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County Mayo is a county in
Ireland , it is the third-largest in Ireland and the second-largest in the province of
Connacht . Mayo has produced many noted artists, entertainers, politicians and businesspeople. Also included are people affiliated with Mayo before the creation of the Republic of Ireland.
List of people from County Mayo
Writers, composers and philosophers
Louis Brennan
Entertainers
Politicians and leaders
Michael Davitt
Enda Kenny
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822–1872) –
Viceroy of India (1869–1872).
Dara Calleary – Fianna Fáil politician
Seán Calleary (1931–2018) – Fianna Fáil politician
Lucinda Creighton – former politician, leader and founder of
Renua Ireland (2015–2016).
Lisa Chambers –
Fianna Fáil politician.
Rose Conway-Walsh
Jerry Cowley – barrister, medical doctor and politician.
Michael Davitt (1846–1906) –
Irish republican ,
agrarian campaigner,
labour leader ,
Home Rule politician and Member of Parliament (MP) who founded the
Irish National Land League . The bridge to
Achill is named after him as well as one of Castlebar's local secondary schools, (
Davitt College ).
Bernard Durkan
Seán Flanagan (1922–1993) –
Fianna Fáil politician and
Gaelic footballer . Served as
Minister for Health (1966–1969) and Minister for Lands (1969–1973).
Pádraig Flynn – former
Fianna Fáil politician and
Minister .
Beverley Flynn – former
Fianna Fáil politician
Denis Gallagher
Charles Haughey (1925–2006) – former
Taoiseach of Ireland.
Jim Higgins (born 1945) - former Fine Gael politician
Enda Kenny – politician, leader of
Fine Gael (2002–2017), and
Taoiseach (2011–2017).
Tom Maguire - Veteran of the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War. TD for South Mayo in the 1920s, Vice President of Sinn Féin in the 1930s.
Michelle Mulherin
Catherine Noone
William O'Dwyer (1890– 1964) – 100th mayor of
New York City (1946–1950).
Paul O'Dwyer (1907–1998) – President of
New York City Council , prominent
New York City human rights attorney, supporter of Irish nationalism, and defender of several Irishmen from deportation, including "The Fort Worth Five" and Vincent Conlon.
John O'Mahony
Marie-Louise O'Donnell
Pat Rabbitte – former leader of the
Labour Party .
Michael Ring – Fine Gael politician, inaugural
Minister for Rural and Community Development (2017–2020).
Mary Robinson – first female
President of Ireland (1990–1997), and
United Nations High Commissioner for
Human rights .
P. J. Ruttledge - Founding Member of
Fianna Fáil , Minister for Justice during the 1930s.
William Joyce Sewell – Unionist colonel during
American Civil War and US senator for
New Jersey .
John Solon (d.1921) – member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly .
Emmet Stagg
Myles Staunton
Thomas Thornton – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Soldiers
Guillermo Brown
Sport
Cora Staunton
Jimmy Walsh
Chris Barrett , Gaelic footballer
Pádraig Carney (1928–2019),
Gaelic footballer , known as the "Flying Doctor".
Ryan Connolly (born 1992) – Association footballer (
Sligo Rovers ,
Galway United ,
Finn Harps )
David Clarke , Gaelic footballer
Alan Dillon (born 1982) –Gaelic footballer for
Mayo (2003–2017). He is also a
TD for the
Mayo constituency since 2020.
Sinead Diver (born 1977) - naturalised Australian long-distance runner
Jason Doherty (born 1989) - three time
Connacht Senior Football Championship -winning
Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Ger Feeney (c. 1954–2010) –
Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Richie Feeney –
Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Deirdre Gallagher (born 1974) - Olympic
race walker
Ciaran Kelly – footballer (
Sligo Rovers ).
Tommy Langan (1921–1974) –
Gaelic footballer , full-forward.
Ciarán McDonald – Gaelic football player.
John McDonnell – athletics coach. He has won more national championships (42) than any coach in any sport in the history of American collegiate athletics.
Kevin McLoughlin (born 1988) -
National Football League -winning
Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Andy Moran (born 1983) - two-time
All-Star
Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Ray Moylette – professional boxer.
Cillian O'Connor –
Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Diarmuid O'Connor – Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Aidan O'Shea –
Gaelic footballer for
Mayo .
Nicholas Quinn –
Swimmer , competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics .
Martin Sheridan (1881–1918) – five-time Olympic gold medalist, with a total of nine Olympic medals.
Cora Staunton , Gaelic footballer for
Mayo (1995–present),
All-Ireland winner (1999–2000, 2002–2003),
All Star winner (2000–2002, 2004, 2007–2009, 2012–2013, 2015, 2017),
association footballer ,
rugby player and
Australian rules footballer ,
Greater Western Sydney Giants (2017–present).
Jimmy Walsh (1885–1962) – outfielder for
MLB team
Boston Red Sox . Won world series in 1916.
Michaela Walsh (born 1998) - Irish indoor champion hammer thrower and shotputter.
Others
See also
References