Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Her first role was as Pinocchio in a school play when she was five[1]. In 1996, she was nominated fo

Her first role was as Pinocchio in a school play when she was five[1]. In 1996, she was nominated for the Most Promising Actress at the Geneva Film Festival for her role in The Sun, the Moon and the Stars[1]. Her big break in the starring role of Felicia's Journey with Bob Hoskins[3]. For that role she was nominated "Best Actress" at the 20th Genie Awards[4]. For her role as Runt in Disco Pigs, opposite Cillian Murphy, she won the 2003 IFTA Award of "Best Actress in a Feature Film"[4]. She was nominated in the "Best Actress in Television" category in the 2005 IFTA for her role as "Maud Lilly" in a BBC Drama Fingersmith[4]. She is also a stage actor and appeared in The Crucible with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2006 and in There Came A Gypsy Riding at the Almeida Theatre in 2007[5]. In addition to her film acting, she appeared in the music video for Coldplay's "The Scientist"[6].

Is an Irish chess player and trainer who regularly represents the national team at the Chess Olympia

Is an Irish chess player and trainer who regularly represents the national team at the Chess Olympiad. She has resided in Berkeley, California, in the United States for more than 30 years.

Was an Irish botanist.Hutchins was from Ardnagashel, Ballylickey, where her family has a small estat

Was an Irish botanist.Hutchins was from Ardnagashel, Ballylickey, where her family has a small estate on the shores of Bantry Bay, County Cork. Her father was a magistrate and died when she was two, leaving a wife and six children. She moved to Dublin and was looked after by Dr. Whitley Stokes, a medical doctor and naturalist.

An Irish child actress.She was seen in the film In America (2002) together with her elder sister, Sa

An Irish child actress.She was seen in the film In America (2002) together with her elder sister, Sarah (b. 1991). Bolger also had the name role in the children's film Heidi (2005). Her parents are Monica and Derek Bolger.

Is a professional rugby player for Guinness Premiership team London Wasps. He is 5'11.5 and 95 kg. I

Is a professional rugby player for Guinness Premiership team London Wasps. He is 5'11.5 and 95 kg. In the 2005–06 season Hickey played with Leinster, transferring to Munster for the 2007 season. He has also played for UCD. He transferred to London Irish i

Is an Irish professional poker player. He is a keen tennis player. His father is well known Irish po

Is an Irish professional poker player. He is a keen tennis player. His father is well known Irish poker player, Donnacha O'Dea . His grandmother was the stage and screen actress Siobhán McKenna. O'Dea came close to winning a WPT event in October 2009 in the 4,500 euro No-Limit Hold'em event, finishing runner-up to Christophe Savary. In 2009 he made the final table of the Poker Million tournament, finishing 2nd to take home $260,000.

Is an Irish[2] singer from Northern Ireland, who finished 3rd in the fifth series of the British mus

Is an Irish[2] singer from Northern Ireland, who finished 3rd in the fifth series of the British music talent contest the X Factor in 2008. As a result of his X Factor success, Quigg was due to be signed by Simon Cowell, owner and CEO of Syco Records, but was instead signed to RCA Records.

His novels are sometimes compared to those of J. K. Rowling, and like Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl is

His novels are sometimes compared to those of J. K. Rowling, and like Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl is used as a reference to describe the work of other writers e.g. Jack Heath[1] and Mark Walden.[2]Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen Colfer) was born in Wexford, I

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman, part-time right-arm medium bowler and an occasio

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman, part-time right-arm medium bowler and an occasional wicket-keeper. He plays in English county cricket for Middlesex.

Is an Irish composer, currently residing in the United Kingdom. Eoin grew up in Clonmel, Ireland. As

Is an Irish composer, currently residing in the United Kingdom. Eoin grew up in Clonmel, Ireland. As a member of his local youth band, he played clarinet and later trumpet, before spending some time as conductor and arranger. He studied for a BA Music at Waterford Institute of Technology between 1997 and 2001, where he graduated with a First Class Honours Degree, majoring in composition having studied with Eric Sweeney, as well as composers such as Louis Andriessen. During his time in Waterford, Eoin was awarded with the Good Shepherd Arts Award for his composition. He also conducted the college chamber choir[1][2] between 2000 and 2001, giving the opportunity to develop his choral writing. He then graduated from University College Cork with a Higher Diploma in Education in 2002 and spent several years working in the education sector, initially in Ireland before moving to London, England. While teaching in London, Eoin continued his studies in composition with composers such as Anna Meredith, Stephen Montague, and Howard Skempton. Eoin studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London between 2005 and 2007, studying with Richard Baker and graduating with an MA Composition. Eoin currently resides in Hove, England with his wife Aoife.

Is an Irish canoeist from Leixlip, County Kildare. He also has a GAA invollvement, having been appoi

Is an Irish canoeist from Leixlip, County Kildare. He also has a GAA invollvement, having been appointed in 2009 to assist in physical preparations with the Westmeath senior football team. Rheinisch competed at the 2004 Olympic canoeing K-1 slalom final w

Is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for, among

Is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for, among others Old Wesley, Leicester Tigers, Leinster, the Barbarians, Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. After retiring as a rugby player, Miller switched

Was an English-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he pla

Was an English-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, against I Zingari in August 1896. In 1895, he played four first-class matches for Dublin University, taking 23

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made his

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made his debut for Ireland in a first-class match against the MCC in September 1954. He went onto play for Ireland on six occasions; four further first-class matche

Was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with "atom-smashing" expe

Was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with "atom-smashing" experiments done at Cambridge University in the early 1930s.

Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with "atom-smashing" experiments

Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with "atom-smashing" experiments done at Cambridge University in the early 1930s. Walton is the only Irishman to have won a Nobel Prize in science.

Is an Irish snooker player. He reached his highest professional World Ranking of 20 in 1986. In 1985

Is an Irish snooker player. He reached his highest professional World Ranking of 20 in 1986. In 1985 and the following years 1986 & 1987 he won his only professional titles, as a member of the successful all-Irish team in the World Team Championships, alo

Is a Lithuanian boxer. He represented Lithuania at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and won golden medal.

Is a Lithuanian boxer. He represented Lithuania at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and won golden medal.

An Irish actress, known for playing Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.It wa

An Irish actress, known for playing Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.It was revealed on February 2, 2006 that Lynch, who was then fourteen, had been cast as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after her father flew her to London for the open audition for the role,[7] beating nearly 15,000 girls in the auditions.[3] However, as Lynch has naturally dark blonde hair, her hair had to be bleached light blonde for the role of Luna. On set Lynch became very good friends with fellow actresses Bonnie Wright (who plays Ginny Weasley), Katie Leung (Cho Chang) and Afshan Azad (Padma Patil).