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[[File:Map of Ireland in Europe.svg|thumb|250px|Location of Ireland]]
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.
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== Arts ==

=== Architecture ===
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* [[George Ashlin]]
* [[Angela Brady]]
* [[George Drumgoole Coleman]]
* [[Sir Thomas Drew]]
* [[Yvonne Farrell]]
* [[Eileen Gray]]
* [[James Hoban]] – designer of the [[White House]]
* [[Francis Johnston (architect)|Francis Johnston]]
* [[Sheila O'Donnell]]
* [[Thomas Parke (architect)|Thomas Parke]]
* [[Edward Lovett Pearce]]
* [[Kevin Roche]]
* [[Michael Scott (architect)|Michael Scott]]

=== Actors ===
{{Main|List of Irish actors}}
* [[Sara Allgood]] – actress
* [[Jonas Armstrong]] – actor, star of the BBC series ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV 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 (film series)|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)|Tony Clarkin]] – actor of stage, TV, radio, film; voiceover artist
* [[Michael Colgan (actor)|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
* [[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 [[Academy Award|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 (TV series)|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 (film)|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]] – [[Academy Award|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 (UK)|Queer as Folk]]''
* [[Brendan Gleeson]] – actor, ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' films
* [[Brian Gleeson (actor)|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)|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 (actor)|Joe Lynch]] – TV actor
* [[John Lynch (actor)|John Lynch]] – actor
* [[Susan Lynch]] – actress
* [[Micheál Mac Liammhóir]] – co-founder of the [[Gate Theatre]], born in UK
* [[Eoin Macken]] – actor, ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
* [[Gerard McCarthy]] – actor, ''Hollyoaks''
* [[Sean McClory]] – actor 
* [[F. J. McCormick]] – Abbey actor
* [[Damian McGinty]] – TV actor ''[[Glee (TV series)|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 (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
* [[Edward Mulhare]] – actor; played Captain Daniel Gregg in ''[[The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)|The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]''; ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|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 (Irish 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]] – [[Academy Award|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 (actor)|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 [[Boxing|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 ===
* [[Darina Allen]] – TV personality and chef
* [[Myrtle Allen]] – chef, teacher and writer
* [[Rachel Allen]] – celebrity chef
* [[Danni Barry]]
* [[Michael Bolster]]
* [[Rory Carville]]
* [[Richard Corrigan]]
* [[Matthew d'Arcy|Matthew Darcy]] 
* [[Matt Dowling (chef)|Matt Dowling]]
* [[Kevin Dundon]]
* [[Oliver Dunne]]
* [[Catherine Healy (chef)|Catherine Healy]]
* [[Neven Maguire]] – celebrity chef
* [[Clare Smyth]]

=== Comedians ===
{{see also|Category:Irish comedians}}
* [[Dave Allen (comedian)|Dave Allen]]
* [[Aisling Bea]]
* [[Ed Byrne (comedian)|Ed Byrne]]
* [[Jimmy Carr]]
* [[Risteárd Cooper]]
* [[Neil Delamere]]
* [[P. J. Gallagher (comedian)|P. J. Gallagher]]
* [[Brendan Grace]]
* [[Sean Hughes (comedian)|Sean Hughes]]
* [[Jon Kenny]]
* [[Denis Leary]]
* [[Andrew Maxwell]]
* [[Kevin McGahern]]
* [[Tim McGarry]]
* [[Seán William McLoughlin]] – YouTube personality (under the name Jacksepticeye), musician, game commentator
* [[Dylan Moran]]
* [[Dermot Morgan]] – comedian, actor, radio personality
* [[Colin Murphy (comedian)|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 ===
{{main list|List of Irish musicians}}
==== Music – A to C ====
* [[Chloë Agnew]] – singer
* [[Iain Archer]] – singer-songwriter and producer
* [[Bobbi Arlo]] – singer
* [[Michael William Balfe]] – opera composer
* [[Gerald Barry (composer)|Gerald Barry]] – composer, member of [[Aosdána]]
* [[John K. Beatty]] – uilleann piper
* [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]] – harpist
* [[Eric Bell]] – guitarist, Thin Lizzy
* [[Ed Bennett (composer)|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]] (Paul David Hewson) – lead singer of [[U2]]
* [[Ciarán Bourke]] – singer, guitarist
* [[Brian Boydell]] – composer
* [[Ina Boyle]] – composer
* [[Michael Bradley (musician)|Michael Bradley]] – bass player, songwriter, [[The Undertones]]
* [[Brídín Brennan]] – singer
* [[Enya Brennan]] – musician
* [[Moya Brennan]] – musician
* [[Bressie|Niall Breslin]] – lead singer of [[The Blizzards]]
* [[John Buckley (composer)|John Buckley]] – composer
* [[Chris de Burgh]] – singer-songwriter, musician
* [[Joe Burke (accordionist)|Joe Burke]] – accordionist
* [[Kevin Burke (musician)|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)|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)|Tom Clancy]] – singer
* [[Willie Clancy (musician)|Willie Clancy]] – uilleann piper
* [[Siobhán Cleary]] (born 1970) – composer
* [[Julia Clifford]] – traditional [[fiddle]] player
* [[Erica-Cody|Erica Cody]] – singer
* [[Philip Cogan]] – composer
* [[Michael Coleman (Irish musician)|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)|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
* [[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)|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
* [[David Flynn (composer)|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)|Len Graham]] – singer
* [[Michael Graham (singer)|Michael Graham]] – singer of Boyzone
* [[Bernadette Greevy]] – [[mezzo-soprano]]
* [[Jedward|John and Edward Grimes]] – ''[[X Factor 2009|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]] – [[Academy Award for Best Original Song#2001–2010|Oscar]]-winning singer/songwriter
* [[Hamilton Harty]] – composer and arranger
* [[Catherine Hayes (soprano)|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)|Herbert Hughes]] – composer and arranger
* [[Red Hurley]] – singer
* [[Brian Irvine (composer)|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)|Lisa Kelly]] – singer
* [[Luke Kelly]] – singer
* [[Michael Kelly (tenor)|Michael Kelly]] – tenor and composer
* [[Brian Kennedy (singer)|Brian Kennedy]] – singer
* [[Dermot Kennedy]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Paddy Killoran]] – fiddler
* [[Katie Kim (Irish musician)|Katie Kim]] – singer-songwriter, musician
* [[Dave King (Irish singer)|Dave King]] – singer-songwriter
* [[John Kinsella (composer)|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 (season 4)|Australian Idol]]'' 2006
* [[Gary Lightbody]] – lead singer of [[Snow Patrol]]
* [[Josef Locke]] – singer
* [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Samuel Lover]] – composer and performer
* [[Cora Venus Lunny]] – violinist
* [[Dónal Lunny]] – musician
* [[Bob Lynch (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
* [[Yellowcard|Sean Mackin]] – backup vocals and violinist of Yellowcard
* [[Sean Maguire]] – violinist
* [[Sarah Makem]] – singer
* [[Tommy Makem]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Margo (singer)|Margo]] – singer
* [[Enda Markey]] – singer
* [[Philip Martin (pianist)|Philip Martin]] – pianist, composer, member of [[Aosdána]]
* [[Gwendolyn Masin]] – violinist, author, pedagogue
* [[Larry Mathews (musician)|Larry Mathews]] – singer-songwriter, violinist
* [[Frederick May (composer)|Frederick May]] – composer
* [[Christopher McCafferty]] – underground club promoter, DJ
* [[Jim McCann (musician)]] – musician
* [[John McCormack (tenor)|John Count McCormack]] – singer
* [[Eleanor McEvoy]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Brian McFadden]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Damian McGinty]] – Celtic Thunder; played Rory Flanagan on ''Glee''
* [[Matt McGinn (born 1978)|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)|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)|John O’Callaghan]] – musician
* [[Fintan O'Carroll]] - composer
* [[Turlough Carolan|Turlough O'Carolan]] – 17th/18th-century harper and composer
* [[Colm Ó Cíosóig]] – musician, drummer of [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]
* [[Maura O'Connell]] – singer
* [[Máirtín O'Connor]] – accordionist
* [[Sinéad O'Connor]] – singer
* [[Daniel O'Donnell (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)|Arthur O'Leary]] – composer
* [[Jane O'Leary]] – composer and pianist
* [[Damian O'Neill]] – lead guitarist of [[The Undertones]]
* [[John O'Neill (guitarist)|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)|Derek Ryan]] – singer
* [[Frank Ryan (tenor)|Frank Ryan]] – [[tenor]]
* [[Dana Rosemary Scallon]] – [[Member of the European Parliament|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 (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]
* [[Chris Singleton (musician)|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)|Andy White]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Colm Wilkinson]] – singer
* [[Ian Wilson (composer)|Ian Wilson]] – composer
* [[James Wilson (composer)|James Wilson]] – composer
* [[Charles Wood (composer)|Charles Wood]] – composer
* [[Terry Woods]] – musician
* [[Richard Woodward (organist)|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 (U.S. season 13)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', US season 13
* [[Lola Montez]] (Eliza Gilbert) – dancer, courtesan
* Dame [[Ninette de Valois]] – ballet
* [[Bill Whelan]] – [[composer]]

=== Visual arts ===
{{main list|List of Irish artists}}
* [[Hilary Heron]] – sculptor
* [[Seán Keating]] – painter
* [[Launt Thompson]] – American sculptor from Abbeyleix, County Laois
* [[Jack B. Yeats]] – painter

=== Writing ===
{{main list|List of Irish novelists}}

==== Writing – A to C ====

* [[Cecelia Ahern]] – novelist
* [[William Allingham]] – poet
* [[John Banville]] – novelist
* [[George Barrington]] – pickpocket, writer and transportee
* [[Sebastian Barry]] – novelist
* [[Samuel Beckett]]<ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news |title=The Top 100 Books of All Time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews |access-date=27 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=493–514 |chapter=Beckett…Joyce…Proust…Shakespeare}}</ref>  – novelist, playwright, theatre director, poet, author of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''  and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]
* [[Brendan Behan]] – playwright, novelist
* [[Maeve Binchy]] – novelist
* [[Dermot Bolger]] – novelist
* [[Patrick Brontë]] – poet
* [[Stephen Brown (author)|Stephen Brown]] – writer, bibliographer
* [[J. B. Bury]] – historian
* [[William Carleton]] – novelist
* [[Austin Clarke (poet)|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 Davis (Young Irelander)|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]] – [[memoir]]ist
* [[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 (writer)|Hugo Hamilton]] – author
* [[Dermot Healy]] – writer, member of Aosdána
* [[Randolph Healy]] – poet
* [[Seamus Heaney]]<ref name="Bloom1">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |page=555}}</ref> – poet, [[Saoi]] of Aosdána, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]
* [[Aidan Higgins]] – fiction writer, member of Aosdána
* [[Anthony Holten]] – author
* [[Pat Ingoldsby]] – poet, playwright, television performer
* [[Jennifer Johnston (novelist)|Jennifer Johnston]] – novelist, member of Aosdána
* [[Neil Jordan]] – author, film director, Aosdána
* [[James Joyce]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=413–432 |chapter=Joyce’s Agon with Shakespeare}}</ref> – novelist, author of ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]''<ref name="TheGuardian" />
* [[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 (born in the United States)
* [[Sheridan Le Fanu|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)|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)|John Montague]] – poet
* [[Thomas Moore]] – poet
* [[Paul Muldoon]] – poet
* [[Dervla Murphy]] - travel writer
* [[Richard Murphy (poet)|Richard Murphy]] – poet, member of Aosdána
* [[Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill]] – poet
* [[Christopher Nolan (author)|Christopher Nolan]] – poet, member of Aosdána
* [[Edna O'Brien]]<ref name="Bloom1" /> – [[novelist]], member of Aosdána
* [[Seán O'Casey]]<ref name="Bloom2">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |page=553}}</ref> – 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]] (aka Myles na gCopaleen – Flann O'Brien)<ref name="Bloom1" /> – 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 (Irish author)|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]]<ref name="Bloom2" />  – novelist, playwright, author of ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]
* [[John D. Sheridan]] – short story writer and humorist
* [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]] – playwright
* [[James Simmons (poet)|James Simmons]] – poet
* [[Michael Smith (poet)|Michael Smith]] – poet
* [[Paul Smith (Irish writer)|Paul Smith]] – novelist, playwright
* [[Annie M. P. Smithson]] – novelist
* [[Geoffrey Squires]] – poet
* [[Laurence Sterne]]<ref name="Bloom3">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |pages=537–538}}</ref>  – novelist, author of ''[[Tristram Shandy]]''<ref name="TheGuardian" />
* [[Bram Stoker]]<ref name="Bloom4">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=Harold |title=The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages |date=1994 |publisher=Harcourt Brace & Company |location=NY/San Diego/London |isbn=978-1-57322-514-4 |page=544}}</ref> – author of ''[[Dracula]]''
* [[Francis Stuart]] – writer, [[Saoi]] of [[Aosdána]] (born in Australia)
* [[Jonathan Swift]]<ref name="Bloom3" /> – Dean of [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St Patrick's Cathedral]], [[Dublin]], novelist and [[satirist]], author of ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''<ref name="TheGuardian" />
* [[John Millington Synge]]<ref name="Bloom2" /> – [[dramatist]]
* [[Joan Tighe]] –  fashion journalist, editor and local historian
* [[William Trevor]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=James |title=The best books since 1945 |work=The Guardian |date=7 October 1994 |pages=29–30}}</ref> – fiction writer, member of Aosdána
* [[William Wall (writer)|William Wall]] – novelist, poet
* [[Oscar Wilde]]<ref name="Bloom4" />  – novelist, poet, satirist, author of ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''
* [[Macdara Woods]] – poet
* [[Maev-Ann Wren]] – writer
* [[William Butler Yeats]]<ref name="Bloom2" /> – poet, playwright and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]]

== Business ==
* [[Donie Cassidy]] – businessman and [[Teachta Dála|TD]]
* [[Elaine Coughlan]] – [[venture capital]]ist
* [[Bill Cullen (businessman)|Bill Cullen]] – businessman, philanthropist and media personality
* [[Niall FitzGerald]] – honorary [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]], chief executive of [[Unilever]]
* [[James Gamble (industrialist)|James Gamble]] – co-founder of [[Procter & Gamble]]
* [[Arthur Guinness]] – [[brewing|brewer]]
* [[Sarah Keane]] – CEO of Swim Ireland and President of the [[Olympic Federation of Ireland]]
* [[Pat McDonagh (businessman)|Pat McDonagh]] – founder of [[Supermac's]]
* [[J. P. McManus]] – businessman
* [[Margaret Molloy]] – businesswoman
* [[Denis O'Brien]] – businessman
* [[Michael O'Leary (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 Corporation|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 ==

{{anchor|scientists|engineers|inventors}}
* [[Robert Adrain]] (1775–1843) – scientist, mathematician and United Irishman
* [[Thomas Andrews (scientist)|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) – mathematician (Boolean algebra, digital logic)
* [[Robert Boyle]] (1627–1691) – physicist, 'Boyle's law'
* [[Louis Brennan]] (1852–1932) – principle of a guided missile, wire-guided torpedo
* [[Pádraig de Brún]] (1889–1960) – scholar and mathematician
* [[Lucien Bull]] (1876–1972) – high-speed photography, modern electrocardiogram (ECG)
* [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]] (born 1943) – discovered [[pulsar]]s
* [[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]] (1799–1867) – railway [[engineer]]
* [[David Doak]] (born 1967) – [[scientist]], [[video game]] developer and [[entrepreneur]]
* [[Frederick G. Donnan]] – [[chemist]]
* [[Niall J. English]] (born 1979) – inventor, industrialist, researcher and chartered chemical engineer
* [[Michael Everson]] – expert in [[writing system]]s 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 Francis FitzGerald|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
* [[Áine 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
* [[Christine Loscher|Christine E. Loscher]] – biotechnologist
* [[Percy Ludgate]] (1883–1922) – designer of the second [[Analytical Engine]]
* [[Lydia Lynch]] – immunologist
* [[Kathleen Lynn]] (1874–1955) – one of the first female medical doctors in Ireland, politician and activist
* [[Robert Mallet]] (1810–1881) – seismology
* [[Alexander Mitchell (engineer)|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 (mathematician)|Robert Murphy]] (1806–1843) – mathematician and physicist
* [[Cliona O’Farrelly]] – immunologist, Trinity College
* [[Richard O'Keefe]] – computer scientist
* [[Frank Pantridge]] (1916–2004) – inventor of the mobile defibrillator
* [[Dorothy Price (physician)|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, 1st Baron Kelvin|William Thomson]], Lord Kelvin (1824–1907) – physicist
* [[John Tyndall]] (1820–1893) – physicist
* [[Ernest Walton]] (1903–1995) – physicist, 1951 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]
* [[Mary Ward (scientist)|Mary Ward]] (1827–1869) – microscopist
* [[John Richardson Wigham]] (1829–1906) – inventor and lighthouse engineer

== Sport ==

{{see also|List of footballers (Gaelic football)}}
* [[Bundee Aki]] – [[rugby union]] player
* [[Francie Barrett]] – professional boxer
* [[George Best]] – soccer player (Northern Ireland)
* [[John Pius Boland]] – tennis player, double Olympic medallist, 1896
* [[Packie Bonner]] – soccer player
* [[Andre Botha (cricketer)|Andre Botha]] – cricketer
* [[Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|Jeremy Bray]] – cricketer
* [[Andrew Bree]] – swimmer
* [[Tommy Byrne (racing driver)|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
* [[Prince Devitt|Fergal Devitt]] ([[Finn Bálor]]) – [[WWE]] wrestler
* [[Ken Doherty]] – [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] champion
* [[John Doyle (Tipperary hurler)|John Doyle]] – member of the [[hurling]] Team of the Millennium
* [[Mick Doyle (rugby union)|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 (Northern Ireland)
* [[Sheamus|Stephen Farrelly]] ([[Sheamus]]) – [[WWE]] wrestler
* [[Dave Finlay]] ([[Fit Finlay|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 (footballer)|David Healy]] – soccer player (Northern Ireland)
* [[Jamie Heaslip]] – [[rugby union]] player
* [[Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer)|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 (hurler)|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)|Joe Kelly]] – racing driver
* [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Seán Kelly]] – [[road bicycle racing|road cyclist]]
* [[David Kennedy (racing driver)|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 national football team|Republic of Ireland]] international
* [[Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket)|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 (footballer)|Owen Madden]] – soccer player
* [[Dan Martin (cyclist)|Dan Marten]] – cyclist
* [[Dave McAuley]] – [[Boxing|boxer]]
* [[Kevin McBride]] – boxer
* [[Willie John McBride]] – [[rugby union]] player, [[British and Irish Lions]] captain
* [[Kyle McCallan]] – cricketer
* [[David McCann (cyclist)|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 (footballer)|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)|John Mooney]] – cricketer
* [[Paul Mooney (cricketer)|Paul Mooney]] – cricketer
* [[Eoin Morgan]] – cricketer
* [[Geordan Murphy]] – [[rugby union]] player
* [[Seán Murphy (footballer)|Seán Murphy]] – Gaelic footballer, member of the [[Football Team of the Millennium]]
* [[Tommy Murphy (Gaelic footballer)|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)|Kevin O'Brien]] – cricketer
* [[Niall 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 (footballer)|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 (Irish footballer)|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 (skier)|Shane O'Connor]] – Alpine skier, Olympian 2010
* [[Christopher O'Donnell (athlete)|Christopher O'Donnell]] – [[track and field]] sprinter
* [[Nick O'Donnell (hurler)|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)|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 (footballer)|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)|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 Championship|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 bicycle racing|road cyclist]]
* [[Michael Roe (racing driver)|Michael Roe]] – racing driver
* [[Alain Rolland]] – [[rugby union]] player and referee
* [[Glenn Ross]] – [[Strongman (strength athlete)|Strongman]]
* [[Mark Scanlon (cyclist)|Mark Scanlon]] – cyclist
* [[Johnny Sexton]] – [[rugby union]] player, 2018 [[World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year|World Rugby Player of the Year]]
* [[Tom Sharkey]] – [[Boxing|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, {{nrut|Ireland}} 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&nbsp;kg division, Olympic Gold Medalist (2012)
* [[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 Men's 15s Player of the Year|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, born 1980)|Andrew White]] – cricketer
* [[Norman Whiteside]] – soccer player (Northern Ireland)
* [[Joe Wickham]] – soccer player, President of the Football Association of Ireland
* [[Keith Wood]] – [[rugby union]] player, 2001 [[World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year|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 (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show]]'' (1962–1999)
* [[Matt Cooper (Irish journalist)|Matt Cooper]] – broadcaster and journalist
* [[Ray D'Arcy|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 (media personality)|Brendan O'Connor]] – journalist and broadcaster
* [[Bill O'Herlihy|Bill O Herlihy]] – [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] broadcaster
* [[Seamus O'Regan]] – politician, television personality, and host of [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]'s ''[[Canada AM]]'', born in [[Newfoundland]], [[Canada]]
* [[Ray Shah]] – DJ and radio personality
* [[Kathryn Thomas]] – ''[[Operation Transformation (TV series)|Operation Transformation]]'' host and broadcaster
* [[Ryan Tubridy]] – broadcaster, ''[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show]]'' host (2009-2023) and writer
* [[Louis Walsh]] – music manager and television personality
* [[Laura Whitmore]] – television presenter
* [[Terry Wogan]] – broadcaster

==Saints==
* [[Saint Patrick]] (1 of the 3 Patron saints of Ireland)
* [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]]
* [[Brigid of Kildare|Saint Brigid]] (1 of the 3 Patron saints of Ireland)
* [[Brendan the Navigator|Saint Brendan]]
* [[Caomhán of Inisheer|Saint Caomhán]]
* [[Columba|Saint Columba]] (Irish: Colmcille) (1 of 3 Patron saints of Ireland)
* [[Dymphna|Saint Dymphna]]
* [[Enda of Aran|Saint Enda]] (Irish: Éanna)
* [[Kevin of Glendalough|Saint Kevin]] (Irish: Caoimhín)
* [[Lorcán Ua Tuathail|Saint Lorcán]]

== Others ==
* [[Anne Anderson (diplomat)|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 (bishop)|Seán Brady]] – [[Roman Catholic]] [[Archbishop of Armagh]] and [[Primate of All Ireland]]
* [[Brigh Brigaid]] – judge {1st-century)
* [[William Brown (admiral)|William Brown]] – Irish-born Argentine Admiral
* [[Edmund Burke]] – philosopher and politician 
* [[Frank E. Butler]] – marksman
* [[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)|Michael Collins]] – revolutionary leader and politician
* [[Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair]] – high-king of Ireland (12th-century)
* [[Desmond Connell]] – [[Roman Catholic]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of Ireland
* [[James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon]] – politician
* [[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]] – explorer
* [[Rosanna Davison]] – Miss World 2003
* [[Moya Doherty]] – impresario
* [[James Warren Doyle|Bishop James Doyle]] – bishop
* [[Jim Duffy (journalist)|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 (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 (politician)|Eileen Flynn]] – Senator  
* [[Brian Gibbons (politician)|Brian Gibbons]] – Welsh politician
* [[Glenda Gilson]] – model
* [[Cathal Goulding]] – Former [[Chief of Staff]] of the [[Irish Republican Army]] and the [[Official IRA]].
* [[Veronica Guerin]] – journalist, murdered by drug dealers in 1996
* [[Rory Hearne]] – academic and political candidate
* [[Mary, Lady Heath]] – early aviator
* [[Deirdre Jacob]] – woman who disappeared in 1998
* [[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 López (politician)|Francisco Solano López]], Paraguayan dictator
* [[Annette Elizabeth Mahon]] (1918–2013) – only Irish women in the ATA during World War II
* [[Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh]] – scribe, translator, historian and genealogist
* [[Edward MacLysaght]] – [[Chief Herald of Ireland]], 1943–1954
* [[Martin Maher (soldier)|Martin Maher]] – cadet instructor at the [[United States Military Academy]]
* [[Diarmuid Martin]] – [[Roman Catholic]] [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Dublin]] and [[Primate of Ireland]]
* [[Edward Martyn]] – co-founder of the [[Irish Literary Theatre]]
* [[Catherine McAuley]] – founder the [[Sisters of Mercy]]
* [[Kevin McClory]] – screenwriter, producer and director
* [[John McKenna]] – Liverpool FC manager
* [[Jacksepticeye|Seán William McLoughlin]] (AKA Jacksepticeye) – YouTube personality
* [[Michael Mills (journalist)|Michael Mills]] – ombudsman and political journalist
* [[Seán Milroy]] – revolutionary politician
* [[Annie Moore (immigrant)|Annie Moore]] – first person to pass through the Ellis Island immigration system
* [[John Moore (director)|John Moore]] – director
* [[Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin|Lord Killanin]] – head of the [[International Olympic Committee]]
* [[Kevin Murphy (ombudsman)|Kevin Murphy]] – [[Ombudsman]] and [[Information Commissioner]]
* [[Patricia O'Brien]] – United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Irish Ambassador to Geneva
* [[May O'Callaghan]] – suffragette and communist
* [[Dáithí Ó Conaill]] - Former vice-president of [[Sinn Féin]] and [[Republican Sinn Féin]], also a member of the [[IRA Army Council]] of the [[Provisional IRA|Provisional IRA]]
* [[Pat O'Connor (director)|Pat O'Connor]] – director
* [[Seosamh Ó Duibhginn]] – writer, editor, publisher, Republican and Gaelic language activist
* [[Gráinne O'Malley]] – pirate queen 
* [[Emily O'Reilly]] – journalist, [[ombudsman]] and [[Information Commissioner]]
* [[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]] – activist, feminist, politician and businesswoman
* [[Death of Phoebe Prince|Phoebe Prince]] – victim of [[bullycide]]
* [[Jon Riley]] – major in the [[Saint Patrick's Battalion]] of the Mexican Army
* [[Robert Ross (British Army officer)|Robert Ross]] – British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars
* [[Mary Ryan (academic)|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 (soldier)|Lisa Smith]]  – soldier
* [[Olivia Taaffe]] – founder of St Joseph's Young Priests Society
* [[Mary Catherine Tinney]] – first female Irish ambassador (to Sweden)
* [[Thomas Joseph Tormey]] – [[Garda Síochána]] officer
* [[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 2014

== See also ==
*[[List of Cork people]]
*[[List of people from County Donegal]]
*[[List of people from Dublin]]
*[[List of Galway people]]
*[[List of people from County Kilkenny]]
*[[List of people from County Limerick]]
*[[List of people from County Meath]]
*[[List of people from Sligo]]
*[[List of people from Waterford]]

==References==
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*{{Cite book
| publisher = Sealy, Bryers & Walker
| last = Hamilton
| first = Catherine Jane
| title = Notable Irishwomen
| location = Dublin, Ireland
| access-date = 10 November 2013
| year = 1900
| url = https://archive.org/details/notableirishwome00hami
}}

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