Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a professional pool (and former pro snooker) player. Her nickname is "the Irish Invader". She beg

Is a professional pool (and former pro snooker) player. Her nickname is "the Irish Invader". She began her career in snooker at the age of 14 and won her first Ladies Snooker Championship in England, when she was 15 years old. She moved to US in 1998, win

Is an Irish boxer and footballer. Taylor plays with the Ireland Women's Senior football team. She sc

Is an Irish boxer and footballer. Taylor plays with the Ireland Women's Senior football team. She scored in the opening UEFA 2009 qualifying round win over Hungary on the 1st of April 2007. She scored again and got sent off in a 4-1 loss in Italy on the 16th of February 2008. [4] Previously, she had played with the national teams at the U-17 and U-19 levels.

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

Is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy and in the ICC Trophy tournament itself, where he played

Is a former Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He made his debut fo

Is a former Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Ireland in June 1985 against Sussex, and went on to play for Ireland on eleven occasions. Of these, one match had first-class status and two had List A s

Is an Irish singer and actor who began his career as part of Boyzone.A native of Dublin, Duffy's pro

Is an Irish singer and actor who began his career as part of Boyzone.A native of Dublin, Duffy's profile was raised as a result of his appearance on the first series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2001—finishing third out of six.[citation needed] He branched out from the mime he specialized in during his time in Boyzone to more serious acting, most notably on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as the character Ciaran McCarthy.

A Northern Irish professional footballer who plays in midfield. He currently plays for Sheffield Uni

A Northern Irish professional footballer who plays in midfield. He currently plays for Sheffield United of the English Football League Championship.His first years were spent in Islandmagee, County Antrim where he attended Whitehead Primary School. He later moved to Bangor, County Down where he attended Rathmore Primary School and Bangor Grammar School. He was scouted playing for St Andrews FC from Belfast, and was the first professional footballer to come from this club.

Is an Irish professional tennis player. She resides in Malaga, Spain, but plays tennis for Ireland.

Is an Irish professional tennis player. She resides in Malaga, Spain, but plays tennis for Ireland. Liggan has had some success on the ITF tour winning several titles for both singles and doubles and in 2002 she won her first WTA tour doubles title. Liggan has made two Grand Slam doubles main draw appearances in her career; she reached the 2003 US Open second round and the 2004 Wimbledon Championships second round. Liggan has had several WTA tour main draw appearances; however, she has never reached a quarterfinal.

He is the only player ever to have been world amateur (1989) and world professional champion (1997).

He is the only player ever to have been world amateur (1989) and world professional champion (1997). He was also World Under-21 champion in 1989.After two semi-finals in the 1991/1992 season (his second as a professional), Doherty first made an impact by

Is most noted as an track and field athlete and winner of the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics.M

Is most noted as an track and field athlete and winner of the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics.McArthur ran his first marathon late in the 1908 season, and surprisingly beat the Olympic silver medalist Charles Hefferon. He also won the national one an

Branagh, second of three children, was born in Belfast to working-class Protestant parents Frances (

Branagh, second of three children, was born in Belfast to working-class Protestant parents Frances (née Harper) and William Branagh, who was a plumber and carpenter, and ran a company that specialised in fitting partitions and suspended ceilings.[1][2] He

Is an Irish cricketer. Educated at Oatlands College, Stillorgan, and currently works for the Irish p

Is an Irish cricketer. Educated at Oatlands College, Stillorgan, and currently works for the Irish postal service, An Post. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm chinaman bowler. He currently plays for the Ireland first-class, Ireland A and Ire

Kenny Acheson's father, the owner of an Ulster brickworks, raced in the 1970s on motorcycles and in

Kenny Acheson's father, the owner of an Ulster brickworks, raced in the 1970s on motorcycles and in Formula Ford.In 1976 he had a test in his father's old Crosslé FF1600 at the local Kirkistown circuit and in no time was lapping within three seconds of th

Is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played thirteen times f

Is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played thirteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1958 and 1966 including nine first-class matches. Hope first played for Ireland in July 1958 against Scotland in a firs

Is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1974 with the Britis

Is a former Ireland international rugby union player. He toured South Africa in 1974 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for London Irish.He was a consultant geriatrician at St Stephens Hospital in London.

In Dublin is an Irish cricketer educated in Marian College, Ballsbridge. An allrounder, O'Brien is a

In Dublin is an Irish cricketer educated in Marian College, Ballsbridge. An allrounder, O'Brien is a hard hitting right handed middle to lower order batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. His brother Niall is also a member of the Irish team. Their fa

Irish boxer,[1] who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Irish boxer,[1] who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Is a professional rugby union player from Ireland. He attended the primary school Kildare Place Nati

Is a professional rugby union player from Ireland. He attended the primary school Kildare Place National School and was educated at secondary level at Gonzaga College. He plays provincial rugby for Leinster and used to play club rugby for University Colle

Also referred to as Dr. Kevin O'Flanagan, is a former Irish sportsman, physician and sports administ

Also referred to as Dr. Kevin O'Flanagan, is a former Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. He was also a noted sprinter and long jumper and as a youth p

Is an Irish painter and celebrity.Sharkey was adopted and subsequently raised in the town of Killybe

Is an Irish painter and celebrity.Sharkey was adopted and subsequently raised in the town of Killybegs, Donegal in the north-west of Ireland. A full-time artist for over 15 years, Sharkey was also formerly: a fisherman, a child chef, a songwriter (for artists including Boney M and Bob Geldof and his own band An Fear Dubh), as well as a nude model who was once photographed by legendary photographer David Bailey

Is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football

Is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry. Donaghy has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Munster Championships and a National League title with the county. He has also been awarded two All Stars. He plays his club foot

Was a top Irish jump jockey who died as a result of a racing accident. Kelly was born in County Kild

Was a top Irish jump jockey who died as a result of a racing accident. Kelly was born in County Kildare and achieved his first Cheltenham Festival success in March 2003 on Hardy Eustace in the Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle. He was critically injured