List of Irish people

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. The names are sorted by surname.

Arts

Architecture

Actors

Sara Allgood – actress
Jonas Armstrong – actor, star of the BBC series Robin Hood
Caitríona 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, Harry Potter films
Brid Brennan – actress
George Brent – Hollywood actor
Harry Brogan – actor
Shane Brolly – actor, Underworld
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
Niamh Cusack – TV actress; daughter of Cyril Cusack
Sinéad 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
Barry Keoghan – 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
Micheál Mac Liammhóir – 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 films
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, Harry Potter films
Robert Sheehan – actor
Arthur Shields – actor; younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald
Niall Tóibín – 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 – actor

Chefs

Comedians

Dave Allen
Aisling Bea
Ed Byrne
Jimmy Carr
Risteárd Cooper
Neil Delamere
P. J. Gallagher
Brendan Grace
Sean Hughes
Jon Kenny
Denis Leary
Andrew Maxwell
Kevin McGahern
Tim McGarry
Seán William McLoughlin – YouTube personality, musician, game commentator
Dylan Moran
Dermot Morgan – comedian, actor, radio personality
Colin Murphy
Graham Norton
Dara Ó Briain
Brendan O'Carroll
Jimmy O'Dea
David O'Doherty
Ardal O'Hanlon
Hector Ó hEochagáin
Deirdre O'Kane
Jarlath Regan – comedian, journalist, interviewer, author, cartoonist
Mario Rosenstock – comedian, impressionist, actor, musician
Pat Shortt
Tommy Tiernan
Jackie Wright

Music

Music – A to C

Chloë Agnew – singer
Iain Archer – singer-songwriter and producer
Bobbi Arlo – singer
Michael William Balfe – opera composer
Gerald Barry – composer, member of Aosdána
John K. Beatty – uilleann 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
Seóirse Bodley – composer, Saoi of Aosdána
Bono – lead singer of U2
Ciarán Bourke – singer, guitarist
Brian Boydell – composer
Ina Boyle – composer
Michael Bradley – bass player, songwriter, The Undertones
Brídín Brennan – singer
Enya Brennan – musician
Moya 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, Dio
Seán Cannon – singer, guitarist
Paddy Casey – singer-songwriter
Patrick Cassidy – composer
Mic Christopher – singer-songwriter
Bobby Clancy – singer, banjo, guitar, harmonica, and bodhrán player
Liam Clancy – singer, guitarist
Paddy Clancy – singer, harmonica player
Tom Clancy – singer
Willie Clancy – uilleann piper
Siobhán Cleary – composer
Julia Clifford – traditional fiddle player
Erica Cody – singer
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 – singer

Music – D to K

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 – guitarist, singer of U2
Kian Egan – singer of Westlife, songwriter
Séamus Ennis – uilleann piper
Enya – singer-songwriter
Órla Fallon – singer, harpist
Ciarán 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, uilleann 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 – singer-songwriter, 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 Aosdána
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 Aosdána
David Kitt – musician

Music – L to P

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
Dónal Lunny – musician
Bob Lynch – folk 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
Sarah Makem – singer
Tommy Makem – singer-songwriter
Margo – singer
Enda Markey – singer
Philip Martin – pianist, composer, member of Aosdána
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 – 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
Gráinne Mulvey – composer
Samantha Mumba – singer, actress
Mundy – singer-songwriter
John Murphy – fiddle player
Róisín Murphy – singer
Ruby Murray – singer
Máiréad Nesbitt – fiddler
Méav Ní Mhaolchatha – singer
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – musician
Eithne Ní Uallacháin – singer
Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin – singer
John O’Callaghan – musician
Fintan O'Carroll - composer
Turlough O'Carolan – 17th/18th-century harper and composer
Colm Ó Cíosóig – musician, drummer of My Bloody Valentine
Maura O'Connell – singer
Máirtín O'Connor – accordionist
Sinéad 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
Mícheál Ó 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
Seán Ó 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 – composer

Music – Q to Z

Carmel Quinn – singer
Paddy Reilly – singer/guitarist
Damien Rice – singer-songwriter
Thomas Roseingrave – composer
Leo Rowsome – uilleann piper
Derek Ryan – singer
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
Bambie Thug – singer
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-songwriter

Dance

Breandán de Gallaí – Irish dancer
Joanne Doyle – Irish dancer
Monica Loughman – ballet
Tristan MacManus – ballroom and Latin dancer, Dancing with the Stars, US season 13
Lola Montez – dancer, courtesan
Dame Ninette de Valois – ballet
Bill Whelan – composer

Visual arts

Hilary Heron – sculptor
Seán Keating – painter
Launt Thompson – American sculptor from Abbeyleix, County Laois
Jack B. Yeats – painter

Writing

Writing – A to C

Cecelia Ahern – novelist
William Allingham – poet
John Banville – novelist
George Barrington – pickpocket, writer and transportee
Sebastian Barry – novelist
Samuel Beckett – novelist, playwright, theatre director, poet, author of Waiting for Godot and Nobel laureate
Brendan Behan – playwright, novelist
Maeve Binchy – novelist
Dermot Bolger – novelist
Patrick Brontë – poet
Stephen Brown – writer, bibliographer
J. B. Bury – historian
William Carleton – novelist
Austin Clarke – poet
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 controversialist

Writing – D to K

Thomas Osborne Davis – writer, poet
Seamus Deane – writer, member of Aosdána
Patrick Deeley – poet
Eamon Delaney – diplomat and writer
Frank Delaney – writer and broadcaster
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, member of Aosdána
Oliver St. John Gogarty – poet
Oliver Goldsmith – novelist and dramatist
Augusta, Lady Gregory – playwright and founder of the Abbey Theatre
Hugo Hamilton – author
Dermot Healy – writer, member of Aosdána
Randolph Healy – poet
Seamus Heaney – poet, Saoi of Aosdána, Nobel laureate
Aidan Higgins – fiction writer, member of Aosdána
Anthony Holten – author
Pat Ingoldsby – poet, playwright, television performer
Jennifer Johnston – novelist, member of Aosdána
Neil Jordan – author, film director, Aosdána
James Joyce – novelist, author of Ulysses
Trevor Joyce – poet
Herminie Templeton Kavanagh – author
Patrick Kavanagh – poet
John B. Keane – playwright, novelist and essayist
Benedict Kiely – writer, Saoi of Aosdána
Caitlín R. Kiernan – American novelist and paleontologist
Anatoly Kudryavitsky – poet

Writing – L to P

Derek Landy – author, Skulduggery Pleasant series
Mary Lavin – fiction writer, Saoi of Aosdána
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu – gothic novelist
Francis Ledwidge – poet
C. S. Lewis – author of the Chronicles of Narnia
Michael Longley – poet, member of Aosdána
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, member of Aosdána
Lisa McGee – playwright, screenwriter, creator of Derry Girls
Frank McGuinness – playwright, member of Aosdána
Paula Meehan – poet
John Montague – poet
Thomas Moore – poet
Paul Muldoon – poet
Dervla Murphy - travel writer
Richard Murphy – poet, member of Aosdána
Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill – poet
Christopher Nolan – poet, member of Aosdána
Edna O'Brien – novelist, member of Aosdána
Seán O'Casey – playwright
Frank O'Connor – short story writer
Ulick O'Connor – writer, member of Aosdána
P. G. O'Dea – playwright
Máirtín Ó Direáin – Irish-language poet, member of Aosdána
Peadar O'Donnell – novelist, autobiographer and revolutionary
Harry O'Donovan – scriptwriter
Dennis O'Driscoll – poet
Seán Ó Faoláin – writer, Saoi of Aosdána
Liam O'Flaherty – novelist, short story writer
Finghin O Mathghamhna – medieval translator and scribe
Brian O'Nolan – novelist, columnist
Philip O'Sullivan Beare – writer, historian
James Plunkett – fiction writer, member of Aosdána
Katherine Purdon – fiction writer

Writing – R to Z

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 – 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 – novelist, author of Tristram Shandy
Bram Stoker – author of Dracula
Francis Stuart – writer, Saoi of Aosdána
Jonathan Swift – Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, novelist and satirist, author of Gulliver's Travels
John Millington Synge – dramatist
Joan Tighe – fashion journalist, editor and local historian
William Trevor – fiction writer, member of Aosdána
William Wall – novelist, poet
Oscar Wilde – novelist, poet, satirist, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray
Macdara Woods – poet
Maev-Ann Wren – writer
William Butler Yeats – poet, playwright and Nobel laureate

Business

Donie 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 & 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
Tony O'Reilly – Independent News & Media 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; Chairman of Goldman Sachs International; Ireland's representative at the European Commission

Science, education and technology

Robert Adrain – scientist, mathematician and United Irishman
Thomas Andrews – chemist and physicist
Francis Beaufort – hydrographer, developed a scale for classifying wind strength
John Stewart Bell – atomic physicist, 'Bell's Inequalities'
John Desmond Bernal – X-ray crystallography
George Boole – mathematician
Robert Boyle – physicist, 'Boyle's law'
Louis Brennan – principle of a guided missile, wire-guided torpedo
Pádraig de Brún – scholar and mathematician
Lucien Bull – high-speed photography, modern electrocardiogram
Jocelyn Bell Burnell – discovered pulsars
Nicholas Callan – inventor of the induction coil and discoverer the principle of the dynamo
Aeneas Coffey – heat exchanger, inventor of the column still
William Monad Crawford – entomologist
William Dargan – railway engineer
David Doak – scientist, video game developer and entrepreneur
Frederick G. Donnan – chemist
Niall J. English – inventor, industrialist, researcher and chartered chemical engineer
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 – theoretical physicist, 'FitzGerald-Lorentz Contraction'
Patrick Ganly – geologist; described the use of cross-bedding in stratification
John Robert Gregg – Gregg shorthand system
William Rowan Hamilton – mathematician, astronomer and mathematical physicist
Áine Hardiman – nun, headteacher, anti-apartheid activist
John Philip Holland – submarine designer
Ellen Hutchins – botanist
John Joly – photometer, colour photography
Sindy Joyce – education
Richard Kirwan – meteorologist
Alice Lawrenson, – botanical writer and gardener
Kathleen Lonsdale – crystallographer
Christine E. Loscher – biotechnologist
Percy Ludgate – designer of the second Analytical Engine
Lydia Lynch – immunologist
Kathleen Lynn – one of the first female medical doctors in Ireland, politician and activist
Robert Mallet – seismology
Alexander Mitchell – lighthouse and marine engineer
Dervilla Mitchell – engineer
Hannah Moylan – first woman to get a degree in science in Ireland
Robert Murphy – mathematician and physicist
Cliona O’Farrelly – immunologist, Trinity College
Richard O'Keefe – computer scientist
Frank Pantridge – inventor of the mobile defibrillator
Dorothy Price – physician who introduced the BCG tuberculosis vaccine to Ireland
Patricia Redlich – clinical psychologist
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet – mathematician, physicist, 'Stokes Theorem' and Stokes-Navier equations'
George Johnstone Stoney – atomic physicist, named the electron and measured its charge
John Lighton Synge – mathematician
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin – physicist
John Tyndall – physicist
Ernest Walton – physicist, 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics
Mary Ward – microscopist
John Richardson Wigham – inventor and lighthouse engineer

Sport

Bundee Aki – rugby union player
Francie Barrett – professional boxer
George Best – soccer player
John Pius Boland – tennis player, double Olympic medallist, 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
Séamus Coleman – soccer player
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 – 1500m runner, Olympic medallist
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 – soccer player
Stephen Farrelly – WWE wrestler
Dave Finlay – WWE wrestler
Ciaran Fitzgerald – rugby union player, British and Irish Lions captain
Seán 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
Ian Garry – mixed martial artist
Edmond Gibney – equestrian
Darron Gibson – soccer player
Johnny Giles – soccer player
Peter Gillespie – cricketer
Shay Given – soccer player
Pádraig Harrington – golfer and three time Golf Majors winner
Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed – 19th-century mountaineer
David Healy – soccer player
Jamie Heaslip – rugby union player
Kevin Heffernan – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium
Robert Heffernan – 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
Seán 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, British and Irish Lions captain
Kyle McCallan – cricketer
David McCann – cyclist
Mick McCarthy – soccer player and Republic of Ireland soccer manager
Wayne McCullough – WBC World Boxing Champion, Olympic silver medalist
Paul McGinley – golfer
Owen Roe McGovern – Gaelic football player for Cavan and All-Ireland
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
Seán 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
Aiden O'Brien – soccer player
Kevin O'Brien – cricketer
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 – soccer player, Real Betis/FC Barcelona manager, 1930s
Paul O'Connell – rugby union player, British and Irish Lions captain
Cian O'Connor – show jumper, Olympic gold medal withdrawn
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, 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
Seán O'Neill – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium
Joan O'Reilly – international hockey player
John Joe 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
Seán 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
Jonathan Rea – motorcycle racer, six time Superbike World Champion
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
Johnny Sexton – rugby union player, 2018 World Rugby Player of the Year
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, national team, Olympic team silver
Pat Spillane – Gaelic footballer, member of the Football Team of the Millennium
Steve Staunton – soccer player
Jim Stynes – Australian rules football champion
Katie Taylor – boxer, Irish, European, World and Olympic champion in the 60 kg division, Olympic Gold Medalist
Bob Tisdall – 400m runner, Olympic gold medal 1932
John Treacy – marathon runner, Olympic silver medal 1984
Josh van der Flier – rugby union player, 2022 World Rugby Player of the Year
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 – soccer player
Joe Wickham – soccer player, President of the Football Association of Ireland
Keith Wood – rugby union player, 2001 World Rugby Player of the Year

TV and radio

Eamonn Andrews – television personality, producer and businessman
Amanda Byram – broadcaster
Gay Byrne – broadcaster, presenter of The Late Late Show
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 – broadcaster
Graham Norton – comedian, TV host and actor
Brendan O'Connor – journalist and broadcaster
Bill O Herlihy – Raidió Teilifís Éireann 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 – broadcaster, The Late Late Show host and writer
Louis Walsh – music manager and television personality
Laura Whitmore – television presenter
Terry Wogan – broadcaster

Saints

Others

Anne 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
Seán Brady – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
Brigh Brigaid – judge