This is a list of famous Irish people .
people who come from the island of Ireland , that is the countries: the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . people of Irish descent who identified themselves or involved themselves with Ireland (eg, Eamon de Valera, Princess Grace of Monaco), people who chose to adopt an Irish identity or Irish citizenship (eg, Daniel Day-Lewis). Some people born on the island of Ireland, particularly from Northern Ireland, also regard themselves as British Irish emigration , talented people of Irish birth or descent have become known throughout the world.
Art
See also: List of Irish artists
Francis Bacon , painterRobert Ballagh , painter, AosdánaJohn Behan , sculptor, AosdánaPauline Bewick , AosdánaJohn Coll, sculptor Patrick Collins, Saoi of Aosdána Dorothy Cross , various media, AosdánaEdward Delaney , sculptor, AosdánaEvie Hone stained glassGene Lambert, painter, Aosdána John Lavery painterLouis le Brocquy , painter, Saoi of AosdánaDaniel Maclise Anne Madden , AosdánaTony O'Malley, Saoi of Aosdána William Orpen Patrick Pye , sculptor, painter and stained glass artist, Aosdána Camille Souter , painter, AosdánaImogen Stuart , sculptor, AosdánaJack B Yeats
Architecture
Actors Patrick Bergin Pierce Brosnan , Navan -born (James Bond )Gabriel Byrne Cyril Cusack , born in South Africa Niamh Cusack Sorcha Cusack Daniel Day-Lewis , Oscar winner, born in UK Hilton Edwards, co-founder of the Gate Theatre , born in UK Colin Farrell Barry Fitzgerald , Abbey Theatre actor turned Hollywood starBrenda Fricker , Oscar winnerHarrison Ford (Irish father-Russian Jewish mother), Oscar winnerSir Michael Gambon Richard Harris Grace Kelly , Irish-American actress who married Prince Rainier III of Monaco Joe Lynch, TV Micheál Mac Liammóir, co-founder of the Gate Theatre , born in UK Victor McLaglen Colm Meaney Charles Mitchel Cillian Murphy Liam Neeson Ardal O'Hanlon actor/comedian Maureen O'Hara Milo O'Shea Maureen O'Sullivan, actor and mother of Mia Farrow Peter O'Toole, Oscar winner Stephen Rea Fiona Shaw
Music Benji and Joel Madden, Lead Guitarist and Singer of Good Charlotte Gerald Barry, composer, Aosdána Derek Bell, harpist Seóirse Bodley, Aosdána Bono (real name: Paul Hewson), lead singer of U2Boyzone John Buckley , AosdánaThe Chieftains , traditional music groupFrank Corcoran, Aosdána The Corrs Phil Coulter, composer The Cranberries Dana, Rosemary Scallon,MEP - singer turned politician Raymond Deane, Aosdána Jerome de Bromhead, Aosdána Roger Doyle, Aosdána Enya (real name: Eithne Ní Bhraonáin), singer/songwriterEibhlis Farrell, Aosdána John Field , composer (creator of the nocturne )Jem Finer , banjoist and guitaristThe Fury Brothers and Davy Arthur James Galway , flautistBob Geldof , songwriter, singer of the Boomtown Rats , activistHamilton Harty , composer and arrangerMichael Holohan, Aosdána Brian Irvine , composerFergus Johnson, Aosdána Ronan Keating , singer/songwriterLuke Kelly , singerBrian Kennedy , singerJohn Kinsella , AosdánaJohnny Logan , singer/songwriterPhil Lynott , Thin Lizzy frontmanPhilip Martin, pianist, Aosdána John Count McCormack, singer Shane MacGowan , singer/songwriterChristy Moore , singer/songwriterVan Morrison , singer/songwriterSamantha Mumba , singerSean Mackin , Backup Vocals and Violinist of YellowcardTurlough O'Carolan, 17th century harpist and composer ("Last of the Bards") Sinéad O'Connor, singer Kevin O'Connell, Aosdána Daniel O'Donnell, country-and-western singer - linked to wrong Daniel O'Donnell Mary O'Hara, harpist/singer Jane O'Leary, Aosdána Eric Sweeney, Aosdána Westlife Ian Wilson , AosdánaJames Wilson , Aosdána
Dance
Writing See also: List of Irish novelists
Cecil Frances Alexander William Allingham , poetJohn Banville , novelistLeland Bardwell, Aosdána George Barrington Sebastian Barry, novelist, Aosdána Samuel Beckett , Saoi Brendan Behan , playwright, novelistDermot Bolger, novelist, Aosdána Clare Boylan, Aosdána Christy Browne, author of My Left Foot J. B. Bury , historianMarina Carr, Aosdána Ciarán Carson, Aosdána Philip Casey, Aosdána Seathrún Céitinn (Geoffrey Keating) Harry Clifton, Aosdána Michael Coady, Aosdána Anthony Cronin, Aosdána Margaretta D'Arcy, Aosdána Seamus Deane, Aosdána Eamon Delaney Aubrey de Vere , poetTheo Dorgan, Aosdána Roddy Doyle , novelistSir Samuel Ferguson poet Brian Friel , playwright , AosdánaCarlo Gébler, Aosdána Oliver Goldsmith , novelist and dramatist Oliver St John Gogarty Robert Greacen, Aosdána Lady Gregory , playwright and founder of the Abbey Theatre Dermot Healy, Aosdána Seamus Heaney , Saoi of Aosdána Aidan Higgins , AosdánaRita Ann Higgins, poet, Aosdána Pearse Hutchinson, Aosdána Pat Ingoldsby , poet, playwright, etc.Jennifer Johnston, Aosdána Neil Jordan , author, film director, AosdánaJames Joyce , novelistHerminie Templeton Kavanagh, author Patrick Kavanagh ,poetAdrian Kenny, Aosdána Benedict Kiely, Saoi of Aosdána Tom Kilroy, Aosdána Mary Kusack , the "Nun of Kenmare," patriot and controversialistMary Lavin, Saoi of Aosdána Francis Ledwidge , poetMichael Longley, Aosdána Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh , genealogist , (k. 1671)Walter Macken, novelist James Clarence Mangan poetF.X. Martin (1922-1999), historian Fr. Francis Martin, (1652-1714), theologin Malachi Martin , (1923-2000), horror writerMary Letatia Martin, (1815-1850), novelist Voilet Florence Martin (1862-1915), short-story writer and novelist Edward Martyn , playwright, art patron and political activistMartin McDonagh , playwrightJohn McGahern , novelist, AosdánaFrank McGuinness , AosdánaRichard Murphy , poet, AosdánaThomas Moore , poetChristopher Nolan , poet, AosdánaEdna O'Brien, novelist , Aosdána Sean O'Casey, playwright Frank O'Connor, short story writer Ulick O'Connor, Aosdána Julia Ó Faoláin, Aosdána Seán Ó Faoláin, Saoi of Aosdána Brian O'Nolan (aka Myles na Gopaleen , Flann O'Brien), novelist/columnist James Plunkett , AosdánaDeirdre Purcell George Russell , AE George Bernard Shaw , novelist, playwrightRichard Brinsley Sheridan , playwrightLaurence Sterne , novelist Bram Stoker , author of Dracula Francis Stuart, Saoi of Aosdána Jonathan Swift , Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin , novelist and satirist John Millington Synge , dramatist William Trevor , writer, AosdánaOscar Wilde , novelist, poet, satiristWilliam Butler Yeats , poet
Business
Politics Main list: List of Irish politicians
Science, Education and Technology John Stewart Bell , physicistJohn Desmond Bernal , X-ray crystallographyRobert Boyle Nicholas Comins, binaural stethoscope John Boyd Dunlop , pneumatic tyre William Dargan , engineer Michael Everson , expert in writing systems and Unicode , born in USA George Francis FitzGerald , physicistWilliam Rowan Hamilton , quaternions; mathematical physicsJohn Phillip Holland , submarine designerVirginia O'Mahony, President of the Irish Primary Principals Network George Stokes Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton , physicist, 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics
Sport Daniel Crowley , 2nd place- Boston Marathon of 1930 somethingGeorge Best , footballerAndrew Bree , swimmerJohn Pius Boland - double Olympic medal-winner/tennis,1896 Sean Boylan , long-time manager of All-Ireland winning Meath football teamMichael Carruth , Olympic gold medal winner/boxingEamonn Coghlan , runnerGordon D'Arcy, rugby player Ronnie Delany - Olympic medal winner/athleticsMick Doyle - rugby playerDamien Duff , footballerEamon Dunphy , soccer player turned media commentator and broadcasterShay Given , footballerPadraig Harrington , golferElizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed, 19th century mountaineer David Humphreys - rugby player Eddie Irvine , Formula One driverPat Jennings , footballerRobbie Keane , footballerRoy Keane , footballerSean Kelly , cyclist Michael Kinane , jockeyDave McAuley, boxer Willie John McBride - rugby playerMick McCarthy - former Republic of Ireland football managerWayne McCullough - Olymic Silver Medalist/BoxingPaul McGinley , golferPaul McGrath , footballerBarry McGuigan , boxer Catherina McKiernan , athlete Jimmy McLarnin , boxer Geordan Murphy - rugby playerPat O'Callaghan - Olympic gold medal/hammer, 1928, 1932 Cian O'Connor - Olympic gold medal/show jumper Brian O'Driscoll, rugby player Mick O'Dywer, successful gaelic inter-county football manager Ronan O'Gara, rugby player Malcolm O'Kelly, rugby player Jonjo O'Neill, jockey Tony O'Reilly - rugby player Colm O'Rourke, Gaelic Athletic Association GAA footballer Paidi O'Se, GAA footballer and Westmeath county manager Sonia O'Sullivan, Olympic medal winner Niall Quinn , footballerStephen Roche , cyclist Michelle Smith - disgraced Olympic swimming medal-winnerSteve Staunton , footballerJim Stynes - Champion Australian Rules footballer Bob Tisdall - Olympic gold medal/400mH, 1932John Treacy - Olympic silver medal/marathon, 1984Ruby Walsh, jockey Keith Wood , rugby player
Other Emily O'Reilly - journalist, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner James Hamilton - Director of Public Prosecutions Todd Andrews - civil servant Ryan Tubridy - entertainerHarry Clarke - stained glass artistMichael Mills - Ombudsman Kevin Murphy, Ombudsman and Information Commissioner Terry Wogan - TV and radio "personality"Gay Byrne - broadcaster and presenter of the Late Late Show (1962-1999)Eamonn Andrews - TV personality, producer and businessmanGraham Norton - TV personality and actorPat Kenny - broadcaster & presenter of the Late Late Show (1999-present)George Berkeley - philosopherDesmond Connell , Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland Lord Eames , Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Jim Duffy - Irish advisor to Australia's Republic Advisory Committee Lord Killanin, former head of the International Olympic Committee St. Patrick - Welsh born Irish patron saintSt. Brigid - Irish saint and bishopSt. Aidan of LindisfarneDubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh Dermot Morgan - satirist and star of Father Ted Lord Mount Charles - rock impressario, owner of Slane Castle , politician Lord Longford - Gate Theatre manager Lady Mary Heath - early aviator Michelle Burke - twice Oscar -winner for make-up Philip Treacy - millinerNorah Barnacle - wife of James Joyce Sir Alfred Chester Beatty Sir Horace Plunkett - founder of co-operative movement Kitty O'Shea - mistress of Charles Stewart Parnell Edward Martyn - co-founder of the Irish Literary Theatre James Larkin - labour leaderWilliam Martin Murphy - Dublin Employers Association (1911) Johannes Scotus Erigena - theologian (b. 810)Ernest Shackleton - explorerGrace O'Malley - Granuaile ,Gráinne Mhaol, pirate queen Edward McLysaght - Chief Herald of Ireland , 1943-54Gerard Slevin - Chief Herald of Ireland , 1954-81Patricia Donlon - Chief Herald of Ireland , 1995-97 Donal Begley - Chief Herald of Ireland , 1981-95 Brendan O Donoghue - Chief Herald of Ireland , 1997-date Eliza Lynch , mistress of Francisco López , Paraguayan dictatorNellie Cashman , gold prospector in the United States; born in County Cork
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