Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, known professionally as Johnny Logan, is an Irish singer and musician. He is best known for being the first performer to win the Eurovision Song Contest as a lead singer twice.
Sir Francis Tanfield was Proprietary governor of the South Falkland colony of Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, his cousin's husband. Tanfield was to establish a colony at Renews and left England in 1623 with an unknown number of colonists. The settlers were harassed by migratory fishermen who used the harbour. He was the leader of the colony of South Falkland from 1623 to 1625. The colony was still in existence in 1626 when it was visited by Sir Richard Whitbourne but the settlers likely returned to England shortly afterwards. By 1630, Tanfield was back in England about to embark to Ireland on a mission for King Charles I.
Kevin Mark Sheedy is a football coach and former Republic of Ireland international player.
Alan Nigel Kernaghan is a football manager and former professional player.
Cathal Goulding was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and the Official IRA.
Pól Brennan is an Irish singer, songwriter and producer. He is the brother of Enya, Moya Brennan, Brídín Brennan and Ciarán Brennan. He is a member of the family band Clannad, and co-wrote the hit song "Theme from Harry's Game". He left the group in 1990, but rejoined in 2011. Since the early 1990s, Pól has gained critical acclaim as a solo artist when he joined Japanese musician Joji Hirota and Chinese musician Guo Yue, and released an album, Trísan.
Andrew Poysell Ireland is an American banker and politician and former U.S. Representative from Florida. From 1977 to 1993, he served eight terms, first as a Democrat, then as a Republican after switching parties in 1984.
Thomas Griffitts was Mayor of Philadelphia on three occasions and judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Umar Bhatti is a Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer. He was born in the Province of Punjab in the city of Lahore. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler.
Kevin James Wilson is an England-born Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker. His last job was at Nuneaton Town, where he worked as manager.
William Edward Cunningham was a Northern Ireland international footballer and manager.
Simon Piers Ireland is a former professional footballer and current first-team coach at Sheffield Wednesday. He played as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town, Wrexham, Blackburn Rovers, Mansfield Town, Doncaster Rovers and Boreham Wood.
Seán Michael Dorgan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as General Secretary of Fianna Fáil since June 2007.
Ben Clarke, is a former England back-row international rugby union player.
Desmond Geraghty is a former Irish politician and trade union leader. He was president of SIPTU from 1999 to 2004. He stood unsuccessfully at the 1984 European Parliament election for the Dublin constituency as a Workers' Party candidate. He briefly served as General Secretary of the Workers' Party from 1991–1992, succeeding Seán Garland and played a prominent role in events leading up to the split in that party. In 1992 Geraghty joined the newly founded Democratic Left party.
John Whelan is an Irish Labour Party politician and former member of Seanad Éireann.
Michael Bolster is an Irish head chef. He was the head chef of the Michelin starred restaurant The Commons Restaurant on St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, Ireland. He was responsible for retaining the star in 1995. The cooking style of Bolster is described as modern food with classical references, using speciality Irish ingredients enhanced by traditional French produce.
Colm Boyle is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Davitts and, formerly, the Mayo county team. He won four All Star Awards and played in four finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, losing them all and scoring an own goal in the third.
Paddy Durcan is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Castlebar Mitchels and at senior level for the Mayo county team. He started at Left half back in the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and again in the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, both against Dublin. He has also played in both the 2013-14 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship and the 2015-16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with his club Castlebar Mitchels.
Michael Schrodi is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017.
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