Ireland
People of this nationality
David O'Connor
b. 1995
rugby union player
Eddie Gleeson
b. 1920
hurler
Thomas Gernon
b. 1983
scientist
Liam Brady
b. 1956
association football player
Brian Clifford
b. 1956
swimmer
Michael Gibson
b. 1954
rugby union player
Tony Scannell
1945 – 2020
actor
Tommy Moroney
1923 – 1981
association football player
Seán Connick
b. 1963
politician
Donie Hanlon
1937 – 2023
Gaelic football player
Alf Ringstead
1927 – 2000
association football player
Ethel Colburn Mayne
1865 – 1941
writer
Shane Horgan
b. 1978
Gaelic football player
Donal Shine
b. 1989
Gaelic football player
Aine Lawlor
b. 1961
television presenter
Michael Tierney
1894 – 1975
politician
Paddy O'Driscoll
b. 1927
Gaelic football player
Patrick McGinley
b. 1937
novelist
Colm Sheehan
b. 1942
hurler
Tom Boyd
1888 – 1952
golfer
Lilian Stevenson
1870 – 1960
peace activist
Énna Derg
king
Solomon Williams
1757 – 1824
painter
Hector Ó hEochagáin
b. 1969
television presenter
Thomas Alfred Smyth
1832 – 1865
military officer
Pádraig Coyne
b. 1960
Gaelic football player
Páraic Breathnach
b. 1956
actor
Charles Lynch
1906 – 1984
pianist
Piaras Feiritéar
1600 – 1653
poet
Seán Treacy
1923 – 2018
politician
Charles Hallaran
1897 – 1941
rugby union player
Mark Boyle
b. 1979
writer
Barry Grogan
b. 1986
Gaelic football player
Brendan Murphy
b. 1980
hurler
Susan Denham
b. 1945
judge
Bryan Murray
b. 1949
actor
Anita Reeves
1948 – 2016
actor
Francis Joseph Charles O'Reilly
1922 – 2013
Gerry McInerney
b. 1965
hurler
Keith Dunne
b. 1982
association football player
Gavin Duffy
b. 1960
businessperson
Paul F. Whelan
b. 1963
computer scientist
Patrick Dineen
1938 – 2025
cricketer
Derek McCleane
1938 – 2024
middle-distance runner
Cathal Ó Searcaigh
b. 1956
poet
Jim Lynagh
1956 – 1987
politician
Jane Shackleton
1843 – 1909
photographer
David Conlon
b. 1982
mathematician
Emmet Kirwan
television actor
Paddy Doyle
1941 – 2020
hurler
Peadar Maher
1924 – 2012
politician
Pat Scully
b. 1970
association football player
John Keogh
musician
Tadhg Murphy
b. 1956
Gaelic football player
Brian Byrne
b. 1984
squash player
Stephen Keenan
1977 – 2017
freediver
Conor Kenna
b. 1984
association football player
Guy Easterby
b. 1971
rugby union player
Alan Kernaghan
b. 1967
association football player
Cathy Belton
actor
Devin Toner
b. 1986
rugby union player
Noel Conroy
b. 1947
Kevin Kehilly
1949 – 2024
Gaelic football player
Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe
b. 1991
modern pentathlete
Tom Nolan
hurler
Robert Ross
1766 – 1814
military officer
Richard Kearney
b. 1954
philosopher
Muiris Ó Súilleabháin
1904 – 1950
writer
Mick Dempsey
b. 1941
hurler
Feargal Quinn
1936 – 2019
politician
James Dillon
politician
Kieran Healy
b. 1973
sociologist
Enda Marren
1934 – 2013
politician
Michael Cussen
b. 1984
Gaelic football player
James Leo Farrell
1903 – 1979
rugby union player
Michael Noone
b. 1989
rugby union player
Seosamh Ó hÉanaí
1919 – 1984
singer
John Paul Phelan
b. 1978
politician
Liam Ó Rinn
1886 – 1943
translator
Ciaran O'Leary
b. 1973
poker player
John Clendennen
b. 1981
politician
Derry O'Sullivan
1944 – 2025
poet
Jim Ronayne
b. 1959
Gaelic football player
Monckton Hoffe
1880 – 1951
screenwriter
Tara Leniston
b. 1983
actor
John Ging
b. 1965
Ian Daly
b. 1990
association football player
Gerald Kean
b. 1957
solicitor
Jacqui Hurley
b. 1984
basketball player
Rebecca Best
b. 1964
squash player
Christy Cooney
b. 1952
Pat Fitzsimmons
b. 1943
boxer
Kieran Kelly
1978 – 2003
jockey
Johnny Glynn
1917 – 1959
rugby union player
Sally Hayden
b. 1989
journalist
Denis Santry
1879 – 1960
cartoonist
Samuel Lombard Brown
1858 – 1939
politician
Anna Haugh
b. 1980
executive chef
Ger O'Meara
b. 1985
Gaelic football player
Emma Mullin
b. 1985
association football player