Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has pl

Is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2005. In 2004, he played for a combined East Asia-Pacific team in Australia's National Country Cr

Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, was the co-founder, with Betty Williams, of the Community of Peace People,

Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, was the co-founder, with Betty Williams, of the Community of Peace People, an organization which attempts to encourage a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland with whom she was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Was an Irish soldier, politician and rugby union player. Myles played rugby for City of Derry and Ir

Was an Irish soldier, politician and rugby union player. Myles played rugby for City of Derry and Ireland. In October 1899, together with Thomas Harvey, he was a member of the Ireland team that went on a tour of Canada. This was their first ever overseas

After ten years of sterling service at Kenilworth Road, he earned a £650,000 move to his boyhood

After ten years of sterling service at Kenilworth Road, he earned a £650,000 move to his boyhood heroes Manchester United in October 1988. It was at the time a big risk for Alex Ferguson to pay out a large sum of money for a player who was then past 30, but Donaghy repaid the United manager’s faith in him with some consistent performances in not only his favoured central defensive position but also as a full-back.

Is a Guinea-Bissauan footballer. He plays for CD Fátima in the Portuguese Liga de Honra. Baldé pla

Is a Guinea-Bissauan footballer. He plays for CD Fátima in the Portuguese Liga de Honra. Baldé plays for the Guinea-Bissau national football team.

Is a retired soccer player from Papua New Guinea. An international who played as a striker, Lamond p

Is a retired soccer player from Papua New Guinea. An international who played as a striker, Lamond played professionally in Australia for Canberra City, Sydney United, A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers, Wollongong City, Marconi Stallions and Newcastle United.

Singer / songwriter, originally from Crossmolina, County Mayo, and now based in Galway. Prior to 199

Singer / songwriter, originally from Crossmolina, County Mayo, and now based in Galway. Prior to 1997, Marc fronted his own band doing his own original work / American country classics. The talented singer / songwriter hit the headlines in May of that year when he represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest with Mysterious Woman.

Is a retired Irish middle distance runner. Although he wasn't planning to go to any of Ireland's uni

Is a retired Irish middle distance runner. Although he wasn't planning to go to any of Ireland's universities, O'Sullivan's running encouraged him to go to Villanova University at 19. After four years of education at Villanova, O'Sullivan graduated with a

Is a professional snooker player from Antrim town in Northern Ireland. He won the World Amateur Cham

Is a professional snooker player from Antrim town in Northern Ireland. He won the World Amateur Championship in 2004. The following year he turned professional and took only three seasons to reach the elite World's Top-16. For the 2009/2010 season, he is

Is an Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he played four times for the Irela

Is an Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he played four times for the Ireland cricket team between 2000 and 2001. In 2000, he played his only first-class match, against Scotland in August. The following year, he represented Irelan

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he made his de

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he made his debut for Ireland against Wales in July 1980 and went onto play for Ireland on 69 occasions, his last match coming against Canada in the 1994 ICC Trophy. Of

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He has represented Ireland's A team in One-day

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He has represented Ireland's A team in One-day cricket since the 2006 EurAsia cricket series.

Is a retired Irish high jumper who grew up in England and competed for the Republic of Ireland by vi

Is a retired Irish high jumper who grew up in England and competed for the Republic of Ireland by virtute of the fact he had a grandfather from Dublin. He seems to have retired from top level competition in 1999.

Is a member of the popular Irish vocal pop group, Westlife.He has two younger brothers named Barry (

Is a member of the popular Irish vocal pop group, Westlife.He has two younger brothers named Barry (born 1985) and Colin (born 1989). His parents are Marie and Oliver Feehily.

Is an Irish professional basketball player playing for the Proveo Merlins of Crailsheim, Germany. Th

Is an Irish professional basketball player playing for the Proveo Merlins of Crailsheim, Germany. The 6'6 forward, from Longford, Ireland played his underage basketball with the Longford Falcons. He attended the University of Aberdeen and represented Scot

Is an Irish adventurer, athlete, rower, kayaker, author and international motivational speaker who b

Is an Irish adventurer, athlete, rower, kayaker, author and international motivational speaker who became the first blind man to reach the South Pole. As part of a three-man team called South Pole Flag, alongside Simon O'Donnell and Inge Solheim he took j

Was a prolific Irish painter with a distinctive naïve expressionist style.He painted the inhabite

Was a prolific Irish painter with a distinctive naïve expressionist style.He painted the inhabited countryside with flat muted colour and, in his almost abstract, almost geometrical compositions he seemed to capture the easy relationship between beauty and sadness. He was the son of a house painter and spent time as a boxer and as a merchant sailor. In his early career he was championed by the Oriel Gallery in Dublin.

Is a South African-born Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bo

Is a South African-born Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has played in the Ireland A cricket team since 2004, when he played for the first time against Marylebone Cricket Club. He also participated in th

Is an Irish professional boxer from Belfast. Lindsay fights at featherweight and is a former IBF You

Is an Irish professional boxer from Belfast. Lindsay fights at featherweight and is a former IBF Youth featherweight title champion. He is the current British featherweight champion and is set to fight an eliminator for the IBF World title. Lindsay turned

Is a former professional basketball player whose career in the National Basketball Association laste

Is a former professional basketball player whose career in the National Basketball Association lasted from 1992 through 2000. Conlon started his basketball career at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY. His earliest fame came in his freshm

Is an Irish heavyweight boxer and former Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. On 11 April 2008, Ro

Is an Irish heavyweight boxer and former Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. On 11 April 2008, Rogan won the Prizefighter series heavyweight competition on Sky Sports, beating David Dolan in the final by a unanimous decision after knocking his opponent

Is a 3-time Irish national track & road cycling champion cyclist, who currently represents the Irish

Is a 3-time Irish national track & road cycling champion cyclist, who currently represents the Irish National track team in the Omnium event at the World Cup Classics. He has signed with the UCI Asia based Giant Kendra Cycling Team for the 2011 season.

Is a retired Irish rugby union footballer. He played for Ulster. McCullough was educated at Ballymen

Is a retired Irish rugby union footballer. He played for Ulster. McCullough was educated at Ballymena Academy and Trinity College Dublin. He captained the School's 1st XV rugby team 1999–2000, which reached the final of the 2000 Ulster Schools Cup, where

Is a former Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm bowler, he was very much a late

Is a former Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm bowler, he was very much a late starter as far as international cricket is concerned, making his debut for the Ireland cricket team at the age of 39 against Glamorgan in May 1998. He wen

Was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club, and the New York City

Was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club, and the New York City Police Department. At the time of his death at age 65, he attained the rank of Inspector, and during his career received the NYPD's Medal of Valor twice. H