1. Henry Shefflin (1979)

Irish Hurler

One of Ireland's greatest hurlers, won his 12th Leinster title in 2012, and set numerous hurling records during his much celebrated career.

2. Louis Stewart (1944)

Guitarist

Irish jazz guitarist who was a member of Ronnie Scott's quartet and quintet for many years. He released his first album, Louis the First, in 1975.

3. Jim Goodwin (1981)

Irish Footballer

Midfielder who made his professional debut for Celtic in 2000, also playing for Stockport County and Hamilton Academical before signing with St. Mirren in 2011.

4. Craig Breen (1990)

Irish Rally Driver

Rally driver who won the WRC Academy Championship in 2011 and the WRC Super 2000 World Rally Championship in 2012. He has raced for the Peugeot Rally Academy in the...

5. Noel Hunt (1982)

Footballer

Irish soccer player known as a striker for clubs like Reading, with whom he won the Football League Championship title in 2012. He was previously named Player of the Year...

6. Daryl Murphy (1983)

Footballer

Striker who signed his first senior contract in 2000 for Luton Town, and made his debut in 2002 while on loan with Harrow Borough.

7. Fiona Glascott (1982)

Irish Actor

Actress whose performance in 2003's Goldfish Memory earned her an Irish Film and Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

8. Ciarán Power (1976)

Irish Racing Cyclist

Ciarán Power is a former professional racing cyclist. He is a member of the Irish Pezula Racing Team. Power turned professional in 2000 with Linda McCartney Racing Team and rode...

9. David Cullinane (1974)

Irish Politician

David Cullinane is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel in April 2011. Cullinane was born in Waterford city. He was elected...

10. Liam Lawlor (hurler) (1985)

Gaelic Football Player

Liam Lawlor is a former intercounty footballer for Waterford and now plays on the Senior hurling team for Waterford. He also plays with his club Fourmilewater/The Nire.

11. John Mullane (1981)

Irish Hurler

Not to be confused with John Mullan. John Mullane is an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Waterford senior team. Mullane joined the team during the...

12. Séamus Power (Waterford hurler) (Unknow)

Irish Hurler

Séamus Power is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Mount Sion and was a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team in the 1950s and...

13. Noel Connors (1990)

Irish Hurler

Noel Connors is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Passage and with the Waterford senior inter-county team.

14. Vere St. Leger Goold (1853)

Irish Tennis Player

Vere Thomas St. Leger Goold was an Irish tennis player. He quickly faded from the game and ended his life in prison convicted of murder and premature death by suicide.

15. Kevin Phelan (1990)

Professional Golfer

Kevin Phelan is an Irish professional golfer who finished T62nd at the 2013 U. S. Open. Phelan was born in Waterford Ireland and grew up in St. Augustine Florida. He...

16. John Paul Phelan (1978)

Irish Politician

John Paul Phelan is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was elected in 2002 to Seanad Éireann by the Agricultural Panel the youngest member of the 22nd Seanad and was...

17. Eoghan Grace (1987)

Irish Rugby Player

Eoghan Grace is a rugby union player for Connacht Rugby. A former product of the Munster academy he joined Aviva Premiership side Exeter Chiefs in 2010 Grace unfortunately suffered an...

18. Noël Browne (1915)

Irish Politician

Noël Christopher Browne was an Irish politician and doctor. He holds the distinction of being one of only five TDs to be appointed Minister on their first day in the...

19. Maurice Shanahan (1990)

Irish Hurler

Maurice Shanahan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Lismore and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. Shanahan is the youngest brother of the 2007 Hurler...

20. Richie Foley (1988)

Irish Hurler

se see Gear. Richard 'Richie' Foley is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Abbeyside at collegic level with University College Cork and with the Waterford senior...

21. Jennie Simpson (1987)

Camogie Player

Jennifer ‘Jennie’ Simpson is a camogie player winner of Soaring Star awards in 2010 and 2011 and an All Ireland junior medal in 2011.

22. Richard Mulcahy (1886)

Irish Politician

Richard James Mulcahy was an Irish politician Army General and Commander-in-chief leader of Fine Gael and Cabinet minister. He fought in the 1916 Easter Rising served as Chief of Staff...

23. Brendan Bowyer (1938)

Irish Singer

Brendan Bowyer is an Irish Showband singer best known for fronting The Royal Showband and The Big Eight and who had five number one hits in Ireland. He is also...

24. Kieran Crotty (1930)

Irish Politician

Kieran Crotty is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served for twenty years as Teachta Dála for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency. Crotty was first elected to the 19th Dáil at...

25. Charles O'Connor Hennessy (1860)

New Jersey State Senator

Charles O'Connor Hennessy was a New Jersey state senator. In 1916 he ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New Jersey. He played a major role in the growth of Haworth New...

26. Eddie Nolan (1988)

Irish Footballer

Edward William Eddie Nolan is an Irish footballer. He plays for Scunthorpe United in League Two.

27. Richard Cherry (1859)

Irish Member Of Uk Parliament

Richard Robert Cherry PC QC was an Irish politician and judge. He was Attorney-General for Ireland from 1905 to 1909 a judge of the Irish Court of Appeal and Lord...

28. George William Howlan (1835)

Canadian Politician

George William Howlan was an Irish-born merchant ship owner and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1863...

29. Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946)

Singer-songwriter

Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish singer-songwriter best known for his early 1970s hits Alone Again Clair and Get Down. The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the No. 1 UK...

30. Walker Powell (1828)

Canadian Politician

Powell was a Canadian businessman militia officer and political figure.

31. Martin Cullen (1954)

Irish Politician

Martin Cullen is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Waterford constituency. Cullen was a member of Seanad Éireann and served as Minister for...

32. Séamus Healy (1950)

Irish Politician

Séamus Healy is an Irish politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for Tipperary South since the 2011 general electionhaving previously held the seat from 2000 to 2007. He is...

33. Noel Crowley (1962)

Irish Hurler

Noel 'Noelie' Crowley is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Roanmore and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. Noel is still involved in Roanmore GAA...

34. Richard Mulcahy (Australian politician) (1952)

Australian Politician

Richard John Mulcahy a former Australian politician was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for one term from 2004 to 2008 representing the Liberal Party and...

35. Pauric Mahony (1992)

Irish Hurler

Pauric Paudie Mahony is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a right wing-forward for the Waterford senior team. Mahony made his Waterford debut during the 2011 and immediately became...

36. Darragh Fives (1992)

Hurler

Darragh Fives is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Tourin and has been a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team since 2011.

37. Carrie Crowley (1964)

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38. Michael Sheehan (1870)

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39. Mary Butler (1963)

Teachta Dála

Mary Butler is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála for the Waterford constituency since the 2016 general election. She was appointed Chair of the Committee...

40. John Halligan (ice hockey) (Unknow)

Sportswriter

John Halligan former New York Rangers public relations director and NHL executive died Wednesday January 20 2010 at the age of 68..

41. Thomas Jones Rogers (1781)

American Politician

Thomas Jones Rogers was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thomas J. Rogers was born in Waterford Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in...

42. Thomas Sexton (Irish politician) (Unknow)

British Politician

Thomas Sexton was an Irish journalist financial expert nationalist politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1880...

43. Séamus Burke (1893)

Irish Politician

Séamus Aloysius Burke was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1918 general election as a Sinn...

44. Michael Carney (artist) (1982)

American Artist

Michael Carney is an American art director artist and photographer best known for his extensive work with the band The Black Keys. Carney is a graduate of the Columbus College...

45. Ciara Conway (footballer) (1988)

Association Footballer

Ciara Conway is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Perth Glory.

46. Brian O'Shea (politician) (1944)

Irish Politician

Brian O'Shea is a former Irish Labour Party politician. He served as a Teachta Dála for the Waterford constituency from 1989 to 2011. O'Shea was born in Waterford and educated...

47. Thomas Francis Meagher (1823)

Irish Nationalist & American

Thomas Francis Meagher was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition he was first sentenced to death but...

48. Alan Kirby (1977)

Irish Footballer

Alan Kirby is an Irish former footballer. He played as a midfielder most often on the right wing. As a 16-year-old Kirby went to England to join Premier League club...

49. Jessie Barr (1989)

Olympic Runner

Jessie Barr is an Irish athlete who will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

50. William Bonaparte-Wyse (1826)

Irish Soldier And Poet

Captain William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse was an Irish soldier and poet. William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse was born in Waterford the son of the politician and educational reformer Sir Thomas Wyse and Laetitia...