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List of Irish people

April 30, 2023

This is a list of notable Irish people who were born on the island of Ireland, in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the Republic of Ireland, have adopted Irish citizenship (e.g., Daniel Day-Lewis). The names are sorted by surname.

Location of Ireland
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Art

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Irish artists.

Architecture

Actors

Main article: List of Irish actors

Chefs

Comedians

See also: Category:Irish comedians

Music

Music – A to C

Music – D to K

Music – L to P

Music – Q to Z

Dance

Writing

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Irish novelists.

Writing – A to C

Writing – D to K

Writing – L to P

Writing – R to Z

Business

Science, education and technology

Sport

See also: List of footballers (Gaelic football)

TV and Radio

Saints

Others

See also

Further References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Top 100 Books of All Time". The Guardian. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. ^ Bloom, Harold (1994). "Beckett…Joyce…Proust…Shakespeare". The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 493–514. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
  3. ^ a b c Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 555. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
  4. ^ Bloom, Harold (1994). "Joyce's Agon with Shakespeare". The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 413–432. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
  5. ^ a b c d Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 553. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
  6. ^ a b Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 537–538. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
  7. ^ a b Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 544. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
  8. ^ Wood, James (7 October 1994). "The best books since 1945". The Guardian. pp. 29–30.
  • Hamilton, Catherine Jane (1900). Notable Irishwomen. Dublin, Ireland: Sealy, Bryers & Walker. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

April 30, 2023
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This is a list of notable Irish people who were born on the island of Ireland in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland and have lived there for most of their lives Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland but have been raised as Irish have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the Republic of Ireland have adopted Irish citizenship e g Daniel Day Lewis The names are sorted by surname Location of Ireland This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Art 1 1 Architecture 1 2 Actors 1 3 Chefs 1 4 Comedians 1 5 Music 1 5 1 Music A to C 1 5 2 Music D to K 1 5 3 Music L to P 1 5 4 Music Q to Z 1 6 Dance 1 7 Writing 1 7 1 Writing A to C 1 7 2 Writing D to K 1 7 3 Writing L to P 1 7 4 Writing R to Z 2 Business 3 Science education and technology 4 Sport 5 TV and Radio 6 Saints 7 Others 8 See also 9 Further ReferencesArt EditFor a more comprehensive list see List of Irish artists Architecture Edit George Ashlin Angela Brady George Drumgoole Coleman Sir Thomas Drew Yvonne Farrell Eileen Gray James Hoban designer of the White House Francis Johnston Sheila O Donnell Thomas Parke Edward Lovett Pearce Kevin Roche Michael ScottActors Edit Main article List of Irish actors Sara Allgood actress Jonas Armstrong actor star of the BBC series Robin Hood Caitriona Balfe actress Spranger Barry actor Patrick Bergin film actor Sarah Bolger actress played Princess Mary Tudor in The Tudors Spiderwick Chronicles Princess Aurora in Once Upon a Time Stephen Boyd film actor Kenneth Branagh actor on stage film and TV the Harry Potter movies Brid Brennan actress George Brent Hollywood actor Harry Brogan actor Shane Brolly actor Underworld Franchise Pierce Brosnan actor best known as James Bond from 1994 to 2005 Gabriel Byrne TV and film actor Todd Carty TV stage and film actor and director Elaine Cassidy film actress Tony Clarkin actor of stage TV radio film voiceover artist Michael Colgan actor Kerry Condon actress D Arcy Corrigan Hollywood actor Nicola Coughlan actress Catherine Cusack stage and TV actor daughter of Cyril Cusack Cyril Cusack actor of stage film and TV born in South Africa Niamh Cusack TV actress daughter of Cyril Cusack Sinead Cusack stage film and TV actress daughter of Cyril Cusack married to Jeremy Irons Sorcha Cusack film and TV actress daughter of Cyril Cusack Daniel Day Lewis English born Oscar winner Thomas Doggett actor Alison Doody actress best known for her role in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Richard Dormer actor playwright known for roles in Game of Thrones and Fortitude Jamie Dornan actor and model played the Huntsman in Once Upon a Time best known for roles in The Fall and Fifty Shades of Grey Roma Downey actor best known for her role as Monica in the TV series Touched by an Angel Maria Doyle Kennedy actress and singer Ada Dyas actress Hilton Edwards co founder of the Gate Theatre born in UK Colin Farrell Hollywood actor Michael Fassbender Hollywood actor born in West Germany Al Ferguson actor Barry Fitzgerald Abbey Theatre actor turned Hollywood star Geraldine Fitzgerald actress Fionnula Flanagan actress Brenda Fricker Oscar winner Bronagh Gallagher actress Michael Gambon theatre TV and film actor Harry Potter films Charles K Gerrard Hollywood actor Douglas Gerrard Hollywood actor Aidan Gillen actor The Wire Game of Thrones Queer as Folk Brendan Gleeson actor Harry Potter films Brian Gleeson actor Domhnall Gleeson actor Creighton Hale actor Louisa Harland actress Richard Harris actor Harry Potter films Forrester Harvey Hollywood actor Amy Joyce Hastings actress Amy Huberman actress Saoirse Monica Jackson actress Valene Kane actress The Fading Light David Kelly actor J M Kerrigan Abbey actor Joanne King actress Dervla Kirwan actress Ballykissangel Goodnight Sweetheart Evanna Lynch actress Harry Potter films Joe Lynch TV actor John Lynch actor Susan Lynch actress Micheal Mac Liammhoir co founder of the Gate Theatre born in UK Eoin Macken actor Merlin Gerard McCarthy actor Hollyoaks Sean McClory actor F J McCormick Abbey actor Damian McGinty TV actor Glee Patrick McGoohan actor and creator of The Prisoner Barry McGovern stage film and TV actor Katie McGrath film and TV actress Gerard McSorley actor Colm Meaney Hollywood actor Paul Mescal actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers film and TV actor Charles Mitchel actor and newsreader Damien Molony stage and television actor Colin Morgan actor of stage film and TV best known for being the lead in Merlin Edward Mulhare actor played Captain Daniel Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs Muir Knight Rider Cillian Murphy actor Devon Murray actor Seamus Finnigan in the Harry Potter movies Liam Neeson actor Sam Neill actor James Nesbitt actor Jim Norton character actor Jamie Lee O Donnell actress Colin O Donoghue actor member of The Enemies best known for playing Captain Hook in Once Upon A Time Chris O Dowd actor and comedian Ardal O Hanlon actor and comedian Joan O Hara actress Maureen O Hara actress Jason O Mara actor Milo O Shea actor Maureen O Sullivan actor mother of Mia Farrow Peter O Toole Oscar winner Daragh O Malley actor Glenn Quinn actor Aidan Quinn actor Stephen Rea actor Jack Reynor actor Paul Ronan actor The Devil s Own father of Saoirse Ronan Saoirse Ronan actress Andrew Scott film stage and television actor Fiona Shaw actress the Harry Potter movies Robert Sheehan actor Arthur Shields actor younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald Niall Toibin actor and comedian Stuart Townsend actor and boxer Aidan Turner actor played John Mitchell in the BBC s Being Human and Kili in The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Richard Wall actorChefs Edit Darina Allen Irish personality and TV chef Myrtle Allen Irish chef teacher and writer Rachel Allen Irish celebrity chef Danni Barry Michael Bolster Rory Carville Richard Corrigan Matthew Darcy Matt Dowling Kevin Dundon Oliver Dunne Catherine Healy Neven Maguire Irish celebrity chef Clare SmythComedians Edit See also Category Irish comedians Dave Allen Aisling Bea Ed Byrne Jimmy Carr Risteard Cooper Neil Delamere PJ Gallagher Brendan Grace Sean Hughes Jon Kenny Denis Leary Andrew Maxwell Kevin McGahern Tim McGarry Sean William McLoughlin YouTube personality under the name Jacksepticeye musician game commentator Dylan Moran Dermot Morgan comedian actor radio personality Colin Murphy Graham Norton Dara o Briain Brendan O Carroll Ardal O Hanlon Hector o hEochagain Jimmy O Dea David O Doherty Deirdre O Kane Jarlath Regan comedian journalist interviewer author cartoonist Mario Rosenstock comedian impressionist actor musician Pat Shortt Tommy Tiernan Jackie WrightMusic Edit Music A to C Edit Chloe Agnew singer Iain Archer singer songwriter and producer Michael William Balfe opera composer Gerald Barry composer member of Aosdana John K Beatty uillean piper Derek Bell harpist Eric Bell guitarist Thin Lizzy Ed Bennett composer Mary Bergin tin whistler Big Tom lead singer of Big Tom and The Mainliners Wallis Bird singer songwriter Frances Black singer Mary Black singer Seoirse Bodley composer Saoi of Aosdana Bono Paul David Hewson lead singer of U2 Ciaran Bourke singer guitarist Brian Boydell composer Ina Boyle composer Michael Bradley bass player songwriter The Undertones Bridin Brennan singer Moya Brennan musician Enya Brennan musician Niall Breslin lead singer of The Blizzards John Buckley composer Chris de Burgh singer songwriter musician Joe Burke accordionist Kevin Burke fiddler Nicky Byrne singer of Westlife songwriter Eamonn Campbell guitarist producer Vivian Campbell co lead guitarist of Def Leppard former Dio guitarist Sean Cannon singer guitarist Paddy Casey singer songwriter Patrick Cassidy composer Mic Christopher singer songwriter Bobby Clancy singer banjo guitar harmonica and bodhran player Liam Clancy singer guitarist Paddy Clancy singer harmonica player Tom Clancy singer Willie Clancy uilleann piper Siobhan Cleary born 1970 composer Julia Clifford traditional fiddle player Philip Cogan composer Michael Coleman fiddler Finghin Collins pianist Brian Conway fiddler Tadhg Cooke singer Frank Corcoran composer Andrea Corr singer from The Corrs Caroline Corr drummer Jim Corr guitarist Sharon Corr fiddle player Phil Coulter composer Nadine Coyle singerMusic D to K Edit Raymond Deane composer Damien Dempsey singer songwriter Mike Denver singer Joe Dolan singer entertainer Ryan Dolan singer songwriter Brian Downey drummer Thin Lizzy Roger Doyle composer Maria Doyle Kennedy singer songwriter musician Ronnie Drew singer guitarist Keith Duffy singer of Boyzone Hugo Duncan singer Benjamin Dwyer composer The Edge David Howell Evans guitarist singer of U2 Kian Egan singer of Westlife songwriter Seamus Ennis uilleann piper Enya singer songwriter orla Fallon singer harpist Ciaran Farrell composer Mark Feehily singer of Westlife songwriter Angela Feeney opera singer John Field composer creator of the nocturne Shane Filan singer of Westlife songwriter Mick Flannery singer songwriter Aloys Fleischmann composer and musicologist W H Grattan Flood musicologist Dave Flynn award winning composer guitarist and singer songwriter Gavin Friday singer Finbar Furey singer songwriter uillean piper 5 string banjo player actor Rory Gallagher blues rock guitarist Sir James Galway flautist Bobby Gardiner accordionist Rea Garvey singer songwriter guitarist tv music competition judge and lead singer of Reamonn Stephen Gately singer of Boyzone Mark Geary singer Thomas Augustine Geary composer Bob Geldof songwriter singer of the Boomtown Rats activist John William Glover composer Len Graham singer Michael Graham singer of Boyzone Bernadette Greevy mezzo soprano John and Edward Grimes X Factor 2009 Marc Gunn autoharpist singer songwriter and podcaster formerly of the Brobdingnagian Bards Carmel Gunning tin whistler Lisa Hannigan singer songwriter Glen Hansard Oscar winning singer songwriter Hamilton Harty composer and arranger Catherine Hayes opera singer Gemma Hayes singer Una Healy member of girl band The Saturdays Christie Hennessy singer songwriter Niall Horan member of British Irish boy band One Direction Hozier musician and singer songwriter Herbert Hughes composer and arranger Red Hurley singer Brian Irvine composer Jolyon Jackson composer musician Fergus Johnston composer member of Aosdana Dolores Keane singer Bryan Kearney trance DJ and producer Richard Kearns classical composer Ronan Keating singer songwriter Paddy Keenan uilleann piper Lisa Kelly singer Luke Kelly singer Michael Kelly tenor and composer Brian Kennedy singer Dermot Kennedy singer songwriter Paddy Killoran fiddler Katie Kim singer songwriter musician Dave King singer songwriter John Kinsella composer member of Aosdana David Kitt musicianMusic L to P Edit John F Larchet composer April Lawlor singer songwriter Damien Leith singer songwriter winner of Australian Idol 2006 Gary Lightbody lead singer of Snow Patrol Josef Locke singer Johnny Logan singer songwriter Samuel Lover composer and performer Cora Venus Lunny violinist Donal Lunny musician Bob Lynch musician musician Shane Lynch singer of Boyzone Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy frontman Jimmy MacCarthy singer songwriter Mickey MacConnell singer songwriter Shane MacGowan English born singer songwriter Sean Mackin backup vocals and violinist of Yellowcard Sean Maguire violinist Margo singer Sarah Makem singer Tommy Makem singer songwriter Enda Markey singer Philip Martin pianist composer member of Aosdana Gwendolyn Masin violinist author pedagogue Larry Mathews singer songwriter violinist Frederick May composer Christopher McCafferty underground club promoter DJ Jim McCann musician musician John Count McCormack singer Eleanor McEvoy singer songwriter Brian McFadden singer songwriter Damian McGinty Celtic Thunder played Rory Flanagan on Glee Matt McGinn Irish singer songwriter Michael McGlynn composer arranger choir director Geraldine McGowan folk singer Barney McKenna banjo player Susan McKeown Grammy Award winning vocalist and songwriter Geraldine McMahon harpist Paul McSherry guitarist James Lynam Molloy ballad composer Christy Moore singer songwriter Gary Moore guitarist singer songwriter Peter K Moran composer Van Morrison singer songwriter Lee Mulhern singer songwriter Grainne Mulvey composer Samantha Mumba singer actress Mundy singer songwriter John Murphy fiddle player Roisin Murphy singer Ruby Murray singer Mairead Nesbitt fiddler Meav Ni Mhaolchatha singer Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh musician Eithne Ni Uallachain singer Padraigin Ni Uallachain singer John O Callaghan musician Turlough O Carolan 17th 18th century harper and composer Colm o Ciosoig musician drummer of My Bloody Valentine Maura O Connell singer Mairtin O Connor accordionist Sinead O Connor singer Daniel O Donnell country and western singer Danny O Donoghue lead singer of The Script Robert O Dwyer composer Liam O Flynn uilleann piper Kane O Hara composer Mary O Hara harpist singer Micheal o hEidhin musician Arthur O Leary composer Jane O Leary composer and pianist Damian O Neill lead guitarist of The Undertones John O Neill guitarist of The Undertones writer of Teenage Kicks Sean o Riada composer and musician Annmarie O Riordan singer songwriter Dolores O Riordan singer songwriter guitarist George Alexander Osborne composer Gilbert O Sullivan pop singer songwriter pianist Una Palliser violinist violist singer Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer composer Luan Parle singer songwriter musician Tommy Peoples fiddler Brendan Phelan songwriter A J Potter composerMusic Q to Z Edit Carmel Quinn singer Paddy Reilly singer guitarist Damien Rice singer songwriter Thomas Roseingrave composer Leo Rowsome uilleann piper Derek Ryan Frank Ryan tenor Dana Rosemary Scallon MEP singer turned politician Sharon Shannon traditional musician Feargal Sharkey lead singer of The Undertones John Sheahan fiddler Mark Sheehan guitarist of The Script Kevin Shields musician vocalist and guitarist of My Bloody Valentine Chris Singleton singer songwriter Donal Skehan singer Carly Smithson singer Charles Villiers Stanford composer Robert Prescott Stewart composer and organist Patsy Touhey piper Joan Trimble composer and pianist Paddy Tunney singer VerseChorusVerse musician and singer songwriter pseudonym of Tony Wright Gerard Victory composer Kevin Volans composer William Vincent Wallace composer Jennifer Walshe composer and performer Patsy Watchorn musician Liam Weldon singer songwriter Bill Whelan composer Andy White singer songwriter Colm Wilkinson singer Ian Wilson composer James Wilson composer Charles Wood composer Terry Woods musician Richard Woodward composer and organist Finbar Wright singer songwriterDance Edit Breandan de Gallai Irish dancer Joanne Doyle Irish dancer Monica Loughman ballet Tristan MacManus ballroom and Latin dancer Dancing with the Stars US season 13 Lola Montez Eliza Gilbert dancer courtesan Dame Ninette de Valois ballet Bill Whelan composerWriting Edit For a more comprehensive list see List of Irish novelists Writing A to C Edit Cecelia Ahern William Allingham poet John Banville novelist George Barrington Sebastian Barry novelist Samuel Beckett 1 2 novelist playwright theatre director poet author of Waiting for Godot and Nobel laureate Brendan Behan playwright novelist Maeve Binchy novelist Dermot Bolger novelist Patrick Bronte poet Stephen Brown writer bibliographer J B Bury historian William Carleton novelist Austin Clarke Josephine Fitzgerald Clarke author Brian Cleeve author Brian Coffey poet Eoin Colfer author Laura Angela Collins author Frederick William Conway editor and journalist Eoghan Corry journalist and author Sister Margaret Anna Cusack the Nun of Kenmare patriot and controversialistWriting D to K Edit Thomas Osborne Davis writer poet Seamus Deane Aosdana Patrick Deeley poet Eamon Delaney Frank Delaney Greg Delanty poet Denis Devlin poet Roddy Doyle novelist Margaretta Eagar memoirist Garth Ennis comic writer Sir Samuel Ferguson poet Roderick Flanagan historian Philip Flattisbury compiler Brian Friel playwright Aosdana Oliver St John Gogarty Oliver Goldsmith novelist and dramatist Augusta Lady Gregory playwright and founder of the Abbey Theatre Hugo Hamilton author Dermot Healy Aosdana Randolph Healy poet Seamus Heaney 3 Saoi of Aosdana Poet and Nobel laureate Aidan Higgins Aosdana Anthony Holten author Pat Ingoldsby poet playwright television performer Jennifer Johnston Aosdana Neil Jordan author film director Aosdana James Joyce 4 novelist author of Ulysses 1 Trevor Joyce poet Herminie Templeton Kavanagh author Patrick Kavanagh poet John B Keane playwright novelist and essayist Benedict Kiely Saoi of Aosdana Caitlin R Kiernan American novelist and paleontologist Anatoly Kudryavitsky poetWriting L to P Edit Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant series Mary Lavin Saoi of Aosdana Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gothic novelist Francis Ledwidge poet C S Lewis author of the Chronicles of Narnia Michael Longley Aosdana Seosamh Mac Grianna Gaelic author Oliver MacDonagh historian Walter Macken novelist James Clarence Mangan poet Malachi Martin horror writer Edward Martyn playwright art patron and political activist Frank McCourt writer Martin McDonagh playwright Hugh McFadden poet and critic John McGahern novelist Aosdana Lisa McGee playwright screenwriter creator of Derry Girls Frank McGuinness Aosdana Paula Meehan poet John Montague poet Thomas Moore poet Paul Muldoon poet Richard Murphy poet Aosdana Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill poet Christopher Nolan poet Aosdana Edna O Brien 3 novelist Aosdana Sean O Casey 5 playwright Frank O Connor short story writer Ulick O Connor Aosdana Mairtin o Direain Irish language poet Aosdana Peadar O Donnell novelist autobiographer and revolutionary Harry O Donovan scriptwriter Dennis O Driscoll poet Sean o Faolain Saoi of Aosdana Liam O Flaherty novelist short story writer Finghin O Mathghamhna medieval translator and scribe Brian O Nolan aka Myles na gCopaleen Flann O Brien 3 novelist columnist Philip O Sullivan Beare writer historian James Plunkett Aosdana Katherine Purdon Irish writerWriting R to Z Edit Sally Rooney novelist screenwriter Gabriel Rosenstock poet George William Russell writer and critic Michael Scott novelist screenwriter folklorist author of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Maurice Scully poet Darren Shan novelist author of The Saga of Darren Shan George Bernard Shaw 5 novelist playwright author of Pygmalion and Nobel laureate John D Sheridan short story writer and humorist Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright James Simmons poet Michael Smith poet Paul Smith novelist playwright Annie M P Smithson novelist Geoffrey Squires poet Laurence Sterne 6 novelist author of Tristram Shandy 1 Bram Stoker 7 author of Dracula Francis Stuart Saoi of Aosdana Jonathan Swift 6 Dean of St Patrick s Cathedral Dublin novelist and satirist author of Gulliver s Travels 1 John Millington Synge 5 dramatist William Trevor 8 writer Aosdana William Wall novelist poet Oscar Wilde 7 novelist poet satirist author of The Picture of Dorian Gray Macdara Woods poet Maev Ann Wren writer William Butler Yeats 5 poet playwright and Nobel laureateBusiness EditDonie Cassidy businessman and TD Elaine Coughlan venture capitalist Bill Cullen businessman philanthropist and media personality Niall FitzGerald honorary KBE chief executive of Unilever James Gamble co founder of Procter amp Gamble Arthur Guinness brewer Sarah Keane CEO of Swim Ireland and President of the Olympic Federation of Ireland Pat McDonagh founder of Supermac s J P McManus businessman Margaret Molloy businesswoman Denis O Brien businessman Michael O Leary CEO of Ryanair Anthony J F O Reilly Independent Newspapers and head of Heinz 1979 1996 David J O Reilly CEO of Chevron Tony Ryan founder of Ryanair and Guinness Peat Aviation Peter Sutherland Chairman of BP Plc Chairman of Goldman Sachs International Ireland s representative at the European CommissionScience education and technology EditRobert Adrain 1775 1843 scientist mathematician and United Irishman Thomas Andrews 1813 1885 chemist and physicist Francis Beaufort 1774 1857 hydrographer developed a scale for classifying wind strength John Stewart Bell 1928 1990 atomic physicist Bell s Inequalities John Desmond Bernal 1901 1971 X ray crystallography George Boole 1815 1864 Boolean Algebra Digital Logic Robert Boyle 1627 1691 physicist Boyle s law Louis Brennan 1852 1932 principle of a guided missile wire guided torpedo Padraig de Brun 1889 1960 scholar and mathematician Lucien Bull 1876 1972 high speed photography modern electrocardiogram ECG Jocelyn Bell Burnell born 1943 discovered pulsars Nicholas Callan 1799 1864 inventor of the induction coil and discoverer the principle of the dynamo Aeneas Coffey 1780 1852 heat exchanger inventor of the column still William Monad Crawford entomologist William Dargan railway engineer David Doak born 1967 scientist video game developer and entrepreneur Frederick G Donnan chemist Michael Everson expert in writing systems and Unicode born in the U S Wentworth Erck astronomer poor law guardian and magistrate Harry Ferguson engineer designer of the modern farm tractor inventor of the three point hitch George FitzGerald 1851 1901 theoretical physicist FitzGerald Lorentz Contraction Patrick Ganly 1809 1899 geologist described the use of cross bedding in stratification John Robert Gregg 1868 1948 Gregg shorthand system William Rowan Hamilton mathematician astronomer and mathematical physicist Aine Hardiman nun headteacher anti apartheid activist John Philip Holland 1841 1914 submarine designer Ellen Hutchins 1785 1815 botanist John Joly 1857 1933 photometer colour photography Sindy Joyce education Richard Kirwan 1733 1812 meteorologist Alice Lawrenson 1841 1900 botanical writer and gardener Kathleen Lonsdale 1903 1971 crystallographer Percy Ludgate 1883 1922 designer of the second Analytical Engine Kathleen Lynn 1874 1955 one of the first female medical doctors in Ireland politician and activist Robert Mallet 1810 1881 seismology Alexander Mitchell 1780 1868 lighthouse and marine engineer Dervilla Mitchell engineer Hannah Moylan 1867 1902 first woman to get a degree in Science in Ireland Robert Murphy 1806 1843 mathematician and physicist Richard O Keefe computer scientist Frank Pantridge 1916 2004 inventor of the mobile defibrillator Dorothy Price 1890 1954 physician who introduced the BCG tuberculosis vaccine to Ireland Patricia Redlich 1940 2011 clinical psychologist Sir George Stokes 1st Baronet 1819 1903 mathematician physicist Stokes Theorem and Stokes Navier Equations George Johnstone Stoney 1826 1911 atomic physicist named the electron and measured its charge John Lighton Synge 1897 1995 mathematician William Thomson Lord Kelvin 1824 1907 physicist John Tyndall 1820 1893 physicist Ernest Walton 1903 1995 physicist 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics Mary Ward 1827 1869 microscopist John Richardson Wigham 1829 1906 inventor and lighthouse engineer Thomas Wynne 1942 2005 inventor mechanic and engineerSport EditSee also List of footballers Gaelic football Francie Barrett professional boxer George Best soccer player Northern Ireland John Pius Boland double Olympic medal winner tennis 1896 Packie Bonner soccer player Andre Botha cricketer Jeremy Bray cricketer Andrew Bree swimmer Tommy Byrne racing driver Kenny Carroll cricketer Michael Carruth Olympic gold medal winner boxing Tony Cascarino soccer player Eamonn Coghlan runner Seamus Coleman footballer Enda Colleran Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Ray Cummins member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Liam Daish soccer player Derek Daly racing driver Gordon D Arcy rugby union player Paul Darragh showjumper Ron Delany Olympic medal winner athletics Fergal Devitt WWE wrestler Ken Doherty World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association champion John Doyle member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Mick Doyle rugby union player Damien Duff soccer player Richard Dunne soccer player Joey Dunlop motorcycle racer 26 times Isle of Man TT race winner Eamon Dunphy soccer player media commentator and broadcaster Kieran Dynes NASCAR driver Shay Elliott professional cyclist Jonny Evans Northern Irish footballer Stephen Farrelly WWE wrestler Dave Finlay WWE wrestler Ciaran Fitzgerald rugby union player British and Irish Lions captain Sean Flanagan Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Sharon Foley track and field athlete Carl Frampton boxer Frankie Fullen soccer player Mick Galwey rugby player Edmond Gibney equestrian Darron Gibson soccer player Johnny Giles soccer player Peter Gillespie cricketer Shay Given soccer player Padraig Harrington golfer and three time Golf Majors winner Elizabeth Hawkins Whitshed 19th century mountaineer David Healy soccer player Northern Ireland Kevin Heffernan Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Robert Heffernan Irish race walker and Olympic medalist Denis Hickie rugby union player Alex Higgins Snooker player Ray Houghton soccer player Denis Irwin soccer player Trent Johnston cricketer Eddie Jordan racing driver and Formula 1 team owner John Keane member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Robbie Keane soccer player Roy Keane soccer player Eddie Keher member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Joe Kelly racing driver Sean Kelly road cyclist David Kennedy racing driver Joe Keohane Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Kevin Kilbane soccer player Michael Kinane jockey Ham Lambert rugby union and cricket player Tommy Langan Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Dave Langford Smith cricketer Jim Langton member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Liam Lawrence soccer player for Shrewsbury Town FC and Republic of Ireland international Alan Lewis rugby union referee Becky Lynch WWE wrestler Jack Lynch member of the hurling Team of the Millennium politician Eddie Macken horse showjumper Mick Mackey member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Owen Madden soccer player Dan Marten cyclist Dave McAuley boxer Kevin McBride boxer Willie John McBride rugby union player and British and Irish Lions captain Kyle McCallan cricketer David McCann cyclist Mick McCarthy soccer player and Republic of Ireland soccer manager Wayne McCullough Olympic silver medalist WBC World Boxing Champion Paul McGinley golfer Owen Roe McGovern Gaelic football player for Cavan an All Ireland player Paul McGrath soccer player Conor McGregor mixed martial artist Barry McGuigan world featherweight boxing champion Rory McIlroy golfer Catherina McKiernan track and field athlete Jimmy McLarnin boxer Lory Meagher member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Jason Molins cricketer John Mooney cricketer Paul Mooney cricketer Eoin Morgan cricketer Geordan Murphy rugby union player Sean Murphy Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Tommy Murphy Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Owen Nolan hockey player Kevin O Brien cricketer Aiden O Brien soccer player Niall O Brien cricketer Vincent O Brien voted greatest horse trainer of all time by Racing Post Pat O Callaghan Olympic gold medal hammer 1928 1932 Martin O Connell Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Mick O Connell Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Patrick O Connell Real Betis FC Barcelona manager 1930s Paul O Connell rugby union player and British and Irish Lions captain Cian O Connor show jumper who had Olympic gold medal taken from him Shane O Connor Alpine skier Olympian 2010 Christopher O Donnell track and field sprinter Nick O Donnell member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Brian O Driscoll rugby union player and British and Irish Lions captain Ronan O Gara rugby union player Dan O Keeffe Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Malcolm O Kelly rugby union player Jonjo O Neill jockey Sean O Neill Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Joan O Reilly international hockey player J J O Reilly Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Derval O Rourke World Indoor Champion and European silver medalist John O Shea soccer player Peter O Sullevan horse racing commentator Eddie O Sullivan rugby union coach Gillian O Sullivan World Championships silver medalist Sonia O Sullivan Olympic silver medalist Michael Phelan billiards Paddy Phelan member of the hurling Team of the Millennium William Porterfield cricketer Sean Purcell Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Niall Quinn soccer player Bobby Rackard member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Boyd Rankin cricketer Tony Reddin member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Christy Ring member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Nicolas Roche cyclist Stephen Roche road cyclist Michael Roe racing driver Alain Rolland rugby union player and referee Glenn Ross Strongman Mark Scanlon cyclist Tom Sharkey boxer Mikey Sheehy Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Andrew Slattery rally car driver Michelle Smith multi gold medalist 1996 Olympics Des Smyth golfer Dr Bethel Solomons rugby union player Ireland national team Olympic team silver Pat Spillane Gaelic footballer member of the Football Team of the Millennium Steve Staunton soccer player Jim Stynes champion Australian rules footballer Katie Taylor boxer Irish European World and Olympic champion in the 60 kg division Olympic Gold Medalist 2012 Bob Tisdall Olympic gold medal 400mH 1932 John Treacy Olympic silver medal marathon 1984 Ruby Walsh jockey Brian Whelahan member of the hurling Team of the Millennium Glenn Whelan soccer player Ronnie Whelan soccer player Andrew White cricketer Norman Whiteside Northern Irish footballer Joe Wickham President of the Football Association of Ireland and soccer player Keith Wood rugby union playerTV and Radio EditEamonn Andrews television personality producer and businessman Amanda Byram broadcaster Gay Byrne broadcaster and presenter of The Late Late Show 1962 1999 Matt Cooper broadcaster and journalist Ray D arcy broadcaster Ian Dempsey television presenter Anne Doyle journalist and broadcaster Joe Duffy radio broadcaster Eamonn Holmes journalist and broadcaster Pat Kenny broadcaster and journalist Eoghan McDermott Graham Norton comedian TV host amp actor Brendan O Connor journalist and broadcaster Bill O Herlihy Raidio Teilifis Eireann broadcaster Seamus O Regan politician television personality and host of CTV s Canada AM born in Newfoundland Canada Ray Shah DJ and radio personality Kathryn Thomas Operation Transformation host and broadcaster Ryan Tubridy The Late Late Show host 2009 broadcaster and writer Louis Walsh music manager and television personality Laura Whitmore television presenter Terry Wogan broadcasterSaints EditSaint Patrick 1 of the 3 Patron saints of Ireland Aidan of Lindisfarne Saint Brigid 1 of the 3 Patron saints of Ireland Saint Brendan Saint Caomhan Saint Columba Irish Colmcille 1 of 3 Patron saints of Ireland Saint Dymphna Saint Enda Irish Eanna Saint Kevin Irish Caomhin Saint LorcanOthers EditAnne Anderson Irish Ambassador to the United States Todd Andrews civil servant Alfred Chester Beatty mining magnate George Berkeley philosopher Brian Boru 11th century high king of Ireland Sean Brady Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Brigh Brigaid 1st century Irish judge Brigid of Kildare Irish saint and bishop William Brown Irish born Argentine Admiral Frank E Butler marksman Edmund Burke philosopher and politician Graham Cantwell director Edward Carson Lord Carson barrister and politician Nellie Cashman gold prospector in the United States born in County Cork Cheiro astrologer Harry Clarke stained glass artist Michael Collins Irish leader Irish revolutionary leader and politician Ruaidri Ua Conchobair 12th century high king of Ireland Desmond Connell Roman Catholic Cardinal of Ireland James Craig Viscount Craigavon politician Tom Crean explorer Rosanna Davison Miss World 2003 Moya Doherty impresario Bishop James Doyle bishop Jim Duffy Irish advisor to Australia s Republic Advisory Committee Margaretta Eagar Limerick born governess to the last Russian royal family Robin Eames Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Johannes Scotus Eriugena theologian born 810 Brendan Finucane fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force Michael Anthony Fleming Bishop of St John s Newfoundland and Labrador Eileen Flynn Senator Brian Gibbons Welsh politician Glenda Gilson model Veronica Guerin journalist murdered by drug dealers in 1996 Mary Lady Heath early aviator Sir William Johnson 1st Baronet pioneer settler of America Peter Lacy Russian field marshal James Larkin labour leader Samantha Lewthwaite terrorism suspect Eliza Lynch mistress of Francisco Solano Lopez Paraguayan dictator Annette Elizabeth Mahon 1918 2013 only Irish women in the ATA during World War II Catherine McAuley founder the Sisters of Mercy Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh scribe translator historian and genealogist Edward MacLysaght Chief Herald of Ireland 1943 1954 Martin Maher cadet instructor at the United States Military Academy Diarmuid Martin Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland Edward Martyn co founder of the Irish Literary Theatre Kevin McClory screenwriter producer and director John McKenna Liverpool FC manager Sean William McLoughlin AKA Jacksepticeye YouTube personality Michael Mills ombudsman and political journalist Annie Moore first person to pass through Ellis Island immigration system John Moore director Lord Killanin head of the International Olympic Committee Kevin Murphy Ombudsman and Information Commissioner May O Callaghan Irish suffragette and communist Pat O Connor director Patricia O Brien United Nations Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel Irish Ambassador to Geneva Seosamh o Duibhginn writer editor publisher Republican and Gaelic language activist Grainne O Malley pirate queen Emily O Reilly journalist ombudsman and Information Commissioner Jon Riley major in the Saint Patrick s Battalion of the Mexican Army Katharine O Shea mistress of Charles Stewart Parnell Ian Paisley Lord Paisley Northern Irish politician Saint Patrick Irish patron saint Margaret Phelan founder of the Kilkenny Archeological Society Horace Plunkett founder of co operative movement Jane Wyse Power Irish activist feminist politician and businesswoman Phoebe Prince victim of bullycide Robert Ross British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars Mary Ryan first woman in Ireland or Great Britain to be appointed Professor in a University Ernest Shackleton explorer William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne British Prime Minister Gerard Slevin Chief Herald of Ireland 1954 1981 Timothy Smiddy academic economist Ireland s first ambassador Lisa Smith Olivia Taaffe founder of St Joseph s Young Priests Society Launt Thompson famous American sculptor from Abbeyleix County Laois Mary Catherine Tinney first female Irish ambassador to Sweden Thomas Joseph Tormey Garda Siochana officer Sarah Travers BBC Newsline newsreader attended Dominican College lives in Portstewart Philip Treacy milliner David Trimble Lord Trimble Northern Irish politician Peter Tyndall ombudsman Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal defeated Napoleon at Battle of Waterloo Commander in Chief of the British Army and British Prime Minister Mary Whelan Irish diplomat appointed ambassador to Austria in 2014See also EditList of Cork people List of Donegal people List of Dublin people List of Galway people List of Kilkenny people List of Limerick people List of Meath people List of Sligo people List of Waterford peopleFurther References Edit a b c d The Top 100 Books of All Time The Guardian 8 May 2002 Retrieved 27 March 2021 Bloom Harold 1994 Beckett Joyce Proust Shakespeare The Western Canon The Books and School of the Ages NY San Diego London Harcourt Brace amp Company pp 493 514 ISBN 978 1 57322 514 4 a b c Bloom Harold 1994 The Western Canon The Books and School of the Ages NY San Diego London Harcourt Brace amp Company p 555 ISBN 978 1 57322 514 4 Bloom Harold 1994 Joyce s Agon with Shakespeare The Western Canon The Books and School of the Ages NY San Diego London Harcourt Brace amp Company pp 413 432 ISBN 978 1 57322 514 4 a b c d Bloom Harold 1994 The Western Canon The Books and School of the Ages NY San Diego London Harcourt Brace amp Company p 553 ISBN 978 1 57322 514 4 a b Bloom Harold 1994 The Western Canon The Books and School of the Ages NY San Diego London Harcourt Brace amp Company pp 537 538 ISBN 978 1 57322 514 4 a b Bloom Harold 1994 The Western Canon The Books and School of the Ages NY San Diego London Harcourt Brace amp Company p 544 ISBN 978 1 57322 514 4 Wood James 7 October 1994 The best books since 1945 The Guardian pp 29 30 Hamilton Catherine Jane 1900 Notable Irishwomen Dublin Ireland Sealy Bryers amp Walker Retrieved 10 November 2013 This article includes a people related list of lists Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Irish people amp oldid 1146750449, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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