List of Irish child actors

This is a list of child actors from the Republic of Ireland . Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming.

Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

B

• Emma Bolger (born 1996)
  • In America (2002)
  • Intermission (2003)
  • Heidi (2005)
  • The Snow Prince (2006)
• Sarah Bolger (born 1991)
  • In America (2002)
  • In America (2003)
  • Tara Road (2005)
  • Stormbreaker (2006)
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
  • The Tudors (2008-2010)
  • Iron Cross (2009)
  • The Fence (2009)
  • The Moth Diaries (2011)
  • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

E

• Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin (c. 1771–1854), made her stage debut at age eight in Dublin.

F

• Ciarán Fitzgerald (born 1983)
  • Into the West (1992)
  • Screen Two (1 episode, 1994)
  • The Hanging Gale (1995)
  • Nothing Personal (1995)
  • Some Mother's Son (1996)
  • The Last of the High Kings (1996)
  • The Canterville Ghost (1996)
  • The Informant (1997)
  • The Boxer (1997)
  • Seeing Things (short film, 1997)
  • The General (1998)
• Gregg Fitzgerald (born 1978)
  • War of the Buttons (1994)
  • A Soldier's Song (tv short, 1997)
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
  • EastEnders (1997)
  • The Butcher Boy (1998)
  • Le frère Irlandais (1999)
  • One Man's Hero (1999)

G

• Jack Gleeson (born 1992)
  • Reign of Fire (2002)
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • Shrooms (2007)
  • A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
  • All Good Children (2010)

L

• Evanna Lynch (born 1991)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

M

• Lara McDonnell (born 2003)
  • Love, Rosie (2014)
  • To Walk Invisible (2016)
  • The Delinquent Season (2018)
  • Artemis Fowl (2020)
  • Belfast (2021)
  • Greatest Days (2023)
• Devon Murray (born 1988)
  • This Is My Father (1998)
  • Angela's Ashes (1999)
  • Yesterday's Children (2000)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
  • Kelly (2002)
  • Interviews with Students (2003)
  • Head to Shrunken Head (2004)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
  • Reflections on the Fourth Film (2006)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  • Gone Fishing (short film, 2008)
  • The Podge and Rodge Show (2008)
  • The 9th Meteor Ireland Music Awards (2008)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)

P

• Susie Power (born 2003)
  • Fair City (2015–2017)
  • Little Roy (2015–2017)
  • A Date for Mad Mary (2016)

R

• Saoirse Ronan (born 1994)
  • Atonement (2007)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  • I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
  • Death Defying Acts (2008)
  • City of Ember (2008)
  • The Lovely Bones (2009)
  • The Way Back (2010)
  • Hanna (2011)
  • Violet & Daisy (2011)
  • Byzantium (2012)
  • The Host (2013)
  • How I Live Now (2013)
  • Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
  • Lost River (2014)

V

• Sophie Vavasseur (born 1992)
  • Evelyn (2002)
  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
  • Northanger Abbey (2007)
  • Becoming Jane (2007)
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
  • Exorcismus (2010)

W

• Alisha Weir (born 2009)
  • Don't Leave Home (2018)
  • Day Out (short film, 2018)
  • Darklands (5 episodes, 2019)
  • Two by Two: Overboard! (voice, 2020)
  • Fia's Fairies (voice, 2022)
  • Matilda the Musical (2022)
  • Wicked Little Letters (2023)
  • Abigail (2024)
  • Buffalo Kids (2024)