Irish Celebrities

By: Aina Altès and

Carolina Tuà

IndexIntroductionOld Irish CelebritiesYoung Irish CelebritiesConclusion

IntroductionHere are several celebrities with a brief biography of each. Find celebrities that have been part of the history of Ireland and current celebrities that your property is in

the country.

Old Irish Celebrities

Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift originally published all of his works under pseudonyms or anonymously.

Jonathan Swift

Yeats

Yeats's long and prosperous career was crowned in 1923 by the Nobel Prize “for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation.” As a visionary artist, Yeats presented his rather ambiguous views in all of his writings.

Young Irish Celebrities

Paul David Hewson

Paul David Hewson, known as Bono, is the voice of the singer and main songwriter of Irish rock band U2. It won a Grammy, received an Oscar nomination and is known worldwide for his work as activist committed to Africa.

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe, also known as Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is an Irish actor won the Golden Globe.

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brendan Brosnan is an Irish actor known for playing James Bond in four films.He was also co-star of the TV series Remington Steele, issued after 1986 by RTVE, TV3 in 1999.

Conclusion

We did not think that there should be many celebrities of Irish origin, but there are all kinds. Both writers as poets, actors, among others.