Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an Irish cricketer. He did not represent the Ireland cricket team internationally, and played hi

Was an Irish cricketer. He did not represent the Ireland cricket team internationally, and played his cricket in India, representing the "Europeans" in two first-class matches against the "Indians" in 1919 and 1920.

Was a prominent 19th century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from hi

Was a prominent 19th century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism, which led to his appointment as successor to Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in 1862.Tyndall's first original work in physical science was in his experiments on magnetism and diamagnetic polarity, on which he worked from 1850 to 1855. While he was still lecturing on natural philosophy at Queenwood College, his magnetic investigations made him known among the leading scientists of the day and, through the initiative of Sir Edward Sabine, treasurer of the Royal Society, he was elected F.R.S. in June 1852. In 1850 he had made Michael Faraday's acquaintance and, shortly before the Ipswich meeting of the British Association in 1851 he began a lasting friendship with Thomas Huxley.

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played in one first-class match for Irelan

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played in one first-class match for Ireland against the MCC in 1948.

Is a former politician in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland who served as leader of

Is a former politician in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and then as a Member of the European Parliament for Fine Gael.

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

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Wales in June 1973, and went on to play for Ireland on 37 occasions, his last game also coming against Wales in Au

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

Was an Australian-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against Scotland in July 1909.

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He started h

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He started his cricket career playing for Oxford University, for whom he played 14 first-class matches in 1900 and 1901. He later played two first-class matches agains

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played fourteen times for the

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played fourteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1946 and 1951, including seven first-class matches. He made his debut for Ireland against Scotland in July 1946 in a first-cl

Was President of the Irish Rugby Football Union. Glynn was a native of Williamsgate Street, Galway.

Was President of the Irish Rugby Football Union. Glynn was a native of Williamsgate Street, Galway. He played rugby for Galwegians and Connacht, winning twelve caps, and became a well-known referee. He also served as president of his local club. His sudde

Is an Irish singer and composer.Due to a mix-up, two follow up single were released almost simultane

Is an Irish singer and composer.Due to a mix-up, two follow up single were released almost simultaneously; "Save Me" and "In London". With confusion by radio stations over which to play, both singles flopped. Another single released in late 1980, a cover of a recent Cliff Richard song, "Give A Little Bit More" was a more concerted effort and although it narrowly missed the chart, the momentum from Eurovision was now lost. Logan blames his lack of success in the UK on poor management and his inexperience.

Was an Irish singer and songwriter born in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. With his

Was an Irish singer and songwriter born in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. With his mix of country songs, Irish ballads and easy listening music which he had a passion for, he achieved success in both England and Ireland.

Is an Irish singer of Country and Irish genre born in Banagher, County Offaly, Ireland.He is most fa

Is an Irish singer of Country and Irish genre born in Banagher, County Offaly, Ireland.He is most famous for the song "Nora", sometimes known as "Maggie", though his most famous hit was Mursheen Durkin, with which he hit No 1 in the Republic of Ireland.

An Irish flat racing jockey.He was a promising schoolboy footballer and boxer when he was younger. A

An Irish flat racing jockey.He was a promising schoolboy footballer and boxer when he was younger. At a fight evening held at a hotel in his native County Meath a spectator advised his mother that young Johnny would make a jockey explaining that he's smal

Is a Dublin-born illustrator and children's author. He travelled widely in the 1980s, working freela

Is a Dublin-born illustrator and children's author. He travelled widely in the 1980s, working freelance in London, Sydney and Hong Kong before returning to Dublin in 1992, where he formed a loose coalition known as Baggot Street Central with other leading

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He played for the Ireland Un

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He played for the Ireland Under-19 team at the 1998 Under-19 World Cup, before making his debut for the Ireland senior team against Scotland in June 1998. He remained a regular member

Is a South African-born former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bow

Is a South African-born former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played 26 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1986 and 1989, including three first-class matches and four List A matches. Garth made his deb

Is a singer-songwriter, who formed Jonathan Kelly's Outside in 1973, a British folk rock band.Outsid

Is a singer-songwriter, who formed Jonathan Kelly's Outside in 1973, a British folk rock band.Outside was made up of Kelly, Snowy White and Chas Jankel on guitars, Dave Sheen on drums and Trevor Williams (ex-Audience) on bass guitar. White went on to play with Pink Floyd and Thin Lizzy before a successful solo career, and Jankel later played with Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

Was an Anglo-Irish[1] satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for the Tories

Was an Anglo-Irish[1] satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin.

Is an Irish National Hunt racehorse trainer and former jockey. He is a native of Castletownroche, Co

Is an Irish National Hunt racehorse trainer and former jockey. He is a native of Castletownroche, County Cork in Ireland. Based at the Jackdaws Castle training establishment in England, O'Neill is the private trainer to J. P. McManus, one of the largest o

Is a Northern Irish professional snooker player, who is making his debut on the Main Tour for the 20

Is a Northern Irish professional snooker player, who is making his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009/2010 season.

Was the stage name of Joseph McLaughlin, a tenor singer who was enormously popular in Britain and Ir

Was the stage name of Joseph McLaughlin, a tenor singer who was enormously popular in Britain and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.

Was an Irish singer of easy listening songs.His biggest hit was "Make Me An Island" (written by Albe

Was an Irish singer of easy listening songs.His biggest hit was "Make Me An Island" (written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood), which went to Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1969, and Number 1 in fourteen other countries. He was very popular in Ireland and among Irish emigrants from 1964 into the 1980s.

Played professional baseball from 1885 to 1890, mainly as a second baseman. Mack played the first fo

Played professional baseball from 1885 to 1890, mainly as a second baseman. Mack played the first four years of his career with the Louisville Colonels. Three of the years Mack hit under a .250 batting average, while in 1887 Mack hit an impressive .308, t

(February 22, 1922 – June 3, 2004) was an Irish amateur golfer.

(February 22, 1922 – June 3, 2004) was an Irish amateur golfer.

Was an Irish amateur golfer.Carr won his first major tournament, the East of Ireland Amateur, at the

Was an Irish amateur golfer.Carr won his first major tournament, the East of Ireland Amateur, at the age of 19 in 1941, which started one of Ireland's greatest golfing careers. He went on to win twelve East of Ireland titles, twelve West of Ireland titles