Olympic Athletes Born in Ireland
List of Olympic athletes born in Ireland, listed alphabetically with photos when available. These famous Olympians from Ireland have achieved some of the highest honors in sports history just by qualifying for the Olympics, as most athletes will never be chosen to represent their countries. These are the most prominent people from Ireland who have competed in the Olympics, although not all of them have taken home an Olympic medal. While these popular Ireland Olympians were born in Ireland, they didn't necessarily compete for their originating country. Examples of athletes on this list include Francie Barrett and John Pius Boland.
This list answers the questions, "Which Olympians are from Ireland?" and "Which Olympians were born in Ireland?"
Adrian O'Connor
Age: 53- Dec. at 98 (1879-1978)
- Age: 65
Charlie Dowdall
Age: 126Christopher Barton
Dec. at 85 (1927-2013)Cian O'Connor
Age: 45Ciarán Power
Age: 48Clifton Wrottesley
Age: 56Con Leahy
Dec. at 45 (1876-1921)- Dec. at 27 (1982-2009)
David Gillick
Age: 41David O'Loughlin
Age: 46Denis Lynch
Age: 48- Age: 43
Dick Hooper
Age: 68Dinny Hannon
Dec. at 83 (1888-1971)- Age: 72
Eddie Macken
Age: 75- Age: 45
Gillian O'Sullivan
Age: 48Harold Cudmore
Jack McCarthy
Age: 127- Dec. at 64 (1881-1946)
- Dec. at 24 (1890-1915)
James McLoughlin
Dec. at 76 (1929-2005)Jean Prahm
Age: 46- Age: 40
Joe Kendrick, Sr.
Dec. at 59 (1905-1965)John Joe Joyce
Age: 37- Dec. at 87 (1870-1958)
Johnny Hayes
Dec. at 79 (1886-1965)Johnny Murray
Dec. at 56 (1898-1954)Kenny Egan
Age: 43- Age: 51
L. J. Manogue
Dec. at 50 (1875-1925)Mark Scanlon
Age: 44Matt McGrath
Dec. at 65 (1875-1941)Michael Begley
Dec. at 79 (1932-2012)Michael Begley
Dec. at 65 (1872-1938)Michael Carruth
Age: 57Nick Sweeney
Age: 56Noel Purcell
Dec. at 70 (1891-1962)- Age: 49
Paddy Duncan
Dec. at 55 (1894-1949)Pat Hooper
Age: 72- Dec. at 48 (1877-1926)
- Dec. at 83 (1881-1964)
Paul Darragh
Dec. at 51 (1953-2005)Paul Hession
Age: 42Paul Kimmage
Age: 62Philip Deignan
Age: 41- Age: 46
Robert Kerr
Dec. at 80 (1882-1963)Ron Delany
Age: 89- Age: 55
- Age: 65
Thos Foley
Age: 45Timothy Carroll
Age: 136- Dec. at 82 (1869-1951)
Paul Douglas
Tommy Muldoon
Age: 123William Murphy
Age: 120
