Castlebar, Connaught
1. Charles Haughey (1925)
Irish Politician
After serving as Irish Minister for Justice, Agriculture, Finance, Health, and Social Welfare, this Fianna Fáil party politician became a three-term Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland.
2. Ciarán McDonald (1975)
Gaelic Football Player
Gaelic football player who finished as a runner-up at the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with Mayo in 1997, 2004 and 2006. He won the title with the Crossmolina Deel Rovers...
3. Enda Kenny (1951)
Irish Fine Gael Politician Taois
Irish politician who became the Prime Minister of Ireland in 2011. He was also the Minister of Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997.
4. Rob Hennelly (1990)
Gaelic Footballer
Rob Hennelly is a Gaelic footballer for the Mayo senior team and also plays club football for Breaffy. Hennelly left the Mayo panel in 2012 after being the number one...
5. Séamus Cunningham (1942)
Catholic Bishop
Séamus Cunningham is an Irish born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in England. He is the current Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle in the north of England.
6. Richard Bingham Sheridan (1822)
Australian Politician
Richard Bingham Sheridan was a Queensland public servant liberal oriented Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and government minister. Sheridan was born at Castlebar County Mayo in Ireland as...
7. Daniel Glancy (1988)
Tennis Player
Daniel Glancy is an Irish professional tennis player. He was born and raised in County Mayo Ireland.
8. William Joyce Sewell (1835)
United States Army Medal Of Hono
Joyce Sewell was born in Castlebar County Mayo Ireland immigrating to the United States in 1851 where he worked in the merchant industry in Chicago Illinois before moving to Camden...
9. Kevin McStay (1962)
Gaelic Football Player And Manag
Kevin McStay is an Irish former Gaelic footballer and manager who played as a left corner-forward for the Mayo team. McStay is regarded as one of Mayo's greatest-ever players. He...
10. Paddy Burke (1955)
Irish Politician
Patrick Paddy Burke is an Irish Fine Gael politician and is a member of Seanad Éireann since February 1993. Burke was a member of Mayo County Council from 1979 until...
11. Pádraig Flynn (1939)
Irish Politician And Eu Commissi
Pádraig Flynn is a former Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála in 1977. He was returned at each subsequent election until...
12. Alan Dillon (1984)
Gaelic Footballer
Alan Dillon is an All Star winning Gaelic footballer for Mayo and previous captain of the Mayo senior Gaelic football team. He played football with his local club Ballintubber in...
13. Henry Kenny (1913)
Irish People
Henry Kenny was an Irish Fine Gael politician from County Mayo and a Gaelic footballer who won an All-Ireland medal with the Mayo inter-county team in 1936. A Teachta Dála...
14. Ciaran Kelly (1980)
Irish Footballer
Ciarán Kelly born and went to primary school in Roundfort a small parish near Ballinrobe in South Mayo. He is an Irish footballer goalkeeper currently playing for Sligo Rovers in...
15. William Larminie (1849)
Irish Poet
Larminie was an Irish poet and folklorist. He was born in Castlebar County Mayo of Huguenot descent and was educated at Kingstown School and Trinity College Dublin from which he...
16. Ernie O'Malley (1897)
Irish Republican Politician And
Ernie O'Malley was an Irish Republican Army officer during the Irish War of Independence and a commander of the anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War. O'Malley wrote three books...
