- Catherina McKiernan
Catherina McKiernan Cornafean, County Cavan) is a long-distance runner from Ireland, who competes in the marathon, 10,000 metres and cross country. McKiernan was blighted by injury for a large part of 1999 and 2000 which stalled her progress and forced her to miss the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia but she helped commentate on the Games for Radio Telefís Éireann the state broadcaster for Ireland.
- Stephen Roche
Stephen Roche was born November 28 1959 in Dundrum near Dublin, Ireland and is a retired professional cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist in history to win the Triple Crown of overall victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus victory in the World Cycling Championship.
- Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith (born on December 16, 1969 in Rathcoole County Dublin), now more commonly referred to by her married name, Michelle de Bruin, is an Irish former swimmer. She was a triple gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, for the 400 m individual medley, 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley. She also won the bronze medal for the 200 m butterfly event.
- Sonia O'Sullivan
Sonia O'Sullivan (born November 28, 1969) is an Irish runner from Cobh, County Cork. She was one of the leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early 2000s. Her crowning achievement was a Gold medal at the 1995 World Athletics Championships.She won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics, narrowly beaten by the Romanian Gabriela Szabo and in front of third placed Ethiopian Gete Wami.
- Wayne McCullough
Wayne McCullough, born July 7, 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland is a professional boxer who currently fights in the Featherweight division. During his professional career, which spans back to 1993, he has held the WBC world title in the Bantamweight category. He is from the Woodvale Road in the greater Shankill area of Belfast.
- Derval O'Rourke
Derval O'Rourke (born 28 May, 1981, in Cork, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish sprint hurdles athlete. She competes internationally in the 60 and 100 metres hurdles, and is the Irish national record holder in both events. She has participated in the last two Indoor World Championships and "Outdoor" World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games.O'Rourke attended University College, Dublin where she held a sports scholarship between 2000 and 2004.
- John Caldwell
John Caldwell (born May 7, 1938 in Belfast) is a former boxer from Northern Ireland, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight (51 kg) division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Caldwell was considered to be a supreme fighter whose class and skill saw him claim a medal in 1956 and the world bantamweight crown in 1961. He enjoyed a magnificent career as an amateur and professional in which he contested 275 bouts, winning on all but ten occasions.
- Paul Kimmage
Paul Kimmage (born May 7, 1962 in Dublin, Ireland) is an award-winning sports journalist who writes for the Sunday Times newspaper in the United Kingdom and is a former professional cyclist. Born into a famous Irish cycling family, Kimmage was a successful amateur cyclist in Ireland and later for the French ACBB team and the Belgium CC Wasquel amateur team. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- Kevin McBride
Kevin Martin McBride (born May 5, 1973 in Clones, County Monaghan) is an Irish boxer, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The 6'6" McBride debuted in December, 1992, with a draw against Gary Charlton. In 1997, he defeated Paul Douglas to win the All-Ireland Heavyweight Title, and in 2002 he defeated Craig Tomlinson to add the IBC Americas Heavyweight Title.
- Francis Barrett
Francis ("Francie") Barrett (born February 7, 1977 in Galway, Ireland) is a professional boxer, who represented his native country as an amateur at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. As a boxer he is an EU light welterweight Champion, a former Senior ABA Champion, and represented Ireland in the Olympics. Even with these credentials, as an Irish Traveller, he has faced much discrimination. In March 1999, Barrett was ejected from a Galway nightclub.
- Brian Magee
Brian Magee (born June 9, 1975 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a boxer, who competed for Ireland in the middleweight (< 71 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals by Algeria's eventual bronze medalist Mohamed Bahari. Magee won a bronze medal for Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He won the silver medal at the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
- Harold Mahony
Harold Segerson Mahony (born February 13, 1867 in Edinburgh - died June 27, 1905) was a male tennis player from Ireland. He is best remembered for his victory at Wimbledon in 1896. In the final he beat William Renshaw of Great Britain. At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris (France) he won a silver medal in the men's singles event and a bronze medal in the doubles tournament.
- Ron Delany
Ronald Michael Delany (born March 6, 1935), better known as Ron or Ronnie is a former Irish athlete, who specialised in the middle distances. Born in Arklow, Delany studied in the United States at Villanova University, where he was coached by the well-known track coach Jumbo Elliott. His first achievement of note was a place in the final of the 1500 m at the 1954 European Championships in Berne.
- Andrew Bree
Andrew Bree (born March 16, 1981) is a breaststroke swimmer from Northern Ireland. He became the first Irish person to win a medal at the European SC Championships at the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin in December 2003. He did this by coming in second in the 200m breastsroke, his premier event. His home club is Ards and he currently trains in Tennessee, USA. Bree failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
- Eamonn Coghlan
Eamon Coghlan (born November 21, 1952 in Dublin) is an Irish 4-time Olympian and retired runner. Coghlan was born in Drimnagh, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. He was very small so he had disadvantages against larger runners throughout his career. Coghlan's first running club was the now defunct Celtic Athletic Club. On its break up he moved to the Metropolitan Harriers club where he won the Leinster colleges 5000m title in 1970.
- Mark Scanlon
Mark Scanlon (born October 10, 1980 in Cranmore, Sligo, Ireland) is an Irish professional cyclist. Scanlon first came to prominence when he won the Junior race at the 1998 World Cycling Championship, on his 18th birthday.
- Tony Byrne
Tony "Socks" Byrne (born in Drogheda, Ireland) is a former amateur boxer. Byrne won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia in the lightweight division.
- Marcus O'Sullivan
Marcus O'Sullivan (born December 22, 1961) is a retired Irish middle distance runner. Although he wasn't planning to go to any of Ireland's universities, O'Sullivan's running encouraged him to go to Villanova University at 19. After four years of education at Villanova, O'Sullivan graduated with a degree in accounting and later attained an MBA and a CPA. O'Sullivan quickly became a world class runner, and took part in four summer Olympic Games.
- Noel Purcell
Noel Mary Purcell (born December 25, 1899 - died January 31, 1962) was a British and Irish water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal. In the 1924 Summer Olympics he was a member of the Irish water polo team.
- Carey May Edge
Carey May Edge is a former long-distance runner from Dublin in Ireland who won the Osaka Marathon in 1983 and 1985. She was a student at Brigham Young University before entering international track and field. At BYU, she proved herself a power in both intercollegiate meets and world-class competition. May was a five-time All-American in cross country and distance running. Her honors include a second-place finish at the 1981 AIAW Track Championships in the 5,000 m race.
- Hugh Russell
Hugh Russell (b. December 15 1959, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former Irish boxer. Russell won a Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Two years earlier, Russell also won a Bronze medal, this time representing Northern Ireland in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.
- Barry McGuigan
Finbar Patrick "Barry" McGuigan MBE (born February 28, 1961 in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland), nicknamed "The Clones Cyclone", is a former professional boxer who became a world Featherweight champion. McGuigan, who is the son of the late Pat McGuigan, a famous singer in Ireland, fought for Northern Ireland in the 1978 Commonwealth Games and represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
- Cian O'Connor
Cián O'Connor is an Irish equestrian, educated at Belvedere College and godson to Tony O'Reilly, who won a show jumping gold medal at the 2004 Olympics which was later stripped from him due to drugs offences. Riding his horse "Waterford Crystal" he became an instant national hero, being the only Irish medalist that year. Unfortunately, success came at a hefty price. On the night of June 19th 2002, Cian's girlfriend at the time, …
- Donnacha O'Dea
Donnacha "The Don" O'Dea is an Irish professional poker player. Previously he was a keen swimmer, and represented Ireland in the 1968 Olympics. His mother was the stage and screen actress Siobhán McKenna. He made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in 1983 when he finished 6th in the event eventually won by Tom McEvoy and again in 1991. In 1998 he won a WSOP bracelet in Pot Limit Omaha.
- Pat O'Callaghan
Dr. Patrick O'Callaghan (September 15, 1905 - December 1, 1991), was an Irish athlete and Olympic gold medallist. O'Callaghan was born in Duhallow near Kanturk in County Cork and studied medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. Following his graduation in 1926 at age 21, he joined the RAF Medical Corps. He returned to Ireland in 1928 and set up his own practice in Clonmel, County Tipperary. In 1927 he made his hammer-throwing debut in Dublin.
- Bob Tisdall
Robert ("Bob") Morton Newburgh Tisdall (May 16, 1907 in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon "now" Sri Lanka - July 27, 2004 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Born to an Anglo-Irish family, Tisdall was raised in Nenagh, County Tipperary. He had run only six 400 m hurdles when he won the gold medal at the 1932 Olympic Games in a world record time of 51.7 seconds, …
- John Pius Boland
John Mary Pius Boland (16 September 1870 - 17 March 1958) was an Irish politician, and the first Olympic champion in tennis. Boland studied law in Dublin, Birmingham and Christ's College (Oxford University). He also studied in Bonn, Germany, where he was a member of Bavaria Bonn, a student fraternity that is member of the Cartellverband. Boland visited his friend Thrasyvoalos Manaos in Athens during the 1896 Summer Olympics.
- Maeve Kyle
Maeve Kyle (6 October 1928 -), is an Irish Olympic athlete and hockey player. She competed in the 100m and 200m in the Melbourne Olympics and subsequently in the Rome Olympics and Tokyo Olympics (where she reached the semi-finals of both the 400m and 800m). She took bronze in the 400m at the 1966 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Dortmund. In hockey, she gained an 58 Irish caps as well as representing three of the four Irish provinces (Leinster, …
- Michael Carruth
Michael Carruth (born July 9, 1967) is a southpaw Irish Olympic boxer from Dublin who won the welterweight gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He turned pro in 1994 after taking leave from his job as a soldier in the Irish Army. He was trained by former Irish Boxing great Steve Collins. He had limited success as a pro, losing in both of his defining pro bouts; in 1997 against Michael Loewe and 2000 against Adrian Stone.
- Paddy Duncan
Paddy Duncan was a former Irish footballer. At the 1924 Olympics Games he scored the Irish Free State’s first ever goal in a senior international. During his career he acquired the nickname "Dirty Duncan".
- Freddie Gilroy
Frederick Gilroy (more commonly known as Freddie) (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on March 7, 1936) is a former boxer. Gilroy won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne at bantamweight. He turned professional shortly after winning his Olympic medal and he would go on to win British, Commenwealth and European titles in a short five year career.
- Charlie Nash
- Terry McHugh
Terry McHugh (born 22 August 1963) is a retired Irish javelin thrower, who finished tenth at the 1993 World Championships and seventh at the 1994 European Championships. He won 21 consecutive national titles from 1984 to 2004. His personal best was 82.75 metres, achieved in August 2000 in London.
- Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan (born 12 June 1972) is a former Irish sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. On retirement he worked for the Irish athletics association. Ryan won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Robert Daly, David Gillick and David McCarthy. His personal best time is 20.67 seconds, achieved in August 1997 in Catania.
- Robert Daly
Robert Daly (born 26 January 1978) is an Irish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Daly won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Gary Ryan, David Gillick and David McCarthy. His personal best time is 45.98 seconds, was achieved in July 2004 in Dublin.
- Martin Earley
Martin Earley (born June 15, 1962 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1985 with the Fagor team which whom he stayed until 1987. In 1986 he won the the fourteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia and the second stage of the Tour of the Basque country. In 1987, he was part of the small successful Irish team at the world road race championships that ended up with a win by Stephen Roche.
- David McCann
David McCann (born March 17 1973) is an Irish professional road bicycle racer for the american continental squad: Team Colavita Racing. He was the 2006 Irish national road race champion, a title he has won 2 other times. He has also won the national time trial championships 4 times. On 2006 he rode for the Giant Asia racing team, and won the Tour of Indonesia. He also won 2 stages in the Tour of Thailand, …
- John Treacy
John Treacy (born June 4, 1957 in Villierstown near Dungarvan, County Waterford) is a former Irish athlete. He went to school at Cappoquin, Co. Waterford. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a silver medal in the marathon, placing Ireland 33rd on the medals table. He is currently Chief executive of the Irish Sports Council. He is married to Fionnuala and they have four children, Caoimhe and Deirdre, Sean and Conor.
- James Nolan
James Nolan (born 27 January 1977) is an Irish runner who specialized in the 800 metres before changing to the 1500 metres event in 2000. Nolan has announced plans to run the steeplechase in the summer of 2007. He is a two time Olympian who was brought up just outside Tullamore in County Offaly and returned to study at University College Dublin in 2005 having been a student there from 1996 to 2001. Between 2001 and 2005 he spent much of his time training in South Africa.
- Eddie Macken
Eddie Macken (b. October 20, 1949 in Granard, County Longford) is a legendary Irish equestrian show jumper, who was a member of the famed Irish team - along with Paul Darragh, Con Power, and James Kernan - that won the Aga Khan Cup three years in a row (1977 to 79). Other notable career highlights include a record four consecutive Hickstead Derby wins (1976 to 79), two silver medals in the Show Jumping World Championships (1974 with Pele and 1978 on Boomerang), …