By Tim Lambert
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Bertie Ahern 1951- Taoiseach
Dave Allen 1936-2005 Comedian
Sara Allgood 1883-1950 Actress
Eamon Andrews 1922-1987 T.V. Host
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Francis Bacon 1909-1992 Artist
Michael William Balfe 1808-1870 Composer
George Barret 1732-1784 Artist
Samuel Beckett 1906-89 Writer
Thomas Barnardo 1845-1905 Founder of childrens homes
Brendan Behan 1923-1964 Writer
Dominic Behan 1928-1989 Writer
Louie Bennett 1870-1956 Trade Unionist
Issac Bickerstaffe 1735-1812 Playwright
Seoirse Bodley 1933- Composer
Eavan Boland 1944- Poet
Dermot Bolger 1959- Writer
Elizabeth Bowen 1899-1973 Writer
Brian Boydell 1917-2000 Musician
Edmund Burke 1729-97 Politician and writer
Gabriel Byrne 1950- Actor
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Roger Casement 1864-1916 Politician
Liam Cosgrave 1920-2017 Former Taoiseach
John A Costello 1891-1976 Taoiseach
Michael Craig-Martin 1941- Artist
Gemma Craven 1950- Actress/singer
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Keith Duffy 1974- Singer
Ronald Dunlop 1894-1973 Artist
Paul Durcan 1944- Poet
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Colin Farrell 1976- Actor
John Field 1782-1837 Composer
Garrett Fitzgerald 1926-2011 Former Taoiseach
John Henry Foley 1818-1874 Sculptor
Stanhope Alexander Forbes 1857-1947 Artist
Brenda Fricker 1945- Actress
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Sir Bob Geldof 1954- Musician
Brendan Gleeson 1955- Actor
Oliver Gogarty 1878-1957 Poet
Eamon Grennan 1941- Poet
Sir Richard Griffith 1784-1878 Geologist
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William Rowan Hamilton 1805-1865 Mathematician
Victor Herbert 1859-1924 Composer
Thomas Hickey 1741-1824 Artist
Evie Hone 1894-1955 Artist
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Rex Ingram 1893-1960 Film Director
J
Mainie Jellett 1897-1944 Artist
Jennifer Johnston 1930- Writer
James Joyce 1882-1941 Writer
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Ronan Keating 1977- Singer
Luke Kelly 1940-1984 Musician
Thomas Kinsella 1928- Poet
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Sean Lemass 1899-1971 Taioseach
M
Denis MacCarthy 1817-1882 Writer
Donagh MacDonagh 1912-1968 Writer
Niall MacGinnis 1913-1978 Actor
Colum McCann 1965- Writer
John McGahern 1934-2006 Writer
Colm Meaney 1953- Actor
Thomas Moore 1779-1852 Poet
Mary Morrisy 1957- writer
Richard Moynan 1856-1906 Artist
Ann Murray 1949- Singer
James Musspratt 1793-1886 Chemist
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Viscount Northcliffe 1865-1922 Journalist
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Sean O’Casey 1884-1964 Playwright
Sinead O’Connor 1966- Singer/songwriter
Eimar O’Duffy 1893-1935 Writer
Sean O’Faolain 1900-1991 Writer
Maureen O’Hara 1920-2015 Actress
Sean O’Kelly 1882-1966 Former President
Tony O’Reilly 1936- Rugby player
Milo O’Shea 1926-2013 Actor
Richard Oldham 1858-1936 Geologist
Walter Osborne 1859-1903 Artist
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Thomas Parnell 1679-1718 Poet
Patrick Henry Pearse 1879-1916 Poet
James Plunkett 1920-2003 Writer
Daniel Pollen 1813-1896 Prime Minister of New Zealand
Albert Power 1882-1945 Sculptor
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Glenn Quinn 1970-2002 Actor
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Kevin Roche 1922-2019 Architect
Jonathan Rhys Meyers 1977- Actor
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Sean Scully 1945- Artist
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 Writer
Sir Martin Archer Shee 1769-1850 Artist
Richard Sheridan 1751-1816 Playwright
Henry Smith 1826-1883 Mathematician
Thomas Southerne 1660-1746 Playwright
Sir Richard Steele 1672-1729 Writer
James Stephens 1882-1950 Poet
Bram Stoker 1847-1912 Writer
Mary Swanzy 1882-1978 Artist
Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 Writer
John Millington Synge 1871-1909 Writer
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James Napper Tandy 1740-1803 Patriot
Theobald Wolfe Tone 1663-1798 Revolutionary
Katharine Tynan 1861-1931 Poet
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William Butler Yeats 1865-1939 Writer
