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Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological Un ...

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Engineers

* Neville J Hogan, Emeritus Professor,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

; awarded the

Rufus Oldenburger Medal The Rufus Oldenburger Medal is an award given by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizing significant contributions and outstanding achievements in the field of automatic control. It was established in 1968 in the honor of Rufus ...

Architects

Sam Stephenson Sam Stephenson (15 December 1933 – 9 November 2006) was an Republic of Ireland, Irish architect who studied at the Bolton Street School of Architecture, which is now known as Technological University Dublin. Many of his buildings gene ...

David Collins (interior designer) David Collins (1 March 1955 – 17 July 2013) was an Irish architect who specialised in designing the interiors of bars and restaurants in London. Biography Early life David Collins was born in Dublin, Ireland on 1 March 1955. He studied archite ...

* Arthur Gibney * Des McMahon of Gilroy McMahon Architects * John Meagher of De Blacam & Meagher Architects *

Angela Brady Angela Brady OBE is an Irish-born Irish/British architect and has lived in London for over 25 years. In 2011 she was elected president of the UK's Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for a two-year term.Peter Hetheringto''New homes m ...

, Past President of Royal Institution of British Architects * Graham Dwyer, convicted of the

Murder of Elaine O'Hara Elaine O'Hara (17 March 1976 – ) was an Irish childcare worker who was murdered in August 2012 by architect Graham Dwyer. She was last seen alive at a public park in Shanganagh, Dublin, Ireland, on 22 August. The remains of her body were dis ...

Artists

Robert Ballagh Robert Ballagh (born 22 September 1943) is an Irish artist, painter and designer. He was born in Dublin and studied architecture at the Bolton Street College of Technology. His painting style was strongly influenced by pop art. He is particular ...

, artist, painter and designer *

Niall de Buitléar Niall de Buitléar (born 1983) is an Irish artist working in sculpture, painting, printmaking and drawing. Education and career De Buitléar is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology. He was awarded a studio membership at Temple Bar ...

, artist * Niall McCormack, painter * Ramie Leahy, artist * Duthain Dealbh group of sculptors Daniel Doyle, Niall Magee and Alan Magee,

Authors

Colum McCann Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York. He is a Thomas Hunter Writer in Residence at Hunter College, New York. McCann's work has been published in over 40 languages, and ...

, writer and Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing,

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admi ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

* Arthur Mathews, writer *

Michael Nugent Michael Nugent (born 1 June 1961) is an Irish writer and activist. He has written, co-written or contributed to seven books and the comedy musical play '' I, Keano''. He has campaigned on many political issues, often with his late wife Anne Ho ...

, writer and activist *

Brendan Behan Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ga, Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican activist who wrote in both English an ...

, writer * George O'Brien, writer and Professor of English,

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

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Jimmy Murphy (playwright) Jimmy Murphy is an Irish playwright living in Dublin. He is a former writer in residence at NUI Maynooth (2000–01), a member of the Abbey Theatre’s Honorary Advisory Council, a recipient of three Bursaries in literature from the Arts Counci ...

* Fergal O'Byrne, playwright * Ronan Moore, writer

Businesspeople

Martin Shanahan Martin Shanahan (born 1973) is a former Irish public servant, CEO of inward investment agency IDA Ireland from 2014 to 2022, now a partner at Grant Thornton Ireland. During his 8 years heading the IDA, which encompassed Brexit, the COVID-19 pand ...

, CEO, IDA Ireland *

Bobby Kerr (businessman) Bobby Kerr is an Irish entrepreneur and businessman. He was the chairman of Insomnia Coffee Company. In 2009, he was a "dragon" on the Irish version of ''Dragons' Den'', produced by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Career Kerr's first job w ...

, Hotelier and Cafe Entrepreneur * Brendan McDonagh, Managing Director of the

National Asset Management Agency The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA; ga, Gníomhaireacht Náisiúnta um Bhainistíocht Sócmhainní) is a body created by the government of Ireland in late 2009 in response to the Irish financial crisis and the deflation of the Irish pr ...

Sean J. Conlon Sean J. Conlon (born about 1970) is an Irish-American businessman, real estate entrepreneur, investor, television personality and philanthropist. He grew up in Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland before moving to Chicago. He is chairman and found ...

, US Real Estate Entrepreneur *

Kevin McCourt (businessman) Kevin McCourt (1915–2000) was an Irish businessman and Director-General of RTÉ between 1962 and 1968. He also served as Managing Director of Irish Distillers and the Dutch firm Hunter Douglas. Early life and education He was born 14 April 191 ...

and later

Director-General of RTÉ The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The current director-general is Dee Forbes, who replaced Noel Curran in the role in 2016. Appointment and role The RTÉ b ...

Alan Joyce (executive) Alan Joseph Joyce, (born 30 June 1966) is an Irish-Australian businessman. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Qantas Airways Limited. Early life and education Joyce was born and raised in Tallaght, now a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. His ...

, Chief Executive Officer of

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded ...

Politicians

Bertie Ahern Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008, Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, Tánaiste a ...

former

Taoiseach The Taoiseach is the head of government, or prime minister, of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The office is appointed by the president of Ireland upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national legisl ...

* Jim Mitchell former Minister for Justice and Deputy Leader of

Fine Gael Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil � ...

Mary Hanafin Mary Hanafin (born 1 June 1959) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport from 2010 to 2011, Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil from January 2011 to March 2011, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Inn ...

former Cabinet Minister *

Vincent Brady Vincent Brady (14 March 1936 – 6 October 2020) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He served under Taoiseach Charles Haughey as Government Chief Whip (1987–1991) and Minister for Defence (1991–1992). Early life Brady was born in ...

former Teachta Dála (TD) and former Minister of Defence *

Gay Mitchell Gabriel Alexander Mitchell (born 30 December 1951) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for European Affairs from 1994 to 1997 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1992 to 1993. He served as a Member of the European ...

MEP, former minister and 2011 Fine Gael presidential nominee *

Emmet Stagg Emmet Stagg (born 1 October 1944) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Labour Party Chief Whip from 2007 to 2016, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications from 1994 to 1997 and Minister ...

Teachta Dála (TD) and Labour Party Chief Whip *

Simon Harris Simon Harris (born 17 October 1986) is an Irish politician who has served as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael since 2024. A TD for the Wicklow constituency since 2011, he has served as a minister in the government of Ireland since 2016 and f ...

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...

(TD) and

Minister for Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Count ...

. *

Regina Doherty Regina Doherty (; born 26 January 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Deputy leader of Seanad Éireann since 2022. She was Leader of the Seanad from 2020 to 2022, and is Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad since June 2020. S ...

Senator and former and Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. *

Eric Byrne Eric Byrne (born 21 April 1947) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency from 1989 to 1992, 1994 to 1997 and 2011 to 2016. He was formerly a member of Official Sin ...

Teachta Dála (TD) *

Pearse Doherty Pearse Daniel Doherty (born 6 July 1977) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since the 2016 general election, and previously a TD for the Donegal South-West constituency from 2010 to ...

Teachta Dála (TD) *

Dessie Ellis Desmond Ellis (born 23 September 1953) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency since the 2011 general election. During the 1970s and 1980s Ellis was a member of the Provisional ...

Teachta Dála (TD) *

Michael Creed Michael Creed (born 29 June 1963) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-West constituency since 2007, and previously from 1989 to 2002. He previously served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and ...

Teachta Dála (TD) and

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ( ga, An tAire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Historically, the agriculture portfol ...

. *

Margaret Ekpo Chief Margaret Ekpo (27 July 1914 – 21 September 2006) was a Nigerian women's rights activist and social mobilizer who was a pioneering female politician in the country's First Republic and a leading member of a class of traditional Nigerian ...

Nigerian woman's activist and politician *

Brendan Halligan Brendan Halligan (5 July 1936 – 9 August 2020) was an Irish economist and politician. He was founder and president of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), a think tank on European and international issues. He was preside ...

economist and politician * Jack Murphy former Teachta Dála (TD) *

Katharine Bulbulia Katharine Bulbulia (; born 1943) is a former politician from County Waterford in Ireland. She was a Fine Gael senator from 1981 to 1989, and subsequently joined the Progressive Democrats (PDs), serving from 1997 to 2006 as a senior aide to the p ...

former Senator and health advocate *

Noel Ahern Noel Ahern (born 28 December 1944) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 1992 to 2011. He also served as the Minister of State at the Department of Transport wit ...

former Teachta Dála (TD) *

Mary Wallace Mary Wallace (born 13 June 1959) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath and Meath East constituencies from 1989 to 2011. Early life Wallace was born in County Dublin in 1959. She was educa ...

former Teachta Dála (TD) *

Eoin Ryan Jnr Eoin Ryan (born 24 February 1953) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Dublin from 2004 to 2009, and also was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South-East from 1992 to 2007. Ryan was bo ...

former Teachta Dála (TD) and MEP * Tony Kett former Senator * Seán Ryan former Teachta Dála (TD) * Brendan Ryan Teachta Dála (TD) * Ronan Moore Councillor

Diplomats

* Diarmuid O’Leary, Irish Ambassador to Luxembourg

Journalists and broadcasters

Geraldine Kennedy Geraldine Kennedy (born 1 September 1951) is an Irish journalist and politician who served as the first female editor of ''The Irish Times'' newspaper. She previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1987 t ...

, former Editor, ''

Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'' *

Seamus Martin Seamus Martin (born 1942) is the retired international editor of ''The Irish Times'' and is the brother and only sibling of Diarmuid Martin the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. He is a former member of board of the Broadcasting Authority o ...

, former international editor, ''

'' *

Bryan Dobson Bryan David Dobson (born 10 February 1960) is an Irish journalist, newscaster and presenter with RTÉ in Ireland. He currently presents the RTÉ: News at One. He previously presented '' RTÉ News: Six One,'' '' RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock'', most r ...

, RTÉ

Six One 6 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 6 or six may also refer to: * AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era * 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era * The month of June Science * Carbon, the element with atomic number 6 * 6 Hebe, an asteroid People ...

news presenter *

Carole Coleman Carole Coleman (born September 1966) is an Irish journalist. Originally from Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, she is a former Washington Correspondent for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Carole is a journalism graduate of the Dublin Instit ...

, RTÉ News Washington correspondent *

Marian Finucane Marian Finucane ( ; 21 May 1950 – 2 January 2020) was an Irish broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). She began working with the national broadcaster in 1974, starting as a continuity announcer. She was the first presenter of ''L ...

, RTÉ radio presenter *

George Hook George Hook (born 19 May 1941) is an Irish people, Irish Broadcasting, broadcaster, journalist and rugby union pundit. He formerly hosted ''The Right Hook'' and ''High Noon'' on the Irish radio station Newstalk. He had a career as a rugby unio ...

, RTÉ rugby pundit and radio presenter *

Orla Guerin Orla may refer to: Places *Orla, Missouri, USA *Orla, Texas, USA *Orla, Jharkhand, India *Orla, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland), a village **Gmina Orla, a commune centred on the village *Orla, Krotoszyn County in Greater Poland Voivodesh ...

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadca ...

correspondent *

Ray Kennedy Raymond Kennedy (28 July 1951 – 30 November 2021) was an English footballer who won every domestic honour in the game with Arsenal and Liverpool in the 1970s and early 1980s. Kennedy played as a forward for Arsenal, and then played as a le ...

, RTÉ news presenter and former Irish correspondent for

Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. John Ryley is the hea ...

Ray Foley Raymond Foley (born 21 September 1980) is an Irish television host and radio presenter. Having worked at Dublin's 98FM and SPIN 1038 early in his career, Foley moved to Today FM in 2004. In 2006, he moved to midday and presented ''The Ray Fole ...

, radio presenter *

Philip Reid (author) Philip Reid (born 12 November 1961) is a sports journalist. As of 2017 he worked for ''The Irish Times'' newspaper. His articles on golf are widely quoted by other media outlets. Career Reid is a journalism graduate of Dublin Institute of Techno ...

, Sportswriter *

Colette Fitzpatrick Colette Fitzpatrick (born June 1974) is one of the main news anchors at Virgin Media News (formerly known as "TV3 News"), since September 2006. She is a native of Holycross, Thurles, County Tipperary.("Colette, 31, from Thurles, Co Tipperary") ...

, TV3 anchor *

Darren Kennedy Darren Kennedy (born 12 January 1981) is an Irish television presenter, entrepreneur, style expert and creative director from Dublin, Ireland now based between New York, Los Angeles and London. He has hosted television shows on Channel 5, BBC, ...

, TV presenter, fashion writer and stylist *

Eoghan Corry Eoghan Corry ( ga, Eoghan Ó Cómhraí; born 19 January 1961) is an Irish journalist and author. He is the lead commentator on travel for media in Ireland, having edited travel sections in national newspapers and travel publications since the 19 ...

, Travel writer * Paddy Murray, newspaper editor and comedy writer *

Conor McAnally Conor McAnally (born 24 March 1952) is an Irish television writer, producer and director. He worked in Ireland up to 1989, moved to London and worked in the United Kingdom until 2004 when he moved to the United States. He is based in Austin, Tex ...

, US TV producer

Sportspeople

Paul McGinley Paul Noel McGinley (born 16 December 1966) is an Irish professional golfer who has won four events on the European Tour. At the 2002 Ryder Cup, he famously holed a ten-foot putt on the 18th hole in his match against Jim Furyk at The Belfry whic ...

, golfer, captained Europe in its

2014 Ryder Cup The 40th Ryder Cup matches were held 26–28 September 2014 in Scotland on the PGA Centenary Course at the Gleneagles Hotel near Auchterarder in Perth & Kinross. This was the second Ryder Cup held in Scotland; it was previously at Muirfield i ...

victory * John Delaney, CEO of the Football Association of Ireland * Brian Kerr, former manager of Republic of Ireland national football team *

Stephen Roche Stephen Roche (; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only two cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de Fr ...

, cycling *

Ronnie Dawson (rugby union) Ronnie may refer to: *Ronnie (name), a unisex pet name and given name * "Ronnie" (Four Seasons song), a song by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe *"Ronnie," a song from the Metallica album ''Load'' *Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, an association football stadium ...

* Aidan O'Shea,

Darran O'Sullivan Darran O'Sullivan (born 3 May 1986 in London, England) is a Gaelic footballer. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Glenbeigh-Glencar, his divisional side Mid Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county team from 2005 until 2018. O' ...

, Paul Flynn,

Kevin McManamon Kevin McManamon (born 9 December 1986) is a Gaelic footballer from Dublin who plays for the St Jude's club and was a senior member of the Dublin county team since 2010. He retired in December 2021. McManamon made his senior debut in O'Byrne C ...

Darragh Ó Sé Darragh Ó Sé (born 5 March 1975 in Ard an Bhóthair, Ventry, County Kerry) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He plays with his local club, An Ghaeltacht, and was a member at senior level of the Kerry county team from 1997 until he announ ...

Colin Walshe Colin Walshe is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Monaghan county team. Walshe won Ulster championships in 2013 and 2015 with Monaghan. In 2013, he won an All Star at right corner-back. Honours * Ulster Senior Football C ...

Kevin McLoughlin Kevin McLoughlin (born 1988) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Knockmore and the Mayo county team. He has started at right half forward in four All-Ireland football finals: the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal ...

, Mark Collins and

Jason Doherty Jason Doherty (born 21 November 1989) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Burrishoole and the Mayo county team. He started at centre forward in the 2012 All-Ireland Final which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal. He studied at NUI G ...

Kevin O'Reilly Kevin O'Reilly (born 1987) is Hurling, hurler for the Dublin GAA, Dublin senior team and Lucan Sarsfields. O'Reilly was named on the 2007 3rd Level All-Star XV for DIT GAA, DIT due to his performance in the Fitzgibbon Cup. O'Reilly was named on ...

Ollie Canning Oliver Canning (born 9 July 1976) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Galway senior team. Born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Canning first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fourteen when he first ...

, Conor McCormack, David Treacy and Willie O'Dwyer, hurling *

Jane Dolan Jane Dolan is a camogie player, winner of Soaring Star Awards in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021. She also plays for DIT. Her injury time point secured the National League Division 3 The National Football League (NFL; ga, Srait ...

And Sarah Ryan (camogie) *

Becky Lynch Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Becky Lynch where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand. Lynch is one of WWE's most recognizable and ...

, wrestler * John Kavanagh, MMA trainer

Musicians

* David Flynn, Composer *

The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. Between 1977 and 1985, they had a series of Irish and UK hits including "Like Clockwork", "Rat Trap", "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Banana Republic". The original line ...

, Irish band formed by

Bob Geldof Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (; born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Rock music in Ireland, Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved ...

Jimi Shields Jimi Shields (born James J. Shields; 1967), is an Irish architect and musician. He was a member of 1990s indie rock group Rollerskate Skinny. He formed the band the Wounded Knees with former Mercury Rev flutist Suzanne Thorpe in 2001. In 2004, w ...

, Musician and Landscape Architect *

Larry Mullen, Jr. Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. (; born 31 October 1961) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. Mullen was born in Dublin, where he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School. In 1976, he co-founded U2 ...

, Drummer with U2 *

Ciarán Farrell Ciarán Farrell (born 1969, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish composer who has been active in his field since graduating from Trinity College Dublin in 1997. He has composed works for orchestra, ensemble, choir, and solo instruments, as well as for T ...

, Composer *

Ryan O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy (born 27 September 1992) is an Irish singer and former actor from Loughshinny, Skerries, Dublin. He portrayed Mark Halpin in the popular TV series ''Fair City'' for nine years (2001–2010). In January 2012, he appeared in the ...

, Singer and Songwriter *

Lynn Hilary Lynn Hilary (born 21 April 1982) is an Irish singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She has also performed as a featured soprano soloist in the all-female ensemble Celtic Woman. Career Hilary was born in Dublin, Ireland, and completed a Bachel ...

and

Deirdre Shannon Deirdre Gilsenan is an Irish singer who has toured with a variety of Celtic music groups, such as Anúna, Celtic Thunder and Celtic Woman. She is better known by the stage name Deirdre Shannon. Background Shannon was born into the Gilsenan ...

, Singers, formerly of

Anúna Anúna (stylized in all caps) is a vocal ensemble formed in Ireland in 1987 by Irish composer Michael McGlynn under the name An Uaithne. Taking the current name in 1991,Allmusic Biography/ref> the group has recorded 18 albums and achieved a ...

and

Celtic Woman Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female music ...

* Aebh Kelly, soprano *

Eimear Quinn Eimear Mary Rose Quinn (; ga, Eimear Ní Chuinn, ) is an Irish singer and composer. She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "The Voice". Since then she has toured and performed extensively internationally ...

, soprano, popular singer formerly of

Entertainers

Domhnall Gleeson Domhnall Gleeson (; born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, with whom he has appeared in a number of films and theatre projects. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from Dublin Inst ...

, actor, director, and writer *

John Moore (director) John Moore (born 1970) is an Irish film director and producer whose credits include the action war film '' Behind Enemy Lines'' and ''A Good Day to Die Hard''. Early life and education Moore was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and attended Dublin Ins ...

, film director * Nick Vincent Murphy, screenwriter *

Rouzbeh Rashidi Rouzbeh Rashidi ( fa, روزبه رشیدی; born 23 December 1980, Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Irish avant-garde filmmaker and founder of Experimental Film Society. Since 2000, Rashidi produced experimental feature films and numerous volumes ...

, avant-garde filmmaker *

Shimmy Marcus Shimmy Marcus is an Irish filmmaker. Early life Marcus was born and raised in the Dublin suburb of Terenure, the son of Louis Marcus (filmmaker), Louis Marcus (twice Oscar nominated documentary film-maker). He was educated at Stratford Colleg ...

, filmmaker * Jack Nolan, actor *

Daryl McCormack Daryl McCormack (born 22 January 1993) is an Irish actor. He has appeared in the RTÉ One soap opera ''Fair City'' (2015–2016), the BBC series ''Peaky Blinders'' (2019–2022), and the Apple TV+ series '' Bad Sisters'' (2022). His films inclu ...

, actor

Fashion designers

Louise Kennedy Louise Kennedy is an Irish fashion designer and businesswoman who, in 2013, was called the "uncrowned queen of Irish fashion". Career Kennedy studied at the College of Marketing and Design, now part of Dublin Institute of Technology and the G ...

Chefs

Stuart O'Keeffe Stuart O'Keeffe (born Stuart Denis O'Keeffe, 15 September 1981) is an Irish celebrity chef, food writer, and television personality best known for his appearance on the Food Network's ''Private Chefs of Beverly Hills'' and other TV shows. He w ...

, celebrity chef and US television personality *

Richard Corrigan Richard Corrigan (born 10 February 1964) is an Irish chef. He is chef/patron of Corrigan's Bar & Restaurant Mayfair, Bentley's Oyster Bar and Grill, Daffodil Mulligan Restaurant & Gibney's Bar London and Virginia Park Lodge in Virginia, County C ...

chef *

Darina Allen Darina Hilda Allen (née O'Connell; born 13 June 1948) is an Irish chef, food writer, TV personality and founder of Ballymaloe Cookery School. Biography Darina Allen was born in Cullohill, County Laois, the eldest of nine children. The renow ...

, Irish chef, food writer, TV personality *

Kevin Dundon Kevin Dundon is an Irish celebrity chef, television personality and author, known for featuring on television series such as '' Guerrilla Gourmet'' and ''Heat''. He is the author of the book, '' Full on Irish: Contemporary Creative Cooking'' and ...

, chef