List of Famous people born in Ireland

Eugene Murtagh is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Kingspan Group, a building materials manufacturer.

John Magnier is an Irish business magnate. He is Ireland's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside the horse-breeding industry.

Martin 'Marty' Whelan is an Irish radio and television personality currently working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). His early television credits included the game shows Millionaire and Fame and Fortune, and the weekday afternoon show, Open House.

Jonathan Kenny is an Irish comedian and actor who lives in Lough Gur and is one half of the famous Irish comic duo d'Unbelievables with Pat Shortt. They were a very successful duo until 2000, releasing One Hell of a Video, D'Unbelievables, D'Video, D'Telly, D'Mother and D'collection but the group stopped touring after Kenny was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. He has since made a successful recovery and still performs shows across Ireland. Kenny is best known outside Ireland for appearing in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. He also played the role of Monsieur Thénardier in the 1998 film version of Les Misérables.

Vinny Perth is an Irish football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Dundalk. He was confirmed as the new manager of Dundalk in January 2019, taking over from the departed Stephen Kenny. He had been Kenny's assistant at Dundalk since 2013.

Vincent Thomas Arkins is an Irish retired footballer. After retiring, he moved into management with Baldoyle United of the Athletic Union League and in 2016,he combined the two roles and came to help Ports Interim manager Pat McGibbon along with his current job at Malihide United Fc, as coach for the under 21 football club.

Martin Naughton, an Irish billionaire businessman and engineer. He is the founder of GlenDimplex, a company specializing in electrical appliances

Regina Doherty is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Leader of Seanad Éireann and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad since June 2020. She has been a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. She previously served as Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection from 2017 to 2020 and Government Chief Whip from 2016 to 2017. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency from 2011 to 2020.

Martin Heydon is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development since July 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency since 2011. He previously served as the Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from 2016 to 2020.

Tommy Tiernan is an Irish comedian, actor, writer and clown. He and Hector Ó hEochagáin presented The Tommy and Hector Show on i102-104FM. Tiernan is best known for playing Da Gerry in Derry Girls, and for hosting the Tommy Tiernan Show.