Notable residents and citizens Drogheda

1 notable residents , citizens

1.1 general
1.2 international soccer players
1.3 prominent non-international players

notable residents , citizens

drogheda has long list of notable citizens. has several notable residents born in town raised elsewhere, , others born elsewhere came live in drogheda.

general

john lawlor, mountain bike racer, film maker, magazine journalist.
yasmine akram, comedian , actress in sherlock (tv series)
john barrett (royal navy officer) captain of hms minotaur (1793) , hms africa (1781)
pierce brosnan, actor, film producer , environmentalist. born in drogheda, grew in navan.
geraldine byrne nason diplomat, irish ambassador united nations
tommy byrne, former racing driver, raced briefly in formula 1 in 1982
tony byrne, bronze medal winner ireland 1956 summer olympics in melbourne in lightweight division.
colin lowth, olympic swimmer represented ireland @ 2000 summer olympics in sydney.
eamonn campbell, member of dubliners
alan thomas cairnes governor bank of ireland
eamonn ceannt 1916 rising leader - secondary school student in st joseph cbs drogheda.
james cullen, mathematician discovered known cullen numbers.
patrick curtis archbishop of armagh, spymaster duke of wellington in peninsular war. no 1 on napoleon s wanted list.
sir oscar bedford daly, lord chief justice of bahamas.
frank thornton, commanding officer in liberty hall , imperial hotel during 1916 rising in dublin.
deirdre gogarty, 1997 women s international boxing federation (wibf) featherweight title champion.
angela greene, poet, patrick kavanagh award 1988, salmon press.
john philip holland, inventor of modern day submarine.
michael holohan, composer , member of aosdána
william hughes, irish-born senator new jersey.
sir william scarlett jameson, rear admiral hms royal ark (chief engineer).
john jameson founder of jameson whiskey lived in distillery house, dyer street.
alison kelly (diplomat), irish ambassador israel.
jonathan kelly, singer-songwriter.
courtney love singer actress , wife of kurt cobain
william kenny, recipient of victoria cross
thomas lancaster, bishop, buried @ st. peter s church.
tony martin, canadian social democratic legislator.
jill meagher, crime victim.
shane monahan, professional rugby player, gloucester, leinster, munster, connaught, ireland u-21s international.
john neary diplomat. ambassador netherlands
colin o donoghue, actor known role of captain hook/killian jones in american tv show once upon time.
deirdre o kane, actress , casting director
eliza o neill, actress.
sir patrick branigan, human rights lawyer drafted constitution of malta , ghana. ghana s first justice minister
john boyle o reilly, poet , novelist, member of irish republican brotherhood
nano reid, painter of landscapes, particularly drogheda, boyne valley , surrounding areas.
michael scott, architect designed busáras , abbey theatre
henry singleton, judge , friend of jonathan swift, lifelong resident of drogheda.
des smyth, professional golfer, vice-captain on winning ryder cup team in 2006.
fiachra trench, composer. penned string arrangement fairytale of new york wrote music many hollywood movies.
t. k. whitaker, former irish economist wrote programme economic expansion
sir john lumsden, founder of st john ambulance ireland
thomas mclaughlin esb founder , first ceo. built shannon hydro electric plant.
thomas wright officer in simon bolivar s army , commander of ecuadorian navy.

international soccer players

tommy breen, manchester united goalkeeper
megan campbell, manchester city left back
jerome clarke, former drogheda united forward, earned 1 cap republic of ireland.
nick colgan, goalkeeper chelsea, hibernian , republic of ireland.
barry conlon, former manchester city striker
mick fairclough, former irish international (english premier league of era )
paddy gavin, former full-back dundalk, doncaster rovers , republic of ireland b
james hand, footballer huddersfield town
ian harte, full-back reading former blackpool, leeds united, levante (spain) & sunderland player , republic of ireland.
gary kelly, football player , charity campaigner.
david mcallister, midfielder sheffield united, shrewsbury town , stevenage.
steve staunton, former liverpool , aston villa player born there.
kevin thornton, midfielder coventry , former republic of ireland under 21.
sean thornton, midfielder drogheda united , republic of ireland under 21 national team, former sunderland player of year.
gary tallon, midfielder mansfield town.

prominent non-international players

gavin brennan, midfielder drogheda united , shamrock rovers. brother of fellow footballers killian brennan, sean brennan , ryan brennan.
killian brennan, midfielder dublin city, derry city, bohemians, shamrock rovers, st patrick s athletic , drogheda united. winner of 3 league of ireland s, 3 fai cup s , 5 league cup s. brother of fellow footballers gavin brennan, sean brennan , ryan brennan.




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