List of Irish Travellers
This is a list of Irish Travellers in the arts, politics and sport.
Politicians and activists
- Laura Angela Collins, author of The Tinker Menace; The diary of an Irish Traveller, human rights activist, chairwomen to Justice 4 all women and children, attendee of the BRIT School
- Mary Teresa Collins, Traveller human rights activist, a public survivor of the Irish state and church institutions and mother to the author Laura Angela Collins
- Eileen Flynn, Senator and first female Irish Traveller to serve in the Oireachtas
- Nan Joyce, pioneering Irish Travellers' rights activist
- Sindy Joyce, the first Irish Traveller to obtain a doctorate from an Irish university, human rights activist, Member of the Council of State
Musicians
- Margaret Barry, singer
- Felix Doran, one of the most influential uilleann pipers in the history of Irish music, active during the first half of the 20th century
- Johnny Doran, Irish Uilleann piper, brother of Felix Doran
- Pecker Dunne, singer from County Wexford, Ireland.
- Finbar Furey, Irish folk musician. He is best known for songs such as "Campfire in the Dark" and "Sweet Sixteen".
- Paddy Keenan, piper, founding member of the Bothy Band in the 1970s and a key figure in the transition of Irish traditional music into the world of Celtic-dominated music
- John Reilly, traditional Irish singer and source of songs
- Mike Ward, English singer and runner up/finalist from The Voice UK. He has Irish Traveller roots on his father's side and is also distant cousins with Shayne Ward.
- Shayne Ward, English singer and former winner of X Factor, whose parents are Irish Travellers who settled in England
Athletes
- Francie Barrett represented Ireland at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996.
- Hughie Fury, professional boxer from Greater Manchester who won the British heavyweight title
- Tyson Fury, professional boxer based in Morecambe, England and WBC heavyweight champion
- Michael Gomez, professional boxer based in Manchester, England, was born to an Irish Traveller family in County Longford
- Bartley Gorman, self declared "king" of the gypsies and undefeated bareknuckle boxing champion
- Nathan Gorman, professional boxer from Cheshire who fought for the British Heavyweight title
- Andy Lee, former WBO Middleweight world champion
- John Joe Nevin, boxer, Irish International, two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist
- John O'Donnell, boxer
- Patsy Joyce, boxer
Cinema, television, theatre
- Michael Collins, actor
- Sean Connery, Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James in seven Bond films. Research revealed his paternal great-grandparents were Irish Travellers from County Wexford, Ireland.
- John Connors, actor, screen writer, documentary film-maker and human rights activist
- Patrick "Paddy" Doherty, former bare-knuckle boxer. He is best known as one of the interviewed Irish Travelers in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2011.
- Hughie Maughan, runner-up of Big Brother 17, contestant on the Irish Dancing with the Stars he also partook in First Dates Ireland
- Rosaleen McDonagh, playwright