Ireland
People of this nationality
Pádraig J. Daly
b. 1943
poet
Eilis Kirwan
b. 1972
film director
Joe Gamble
b. 1982
association football player
John Francis O’Donovan
1918 – 1999
chess player
Hugh Geoghegan
1938 – 2024
judge
John Hewitt Jellett
1817 – 1888
mathematician
Sarah Reilly
b. 1973
athletics competitor
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
1911 – 1978
judge
Liam Ball
1951 – 1984
swimmer
Saoi O'Connor
b. 2003
climate activist
Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin
1923 – 2013
Gaelic football player
Mark O'Sullivan
b. 1983
association football player
Victoria Kennefick
b. 1993
writer in residence
Dermot Kennedy
b. 1991
singer
Gerry Adams
b. 1948
politician
Margaret Callan
1817 – 1883
journalist
Wilfrid Harrington
1927 – 2025
writer
Marie Murphy-Rollins
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Paddy Roche
b. 1951
association football player
Brian J. Dooley
b. 1963
human rights defender
Patrick Quinlan
1919 – 2001
politician
Denis Kelleher
1931 – 2002
Gaelic football player
Barry Andrews
b. 1967
politician
Kathryn McKiernan
b. 2001
television presenter
Desmond MacNamara
1918 – 2008
sculptor
Jimmy Mulroy
1940 – 2013
Gaelic football player
Aoife Murray
b. 1982
John Murphy
1948 – 2020
Gaelic football player
David Curtin
b. 1980
hurler
Jimmy Lavin
1928 – 2020
Gaelic football player
Anne Enright
b. 1962
writer
Michelle O'Neill
b. 1978
association football referee
Louis le Brocquy
1916 – 2012
painter
Tony Grant
b. 1976
association football player
Reginald Clare Hart
1848 – 1931
engineer
Colm Byrne
b. 1971
playwright
Ritchie Bayly
b. 1962
association football player
Michael J. Curran
1801 – 1960
John O'Sullivan
1901 – 1990
politician
George F. Dillon
1836 – 1893
missionary
Martin McGinley
b. 1961
fiddler
Patrick O'Reilly
1906 – 1994
politician
Brian Hamilton
b. 1937
fencer
Daniel O'Brien
1683 – 1759
John Robert Parsons
1826 – 1909
photographer
Robert J. Holton
b. 1946
sociologist
Bobby Sands
1954 – 1981
politician
Elim mac Conrach
king
Caoimhe Butterly
b. 1978
human rights defender
Johnny Byrne
1935 – 2008
screenwriter
Joseph Caprani
1920 – 2015
cricketer
David Cummins
b. 1961
swimmer
T. J. Connolly
b. 1971
Gaelic football player
Ewart Bell
1924 – 2001
rugby union player
Michael Healy
b. 1978
hurler
Tom Devine
b. 1995
hurler
Julie-Ann Russell
b. 1991
association football player
Gary Duggan
b. 1979
playwright
Conor Powell
b. 1987
association football player
Kevin Cooney
b. 1998
hurler
Pat Barker
b. 1949
university teacher
David Crawley
b. 1977
association football player
Thomas Brennan
1940 – 2014
equestrian
Brendan Sweetman
b. 1962
philosopher
Plechelm
601 – 730
Christian missionary
Mary Costello
b. 1963
writer
Albert Hemming
1910 – 1987
Joshua Millner
1847 – 1931
sport shooter
Jack O'Connor
b. 1957
trade unionist
Ciara Rossiter
b. 1996
association football player
Sir Anthony Esmonde, 15th Baronet
1899 – 1981
politician
Michelle Smith
b. 1969
swimmer
Anthony O'Connor
b. 1992
association football player
Alan O'Brien
b. 1985
association football player
John Bowman
b. 1942
historian
Michael Gallwey McNamara
1859 – 1938
tennis player
Joseph Lennon
1933 – 1990
politician
Katherine Ryan
b. 1983
comedian
Tadhg Purcell
b. 1985
association football player
Niall McNeill
1899 – 1969
entomologist
Denis Coulson
b. 1994
rugby union player
Fanny Currey
1848 – 1917
painter
Patrick Hooper
1873 – 1931
politician
Jim Walsh
1932 – 1995
hurler
Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall
1739 – 1799
politician
Jim Downing
1946 – 2012
Gaelic football player
Elaine Cassidy
b. 1979
actor
David O'Brien
b. 1965
sailor
Dave Quirke
1947 – 2019
association football player
John Evans
b. 1955
Gaelic football player
Tomás Brady
b. 1987
Gaelic football player
John Skehan
1922 – 1992
writer
Ronan Byrne
b. 1998
rower
Sinéad Delahunty
b. 1971
athletics competitor
Tom Hickey
b. 1975
hurler
Frederick Augustus Smith
1826 – 1887
military personnel
Allan Eastwood
b. 1979
cricketer
Steve Mahon
b. 1957
hurler
Ian McKinley
b. 1989
rugby union player
Ervinas Merfeldas
b. 2002
dancer