Irish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller, eldest son of an Irish judge, Nicholas Bal

Was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller, eldest son of an Irish judge, Nicholas Ball and his wife Jane Sherlock.In 1846 he was made an assistant poor-law commissioner, but resigned in 1847, and in 1848 stood unsuccessfully as a parliament

Is an acclaimed Irish novelist and journalist. His novel, The Book of Evidence (1989), was shortlist

Is an acclaimed Irish novelist and journalist. His novel, The Book of Evidence (1989), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize,

Burns started off his career at school with a rock covers band, Highway Star, which consisted of Bur

Burns started off his career at school with a rock covers band, Highway Star, which consisted of Burns, Gordon Blair, Henry Cluney, and Brian Falloon. Gordon Blair subsequently left the group to join Rudi, and Ali McMordie joined, about the time the band

Was an Irish artist and the father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. He is probably bes

Was an Irish artist and the father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. He is probably best known for his portrait of the young William Butler Yeats which is one of a number of his pictures in the Yeats museum in the National Gallery of Ireland. His portrait of John O'Leary (1904) is considered to be his masterpiece (Raymond Keaveney 2002).

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played one first-class match for Dublin Universit

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played one first-class match for Dublin University against Northamptonshire in July 1926, a match that also featured the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.

Is a former Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler, he made his debut

Is a former Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against an England Amateur team in July 1992, and went on to represent Ireland on 50 occasions, his last game coming against

Was an Irish-born scientist known for pioneering X-ray crystallography.He taught himself the theory

Was an Irish-born scientist known for pioneering X-ray crystallography.He taught himself the theory of space groups, including the quaternion method; this became the mathematical basis of later work on crystal structure. Whilst at Cambridge he also became known as "Sage", a nickname given to him by a girl working in Ogden's Bookshop at the corner of Bridge Street in about 1920[1]. After graduation, he began research under Sir William Bragg at the Davy Faraday Laboratory at the Royal Institution[3] in London. In 1924 he determined the structure of graphite[3]. He also did work on bronze[3]. While at Cambridge he worked on the structure of vitamin B1 (1933), pepsin (1934), vitamin D2 (1935), the sterols (1936), and the tobacco mosaic virus (1937)[3].

Known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.He w

Known by the pen name H. B., was a political cartoonist, caricaturist, painter and lithographer.He was the eldest son of a Dublin silk mercer, and came from a Catholic family which in the 17th century had been granted extensive estates, possibly in County

Was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician.He was Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster from 1974 to 1

Was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician.He was Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster from 1974 to 1983. Initially elected as a member of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, from 1976 he represented the short-lived breakaway United Ulster Unionist Pa

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played three times for Ireland in 1997, incl

Is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played three times for Ireland in 1997, including one first-class match against Scotland. He has not played for Ireland since.

Was a notable Irish sculptor during the 19th century.He worked exclusively for the 3rd Earl of Egrem

Was a notable Irish sculptor during the 19th century.He worked exclusively for the 3rd Earl of Egremont at Petworth House in the 1820s and 1830s (also producing a monument to the Earl's Percy ancestors in the baptistery of St Mary's, Petworth), and made s

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played one first-class cricket match for Dublin U

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played one first-class cricket match for Dublin University against Northamptonshire in June 1926.

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who has played

Is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who has played First-class cricket for Ireland since 2004. He had previously represented Ireland in the Under-19s World Cup of 2000.

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played 18 times for the Irela

Was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played 18 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1920 and 1933, including eight first-class matches. He also played two first-class matches for Dublin University. He made his debut

Was an Irish cricketer, and English Rugby Union player. He played twice for the Irish cricket team,

Was an Irish cricketer, and English Rugby Union player. He played twice for the Irish cricket team, making his debut against the MCC at Lord's in August 1935. and playing his one and only first-class match against India the following year. In 1937, he pla

Was a Northern Irish actor.Born John William Francis Hallam in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, he appeare

Was a Northern Irish actor.Born John William Francis Hallam in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, he appeared in many film and television roles including Murphy's War (1971), The Pallisers (1974), The Mallens (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), Dragonslayer (1981),

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who played twice f

Was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler who played twice for Ireland against New Zealand in September 1937. The first of those two matches had first-class status.

Was an Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played one match

Was an Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played one match for Ireland, against the MCC in May 1895. He also played four first-class matches for Dublin University the same year.

Who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was the most significant Irish poet to emerge before the

Who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was the most significant Irish poet to emerge before the 1960s generation of Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Michael Longley. He was appointed the first writer-in-residence at Queen's University Belfast in 1976. His collections include The Day of the Corncrake (1969) and Out of My Time: Poems 1969 to 1974 (1974). He was also made a Freeman of the City of Belfast in 1983, and was awarded honorary doctorates the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast.

Was an Irish sculptor, best known for his statues of Daniel O'Connell in Dublin and of Prince Albert

Was an Irish sculptor, best known for his statues of Daniel O'Connell in Dublin and of Prince Albert in London. Both are still considered iconic in each city.In 1835 he was admitted a student in the schools of the Royal Academy, London. He first appeared

Was one of Irelands' greatest sculptors.Hogan's best known work and masterpiece are the three versio

Was one of Irelands' greatest sculptors.Hogan's best known work and masterpiece are the three versions of the statue of The Redeemer in Death or The Dead Christ. Created in flawless Carrara marble, the first version (1829) is located in St. Therese's Chur

Was an Irish track and field athlete who reprsented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He wa

Was an Irish track and field athlete who reprsented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rahela, Ballyduff, County Kerry, Ireland and was the twin brother of Edward Barrett.

Was an Irish athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. When not competing for Ireland as a m

Was an Irish athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. When not competing for Ireland as a member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Daly competed as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club.

Was a three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw: 1900, 1904, and 1908.At that time he alr

Was a three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw: 1900, 1904, and 1908.At that time he already held the world record for the hammer throw. He competed for both the New York Athletic Club and the Irish American Athletic Club. He was part of a gro

Is a former Major League Baseball player.Jocko made his Major League debut on May 31, 1887. He playe

Is a former Major League Baseball player.Jocko made his Major League debut on May 31, 1887. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants. Fields played 341 games in the majors, with 358 hits in 1,319