Famous People Born In Republic Of Ireland

• Francis Bacon

  Painter

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Sean O'Casey

  Journalist

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• John Hume

  Civil Rights Activist

  Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland

• Maureen O'Sullivan

  Actress

  County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland

• John McCormack

  Singer

  Republic of Ireland

• Benjamin Guinness

  Business Leader

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Brenda Fricker

  Actress

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Mother Jones

  Teacher

  County Cork, Republic of Ireland

• William Findley

  Educator

  Ulster, Republic of Ireland

• Dave Allen

  Comedian

  Dublin, Republic of Ireland

• William Butler Yeats

  Playwright

  Dublin, Republic of Ireland

• Jim Stynes

  Sportsman

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• C. Day Lewis

  Poet

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Sir William Rowan Hamilton

  Mathematician

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Bono

  Rock Singer

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Bram Stoker

  Author

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Jonathan Swift

  Essayist

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Maura Gallagher

  Social Media

  Republic of Ireland

• Oliver Goldsmith

  Novelist

  Connacht, Republic of Ireland

• William Desmond Taylor

  Director

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• W B Yeats

  Poet

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• John Tyndall

  Physicist

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Denis O’Brien

  Entrepreneur

  Munster, Republic of Ireland

• James Joyce

  Author

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Charles Stewart Parnell

  Politician

  County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

• Sir Ernest Shackleton

  Explorer

  Kildare, Republic of Ireland

• Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

  Physicist

  County Sligo, Republic of Ireland

• Siva Kaneswaran

  Singer

  Dublin, Republic of Ireland

• Brendan Gleeson

  Actor

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Pierce Brosnan

  Actor

  County Louth, Republic of Ireland

• Enya

  Singer

  Donegal, Republic of Ireland

• Cillian Murphy

  Actor

  County Cork, Republic of Ireland

• George Bernard Shaw

  Author

  Dublin, Republic of Ireland

• Seán William McLoughlin

  Social Media

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Mary Harris Jones

  Community Organiser

  Munster, Republic of Ireland

• Bob Geldof

  Author

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Peter Seamus O'Toole

  Actor

  Province of Connacht, Republic of Ireland

• Jonathan Rhys Meyers

  Actor

  Dublin, Republic of Ireland

• Edmund Burke

  Author

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Brendan Francis Behan

  Poet

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland