By Tim Lambert
Northern Ireland
BALLYMENA, COUNTY ANTRIM Liam Neeson 1952- Actor
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COLERAINE James Nesbitt 1965- Actor
DERRY
William Alexander 1824-1911 Poet
Joyce Cary 1888-1957 Writer
Nadine Coyle 1985- Singer
George Farquhar 1678-1707 Playwright
Josef Locke 1917-1999 Singer
Feargal Sharkey 1958- Singer
ENNISKILLEN Adrian Dunbar 1958- Actor
MAGHERAGALL, COUNTY ANTRIM Sir Joseph Larmor 1857-1942 Physicist
MOSSBAWN, COUNTY DERRY Seamus Heaney 1939-2013 writer
NEWTOWNARDS Eddie Irvine 1965- Driver
OMAGH, COUNTY TYRONE Brian Friel 1929-2015 Writer
PARK, COUNTY DERRY Antonia Logue 1972- Writer
POMROY, COUNTY TYRONE Philomena Begley 1954- Singer
PORTADOWN, COUNTY ARMAGH Paul Muldoon 1951- Writer
PRILLISK, COUNTY TYRONE William Carleton 1794-1869 Writer
STRABANE, COUNTY TYRONE Flann O’Brien 1911-1966 Writer
UREY, COUNTY TYRONE William Burke 1792-1829 Murderer
Ireland
ANNASCAUL, COUNTY KERRY Jerome Connor 1874-1943 Sculptor
ATHLONE Thomas O’Connor 1848-1929 Journalist
ATHY, COUNTY KILDARE Sir Ernest Shackleton 1874-1922 Explorer
AVONDALE, COUNTY WICKLOW Charles Stuart Parnell 1846-1891 Patriot
BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO Mary Robinson 1951- Former President
BAllINASLOE, COUNTY GALWAY Desmond Hogan 1951- Writer
BALLYLONGFORD, COUNTY KERRY Lord Horatio Kitchener 1850-1916 General
BALLYSHANNON, COUNTY DONEGAL William Allingham 1824-1889 Poet
BALLINTOGHER, SLIGO Cecil Day Lewis 1904-1972 Writer
BALLYTRENT, COUNTY WEXFORD John Edward Redmond 1865-1918 Politician
BOYLE, COUNTY ROSCOMMON Maureen O’Sullivan 1911-1998 Actress
BRAY Eugene Boylan 1904-1964 Physicist
BUNCRANA, COUNTY DONEGAL
Raymond McAnally 1926-1989 Actor
Frank McGuiness 1953- Writer
CAHERSIVEEN, COUNTY KERRY Daniel O’Connell 1775-1847 Politician largely responsible for the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829
CAHIR, COUNTY TIPPERARY Alice Maher 1956- Artist
CALLAN COUNTY KILKENNY Edmund Rice 1762-1844 Founder of the Christian Brothers
CASTLEBAR, COUNTY MAYO Charles Haughey 1925-2006 Former Taoiseach
CASTLELYONS, COUNTY CORK William Brouncker 1620-1684 Mathematician
CASTLENOCK, COUNTY DUBLIN Colin Farrell 1976- Actor
CASTLETOWNROCHE, COUNTY CORK Jonjo O’Neill 1952- Jockey
CELBRIDGE, COUNTY KILDARE Arthur Guinness 1725-1803 Brewer
CLONMEL, COUNTY TIPPERARY Laurence Sterne 1713-68 Novelist
CLONAKILTY Michael Collins 1890-1922 Revolutionary
COLLUMBKILLE, COUNTY LONGFORD Padraic Colum 1881-1972 Poet/playwright
COLLOONEY, COUNTY SLIGO William Higgins 1763-1825 Chemist
CONNEMARA, COUNTY GALWAY Peter O’Toole 1932-2013 Actor
CORK
James Barry 1741-1806 Artist
Theo Dorgan 1953- Poet
Thomas Ivory 1732-1786 Architect
Jack Lynch 1917-1999 Former Taioseach
Daniel Maclise 1806-1870 Artist
Justin McCarthy 1830-1912 Writer
Edward Mulhare 1923-1997 Actor
Fitz-James O’Brien 1828-1862 Writer
Daibhidh O’Bruadair 1625-1698 Poet
Frank O’Connor (Michael O’Donovan) 1903-1966 Writer
Sean O’Faolain 1900-1991 Writer
Sean O’Riada 1931-1971 Composer
Alicia Stott 1860-1940 Mathematician
Michael Wilmore 1899-1978 Actor/writer
CREGG, COUNTY CORK Colleen Browning 1929-2003 Artist
DALKEY, COUNTY DUBLIN Hugh Leonard 1926-2009 Writer
DOUGLAS, COUNTY CORK
Lennox Robinson 1886-1958 Playwright
Cillian Murphy 1974- Actor
DROGHEDA John O’Reilly 1844-1890 Writer
DROMOLAND COUNTY CLARE William Smith O’Brien 1803-1864 Nationalist
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DUNGARVAN, COUNTY WATERFORDErnest Walton 1903-1995 Physicist
KILKEA, COUNTY KILDARE Ernest Shackleton 1874-1922 Explorer
LEIGHLINBRIDGE, COUNTY CARLOW John Tyndall 1820-1893 Physicist
LIMERICK
Catherine Hayes 1818-1856 Singer
Terry Wogan 1938-2016 Entertainer
LISMORE, County Waterford Robert Boyle 1627-1691 Chemist
MILTON COUNTY ROSCOMMON Roderic O’Conor 1860-1940 Artist
NEWBRIDGE, COUNTY KILDARE Kathleen Lonsdale 1903-1971 Scientist
STILLORGAN, COUNTY DUBLIN William Orpen 1878-1931 Artist
TUAMGRANEY, COUNTY CLARE Edna O’Brien 1932- Writer
WATERFORD
Thomas Francis Meagher 1823-1867 Patriot
William Vincent Wallace 1813-1865 Composer
WEXFORD Francis Danby 1793-1861 Artist
