Ireland
People of this nationality
Thos Foley
b. 1979
alpine skier
Lily Kempson
1897 – 1996
revolutionary
Liam Skelly
b. 1941
politician
Seamus McGrane
1956 – 2019
activist
Aidan Coffey
musician
Kevin Barry
1902 – 1920
medical student
Margaret Mulvihill
b. 1954
novelist
Dorothy Cross
b. 1956
artist
Gareth Williams
b. 1977
composer
Kelly Liggan
b. 1979
tennis player
Peter Connor
b. 1963
canoeist
Peter Kelleher
b. 1946
politician
Joe Kelly
1923 – 1994
hurler
Damien Cahalane
b. 1992
Gaelic football player
Kieran Crotty
1930 – 2022
politician
Christy Burke
b. 2000
politician
Edmund Fitzgibbon
1925 – 2010
Catholic priest
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
b. 1942
linguist
Thomas Flanagan
1832 – 1899
gold miner
Paul Corry
b. 1991
association football player
Hilton Edwards
1903 – 1982
actor
Placidus Timmons
1948 – 1997
missionary
Niall Tóibín
1929 – 2019
actor
Brian O'Meara
b. 1973
hurler
Eamon Scanlon
b. 1954
politician
Donagh MacDonagh
1912 – 1968
poet
Pádraic Ó Neachtain
b. 1973
actor
Seán Dorgan
b. 1968
politician
Aine Ni Fhoghludha
1880 – 1932
poet
Damien Duff
b. 1979
association football player
Kathleen O'Connell
1888 – 1956
activist
Stephen Brenner
b. 1974
hurler
Denis Larkin
1908 – 1987
politician
Joe McCarthy
b. 2001
rugby union player
Paul Pollock
b. 1986
marathon runner
Edward England
1686 – 1720
pirate
Francis Harvey
1925 – 2014
poet
Patricia King
trade unionist
David Kaye Lee Earl
1928 – 2017
curate
Joe O'Toole
b. 1947
politician
Paul Donovan
b. 1963
athletics competitor
Andy Kellegher
actor
Úna Brennan
1888 – 1958
writer
Rory Fleck-Byrne
b. 1988
actor
Séamus Ó hEocha
1880 – 1959
politician
Alexander Campbell
1833 – 1877
businessperson
Michael Enright
1952 – 1997
politician
Con Collins
1881 – 1937
politician
Louize Carroll
bass guitarist
Bob Kerr
1938 – 2007
cricketer
Abraham Boulger
1835 – 1900
military personnel
Darren Sweetnam
b. 1993
rugby union player
Chick Gillen
1933 – 2020
boxer
Gerry Coughlan
1903 – 1983
athletics competitor
John McDonough
musician
Peadar O'Dowd
historian
Steve Staunton
b. 1969
association football player
John Jermyn
b. 1982
field hockey player
Mary Agnes O'Connor
1815 – 1859
nun
Patrick Swift
1927 – 1983
painter
Niall Breen
b. 1989
hurler
George Lynch
1868 – 1928
journalist
Robbie Ryan
b. 1970
cinematographer
Sean Mannion
b. 1956
boxer
Rory Gallagher
1948 – 1995
singer
Lafcadio Hearn
1850 – 1904
writer
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
1778 – 1854
politician
David Wilmot
b. 2000
actor
Richie Baker
b. 1980
association football player
Olivia Dillon
b. 1973
sport cyclist
Martin Naughton
b. 1964
hurler
Denis Weaire
b. 1942
physicist
George Stack
b. 1946
theologian
Troy Parrott
b. 2002
association football player
Rio Fanning
1931 – 2018
actor
William S. O'Sullivan
1928 – 1971
Mobster
John Banville
b. 1945
screenwriter
Ciarán Potts
b. 1982
rugby union player
Patrick McKenna
politician
John Molloy
1929 – 1999
television actor
Dave Warren
b. 1981
association football player
Helen McEntee
b. 1986
politician
Phil Hogan
b. 1960
politician
Daragh Carville
b. 1969
screenwriter
Sue Booth-Forbes
editor
Mick Wallace
b. 1955
politician
Charlie MacEwan
b. 1966
military officer
Noel Purcell
1900 – 1985
actor
Tim O'Keefe
1910 – 1943
association football player
Catherine Healy
chef
Virginia Kerr
b. 1954
opera singer
Oliver McGrath
b. 1938
hurler
Alan Abernethy
b. 1957
Anglican priest
Gerald McCarthy
b. 1945
hurler
Kate Cruise O'Brien
1948 – 1998
poet
Ciarán Sheehan
b. 1961
actor
Christy O'Brien
b. 1949
rower
Maureen Toal
1930 – 2012
actor
Luke O'Dea
b. 1990
rugby union player
Paddy Berry
b. 1937
singer