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DUBLIN

Most Famous People Born in Dublin, Ireland

Notable people
3,490
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1946
Most distinctive
Cricket 2.6×

A city defined by what it sends abroad and what it keeps at home. Dublin's notables are split almost in two: a literary tradition that the rest of the English-speaking world claims as its own — Wilde, Shaw, Beckett, Swift, Burke — and a sporting culture in Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie that exists almost exclusively on the island itself. The result is a profession mix that looks both unusually international and unusually local at the same time.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Dublin during each.

What Dublin Is Known For

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Football is Dublin's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (746).

Dublin over-indexes on cricket2.6× the global rate.

  1. Football746
  2. Politician316
  3. Actor234
  4. Player179
  5. Cricket118
  6. Writer108
  7. Singer95
  8. Painter92
  1. Cricket1182.6×
  2. Player1792.6×
  3. Football7461.9×
  4. Author501.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Dublin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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3,490 notable people

1201 ACTOR

Christopher Simpson (actor)

Born 1975

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1202 POLITICIAN

Seán Ardagh

1947 - 2016

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1203 DRIVER

Gary Thompson (racing driver)

Born 1992

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1204 SCULPTOR

Thomas Farrell (sculptor)

1827 - 1900

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1205 PRINCE

Henry O'Farrell

1833 - 1868

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1206 WRITER

Gemma O'Connor (writer)

Born 1940

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1207 ENTOMOLOGIST

Elizabeth Nesta Marks

1918 - 2002

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1208 POLITICIAN

Edmund Dwyer-Gray

1870 - 1945

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1209 SPORT

Paul Healion

1978 - 2009

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1210 ACTOR

Billy Boyle

Born 1945

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1211 FOOTBALL

William Edward Barclay

1857 - 1917

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1212 POLITICIAN

Thomas Carter (1690–1763)

1690 - 1763

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1213 RUGBY

Thomas Crean

1873 - 1923

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1214 POLITICIAN

Noel Ahern

Born 1944

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1215 POLITICIAN

Terence Flanagan

Born 1975

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1216 SCULPTOR

John Hughes (sculptor)

1865 - 1941

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1217 PRESENTER

Peter Snow

Born 1938

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1218 HISTORIAN

Garrett G. Fagan

1963 - 2017

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1219 FOOTBALL

Cliff Byrne

Born 1982

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1220 POLITICIAN

Kevin Izod O'Doherty

1823 - 1905

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1221 FOOTBALL

Amby Fogarty

1933 - 2016

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1222 FOOTBALL

Olivia O'Toole

Born 1971

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1223 HISTORIAN

Angela Bourke

Born 1952

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1224 FOOTBALL

Richie Foran

Born 1980

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1225 SCULPTOR

Michael Warren (sculptor)

Born 1950

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1226 FOOTBALL

Paul Byrne (footballer, born 1986)

Born 1986

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1227 ARTIST

John Gerrard (artist)

Born 1974

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1228 WRITER

Michael Carroll (author)

Born 1966

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1229 PLAYER

Stephen Coppinger

Born 1984

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1230 POLITICIAN

Thomas Pringle (politician)

Born 1967

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1231 FOOTBALL

Eoin Wearen

Born 1992

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1232 PSYCHIATRIST

Patrick McGorry

Born 1952

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1233 NOVELIST

Patricia Scanlan

Born 1956

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1234 PLAYER

Victor Le Fanu

1865 - 1939

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1235 SCULPTOR

Olivia Musgrave

Born 1958

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1236 ATHLETIC

Niall Bruton

Born 1971

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1237 COMMANDER

Henry Merrick Lawson

1859 - 1933

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1238 FOOTBALL

Pat Scully

Born 1970

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1239 OFFICER

John Parr (colonial governor)

1725 - 1791

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1240 TEACHER

Hugh R. Brady

Born 1959

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1241 ACTOR

Simon Delaney

Born 1970

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1242 FOOTBALL

Jamie O'Brien (footballer)

Born 1990

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1243 SPRINT

Arthur Sweeney

1909 - 1940

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1244 ACTOR

Kevin Ryan (actor)

Born 1984

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1245 FOOTBALL

Arthur Fitzsimons

1929 - 2018

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1246 POLITICIAN

Vincent Brady

Born 1936

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1247 POLITICIAN

John Montgomery (delegate)

1722 - 1808

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1248 CIVIL SERVANT

Robert Montgomery Martin

1801 - 1868

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1249 FOOTBALL

Barry Murphy (footballer, born 1985)

Born 1985

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1250 WIFE OF

Matilda Tone

1769 - 1849

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1251 JUDGE

Fidelma Macken

Born 1942

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1252 BOTANIST

Richard Relhan

1754 - 1823

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1253 PLAYER

Eoin Collins

Born 1968

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1254 NOVELIST

Annie French Hector

1825 - 1902

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1255 BOTANIST

Phyllis Clinch

1901 - 1984

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1256 PLAYER

James Hart (rugby union)

Born 1991

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1257 FOOTBALL

Dermot Curtis

1932 - 2008

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1258 PHYSICIAN

William Manley

1831 - 1901

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1259 JOURNALIST

Patrick Cosgrave

1941 - 2001

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1260 FOOTBALL

Damian Lynch

Born 1979

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1261 LAWYER

Henry S. Baird

1800 - 1875

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1262 POLITICIAN

Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery

1646 - 1682

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1263 FOOTBALL

Shay Gibbons

1929 - 2006

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1264 PLAYER

Noel Purcell (water polo and rugby union)

1891 - 1962

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1265 FOOTBALL

Danny Earls

Born 1989

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1266 GEOLOGIST

George Henry Kinahan

1829 - 1908

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1267 ACTOR

Chris Newman (actor)

Born 1987

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1268 WRITER

Sarah Mary Fitton

1796 - 1874

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1269 ACTOR

Dearbhla Molloy

Born 1946

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1270 WRESTLER

Pat Barrett (wrestler)

Born 1941

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1271 PLAYER

Des Fitzgerald

Born 1957

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1272 FOOTBALL

Eric Barber

1942 - 2014

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1273 PSYCHIATRIST

Anthony Clare

1942 - 2007

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1274 AUTHOR

Harry Clifton

Born 1952

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1275 ACTOR

Ronan Raftery

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1276 PLAYER

Louis Magee

1874 - 1945

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1277 PHYSICIAN

Charles Lucas (politician)

1713 - 1771

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1278 POLITICIAN

Eric Byrne

Born 1947

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1279 DIPLOMAT

Terence Garvey

1915 - 1986

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1280 FOOTBALL

Patrick Kavanagh (footballer, born 1985)

Born 1985

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1281 POLITICIAN

Mark Killilea Jnr

1939 - 2018

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1282 ACTOR

Ania Guédroïtz

Born 1949

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1283 MILITANT

George Oliver Plunkett

1894 - 1944

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1284 ACTOR

John Edwin (1768–1805)

1768 - 1805

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1285 AUTHOR

Caroline Grace Cassidy

Born 1976

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1286 PLAYER

Derek Ryan (squash player)

Born 1969

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1287 WRITER

Thomas Clarke Luby

1822 - 1901

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1288 POLITICIAN

Joan Freeman (politician)

Born 1958

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1289 CHURCH

Charles Leslie (nonjuror)

1650 - 1722

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1290 POLITICIAN

Laurence O'Neill

1874 - 1943

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1291 FOOTBALL

John Joe Flood

1898 - 1982

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1292 POLITICIAN

Andrew Doyle

Born 1960

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1293 PHILOLOGIST

Gordon Willis Williams

1926 - 2010

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1294 BADMINTON

Frank Devlin

1900 - 1988

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1295 POLITICIAN

Ruairí Brugha

1917 - 2006

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1296 DIPLOMAT

Richard Ryan (diplomat)

Born 1946

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1297 FOOTBALL

Daryl McMahon

Born 1982

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1298 WRITER

Liz Nugent

Born 1967

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1299 FOOTBALL

Pierce Sweeney

Born 1994

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1300 ROWER

James Lindsay-Fynn

Born 1975

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1301 POLITICIAN

William Augustus Adam

1865 - 1940

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1302 POLITICIAN

Ben Briscoe

Born 1934

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1303 POLITICIAN

Helen Keogh

Born 1951

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1304 POLITICIAN

William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby

1744 - 1806

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1305 PAINTER

William Armstrong (Canadian artist)

1822 - 1914

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1306 ACTOR

Maureen Cusack

1920 - 1977

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1307 OFFICER

Josiah Martin

1737 - 1786

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1308 POLITICIAN

Patrick Byrne (Irish politician)

Born 1925

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1309 FOOTBALL

Keith Long

Born 1973

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1310 PRIEST

Charles D'Arcy

1859 - 1938

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1311 MILITAR

Richard Saul

1891 - 1965

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1312 POLITICIAN

Des Geraghty

Born 1943

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1313 ATHLETIC

Carey May

Born 1959

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1314 WRITER

Jon Berkeley

Born 1962

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1315 COMEDIAN

David O'Doherty

Born 1975

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1316 PRIEST

Lord John Beresford

1773 - 1862

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1317 CRICKET

Peter Chase

Born 1993

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1318 FOOTBALL

Jason Gavin (footballer)

Born 1980

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1319 PRIEST

William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket

1828 - 1897

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1320 FOOTBALL

Eddie Bailham

1941 - 2016

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1321 FOOTBALL

Karl Moore (footballer)

Born 1988

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1322 AUTHOR

James White (writer and translator)

1759 - 1799

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1323 PAINTER

George W. Joy

1844 - 1925

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1324 PHILOSOPHER

Mark Dooley

Born 1970

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1325 SINGER

Rob Smith (Irish musician)

Born 1982

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1326 RUNNER

David McCarthy (sprinter)

Born 1983

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1327 SKIER

Shane O'Connor (skier)

Born 1973

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1328 FOOTBALL

Keith O'Neill (footballer)

Born 1976

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1329 POLITICIAN

Hugh Law (Cumann na nGaedheal politician)

1872 - 1943

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1330 PAINTER

Jonathan Fisher (painter)

1740 - 1809

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1331 PAINTER

Richard Moynan

1856 - 1906

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1332 POLITICIAN

Fergus O'Brien

1930 - 2016

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1333 ACTOR

Brendan Grace

1951 - 2019

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1334 PIANIST

Patrick O'Byrne

Born 1955

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1335 AUTHOR

Eamon Grennan

Born 1941

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1336 FOOTBALL

Gavin Peers

Born 1985

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1337 FOOTBALL

Derek Geary

Born 1980

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1338 PLAYER

Dan Leavy

Born 1994

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1339 JOURNALIST

Mark Little (journalist)

Born 1968

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1340 PLAYER

Cecil Campbell (tennis)

1891 - 1952

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1341 PHYSICIST

Sinéad Griffin

Born 1986

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1342 FILM

Michael Feeney Callan

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1343 FOOTBALL

Glenn Cronin

Born 1981

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1344 FOOTBALL

Graham Gartland

Born 1983

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1345 POET

John Jordan (poet)

1930 - 1988

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1346 LAWYER

William Prince (politician)

1772 - 1824

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1347 FOOTBALL

Paul Keegan (footballer, born 1972)

Born 1972

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1348 FOOTBALL

Ray Brady

1937 - 2016

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1349 IMPRESARIO

William Saurin Lyster

1828 - 1880

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1350 SOLDIER

Charles Stuart (East India Company officer)

1758 - 1828

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1351 RADIO

Derek Mooney

Born 1967

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1352 RÈGNE

Énna Mac Murchada

Died 1126

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1353 ACTOR

Bryan Murray (actor)

Born 1949

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1354 FOOTBALL

Conor Powell

Born 1987

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1355 ACTOR

Catherine Walker (actor)

Born 1972

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1356 ACTOR

Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh

1883 - 1958

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1357 ACTOR

Brefni O'Rorke

1889 - 1946

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1358 WRITER

Anne Chambers (author)

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1359 FOOTBALL

Noel King

Born 1956

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1360 SOLDIER

Thomas Mahon, 2nd Baron Hartland

1766 - 1835

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1361 POLITICIAN

Alan Gillis

Born 1936

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1362 PLAYER

Eugene Davy

1904 - 1996

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1363 POLITICIAN

Mícheál Mac Donncha

Born 1965

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1364 POLITICIAN

Barry Andrews (politician)

Born 1967

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1365 PRIEST

George Simms

1910 - 1991

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1366 FILM

Bob Quinn (Irish filmmaker)

Born 1935

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1367 ACTOR

Liam Tuohy (actor)

-

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1368 SCULPTOR

John Behan (sculptor)

Born 1938

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1369 MUSIC

Breandán Breathnach

1912 - 1985

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1370 FOOTBALL

Tom Farquharson

1900 - 1970

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1371 POLITICIAN

Alexander Manning

1819 - 1903

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1372 CHEF

Richard Corrigan

Born 1964

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1373 FOOTBALL

Mick McGrath (footballer)

Born 1936

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1374 POLITICIAN

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Born 1964

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1375 FILM

Charles B. Fitzsimons

1924 - 2001

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1376 PLAYER

Colin O'Brien

Born 1984

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1377 SWIMMER

Gary O'Toole

Born 1969

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1378 FOOTBALL

Alex Stevenson

1912 - 1985

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1379 POLITICIAN

Nuala Fennell

1935 - 2009

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1380 POLITICIAN

Nora Owen

Born 1945

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1381 ACADEMIC

George K. Miley

Born 1942

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1382 POLITICIAN

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Born 1976

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1383 MISSIONARY

Robert Stewart (priest)

1850 - 1895

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1384 AUTHOR

Ronald Ossory Dunlop

1894 - 1973

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1385 PLAYER

Paul Dean (rugby union)

Born 1960

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1386 ACTIVIST

Ailbhe Smyth

Born 1946

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1387 POLITICIAN

Conor Lenihan

Born 1963

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1388 LINGUIST

Thomas Kingsmill Abbott

1829 - 1913

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1389 PAINTER

George Victor Du Noyer

1817 - 1869

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1390 FOOTBALL

John Burns (Irish footballer)

Born 1977

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1391 ACTOR

Doreen Keogh

1925 - 2017

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1392 POLITICIAN

Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet

1756 - 1834

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1393 POLITICIAN

Liam Ó Buachalla

1899 - 1970

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1394 FOOTBALL

John O'Leary (Gaelic footballer)

Born 1961

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1395 POLITICIAN

Patrick Nulty

Born 1982

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1396 FOOTBALL

Adam Evans

Born 1994

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1397 HISTORIAN

James Ware (historian)

1594 - 1666

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1398 SINGER

Kim Jackson

Born 1965

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1399 SINGER

Suzanne Rhatigan

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1400 POLITICIAN

Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet

1823 - 1895

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1401 ANTIQUARIAN

Joseph Cooper Walker

1761 - 1810

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1402 SINGER

Ron Kavana

Born 1950

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1403 FOOTBALL

Mary Waldron

Born 1984

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1404 SWIMMER

Donnacha O'Dea

Born 1948

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1405 FOOTBALL

Alan Campbell (Irish footballer)

Born 1960

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1406 FOOTBALL

Jacko McDonagh

Born 1962

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1407 POLITICIAN

William O'Shea

1840 - 1905

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1408 POLITICIAN

Colm Brophy

Born 1973

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1409 SINGER

Brush Shiels

Born 1952

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1410 FILM

Maurice Joyce

Born 1969

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1411 PRIEST

John Kearney (bishop)

1742 - 1813

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1412 CHEMIST

John Mallet

1832 - 1912

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1413 FOOTBALL

Pat Devlin (footballer)

Born 1953

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1414 COLUMNIST

Victoria Mary Clarke

Born 1966

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1415 JUDGE

Frank Gavan Duffy

1852 - 1936

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1416 SOCIOLOGIST

Maurice Levitas

1917 - 2001

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1417 RUNNER

Caitriona Jennings

Born 1980

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1418 POLITICIAN

Cathal Ó Murchadha

1880 - 1958

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1419 POET

Catherine Walsh (poet)

Born 1964

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1420 POLICE

Richard Mayne

1796 - 1868

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1421 ARMY

Seán Cronin

1920 - 2011

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1422 POLITICIAN

Peadar Doyle

Died 1956

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1423 PLAYER

Fionn Carr

Born 1985

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1424 DRIVER

Michael Devaney (racing driver)

Born 1984

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1425 WRITER

Pat Ingoldsby

Born 1942

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1426 POLITICIAN

Derrick Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore

1853 - 1921

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1427 POET

Justin Quinn

Born 1968

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1428 JOURNALIST

Joseph Patrick McDonnell

1846 - 1906

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1429 POLITICIAN

John Boland (Fine Gael politician)

1944 - 2000

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1430 POLITICIAN

Henry Morgan Dockrell

1880 - 1955

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1431 WRITER

Kate Jordan

1862 - 1926

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1432 PAINTER

Estella Solomons

1882 - 1968

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1433 HISTORIAN

Dermot Bradley

1944 - 2009

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1434 FOOTBALL

David Freeman (footballer)

Born 1979

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1435 POLITICIAN

Fiach Mac Conghail

Born 1964

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1436 POLITICIAN

Todd Andrews

1901 - 1985

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1437 BIOGRAPHER

John Stewart Collis

1900 - 1984

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1438 SINGER

Gráinne Yeats

1925 - 2013

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1439 FOOTBALL

Martin Russell (footballer)

Born 1967

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1440 PIANIST

Marc Carroll

Born 1972

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1441 ORNITHOLOGIST

William Edwin Brooks

1828 - 1899

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1442 ROWER

Claire Lambe

Born 1990

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1443 CRICKET

Barry McCarthy

Born 1992

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1444 ACADEMIC

Fergus Kelly

Born 1944

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1445 POLITICIAN

John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow

1779 - 1853

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1446 FOOTBALL

Paul Armstrong

Born 1978

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1447 MUSIC

Hugh Maguire (violinist)

1926 - 2013

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1448 OFFICER

Hugh Burgoyne

1833 - 1870

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1449 TRADE UNION

Brian Behan

1926 - 2002

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1450 FOOTBALL

Billy Walsh (Irish footballer)

1921 - 2006

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1451 MERCHANT

Charles Stokes (trader)

1852 - 1895

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1452 POLITICIAN

Joseph Orpen

1828 - 1923

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1453 ACTOR

Eileen Dennes

1898 - 1991

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1454 POLITICIAN

Gerry Horkan

Born 1961

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1455 ACTOR

Gary Whelan

Born 1953

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1456 ANTHROPOLOGIST

William Frederick Wakeman

1822 - 1900

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1457 POLITICIAN

Arthur Clery

1879 - 1932

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1458 TRADE UNION

Rosie Hackett

1892 - 1976

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1459 PAINTER

May Guinness

1863 - 1955

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1460 ARTIST

Michael Colgan (director)

Born 1950

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1461 FOOTBALL

Evan McMillan

Born 1986

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1462 THEOLOGIAN

Ann Louise Gilligan

1945 - 2017

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1463 WRITER

Manchán Magan

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1464 PIANIST

Ethel Hobday

1872 - 1947

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1465 PSYCHIATRIST

Ivor Browne

Born 1929

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1466 ACTOR

Frank Grimes

Born 1947

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1467 FILM

Graham Cantwell

Born 1974

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1468 MILITAR

Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland

1201 - 1230

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1469 GOLF

Gavin Moynihan

Born 1994

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1470 FOOTBALL

Ian Bermingham

Born 1989

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1471 POLITICIAN

Peter Mathews (politician)

1951 - 2017

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1472 FOOTBALL

Noel Dwyer

1934 - 1993

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1473 FOOTBALL

Stephen Rice (footballer)

Born 1984

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1474 ART DIRECTOR

Tony Inglis

1911 - 1997

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1475 POLITICIAN

George Higinbotham

1826 - 1892

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1476 ARTIST

Malachi Farrell

Born 1970

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1477 ACTOR

Slaine Kelly

Born 1982

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1478 POET

Maurice Scully

Born 1952

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1479 ASTRONOMER

Edward Pigot

1858 - 1929

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1480 CRICKET

Leland Hone

1853 - 1896

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1481 PRIEST

William Walsh (archbishop of Dublin)

1841 - 1921

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1482 MARXIST

Roy Johnston

1929 - 2019

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1483 ARCHITECT

Richard Turner (iron-founder)

1798 - 1882

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1484 DIARIST

Melesina Trench

1768 - 1827

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1485 PAINTER

Charles Exshaw

1710 - 1771

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1486 FILM

Eoin Moore

Born 1968

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1487 SPORT

Sean McKenna (cyclist)

Born 1994

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1488 FOOTBALL

Richie Byrne

Born 1981

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1489 POLITICIAN

Gerard Brady

1936 - 2020

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1490 HOCKEY

Walter Campbell (field hockey)

1886 - 1967

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1491 ENVIRONMENTALIST

Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus

1927 - 2010

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1492 POLO

John Paul McCann

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1493 FOOTBALL

Mick Leech

Born 1948

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1494 MUSIC

Niall Stokes

Born 1951

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1495 POLITICIAN

William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim

1806 - 1878

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1496 PLAYER

Tom Grace

Born 1948

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1497 ACTOR

Rory Keenan

Born 1980

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1498 FOOTBALL

Jason McGuinness

Born 1982

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1499 FOOTBALL

Stephen Cluxton

Born 1981

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1500 FOOTBALL

Paddy Bradshaw

1912 - 1963

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