Roly Meates
1938 – 2023
rugby union player
John Macrossan
1832 – 1891
politician
Pippa Hackett
b. 2000
politician
Martin Birrane
1935 – 2018
entrepreneur
Ross McDonnell
1978 – 2023
director
Brendan Newby
b. 1996
freestyle skier
Shane Lowry
b. 1987
golfer
Elizabeth Mary Troy
1914 – 2011
gynecologist
Karen Byrne
b. 1992
dancer
Patrick Sarsfield
1655 – 1693
military officer
Ger Reddin
b. 1988
hurler
Pat Storey
b. 1960
Anglican priest
John James Cole
1874 – 1959
politician
Tom Prendergast
b. 1943
Gaelic football player
Pádraig Mag Fhloinn
lexicographer
Robert de Barry
military personnel
Mary Waldron
b. 1984
association football player
Conor Maguire
1889 – 1971
judge
Joe McDonagh
1953 – 2016
hurler
Aisling Bea
b. 1984
comedian
Tara Erraught
b. 1986
opera singer
Neasa Hardiman
television director
Alan Kelly Jr.
b. 1968
association football player
Brendan Halligan
1936 – 2020
economist
Michael Staines
1885 – 1955
politician
James Cavanah Murphy
1760 – 1814
architect
Lex Fair
1926 – 1995
curate
Robert West
1710 – 1770
painter
Vera McWeeney
1909 – 1981
tennis player
Saoirse McHugh
politician
Patrick O'Byrne
1870 – 1944
politician
Neil McMillan
b. 1981
rugby union player
Joe Malone
b. 1957
athlete
Mick Higgins
1922 – 2010
Gaelic football player
Conor McGregor
b. 1988
mixed martial arts fighter
Marcus Horan
b. 1977
rugby union player
Siobhan Byrne
b. 1984
fencer
Paddy Turner
b. 1940
association football player
Alan Byrne
b. 1985
hurler
Patrick Casey
b. 1941
rugby union player
Mike Kiernan
b. 1961
rugby union player
Stella Steyn
1907 – 1987
painter
Billy Sheehan
b. 1983
Gaelic football player
Brian Hayes
b. 1990
rugby union player
Donncha Ó Céileachair
1918 – 1960
writer
Paudie Kissane
b. 1980
Gaelic football player
Mick Garrett
b. 1937
Gaelic football player
Tommy Byrne
b. 1958
Formula One driver
Nora-Jane Noone
b. 1984
film actor
Lugaid Íardonn
king
Ronald Bennett
1935 – 2024
child actor
Mary Martin
1892 – 1975
midwife
David Neligan
1899 – 1983
double agent
Valerie Goulding
1918 – 2003
politician
Kenny Coleman
b. 1982
association football player