- Niall Quinn
Niall John Quinn (Honorary) MBE (b. October 6, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish international footballer, and the current chairman of Sunderland FC. He is also heavily involved in the management side of horse racing.
- Peter Murphy
Peter Michael Murphy (born 27 October, 1980 in Dublin, Ireland) is a football player who is a defender for Carlisle United. Murphy is also a Republic of Ireland full international.
- Brendan Behan
Brendan Francis Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed Irish Republican and an erstwhile member of the Irish Republican Army. Behan was one of the most successful Irish dramatists of the 20th century.
- Mary Black
Mary Black (born 22 May 1955, in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer.
- John Thompson
John Thompson, (born 12 October 1981 in Dublin), is an Irish footballer. He currently plays for Oldham Athletic. He is a versatile defender, although has playing across the midfield in the past. Thompson started his career at Nottingham Forest's, a product of their youth academy. He made his first professional appearance under Paul Hart in 2001-02 after graduating from the academy the preceding summer. He made over 100 appearances for Forest and scored 8 goals.
- Theobald Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone, commonly known as Wolfe Tone was a leading figure in the United Irishmen Irish independence movement and is regarded as the father of Irish republicans. He died from a self-inflicted wound after being sentenced to death for his part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
- Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 - February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstral Boy" and the "The Last Rose of Summer". Born on the corner of Aungier Street in Dublin, Ireland over his father's grocery shop, his father being from an Irish speaking Gaeltacht in Kerry and his mother, Anastasia Codd, from Wexford.
- Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known as Bono, is the lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. Bono was raised in Dublin and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2. Since that time he has been referred to as Bono, his stage and nickname, by his family and fellow band members. Almost all U2 songs are written by Bono and he often writes lyrics using political, …
- Samantha Mumba
Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (born January 18 1983) is a Grammy Award-nominated Irish singer, actress and occasional model. Her first album was released in 2000 and achieved international success. Although her follow-up album was canceled because of record company difficulties, she is said to be releasing another second studio album soon. As well as being a singer, she is also an actress; her most notable role was Mara in the 2002 film "The Time Machine".
- John Doyle
John Doyle (b. Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician. For four years he served as acoustic guitarist with the Irish/American band Solas, and is also an active solo artist. He has written many traditional-sounding songs and has collaborated with Kate Rusby. Doyle has also producing credits, as well as performing, on the solo CDs of the singer from Cherish the Ladies, Heidi Talbot's, "Distant Future", on which she sings his composition, "I dream of you".
- Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. She is Ireland's second biggest-selling female artist, after Enya.
- Luke Kelly
Luke Kelly, (born 17 November 1940 in Dublin died 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer and folk musician from Dublin, Ireland, most famous as a member of the band The Dubliners. Kelly was one of the best-known figures of the Irish folk music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. A Dubliner from the north inner city,he was born on the periphery of the Docks, on Sherriff Street. He attended O'Connell's Schools before emigrating to Britain in 1958.
- Gabriel Byrne
Full Gabriel Byrne Biography Multi-talented and Irish-born Gabriel Byrne has been an actor, archaelogist, school teacher, short-order cook and bullfighter. He's also displayed his versatility on the big screen going from priest in "Stigmata" (1999) to Satan in "End of Days" (1999). Additional Gabriel Byrne Biography Born in Dublin Ireland, the first of six children born to devoutly Roman Catholic parents, Byrne was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers.
- Cathy Davey
Cathy Davey is a Irish musician and songwriter. She released her first album called "Something Ilk" in 2004. It had mixed commercial success, though it did lead to a notable and diverse cult following. Her second album (possibly titled "silversleeve") is due for release in the summer 2007. It will be produced by Liam Howe of Sneaker Pimps signaling a more electronic sound by Cathy.
- Des Byrne
Des Byrne (born in Dublin, April 10 1981) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Bohemians in the League of Ireland.
- Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan (born February 6, 1949) is a six time Academy Award nominated film director who was born in Dublin, Ireland. Initially educated by the Irish Christian Brothers he later graduated from University College Dublin. In 1989 he directed "My Left Foot", which became a critical and commercial success and won Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker Academy Awards.
- Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor. He is known for his film performances in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "28 Days Later...",Braveheart, and "The General".
- John McGahern
John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and resides in County Leitrim, Ireland. Generally considered by critics to be one of his country's greatest living writers, McGahern is the author of five novels, which include the celebrated Amongst Women , published in 1990, and four collections of short stories. In his most recent novel, By the Lake , he writes of life in a close-knit Irish rural community where, "the days disappear in the attendance of small tasks."
- Liam Brady
Liam Brady (born February 13, 1956 in Dublin) is a former Irish footballer, who is now a coach and television pundit. He was renowned as a midfielder with elegant technical skills, most notably his left foot, his high-quality passing and close control. He found success both with Arsenal (one FA Cup title) and Juventus (two Serie A titles), and won 72 caps for the Republic of Ireland. He is currently Arsenal's Head of Youth Development.
- Paul McGrath
Paul McGrath (born December 4, 1959 in Ealing, London, England) is a former international football defender, a long-time member of the Republic of Ireland national team. He is one of the first Irish celebrities of mixed-race background.
- Graham Norton
Graham Norton, (born Graham Walker on 4 April 1963 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor, comedian and television presenter. He achieved fame as a broadcaster on Britain's Channel 4 and also through his role as Father Noel Furlong in the critically acclaimed television series "Father Ted". Though he only appeared in three episodes, Norton's performance as Father Noel proved extremely popular with viewers.
- John Alexander
John Alexander (1736 - 29 December 1765), a young writer of very promising talents, was born in Dublin in 1736, where his father, a dissenting teacher at Stratford upon Avon, had removed; and from whence, on his death, the widow and family returned to England. After grammar school, John was sent to the dissenting academy at Daventry, where he prosecuted his studies with commendable diligence, and was afterwards put under the tuition of Dr. Benson, …
- Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan (born 1968) is an Irish television writer and director who, often in partnership with Arthur Mathews, has written or co-written a number of popular television comedies. He is most noted for his involvement in "Father Ted". He attended the Marist Catholic University School (secondary) on lower Leeson street in Dublin and graduated in 1986. He is a confirmed atheist and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.
- Susan McKeown
Susan McKeown (b. 1967) is an Irish folk singer.
- David Mitchell
David Mitchell is an Irish actor known for playing "Jimmy" in the RTÉ Soap Opera Fair City. Mitchell was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. He is also famous for winning You're A Star Charity Special, a singing competition where he defeated 7 other celebrities.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 - July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman.
- John Nicholson
John Nicholson was a Victorian era military hero. Born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son of Dr. Alexander Jaffray Nicholson and Clara Hogg, Nicholson was an officer of the army of the British East India Company. John Nicholson was instrumental in the settlement of the North-West Frontier and a played a legendary part in the Indian Mutiny.
- John Burns
John Christopher Burns (born December 4 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish former footballer.
- Paul Donnelly
Paul Donnelly played his schoolboy football with Tolka Rovers and Rathoath Harps before joining Home Farm F.C. and then moving over to England with Leeds United F.C. in 1996. Donnelly was a regular member of the Leeds United youth and reserve squad but failed to break into the senior team. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at under 15, under 18 and under 20 level.
- Thomas Murphy
Thomas Murphy VC (1839 - 22 March 1900) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Dublin, he was about 28 years old and a private in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Andaman Islands Expedition when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
- Shane Lynch
Shane Lynch (born Shane Eamonn Mark Stephen Lynch on July 3, 1976, in Dublin) is an Irish pop star and boy band vocalist of Boyzone fame. In recent years, Lynch has taken up auto racing and participated in a reality television series.
- John Farrell
John Farrell VC (b. March 1826 in Dublin, d. 31 August 1865) was a soldier and Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was a Sergeant in the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: :On 25 October 1854 at Balaclava, …
- Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 - February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.
- Gerry Murphy
Gerry Murphy (born 1944 in Dublin, Ireland) is the Director of Football Development at Huddersfield Town. He was the Academy Director between 1988 and April 17, 2007, and was caretaker manager of Huddersfield Town from 6 March to 11 April 2007. Murphy never played football above amateur level but has the full complement of coaching qualifications to international level.
- Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer. Bowen was born in Dublin and later brought to Bowen’s Court in County Cork where she spent her summers. When her father became mentally ill in 1907, she and her mother moved to England, eventually settling in Hythe. After her mother died in 1912, Bowen was brought up by her aunts. She was educated at Downe House.
- Oscar Traynor
Oscar Traynor was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and revolutionary. Oscar Traynor was born into a strongly nationalist family in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated by the Christian Brothers in Dublin. In 1899 he was apprenticed to John Long, a famous wood-carver. As a young man he was a noted footballer and toured Europe with Belfast Celtic. Traynor joined the Irish Volunteers and took part in the Easter Rising in 1916. Following this he was interned in Wales.
- Lisa Kelly
Lisa Kelly is a singer of both Classical and Celtic music. She has taken part in many musical theatre productions and concerts, and is currently a member of the musical group Celtic Woman. She is married to Australian dancer Scott Porter and has two sons, Cian and Jack.
- Danny Doyle
Danny Doyle is a solo Irish folk singer with an impressive concert career spanning almost four decades to audiences around the world. The songs on which Danny was raised came from his mother and great-grandmother and from the last of Dublin's street singers -- men who commented on the events of the day through their witty and often biting ballads, and from some of Dublin's finest literati, including poet Patrick Kavanagh and playwright Brendan Behan, who were neighbours.
- Steve Collins
Steve Collins, nicknamed The Celtic Warrior, is a former boxing champion. He was born Stephen Collins on 21 July, 1964, in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland. He is considered to be one of the toughest boxers of the past century, widely considered to be the hardest pound for pound fighter of the late 90's having never been stopped in a high profile career. The Irishman was part of a golden age of European Super Middleweight boxing, …
- Dave King
Dave King (b. 12th November 1961 in Dublin, Ireland) is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter and lyricist for the Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly. He is now based in Los Angeles, California