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Author Profession Quotes Year
Adam Clayton Musician 7 1960
Aidan Quinn Actor 4 1959
Albert Reynolds Politician 3 1932
Amanda Burton Actress 4 1957
Andrea Corr Musician 12 1974
Andrew Cherry Dramatist 1 1762 - 1812
Arthur Murphy Writer 4 1727 - 1805
Barry McGuigan Athlete 1 1961
Bernadette Devlin Politician 8 1947
Bob Geldof, Tiny Bob Geldof Actor 31 1951
Bobby Sands, Tiny Bobby Sands Activist 5 1954 - 1981
Bono, Tiny Bono Musician 19 1960
Boyle Roche, Tiny Boyle Roche Politician 13 1736 - 1807
Bram Stoker Writer 17 1847 - 1912
Brendan Behan, Tiny Brendan Behan Dramatist 23 1923 - 1964
Brendan Gleeson, Tiny Brendan Gleeson Actor 12 1955
Brian Moore Novelist 8 1921 - 1999
Caroline Corr Musician 30 1973
Catherine McAuley Clergyman 6
Charles Macklin Dramatist 2
Cillian Murphy Actor 13 1974
Colin Farrell Actor 7 1976
Conor Cruise O'Brien Politician 5 1917 - 2008
Countess of Blessington Novelist 2 1789 - 1849
Cyril Cusack Actor 17 1910 - 1993
Danny Blanchflower Athlete 1 1926
David Trimble, Tiny David Trimble Politician 7 1944
Dick Spring Politician 6 1950
Dion Boucicault, Tiny Dion Boucicault Dramatist 1 1822 - 1890
Dominic Monaghan Actor 13 1976
Douglas Hyde Politician 5 1860 - 1949
Dylan Moran Comedian 22 1971
Eamon de Valera Statesman 19 1882 - 1975
Edmund Burke, Tiny Edmund Burke Statesman 78 1729 - 1797
Edna O'Brien Novelist 10 1932
Edward Dowden Critic 3 1843 - 1913
Elizabeth Bowen Novelist 34 1899 - 1973
Enya Musician 31 1961
Ernest Shackleton Explorer 9 1874 - 1922
Evanna Lynch, Tiny Evanna Lynch Actress 13 1991
Fiona Shaw, Tiny Fiona Shaw Actress 35 1958
Frank Carson Comedian 4 1926
Frank Harris Author 7 1856 - 1931
Frank McCourt Author 21 1930
Frank O'Connor Author 1 1903 - 1966
Gabriel Byrne Actor 16 1950
Garth Ennis Writer 17 1970
George A. Moore Novelist 8 1852 - 1933
George Berkeley, Tiny George Berkeley Philosopher 15 1685 - 1753
George Bernard Shaw, Tiny George Bernard Shaw Dramatist 167 1856 - 1950
George Boole Mathematician 5 1815 - 1864
George Farquhar Dramatist 16
George William Russell Writer 10 1867 - 1935
Gerry Adams Politician 27 1948
Glenn Quinn, Tiny Glenn Quinn Actor 4 1970 - 2002
Graham Norton Celebrity 10 1963
Henry Brooke Novelist 2
Herbert Trench Poet 1 1865 - 1923
Hugh Leonard, Tiny Hugh Leonard Dramatist 20 1926 - 2009
Iris Murdoch Author 32 1919 - 1999
Isaac Butt, Tiny Isaac Butt Politician 1 1813 - 1879
Jack Lynch Statesman 4 1917 - 1999
James Galway Musician 16 1939
James Joyce, Tiny James Joyce Novelist 33 1882 - 1941
James Larkin Activist 30 1875 - 1947
James Stephens Poet 10 1882 - 1950
Jane Porter Novelist 8
Jim Walsh Politician 17 1947
John Atkinson Judge 3 1844 - 1931
John Bruton, Tiny John Bruton Politician 28 1947
John Desmond Bernal Scientist 20 1901 - 1971
John Edward Redmond Politician 4 1856 - 1918
John Hume, Tiny John Hume Politician 28 1937
John Joly Scientist 5 1857 - 1933
John McGahern Writer 25 1934 - 2006
John Millington Synge Poet 19 1871 - 1909
John Philpot Curran Public Servant 9 1750 - 1817
John Robert Gregg Inventor 2 1867 - 1948
Jonathan Swift, Tiny Jonathan Swift Writer 62 1667 - 1745
Josephine Hart Writer 2
Joyce Cary Novelist 9 1888 - 1957
Kate O'Brien Novelist 8 1897 - 1974
Kenneth Branagh Actor 26 1960
Kenny Cunningham, Tiny Kenny Cunningham Athlete 10 1971
Lady Gregory Dramatist 2 1852 - 1932
Laurence Sterne Novelist 32 1713 - 1768
Liam Neeson, Tiny Liam Neeson Actor 31 1952
Lord Dunsany Novelist 2 1878 - 1957
Lord Kelvin Scientist 7 1824 - 1907
Malachy McCourt Actor 1 1931
Marguerite Gardiner Writer 13 1789 - 1849
Maria Edgeworth Novelist 11 1767 - 1849
Martin McGuinness Politician 15 1950
Mary McAleese Statesman 5 1951
Maureen O'Hara Actress 35 1920 - 2015
Michael Collins Leader 2 1890 - 1922
Michael D. Higgins Politician 24 1941
Neil Jordan Director 30 1950
Ninette de Valois Dancer 20 1898 - 2001
Oliver Goldsmith Poet 36 1730 - 1774
Oscar Wilde, Tiny Oscar Wilde Dramatist 167 1854 - 1900
Padraic Pearse Writer 1 1879 - 1916
Pat Buckley Clergyman 22
Patrick Kavanagh Poet 3 1904 - 1967
Patrick MacGill Journalist 11
Peter O'Toole Actor 22 1932 - 2013
Pierce Brosnan, Tiny Pierce Brosnan Actor 13 1953
Rebecca West Author 31 1892 - 1983
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Tiny Richard Brinsley Sheridan Playwright 31 1751 - 1816
Richard Chenevix Trench Clergyman 1 1807 - 1886
Robbie Keane Athlete 13 1980
Robert Boyle Philosopher 2 1627 - 1691
Robert Emmet Activist 4 1780 - 1803
Robert Graves Novelist 15 1895 - 1985
Robert James Graves Scientist 4
Robert Wilson Lynd Writer 6 1879 - 1949
Roma Downey Actress 21 1960
Saint Patrick Saint 8
Sam Neill Actor 7 1947
Samantha Mumba, Tiny Samantha Mumba Musician 13 1983
Samuel Beckett Playwright 32 1906 - 1989
Samuel Lover Artist 6 1797 - 1868
Seamus Heaney Poet 24 1939
Sean O'Casey Playwright 12 1880 - 1964
Shane Leslie Diplomat 4 1885 - 1971
Sinead O'Connor Musician 18 1966
Spike Milligan Comedian 20 1918 - 2002
Stephen Rea Actor 20 1946
Thomas Francis Meagher Soldier 9 1823 - 1867
Thomas John Barnardo Celebrity 4 1845 - 1905
Thomas Moore, Tiny Thomas Moore Poet 23 1779 - 1852
Tom Paulin Poet 10 1949
Vivian Campbell Musician 9 1962
William Allingham Poet 6 1821 - 1889
William Butler Yeats Poet 58 1865 - 1939
William Hamilton Maxwell Novelist 5
William Trevor Writer 4 1928

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