Ireland

Notable people associated with Ireland, recorded in the archive.

People 193 people
Avg. age 75
Dónal Lunny

Dónal Lunny

composer, music executive, guitarist, record producer, singer, music arranger

Died Oct 23, 2026
Age 79 years
M

Michael Canavan

politician, business executive

Died Oct 8, 2026
Age 102 years
A

Andy Fenton

hurler

Died Sep 30, 2026
Age 73 years
J

Joe Callanan

politician, farmer

Died Sep 29, 2026
Age 77 years
J

Jacko McDonagh

association football player

Died Sep 20, 2026
Age 64 years
A

Andy Gallagher

hurler, sports executive

Died Sep 14, 2026
Age 89 years
P

Paddy Keenan

street artist, musician

Died Sep 9, 2026
Age 76 years
B

Brian Fallon

Not available

Died Sep 3, 2026
Age 93 years
J

Joe Feeney

athlete

Died Sep 1, 2026
Age 89 years
B

Barry O'Donnell

Not available

Died Nov 26, 2019
Age 93 years
M

Muiris Mac Conghail

author, journalist, television producer

Died Nov 25, 2019
Age 78 years
T

Terry Kelly

hurler

Died Nov 25, 2019
Age 85 years
N

Niall Tóibín

actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, comedian

Died Nov 13, 2019
Age 89 years
Gay Byrne

Gay Byrne

Not available

Died Nov 4, 2019
Age 85 years
Declan Meagher

Declan Meagher

Not available

Died Nov 3, 2019
Age 98 years
U

Ulick O'Connor

rugby union player, writer

Died Oct 7, 2019
Age 90 years
S

Seán Clohessy

Not available

Died Oct 6, 2019
Age 87 years
J

John McAdorey

sprinter

Died Sep 25, 2019
Age 45 years
R

Richard Johnson

judge, lawyer

Died Aug 4, 2019
Age 81 years
B

Brendan Fennelly

hurler

Died Jul 31, 2019
Age 63 years
Brendan Grace

Brendan Grace

comedian, actor, singer, television actor

Died Jul 11, 2019
Age 68 years
N

Noel Whelan

columnist, barrister, political scientist

Died Jul 10, 2019
Age 50 years
J

John Bailey

politician

Died Jul 9, 2019
Age 74 years
P

Philomena Lynott

writer, entrepreneur, businessperson, biographer

Died Jun 12, 2019
Age 88 years
M

Michael Fahy

farmer

Died Apr 2, 2019
Age 68 years
J

John Browne

politician

Died Mar 27, 2019
Age 82 years
B

Bronco McLoughlin

stunt performer, actor

Died Mar 26, 2019
Age 80 years
P

Philomena Canning

midwife

Died Mar 23, 2019
Age 59 years
N

Noel McFarlane

association football player

Died Mar 19, 2019
Age 84 years
J

Jackie Fahey

politician

Died Mar 18, 2019
Age 91 years
Richie Ryan

Richie Ryan

politician

Died Mar 17, 2019
Age 90 years
Kevin Roche

Kevin Roche

architect, engineer

Died Mar 1, 2019
Age 96 years
D

David P. B. Fitzpatrick

historian, university teacher

Died Feb 20, 2019
Age 69 years
J

John Nallen

Gaelic football player

Died Jan 4, 2019
Age 86 years
Mark Killilea Jnr

Mark Killilea Jnr

politician, farmer

Died Dec 31, 2018
Age 79 years
S

Scott Doran

Not available

Died Dec 29, 2018
Age 44 years
J

Jerome O'Shea

Gaelic football player

Died Dec 6, 2018
Age 87 years
D

Dónall Farmer

actor

Died Dec 6, 2018
Age 81 years
S

Sonny Knowles

singer, musician

Died Nov 15, 2018
Age 86 years
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, university teacher

Died Nov 7, 2018
Age 67 years
M

Max Levitas

trade unionist, politician, political activist

Died Nov 2, 2018
Age 103 years
L

Leonard Enright

hurler

Died Nov 2, 2018
Age 65 years
M

Mick Archer

Gaelic football player

Died Oct 28, 2018
Age 75 years
C

Colm Christle

Not available

Died Oct 28, 2018
Age 84 years
Joe Carolan

Joe Carolan

association football player

Died Sep 26, 2018
Age 81 years
R

Rio Fanning

actor

Died Aug 12, 2018
Age 86 years
N

Nan Joyce

politician

Died Aug 7, 2018
Age 77 years
M

Matthew Sweeney

poet, writer, children's writer

Died Aug 5, 2018
Age 65 years
M

Martin O'Donoghue

politician, economist, university teacher

Died Jul 20, 2018
Age 85 years
D

Derrick O'Connor

actor, film actor, stage actor

Died Jun 29, 2018
Age 77 years
M

Melanie Le Brocquy

sculptor

Died Jun 22, 2018
Age 98 years
R

Ron Healey

Not available

Died Jun 19, 2018
Age 65 years
J

John Blayney

Not available

Died Jun 17, 2018
Age 93 years
M

Macdara Woods

poet, translator

Died Jun 15, 2018
Age 76 years
R

Robin Boyd

Not available

Died Jun 14, 2018
Age 94 years
R

Rory Kiely

politician, farmer

Died Jun 13, 2018
Age 84 years
Myrtle Allen

Myrtle Allen

chef

Died Jun 13, 2018
Age 94 years
J

John Carroll

politician, trade unionist

Died Apr 19, 2018
Age 93 years
Big Tom

Big Tom

singer, country musician

Died Apr 17, 2018
Age 81 years
L

Liam Devally

Not available

Died Apr 9, 2018
Age 85 years
Seán Treacy

Seán Treacy

politician

Died Mar 23, 2018
Age 94 years
S

Syd Cheatle

writer

Died Mar 22, 2018
Age 82 years
Garech Browne

Garech Browne

Not available

Died Mar 10, 2018
Age 78 years
V

Val Mulkerns

writer, journalist

Died Mar 10, 2018
Age 93 years
Pearse Lyons

Pearse Lyons

entrepreneur

Died Mar 8, 2018
Age 73 years
C

Catherine Nevin

criminal

Died Feb 19, 2018
Age 67 years
Dolores O'Riordan

Dolores O'Riordan

singer-songwriter, guitarist, singer

Died Jan 15, 2018
Age 46 years
P

Paddy Harte

politician, farmer

Died Jan 8, 2018
Age 86 years
Nicola Gordon Bowe

Nicola Gordon Bowe

historian, art historian, university teacher

Died Jan 4, 2018
Age 69 years
T

Tim Sweeney

hurler

Died Jan 1, 2018
Age 88 years
D

Doreen Keogh

actor

Died Dec 31, 2017
Age 93 years
J

Jackie Mooney

association football player

Died Dec 30, 2017
Age 79 years
S

Sean McCaffrey

association football player, association football coach

Died Dec 30, 2017
Age 58 years
P

Patrick Curtin

Gaelic football player

Died Dec 29, 2015
Age 26 years
N

Neasa Ní Annracháin

actor

Died Dec 18, 2014
Age 92 years
M

Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh

writer, university teacher

Died Dec 17, 2014
Age 47 years
J

Jeremiah Coffey

Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Died Nov 19, 2014
Age 81 years
Paddy Fagan

Paddy Fagan

association football player

Died Nov 19, 2014
Age 84 years
M

Michael O'Brien

Not available

Died Nov 14, 2014
Age 81 years
F

Francis Harvey

Not available

Died Nov 7, 2014
Age 89 years
J

John Bradley

Not available

Died Nov 7, 2014
Age 60 years
S

Séamus Heery

Gaelic football player

Died Nov 5, 2014
Age 87 years
G

Gerard Parkes

actor, television actor

Died Oct 19, 2014
Age 90 years
P

Peter Jackson

tennis player

Died Oct 10, 2014
Age 80 years
L

Liam Flood

bookmaker

Died Aug 16, 2014
Age 71 years
T

Tim Flood

hurler

Died Jul 3, 2014
Age 87 years
M

Martin Treacy

hurler

Died Jun 4, 2014
Age 78 years
J

Joseph Dowling

politician

Died May 31, 2014
Age 92 years
G

Greg Hughes

Gaelic football player

Died May 15, 2014
Age 75 years
D

Daphne Pochin Mould

photographer

Died Apr 29, 2014
Age 93 years
F

Flor Coffey

hurler

Died Apr 25, 2014
Age 93 years
W

Willie Duggan

boxer

Died Apr 4, 2014
Age 88 years
N

Nicky McFadden

politician

Died Mar 25, 2014
Age 51 years
F

Frank O'Keeffe

Gaelic football player

Died Mar 25, 2014
Age 91 years
Paddy Cronin

Paddy Cronin

violinist, fiddler, musician

Died Mar 15, 2014
Age 88 years
S

Seán Potts

musician, flautist, uilleann piper

Died Feb 11, 2014
Age 83 years
Ronnie Masterson

Ronnie Masterson

actor, film actor

Died Feb 10, 2014
Age 87 years
T

Thomas McCloy

cricketer

Died Jan 13, 2014
Age 86 years
B

Bernard Henry McGinn

Not available

Died Dec 21, 2013
Age 56 years
H

Harry Boland

Not available

Died Dec 18, 2013
Age 88 years
P

Pat Crowley

fashion designer

Died Dec 16, 2013
Age 80 years
C

Conn McCluskey

physician

Died Dec 16, 2013
Age 99 years
Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

film producer, film actor, actor, film director, television actor, writer

Died Dec 14, 2013
Age 81 years
T

Tom Gilmartin

businessperson

Died Nov 22, 2013
Age 78 years
D

Denis Foley

politician

Died Oct 26, 2013
Age 79 years
T

Tommy McConville

Not available

Died Oct 25, 2013
Age 67 years
Philip Chevron

Philip Chevron

singer, guitarist, singer-songwriter

Died Oct 8, 2013
Age 56 years
D

Don Donovan

association football player, association football coach

Died Sep 26, 2013
Age 83 years
S

Seánie Duggan

Not available

Died Sep 26, 2013
Age 90 years
Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney

playwright, translator, linguist, poet, writer, university teacher, actor, author

Died Aug 30, 2013
Age 74 years
D

Diarmuid Ó Gráinne

writer

Died Aug 28, 2013
Age 63 years
W

William McDermott

translator, Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Died Aug 19, 2013
Age 83 years
K

Kevin Feeney

Not available

Died Aug 14, 2013
Age 61 years
C

Colm Murray

writer

Died Jul 30, 2013
Age 61 years
T

Thomas Salmon

curate

Died Jul 20, 2013
Age 100 years
B

Bernie Nolan

actor, singer, autobiographer

Died Jul 4, 2013
Age 52 years
P

Pa Dillon

hurler

Died Jun 14, 2013
Age 75 years
R

Richard Barry

politician

Died Apr 28, 2013
Age 93 years
J

John Somers Payne

Not available

Died Apr 24, 2013
Age 87 years
T

Tony Grealish

association football player

Died Apr 23, 2013
Age 56 years
Reginald Gray

Reginald Gray

painter

Died Mar 29, 2013
Age 82 years
M

Mervyn McCord

military personnel

Died Feb 8, 2013
Age 83 years
Bertie Messitt

Bertie Messitt

athletics competitor

Died Feb 18, 2012
Age 81 years
E

Eamonn Deacy

Not available

Died Feb 13, 2012
Age 53 years
D

David Kelly

actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor

Died Feb 12, 2012
Age 82 years
J

John Cunningham

Not available

Died Feb 8, 2012
Age 72 years
P

Phil Shanahan

Not available

Died Feb 7, 2012
Age 84 years
N

Noel Kelehan

conductor, jazz musician, pianist, musician

Died Feb 6, 2012
Age 76 years
P

Patrick Galvin

actor, screenwriter, writer, poet

Died May 10, 2011
Age 83 years
K

Kieran Phelan

politician, farmer

Died May 26, 2010
Age 60 years
B

Bernadette Greevy

opera singer

Died Sep 26, 2008
Age 68 years
D

Donald O'Brien

film actor, actor

Died Nov 29, 2003
Age 87 years
P

Philip F. Tyler

entertainer

Died Nov 23, 1988
Age 31 years
T

Trevor Herion

singer

Died Oct 1, 1988
Age 29 years
P

Paddy Harold

rower

Died May 20, 1988
Age 65 years
Kathleen Napoli McKenna

Kathleen Napoli McKenna

Not available

Died Mar 22, 1988
Age 90 years
D

Donald Lawler

association football player

Died Mar 20, 1988
Age 65 years
Dan Spring

Dan Spring

Gaelic football player, politician, trade unionist

Died Jan 1, 1988
Age 77 years
D

Denis Larkin

politician, trade unionist

Died Jul 2, 1987
Age 79 years
Pat McGuigan

Pat McGuigan

Not available

Died Jun 27, 1987
Age 52 years
S

Sean Daly

equestrian

Died Jun 14, 1987
Age 54 years
P

Paddy Belton

politician

Died May 22, 1987
Age 60 years
M

Máire MacNeill

Not available

Died May 15, 1987
Age 82 years
P

Patrick Delap

politician

Died May 14, 1987
Age 55 years
J

Jim Lynagh

politician

Died May 8, 1987
Age 31 years
P

Pádraig McKearney

Not available

Died May 8, 1987
Age 32 years
P

Patrick Joseph Kelly

military personnel

Died May 8, 1987
Age 30 years
T

Thomas Kilbride

politician

Died Aug 30, 1986
Age 75 years
P

Patrick Teehan

politician, farmer

Died Dec 25, 1985
Age 81 years
Kathleen Ryan

Kathleen Ryan

Not available

Died Dec 11, 1985
Age 63 years
M

Micheál de Búrca

artist

Died Dec 9, 1985
Age 72 years
J

Jimmy Rudd

association football player

Died Dec 8, 1985
Age 66 years
Frederick Boland

Frederick Boland

politician

Died Dec 4, 1985
Age 81 years
M

Mary Aquinas Monaghan

Not available

Died Nov 28, 1985
Age 66 years
B

Breandán Breathnach

musicologist

Died Nov 6, 1985
Age 73 years
J

John Kerans

politician

Died Sep 12, 1985
Age 70 years
P

Patrick Burke

politician

Died Sep 9, 1985
Age 81 years
W

William O'Grady

association football player

Died Apr 20, 1985
Age 60 years
Hilton Edwards

Hilton Edwards

actor, theatre director, film director, screenwriter, director

Died Nov 18, 1982
Age 79 years
J

Johnny Callanan

politician

Died Jun 15, 1982
Age 72 years
N

Neil Fitzgerald

actor

Died Jun 15, 1982
Age 89 years
B

Barbara Fitzgerald

Not available

Died May 21, 1982
Age 70 years
J

John Fanning

politician, farmer

Died Jan 1, 1982
Age 78 years
Patsy O'Hara

Patsy O'Hara

revolutionary

Died May 21, 1981
Age 23 years
B

Bobby Sands

politician, animator, Karosseriebauer, activist

Died May 5, 1981
Age 27 years
A

Arthur O'Sullivan

actor, film actor, television actor

Died Feb 17, 1981
Age 69 years
E

Emil Flecken

painter, draftsperson

Died Jan 31, 1981
Age 91 years
P

Patrick Hennessy

painter

Died Dec 30, 1980
Age 65 years
N

Norah McGuinness

painter

Died Nov 22, 1980
Age 79 years
J

Jim Prior

Not available

Died Nov 12, 1980
Age 57 years
John Moyney

John Moyney

military personnel

Died Nov 10, 1980
Age 85 years
D

Dorothy Colpoys

Not available

Died Oct 22, 1980
Age 85 years
L

Liam Abernethy

hurler

Died Oct 21, 1980
Age 51 years
S

Seamus Quaid

police officer

Died Oct 13, 1980
Age 42 years
Joseph Brennan

Joseph Brennan

Gaelic football player, politician

Died Jul 13, 1980
Age 67 years
W

William J. E. Jessop

politician

Died Jun 11, 1980
Age 77 years
J

John McCann

politician, journalist, writer

Died Feb 23, 1980
Age 74 years
M

Michael Browne

Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

Died Feb 23, 1980
Age 84 years
D

Dermot Kelly

actor

Died Feb 18, 1980
Age 61 years
M

Margaret Heavey

university teacher, classical scholar

Died Feb 15, 1980
Age 72 years
John Doherty

John Doherty

Not available

Died Jan 26, 1980
Age 80 years
V

Vincent Nolan

police officer

Died Jan 25, 1980
Age 43 years
J

John Joe Sheehy

Gaelic football player, hurler

Died Jan 12, 1980
Age 82 years
C

Cecil Sheridan

actor, songwriter

Died Jan 5, 1980
Age 69 years
W

William Murphy

Not available

Died Nov 25, 1979
Age 76 years
Reg Armstrong

Reg Armstrong

motorcycle racer

Died Nov 24, 1979
Age 51 years
Patrick McGilligan

Patrick McGilligan

politician, diplomat

Died Nov 15, 1979
Age 90 years
Jimmy Farrell

Jimmy Farrell

rugby union player

Died Oct 24, 1979
Age 76 years
C

Con Leventhal

writer, literary theorist

Died Oct 3, 1979
Age 83 years
Joseph O'Doherty

Joseph O'Doherty

politician

Died Aug 10, 1979
Age 87 years
G

George Campbell

painter, writer, visual artist

Died May 18, 1979
Age 61 years
George J. Morgan

George J. Morgan

cricketer, rugby union player

Died Apr 18, 1979
Age 67 years
Seán Brosnan

Seán Brosnan

politician, barrister

Died Apr 18, 1979
Age 62 years

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