52.6653° N, 8.6238° W
LUIMNEACH
Most Famous People Born in Luimneach, Ireland
- Notable people
- 369
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1951
- Most distinctive
- Hurler 128.0×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Luimneach during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Luimneach Is Known For
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Player is Luimneach's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (52).
Luimneach over-indexes on hurler — 128.0× the global rate.
Luimneach under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Luimneach's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
- Science
- Other
Richard Harris
1930 - 2002
Aphex Twin
Born 1971
Michael D. Higgins
Born 1941
G. E. M. Anscombe
1919 - 2001
Terry Wogan
1938 - 2016
Marian Keyes
Born 1963
Becky Lynch
Born 1987
Steve Finnan
Born 1976
Thomas Langlois Lefroy
1776 - 1869
Noel Hogan
Born 1971
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
1779 - 1869
William Henry Harvey
1811 - 1866
Mary Jane Kelly
1863 - 1888
Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)
1726 - 1783
Paul O'Connell
Born 1979
Kate O'Brien (novelist)
1897 - 1974
Kevin Barry (author)
Born 1969
Henry Arthur Blake
1840 - 1918
Keith Earls
Born 1987
William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
1808 - 1889
Gore Ouseley
1770 - 1844
Conor Murray
Born 1989
George Browne (soldier)
1698 - 1792
Bill Whelan
Born 1950
Peter Woulfe
1727 - 1803
Patrick Ryan (athlete)
1881 - 1964
Kathleen Clarke
1878 - 1972
Mary Nash (historian)
Born 1947
Eoin Reddan
Born 1980
Todd Carty
Born 1963
Constance Smith
1928 - 2003
Catherine Hayes (soprano)
1818 - 1861
Oliver O'Grady
Born 1945
Donnacha Ryan
Born 1983
Sean Cronin
Born 1986
Liam Redmond
1913 - 1989
David Wallace (rugby union)
Born 1976
Ada Rehan
1859 - 1916
Conor O'Shea
Born 1970
Seán Keating
1889 - 1977
Patrick Collison
Born 1988
Desmond O'Malley
Born 1939
Don Givens
Born 1949
Damien Varley
Born 1983
John Joseph Cantwell
1874 - 1947
Willie O'Dea
Born 1952
Frank O'Mara
Born 1960
Edward Daly (Irish revolutionary)
1891 - 1916
Leo Fernandez
Born 1976
Gerald Griffin
1803 - 1840
Donogh O'Malley
1921 - 1968
Patrick Weston Joyce
1827 - 1914
Mike Hogan
Born 1973
Marcus Horan
Born 1977
Peter Clohessy
Born 1966
Margaret Murnane
Born 1959
Seán South
1928 - 1957
Robert Dwyer Joyce
1830 - 1883
George Alexander Osborne
1806 - 1893
Terence O'Brien (bishop)
1600 - 1651
Jan O'Sullivan
Born 1950
Tom Tierney
Born 1976
Michael Collins (Irish author)
Born 1964
James O'Mara
1873 - 1948
Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon
Born 1970
Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
-
Joseph O'Mara
1864 - 1927
Paddy Reid
1924 - 2016
Michael Noonan (Fine Gael politician)
Born 1943
Cornelius O'Leary
1927 - 2006
Sam Barry (tennis)
Born 1992
David Kilcoyne (rugby union)
Born 1988
Joy Neville
Born 1983
Richard Creagh
1523 - 1586
Paul Lynch (writer)
Born 1977
Jega (musician)
-
John L. Murray
Born 1943
Eddie Halvey
Born 1970
Daire Nolan
Born 1968
Barry Murphy (rugby union)
Born 1982
Jim Kemmy
1936 - 1997
Mick Moloney
Born 1944
Kamal Ibrahim (presenter)
Born 1985
Joseph Connolly (architect)
1840 - 1904
Tom Aherne
1919 - 1999
Jeremy Staunton
Born 1980
John Gerard Noonan
Born 1951
Michael Keyes
1886 - 1959
John Collison
Born 1990
Margaretta Eagar
1863 - 1936
Fergal Lawler
Born 1971
Lee Lynch (footballer)
Born 1991
John McGrath (footballer, born 1980)
Born 1980
Stephen Clancy
Born 1992
Maurice Quinlivan
Born 1967
B+ (photographer)
Born 1966
John Thomas Mullock
1807 - 1869
Ernest Deane
1887 - 1915
Noel Dorr
Born 1933
Andrew Searle Hart
1811 - 1890
Louis Lentin
1933 - 2014
Joseph Fogerty
1831 - 1899
Elinor Darwin
1871 - 1954
Denis M. Hurley
1843 - 1899
Joseph Baylee
1808 - 1883
Neil Cusack
Born 1951
Paudie O'Connor
Born 1997
John Joe Joyce
Born 1987
Fiona Doyle
Born 1991
Michael Colivet
1882 - 1955
Michael J. O'Farrell
1832 - 1894
Fiona O'Malley
Born 1968
Colm Tucker
1952 - 2012
William Russell Lane-Joynt
1855 - 1921
Daniel O'Reilly (politician)
1838 - 1911
Madeline Mulqueen
Born 1990
Andrew Cherry
1762 - 1812
Eoghan McDermott
Born 1983
Ronan O'Mahony
Born 1989
Stuart O'Keeffe
Born 1981
Edward Fitzgerald (bishop)
1833 - 1907
Damien McCrory
Born 1990
Karl Spain
-
David Gleeson
Born 1966
Yvonne Tracy
Born 1981
Sean O'Neill (rower)
Born 1980
John Daly (Fenian)
1845 - 1916
Michael Hinchey
Born 1969
Terence Aubrey Murray
1810 - 1873
Willie Casey
Born 1981
James Heffernan (Irish politician)
Born 1979
Denis Fogarty
Born 1983
Stephen Coughlan
1910 - 1994
David Noel Bourke
Born 1970
George Clancy (rugby union)
Born 1977
John Jellico
1856 - 1925
Michael Harty
Born 1955
Gordon Wood (rugby union)
1931 - 1982
J. P. McManus
Born 1951
John Moloney (rugby union)
Born 1949
Kieran O'Donnell
Born 1963
Derek Daly (footballer)
Born 1997
Ciarán Mac Mathúna
1925 - 2009
Declan Burke
Born 1972
Kevin Wallace
Born 1957
Tom Neville (politician)
Born 1975
Arthur Smyth
1707 - 1771
Paul Gavan
Born 1965
John Kenyon (priest)
1812 - 1869
Peter Hanrahan
Born 1968
Mary O'Connell
1814 - 1897
Maureen Pryor
1922 - 1977
Tommy Lynch (footballer)
Born 1964
Noel McLoughlin (Sänger)
Born 1955
Johnny Gavin (footballer)
1928 - 2007
Cian Lynch
Born 1996
Keith Hanley
Born 1993
William Matthew Hart
1830 - 1908
Sam Lynch
Born 1975
Eithne Strong
1923 - 1999
Peter Power (politician)
Born 1966
Ciara Neville
Born 1999
Bobby Ryan (footballer)
Born 1979
Frances Healy
Born 1970
Donnchadh Ó Briain
1897 - 1981
Andrew Bonaparte-Wyse
1870 - 1940
Tony Clarkin (actor)
Born 1952
David McHugh
Born 1955
Jason Killeen
Born 1985
John Frederick Fogerty
1863 - 1938
Séamus Hickey
Born 1988
John O'Shea (humanitarian)
Born 1944
James Collins (Irish politician)
1900 - 1967
Declan Hannon
Born 1992
Mike Sherry
Born 1988
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy
1816 - 1897
Maria Byrne
Born 1967
Paul Dillon (footballer)
Born 1978
Leanne Moore
Born 1984
Tom Morrissey (hurler)
Born 1996
Emma O'Driscoll
Born 1982
Tony Mulcahy
Born 1959
George C. Bennett
1877 - 1963
Paddy Nolan
1862 - 1913
Shane McMahon (Koch)
Born 1970
Niall McInerney (photographer)
Born 1941
Patrick Lynch (Irish attorney general)
1866 - 1947
David Breen
Born 1985
Michael Manning (murderer)
1929 - 1954
Ronan Lynch
Born 1996
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Born 1951
Michael Ryan (equestrian)
Born 1976
Connor Byrne
Born 1963
Kevin Downes (hurler)
Born 1991
Marie Curtin
Born 1985
Joel Coustrain
Born 1996
Stephen Keogh
Born 1982
Críostóir Ó Floinn
Born 1927
Pádraig MacKernan
1940 - 2010
Richie McCarthy
Born 1988
John Conlon
Born 1989
Gearóid Hegarty
Born 1994
Finbarr McLoughlin
Born 1949
Damer Leslie Allen
1878 - 1912
Barry Nash
Born 1996
Patrick Kennedy (Limerick politician)
1941 - 2020
Des Kennedy (Irish footballer)
Born 1955
Tom Condon (hurler)
Born 1987
Daniel Martin Wilson
1862 - 1932
Henry Edward King
1832 - 1910
Fionn McLoughlin
Born 1982
Gavin O'Mahony
Born 1987
Thomas Morrissey (historian)
Born 1931
Marie Perolz
1874 - 1950
Paul Browne (hurler)
Born 1989
Lot Flannery
1836 - 1922
Andy Cusick
1857 - 1929
Edmund von Harold
1737 - 1808
Liam O'Brien (actor)
-
John O'Brien (Irish politician)
1794 - 1855
John Creaghe
1841 - 1920
Andrew O'Shaughnessy (hurler)
Born 1984
Conor McNamara
-
Nessan Quinlivan
Born 1965
Wayne McNamara
Born 1986
John Cowell (RAF airman)
1889 - 1918
Tommy Hayes (Irish rugby player)
Born 1980
Éamonn Cregan
Born 1945
Roisin Upton
Born 1994
Gillian Bourke
Born 1984
Brian O'Callaghan
Born 1981
Nathaniel Burslem
1837 - 1865
Thomas Myles
1857 - 1937
John MacEnery
1796 - 1841
Donal Carey
Born 1937
Rosemary Ryan
Born 1975
Joe Waters
Born 1953
Helenus Milmo
1908 - 1988
Samuel Bindon
1812 - 1879
Tommy Gaynor
Born 1963
John Toohey (politician)
1839 - 1903
Dan Goggin (rugby union)
Born 1994
T. J. Ryan (hurler)
Born 1974
Frank P. Ryan
Born 1944
Willie Hayes
1928 - 2014
JT McNamara
1975 - 2016
Tim O'Malley
Born 1944
John Danaher
1860 - 1919
James Cooney (Medal of Honor)
1860 - 1903
Cornelius McNamara
1896 - 1957
Stephen Walsh (hurler)
Born 1985
Calvin Nash
Born 1997
Donal O'Grady (Limerick hurler)
Born 1981
Brendan Foley (rugby player)
Born 1950
Dessie Sheehan
Born 1949
Colm Byrne
Born 1971
Frederick York St Leger
1833 - 1901
Joe Hanrahan
Born 1964
Andrew Jones (Medal of Honor)
Born 1835
Maurice O'Doherty
1932 - 1998
Mae Leonard
Born 1940
Robert Francis Burns
1840 - 1883
Ian Cross (rugby league)
Born 1989
Dermot Whelan
-
Rory Keane
1922 - 2004
Declan Cusack
Born 1988
Conor Allis
Born 1990
Neil Cronin
Born 1992
Richard O'Shaughnessy (MP)
1842 - 1918
Al Finucane
Born 1943
Henry Deane Grady
1764 - 1847
Breandán Ó Madagáin
1942 - 2020
Mickey O'Connell
Born 1979
Michael Peter MacMahon
1720 - 1807
Margaret Hinchey
1870 - 1944
Ben Betts (rugby union)
Born 1996
Patrick Hanran
1831 - 1916
Joe O'Donnell (musician)
Born 1948
Barry O'Mahony
Born 1986
Paudie Fitzmaurice
Born 1949
Abigail Watson
1685 - 1752
Patrick O'Malley (Irish politician)
Born 1943
Conan Doyle (rugby union)
-
Walter Burke (purser)
1736 - 1815
Andrew La Touche Cosgrave
Born 1996
John Macauley
1866 - 1957
Seán O'Connor (referee)
1935 - 2018
Johnny Carroll (footballer)
Born 1923
Ger Hegarty
Born 1966
David Tidmarsh
1892 - 1944
Joe O'Boye
Born 1960
John Galvin (Gaelic footballer)
Born 1980
Mossy Lawler
Born 1980
Domhnall O'Donovan
Born 1988
Des Kelly (footballer)
Born 1950
Mike Nash
Born 1965
Aengus Finucane
1932 - 2009
Martin Finnin
Born 1968
Mark O'Riordan
Born 1980
Damien Quigley
Born 1971