Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Tarzan Boy", released in the summer of 1985, was a huge success, debuting in the top 5 of the Italia

Tarzan Boy", released in the summer of 1985, was a huge success, debuting in the top 5 of the Italian charts and performing well in many other European countries, including Denmark, Germany, and The Netherlands. "Tarzan Boy" found its great success in the United Kingdom, where it reached #3 in August 1985. The single had similar success in the United States (where it was released on EMI), with the single remaining on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six months and ultimately peaking at #13 in the early spring of 1986. Baltimora performed on the American TV show Solid Gold, which helped further their success in America.

Is an Irish musician who plays the tenor banjo, mandolin, and melodeon. He is most renowned as a ban

Is an Irish musician who plays the tenor banjo, mandolin, and melodeon. He is most renowned as a banjo player. McKenna has played the banjo since an early age, beginning because he could not afford to buy the instrument of his choice, a mandolin. He has been a member of The Dubliners since 1962; prior to that, he spent a few months in The Chieftains. In addition to his work on traditional Irish music, he also plays jazz on occasion.

A classical pianist and conductor.He studied piano, cello, clarinet and organ whilst growing up in B

A classical pianist and conductor.He studied piano, cello, clarinet and organ whilst growing up in Belfast. Barry Douglas first studied in Belfast and at 16 had lessons with Felicitas LeWinter, a pupil of Emil von Sauer - a pupil of Liszt. In London he studied with John Barstow for four years and then studied privately with Maria Curcio, herself a pupil of Austrian pianist Arthur Schnabel, going on to study with the Russian pianist Yevgeny Malinin in Paris.

Is an Irish jockey. Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997, three years later he became the

Is an Irish jockey. Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997, three years later he became the Irish Champion jump jockey for the first time. On the 2 November 2009 he rode his 1000th winner under National Hunt Rules in Uk and Ireland when the Nicky

He made his name with Wrexham FC before transferring to Reading for £400,000,On ending his playing

He made his name with Wrexham FC before transferring to Reading for £400,000,On ending his playing career at Portadown FC, he had a short spell as the caretaker-assistant manager at Swindon Town under Adrian Williams.Williams and Hunter were replaced by P

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his d

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for Ireland against Scotland in June 1999 and has gone on to play for them 22 times to date, though he has not been selected since the European Champi

Is an Irish swimmer from Dublin, Ireland. Despite his setting of the 50 m and 100 m freestyle nati

Is an Irish swimmer from Dublin, Ireland. Despite his setting of the 50 m and 100 m freestyle national records in 2008, Murphy just missed qualifying for Ireland's team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Murphy was educated at Belvedere College, Dublin, he is a

Is an Iranian guitar master and composer.

Is an Iranian guitar master and composer.

Was an Irish author and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.Kiely's father, Tom, a native

Was an Irish author and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.Kiely's father, Tom, a native of Moville, County Donegal, was a Boer War veteran. When he was only eighteen, he joined the Leinster Regiment. Over the next five or so years, he travelled over Ireland and abroad, including the Caribbean, and finally, to South Africa. He was decorated for heroism, for his actions in the Boer War (during which time he had met with General Christiaan De Wet). Sometime after having retured to Ireland, Tom took up employment with the Ordnance Survey as a survey measurer (or "chain man" - so called because a chain was used to do the measuring).

Is a footballer who plays for Tirsense. Benvindo began his playing career with Boavista F.C. and mov

Is a footballer who plays for Tirsense. Benvindo began his playing career with Boavista F.C. and moved to C.D. Aves when the club was relegated from the Liga de Honra following the 2008–09 season.

Was born at Caherina in Tralee. In 1901, he joined his brother Joe in England and continued his trai

Was born at Caherina in Tralee. In 1901, he joined his brother Joe in England and continued his training as a jockey. Victory on Lemburg in the 1910 Epsom Derby was his most famous achievement although he also rode winners in the 1,000 Guineas (Flair, 190

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played twice for Ireland against New Zealand in S

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played twice for Ireland against New Zealand in September 1937. One of those matches had first-class status, and was notable for being one of the few first-class matches to begin and end on the same day.

Is a writer.MacLaverty was educated at St Malachy's College and Queen's University in Belfast, and h

Is a writer.MacLaverty was educated at St Malachy's College and Queen's University in Belfast, and has written the novels Cal, Lamb, a novel about faith, relationships and ultimately love, Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize, and The Anatomy School. He has also written five acclaimed collections of short stories, the most recent of which is Matters of Life & Death.

Was an Irish painter.Mulrenin was an acclaimed portrait painter of early 19th century Ireland. Two o

Was an Irish painter.Mulrenin was an acclaimed portrait painter of early 19th century Ireland. Two of his most popular portraits were of artist George Petrie and politician Daniel O'Connell.

A co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of

A co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. She heads the Global Children's Foundation and is President of the World Centers of Compassion for Children International.

A successful country music singer-songwriter in Canada. She is also formerly part of the all-female

A successful country music singer-songwriter in Canada. She is also formerly part of the all-female trio Lace, produced by the renowned Los Angeles producer, David Foster. She was also a Canadian television host. From 2004 to July 28, 2005, she co-hosted the Citytv Vancouver morning show, Breakfast Television. Mahood was then named to co-host CMT Canada's flagship show, CMT Central. She continues to host Ultimate on CMT while also appearing as a judge on Karaoke Star. She also hosted two seasons of Project Mom and Project Dad in 2007 and 2008 for CMT.

Is an Irish country music singer, guitarist, and saxophone player. Established since 1966 he is curr

Is an Irish country music singer, guitarist, and saxophone player. Established since 1966 he is currently front man of the Irish showband Big Tom and The Mainliners.

Is an Irish businessman and philanthropist. He owned the Renault Ireland franchise[1] until it was t

Is an Irish businessman and philanthropist. He owned the Renault Ireland franchise[1] until it was taken under more direct control by Renault in 2007. A relatively well-known figure in Ireland, Cullen has made numerous appearances on RTE's The Late Late Show, his autobiography became a best-seller,[2], and he has been parodied (by Tom Dunne) for several years on the Today FM Gift Grub comedy segment. Most recently he has taken on the role as key business "guru" in the Irish version of TV show The Apprentice.

Was an Irish boxer from Derry, Northern Ireland whose career highlight was winning the Commonwealth

Was an Irish boxer from Derry, Northern Ireland whose career highlight was winning the Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title in 1954.

Is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Wright State University Ra

Is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Wright State University Raiders men's basketball team in Dayton, Ohio. Billy Donlon was promoted to head coach on April 14, 2010 after spending the past four years as the team's ass

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler[1], he played nineteen times

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler[1], he played nineteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1891 and 1907[2], including one first-class match.[3]In addition to cricket, Hamilton also represented Ireland at bad

Was born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. He was the twin brother of Joan Clancy, and

Was born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. He was the twin brother of Joan Clancy, and a member of the Irish folk group, the Clancy Brothers. He accompanied his songs on five-string banjo, guitar, bodhrán and harmonica.

Is a Guinea-Bissauan football defender who has been playing for AS Nancy. Ca has been called up to t

Is a Guinea-Bissauan football defender who has been playing for AS Nancy. Ca has been called up to the Guinea Squad, qualifying due to family roots

The light heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1923-1925.

The light heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1923-1925.

Is a Papua New Guinean-born footballer currently playing for North Queensland Fury in the Australian

Is a Papua New Guinean-born footballer currently playing for North Queensland Fury in the Australian A-League. McDonald began his career with the Brisbane Roar in their youth system before heading to the Brisbane Strikers in the QSL competition. On the Au