Famous Irish People

Based on the clues, name these famous Irish people, past and present.

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Last updated: January 6, 2013

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Lead-singer of U2

Bono

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Author of Ulysses

James Joyce

Patron saint celebrated on March 17

Saint Patrick

Founder of a famous brewery that bears his name

Arthur Guinness

Revolutionary leader who was killed during the Irish Civil War

Michael Collins

Leader of Ireland's struggle for independence and future president from 1959-1973

Éamon de Valera

James Bond actor

Pierce Brosnan

Actor who stars in Tigerland, Miami Vice and Alexander

Colin Farrell

Creator of Count Dracula

Bram Stoker

Writer of Waiting for Godot who was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature

Samuel Beckett

Satirist who wrote Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

Nothing Compares 2 U singer

Sinéad O'Connor

Red-headed actress who often worked with John Ford and John Wayne

Maureen O'Hara

Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List

Liam Neeson

He starred as Lawrence of Arabia

Peter O'Toole

Nobel Prize-winning Poet and founder of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin

William Butler Yeats

Northern Irish footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United

George Best

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