Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is an Irish professional snooker player.

Is an Irish professional snooker player.

Is a Northern Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is currently semi retired working for t

Is a Northern Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is currently semi retired working for the WWE as a road agent and occasionally wrestles on the SmackDown brand of World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Finlay. Finlay has held over t

Is a professional footballer who has scored a record 34 international goals for Northern Ireland. He

Is a professional footballer who has scored a record 34 international goals for Northern Ireland. He plays his club football for Sunderland of the English Premier League.Healy was raised in Killyleagh, and played for Crossgar, Lisburn Youth and Down Academy High School in Downpatrick. He signed for Manchester United in August 1999, just four days before his 20th birthday. He made his debut for the Manchester United first team in a League Cup tie away to Aston Villa on 13 October 1999. In February 2000 he was loaned to Port Vale, but before playing for them he made his international debut.

Is an Irish medal-winning sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres and began racing over 800 metre

Is an Irish medal-winning sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres and began racing over 800 metres in 2007.

He played mostly in midfield but was very versatile, and during his career played in every position

He played mostly in midfield but was very versatile, and during his career played in every position bar goalkeeper. Appeared in the World Cup finals of 1982 and 1986McCreery started his career with Manchester United, where he was the used substitute as th

An Irish economist. McWilliams has worked with the Central Bank of Ireland, UBS bank, and the Banque

An Irish economist. McWilliams has worked with the Central Bank of Ireland, UBS bank, and the Banque Nationale de Paris. More recently, he has become a popular broadcaster and documentary-maker with TV3 and RTÉ, as well as publishing two books, The Pope's Children, and The Generation Game.Between 1990 and 1993 he worked as an economist at the Central Bank of Ireland. He helped draft the Irish submission to the Maastricht Treaty and also advised the authorities during the exchange rate crisis in the early 1990s.

Is a rising star of the snooker world. Aged 16, he reached the quarter finals of the U21 World Snook

Is a rising star of the snooker world. Aged 16, he reached the quarter finals of the U21 World Snooker Championships. He has been Irish champion at every level, winning the overall National championship every year from 2004 to 2006 (becoming the youngest

Is an Irish cricketer. Born in Derry, he is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler

Is an Irish cricketer. Born in Derry, he is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He has represented Ireland A since 2006, as well as representing the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and the Irish Under-23 team.

Is an Australian-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he h

Is an Australian-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he had played for the Ireland cricket team 49 times as of 18 April 2007[2] and has continued to represent them since that date, playing in five Friends Provide

Is an Irish sailor who competed at five Olympics between 1972 and 1992, winning silver in 1980.

Is an Irish sailor who competed at five Olympics between 1972 and 1992, winning silver in 1980.

Is an Irish professional golfer.He is the son of European Seniors Tour golfer Liam Higgins. He was t

Is an Irish professional golfer.He is the son of European Seniors Tour golfer Liam Higgins. He was the country's leading amateur by the time he reached 21. Following match play victories over Pádraig Harrington in the finals of the South of Ireland and th

A Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier Lea

A Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League. He was previously contracted to Arsenal, but made no first team appearances for the club.In early 2006, Shiels had an operation to remove his right eye, which had been blind since a domestic accident when he was eight years old. The damaged eye was causing headaches and it was agreed that surgery was the best solution.[Shiels returned to action later in 2006[2] and re-established himself in Hibs' first team squad in the 2006–07 season, scoring in the team's first two league matches. He scored his first hat-trick for Hibs on 12 January 2008 in a 3–0 win over Inverness in the Scottish Cup.

Is an Irish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s. At the 1976 Summer Olym

Is an Irish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-4 1000 m events. Four years later in Moscow, Burns was eliminated in

Is a professional snooker player from Northern Ireland. He played on the main tour for the 2008/2009

Is a professional snooker player from Northern Ireland. He played on the main tour for the 2008/2009 season. After failing to win a match in the seasons opening events, he did not compete in the remainder of tournaments.

An English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Roches

An English singer of Scottish and Irish origin. He and his family live in Hoo, a village near Rochester, Kent. His grandfather, was in a band, played several instruments, took Declan to ‘Fleadhs’ (concerts) he was participating in and the explosive mix of Scottish and Irish musical traditions inspired Declan and became his early musical influence.[1] Declan is known for the control and range of his voice, as well as his ability to interpret and adapt material of differing genres.

Is a female boxer who was born in Drogheda, Ireland. Because of legal issues regarding women's boxin

Is a female boxer who was born in Drogheda, Ireland. Because of legal issues regarding women's boxing in her native country, Gogarty currently cannot engage in competition there, and now she fights out of New Orleans, Louisiana. However, before the law wa

Is a rock and roll, doo-wop and a cappella singer.At an early age Hegarty moved to Brighton, England

Is a rock and roll, doo-wop and a cappella singer.At an early age Hegarty moved to Brighton, England. Hegarty formed the 1950s styled band, Darts in August 1976, along with vocalists Rita Ray, Griff Fender and sax player Horatio Hornblower, all from the band Rocky Sharpe & the Razors. His role in Darts was as the bass singer, songwriter, arranger and music director.

Was an Irish track and field athlete who competed for the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in th

Was an Irish track and field athlete who competed for the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly i

Was a champion Irish athlete and weight thrower, born in Banteer, County Cork, who competed mainly in the shot put.

Is an English-born Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler,

Is an English-born Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played six times for the Ireland cricket team between 1966 and 1968 including one first-class match.

Is an Irish German show jumper. As of the end of September 2010, he is ranked 6th in the Rolex World

Is an Irish German show jumper. As of the end of September 2010, he is ranked 6th in the Rolex World Rankings - Irelands no. 1.

Is an Irish entrepreneur. An Arts graduate of University College Dublin, O'Brien received an MBA in

Is an Irish entrepreneur. An Arts graduate of University College Dublin, O'Brien received an MBA in corporate finance from Boston College in 1982 and holds an honorary doctorate from University College Dublin.

Is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator. Taylor is well known for his sense

Is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator. Taylor is well known for his sense of humour and his trademark over-sized glasses. Winner of two ranking events, he is best known for winning the 1985 World Championship, beating the then seemingly invincible Steve Davis on the final black in what is one of the sport's greatest finals.

Was an Irish harpist and composer.Bell was something of a child prodigy, composing his first concert

Was an Irish harpist and composer.Bell was something of a child prodigy, composing his first concerto at the age of 12. He graduated from the Royal College of Music in 1957. While studying there, he became friends with flautist James Galway.

Is an Irish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. He made h

Is an Irish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for Ireland against Surrey on 14 May 1996 and has played for them 60 times in all, including two ICC Trophy tournaments in 1997 and 2001. He also