Ireland
People of this nationality
Brendan McCarthy
b. 1947
athlete
Stuart Magee
b. 1943
Australian rules football player
Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
516 – 546
Catholic priest
Billy Walton
1961 – 2012
hurler
Curtis Fleming
b. 1968
association football player
Francis Bacon
1909 – 1992
painter
Mary Monck
1678 – 1715
poet
Gearóid O'Sullivan
1891 – 1948
politician
Jonjo Farrell
b. 1988
hurler
Ken DeMange
b. 1964
association football player
Jason Gavin
b. 1980
association football player
Micheál Quirke
b. 1980
Gaelic football player
James Flynn
1965 – 2023
film producer
Josh McErlean
b. 1999
rally driver
Miriam O'Callaghan
b. 1960
broadcaster
Dermot O'Brien
1932 – 2007
Gaelic football player
Keith Nolan
b. 1973
golfer
Paddy Moran
b. 1939
hurler
Kathleen Clarke
1878 – 1972
politician
Séamus Keely
1889 – 1974
politician
Ryan Delaney
b. 1996
association football player
Stuart Townsend
b. 1972
actor
Cahal Daly
1917 – 2009
theologian
Jerry Cahir
b. 2000
rugby union player
Stephen Paisley
b. 1983
association football player
Erkembode
Catholic priest
Bobby Gilbert
1939 – 2015
association football player
Phoebe Donovan
1902 – 1998
artist
Susan L. Mitchell
1866 – 1926
poet
Seán Treacy
b. 1965
hurler
Gus Cremins
1921 – 2014
Gaelic football player
Dominic Behan
1928 – 1989
screenwriter
John McCormack
1884 – 1945
opera singer
John Finbarr Jones
1929 – 2013
academic
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin
b. 1961
musician
John Andrews
b. 1978
association football player
Aidan Fitzgerald
b. 1980
association football player
Patrick Fogarty
politician
Ronan O'Rahilly
1940 – 2020
television presenter
Kevin McStay
b. 1962
Gaelic football player
Ken O'Halloran
b. 1986
Gaelic football player
Donal Courtney
b. 1964
rugby union match official
Martin Casey
b. 1950
hurler
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
b. 1952
poet
Joan Kennelly
photographer
Damien Dempsey
b. 1975
singer-songwriter
Gearóidín Bhreathnach
singer
Pauline O'Reilly
b. 1975
politician
Aisling Judge
b. 1991
food scientist
Brother Walfrid
1840 – 1915
Catholic priest
Gerry Dalton
1935 – 2019
artist
John William Stubbs
1821 – 1897
mathematician
Muriel MacSwiney
1892 – 1982
Sarah McAuley
b. 2001
field hockey player
Conor Sweeney
b. 1990
Gaelic football player
Brendan Macken
b. 1991
rugby union player
Mick Jacob
b. 1946
hurler
Laurence McGivern
b. 1992
swimmer
Brendan Keeshan
b. 1957
hurler
Paul Martin
b. 1977
editor
Noel King
b. 1956
association football player
Alan Mahon
b. 1978
association football player
Stephen Maher
b. 1993
hurler
Paul Griffin
b. 1979
rower
Brian Kennedy
b. 1992
hurler
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
1932 – 2013
politician
John O'Rourke
b. 1992
Gaelic football player
Seán Mac Brádaigh
1932 – 2019
author
Michael Kennedy
1897 – 1965
politician
Dara Quigley
1980 – 2017
journalist
Damien McGrane
b. 1971
golfer
Kerry Condon
b. 1983
actor
Ciarán McGrath
b. 1985
Gaelic football player
Ciarán Sheehan
b. 1990
Gaelic football player
Manus Kelly
1978 – 2019
rally driver
Sean Sheehy
1951 – 2025
association football player
Shirley Armstrong
1930 – 2018
fencer
Patrick O'Reilly
1893 – 1972
politician
George Drumgoole Coleman
1795 – 1844
architect
Ann Rowan
1929 – 2014
actor
Mary Davidson
1902 – 1986
politician
Willie Burke
b. 1972
association football player
Keily Blair
b. 1982
lawyer
David Allardyce Webb
1912 – 1994
botanist
Sean Roughan
b. 2003
association football player
Mikie Rowe
b. 1996
association football player
Denis O'Sullivan
b. 1948
golfer
Aaron Drinan
b. 1998
association football player
John Gormley
b. 1959
politician
Anthony Cunningham
b. 1965
hurler
Paddy Hayes
1921 – 1993
hurler
Bríd Mahon
1922 – 2008
writer
Ben Healy
b. 1999
rugby union player
John O'Brien
b. 1982
hurler
Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin
1928 – 2013
writer
James Henthorn
b. 1744
surgeon
Aitzol Arenzana-King
b. 2002
rugby union player
Catald
Catholic priest
Simon Power
b. 1998
association football player
Philip Davison
b. 1957
writer