Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Malaysian singer.Dayang recorded her first album with the title Dayang Nurfaizah which was rele

Is a Malaysian singer.Dayang recorded her first album with the title Dayang Nurfaizah which was released in May 1999 mainly of the Pop and R&B genre. The album's first single Hakikat Cinta introduced Dayang to the local music industry.Her biggest task up then, to mark her 5th year in the Malaysian music industry, was to set up her own recording company, DN & AD Entertainment Sdn Bhd. Under its banner, in 31 October 2004 she released her fourth studio album, Dayang Sayang Kamu, which was received with rave reviews from the Malaysian public as well as neighbouring countries.

Is a Irish golfer.McGrane has had full status on the European Tour since 2003, and has earned over €2.4m in prize-money. He clinched his first European Tour Title on 20 April 2008 at the Volvo China Open, winning by nine strokes, and ended the 2008 season

Is a Northern Irish international football midfielder who currently plays for Birmingham City.Johnso

Is a Northern Irish international football midfielder who currently plays for Birmingham City.Johnson earned his first call-up to the Northern Ireland national football team on May 29, 1999, when he came on as a substitute in the 1û0 away win against the Republic of Ireland. Further appearances as substitute followed against Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, and Hungary, before he made his first full appearance versus Yugoslavia at Windsor Park, Belfast, in August 2000.On March 28, 2007, he made his 46th appearance for Northern Ireland, in the home European Championship Qualifying victory (2û1) over Sweden. A valuable player in his national team, Johnson is also hugely popular with the "Green and White Army" of Northern Ireland fans, not least for his 100% effort and commitment.

Is an Irish rock singer. So far, he has released two studio albums: O in 2002, and 9 in 2006.Having

Is an Irish rock singer. So far, he has released two studio albums: O in 2002, and 9 in 2006.Having released the singles "The World Is Dead" and "Weatherman" in Ireland during 1998, the band was due to record their first full album for Polygram in 1999. However, Rice became disenchanted with the label and left the band to pursue a solo career. His Juniper band mates later became Bell X1.

Was a life-long Irish republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin. At the time of death he was Ir

Was a life-long Irish republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin. At the time of death he was Ireland's oldest man and the last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence.Keating joined Fianna Éireann in 1918. In 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, he joined the Boherbee B Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Kerry Brigade, Irish Republican Army. On 21 April 1921, Royal Irish Constabulary Constable Denis O’Loughlin was shot dead in Knightly public house in Tralee. Keating, Jimmy O’Connor and Percy Hanafin were suspected of the killing, and were forced to go on the run. On 1 June Keating was involved in an ambush between Castlemaine and Milltown which claimed the lives of 5 RIC men. On 10 July, a day before the truce between the IRA and British forces, Keating’s unit was involved in a gun battle with the British Army near Castleisland. This confrontation resulted in the deaths of four British soldiers and five IRA Volunteers.

Was an Irish and later American track and field athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic

Was an Irish and later American track and field athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He competed for the U.S. Olympic team in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is an Irish singer. He has sold over 10 million records to date.O’Donnell was brought up in a smal

Is an Irish singer. He has sold over 10 million records to date.O’Donnell was brought up in a small village called Kincasslagh in County Donegal, Ireland. He grew up as the youngest of a staunch Roman Catholic family, with his parents Julia (née McGonagle) and Francis O’Donnell and his siblings: John (the eldest), Margaret (Margo), Kathleen, and James.

A Northern Irish footballer who plays for Ross County. He is primarily a defender, but he can play i

A Northern Irish footballer who plays for Ross County. He is primarily a defender, but he can play in midfield.He started his club career in Scotland with St. Johnstone in 1993. It was while he was with the McDiarmid Park club that Griffin made his international debut against Germany in a 1-1 draw on May 29, 1996 in Belfast and scored his first international goal in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland on May 25, 1999.In the following months, English club Derby County offered St. Johnstone ú1,000,000 for their 18-year-old centre-back. Griffin was beginning to develop a good relationship with St. Johnstone and he felt there was much more he could learn from Paul Sturrock before his career took him to pastures new. Griffin turned down the move.

Irish painter, was the son of a Highland soldier and was born in Cork City, working for most of his

Irish painter, was the son of a Highland soldier and was born in Cork City, working for most of his life in London.His education was of the plainest kind, but he was eager for culture, fond of reading, and anxious to become an artist. His father, however, placed him, in 1820, in Newenham's Bank, where he remained for two years, and then left to study in the Cork school of art.

Was an Academy Award-nominated Irish film actor.O'Herlihy first appeared in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out

Was an Academy Award-nominated Irish film actor.O'Herlihy first appeared in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out in 1947. His first American film was Macbeth in the following year, appearing with Orson Welles. He played the role of Macduff. In 1954 he starred in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. That same year he also starred in the Red Scare movie Invasion U.S.A..

Was an Irish professional wrestler. His surname was usually spelled "O'Mahoney" during his wrestling

Was an Irish professional wrestler. His surname was usually spelled "O'Mahoney" during his wrestling career. His signature move was the Irish Whip, which acquired its name due to its association with O'Mahony. Born in Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland, O'M

Is a 2-time Irish Olympian athlete and four times national marathon champion from Letterkenny, Count

Is a 2-time Irish Olympian athlete and four times national marathon champion from Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. He is a former member of the Dublin-based athletic club Clonliffe Harriers.

Is an Irish singer-songwriter from the band The Script. He is frequently heard playing keyboard at b

Is an Irish singer-songwriter from the band The Script. He is frequently heard playing keyboard at both live performances and on their debut album, The Script.The Scripts first single We Cry is about James Street in Dublin and the different types of people you would meet there. Danny has been a member of a late 90's Band called Mytown after being signed for $15 million dollars to Universal Records in 1999.

Is an award winning Irish comedian and television presenter.Ó Briain is the most successful Irish c

Is an award winning Irish comedian and television presenter.Ó Briain is the most successful Irish comedian to have hit the UK since the turn of the century.[2] He has toured extensively across Ireland and England, and hosted and appeared on a number of su

Is an Irish international ultra runner and professional poker player. He won the 2005 Tresco maratho

Is an Irish international ultra runner and professional poker player. He won the 2005 Tresco marathon, the 2006 New York Road Runners 60K ultra marathon, the 2007 Schinnen 50K, the 2008 Brno Indoor 6 hour race, and was the 2007 Irish 24 hour running champion. On the poker front, O'Kearney won the 2008 European Deepstack Poker Championship, defeating a high quality field that included Joe Beevers, Julian Thew, Tony Baitson, Arnaud Mattern, John Falconer, Dave Colclough, Conor Tate, Owen Mullen, Mickey Wernick, Barny Boatman and Christy Smith.

(born on 14 August 1968) is a professional golfer

(born on 14 August 1968) is a professional golfer

An Irish goalkeeper playing for Hereford United on loan from Charlton Athletic. He is a Republic of

An Irish goalkeeper playing for Hereford United on loan from Charlton Athletic. He is a Republic of Ireland U-21 international and has also been in the senior Republic of Ireland squad. Randolph has also represented Ireland at basketball.Randolph played school football with Ardmore Rovers. He is the son of Ed Randolph, one of the first American imports to the Irish Basketball League. He is also a past pupil of St. Cronan's Boys National School and Presentation College, Bray.

Dave King (December 11, 1961) grew up in a small two-room flat in Dublin, Ireland in Beggars Bush, a

Dave King (December 11, 1961) grew up in a small two-room flat in Dublin, Ireland in Beggars Bush, a tenement that was once a British military barracks and is now a renovated retirement home for Dublin's elderly. When he was around the age of six or seven

He fought under the name Dave "Boy" McAuley, and was one of the last Irish boxers to fight for a wor

He fought under the name Dave "Boy" McAuley, and was one of the last Irish boxers to fight for a world title over 15 rounds. His two epic fights against Fidel Bassa were both voted "Fight of the Year", in 1986 and 1987 respectively. McAuley was a superb b

Is an Australian-born Irish cricketer who, on 13 June 2006, became the first man to take a wicket in

Is an Australian-born Irish cricketer who, on 13 June 2006, became the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland, when he dismissed Ed Joyce (a former Ireland cricketer making his debut for England) at Belfast.[2] A right-handed ba

Is an Irish former cricketer and current Rugby Union referee. His father Ian also played cricket for

Is an Irish former cricketer and current Rugby Union referee. His father Ian also played cricket for Ireland. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 121 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1984 and 1997, including eight

A linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where h

A linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where he attended St Mary's College from 1951.Crystal studied English at University College London between 1959 and 1962. He was a researcher under Randolph Quirk between 1962 and 1963, working on the Survey of English Usage. Since then he has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He is currently an honorary professor and part-time lecturer of linguistics at Bangor. His many academic interests include English language learning and teaching, forensic linguistics, language death, "ludic linguistics" (Crystal's neologism for the study of language play),[1] English style, Shakespeare, indexing, and lexicography. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).

Finlay began his wrestling career in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1974, before moving over to

Finlay began his wrestling career in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1974, before moving over to England in 1978.[5] While in England, Finlay wrestled for various companies under the Joint Promotions banner. Finlay defeated Alan Kilby on June 9, 1982 t

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Scotland in July 1983 in a first-class match. He went on to play for Ireland on 24 occasions, his last match coming against the MCC at Lord's in Au

Is an Irish international track and field athlete. He began his education in Our Lady's Boys School

Is an Irish international track and field athlete. He began his education in Our Lady's Boys School and he studied at Dublin Institute of Technology before moving to Loughborough to train as a full time athlete with coach Nick Dakin.