List of Galway people

This is a list of notable people from Galway, city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht.

List

 * Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, Baron de Tollendal (1702-1766)
 * Margaret Athy, founder of St. Augustine's Convent, Galway
 * Nora Barnacle, wife of James Joyce
 * Francis Barrett, professional boxer
 * Joseph Henry Blake (1797–1849), 3rd Baron Wallscourt
 * Áine Brady
 * Brian Brosnan, retired national boxing champion
 * Sister Mary Bonaventure Browne, Poor Clares nun and historian
 * Ken Bruen, author
 * Peadar de Burca, actor, playwright, comedian
 * Joe Burke All Ireland accordion champion (1950, 1951)
 * Robert Malachy Burke, Christian Socialist development worker
 * Ulick Burke
 * Ciarán Cannon
 * Eamon Casey, ex-Roman Catholic bishop
 * J. J. Clancy, MP
 * Paul Connaughton Jnr
 * Paul Connaughton Snr
 * Catherine Connolly
 * Nicola Coughlan, actress
 * Anthony Daly (Whiteboy) (ex.1820)
 * Patrick D'Arcy, lawyer and Confederate Ireland leader
 * Patrick Deeley, poet, memoirist and children's writer
 * Richard Donovan, long-distance runner
 * Anthony Duane (1679–1747)
 * Luke Duffy, trade unionist; Senator
 * Niamh Fahey, soccer player
 * Jim Fahy, RTÉ reporter
 * Elaine Feeney, Irish writer
 * Mickey Finn, fiddler
 * David Forde, soccer player
 * Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
 * Pat Gibson, a top prize winner on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
 * Eamon Gilmore
 * Julian Gough, writer and former lead singer of Toasted Heretic
 * Noel Grealish
 * Lady Gregory (1852–1932)
 * James Hardiman
 * Frank Harris
 * Michael D. Higgins, politician
 * Rita Ann Higgins (born 1955)
 * Cáit Keane
 * Dolores Keane, musician
 * Colm Keaveney
 * Aifric Keogh, rower, Olympic bronze medalist Tokyo 2020
 * Richard Kirwan
 * Michael P. Kitt
 * Tom Kitt
 * Seán Kyne
 * Gerard Lally (fl. 1689–1737)
 * Graham Lee, jockey
 * Tony Lundon (born 1979), pop singer
 * Angela Lynch
 * Patrick Lynch, Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston, South Carolina
 * Patrick Lynch, Irish emigrant to Argentina; ancestor of Che Guevara
 * Peirce Lynch (fl. 1485)
 * Walter Macken (1915–1967)
 * Richard Martin fitz Oliver (1602–1648), father of Richard Martin ("Humanity Dick")
 * Violet Florence Martin (1862–1915)
 * Edward Martyn (1859–1923)
 * Gerard A. Hays McCoy (1911–1975)
 * Pádraic McCormack
 * Pat McDonagh
 * Bishop James McLoughlin
 * Pauline McLynn, actress
 * Mary Mitchell O'Connor
 * Kieran Molloy, professional boxer
 * Aoife Mulholland, musical actress
 * Rónán Mullen, columnist with the Irish Daily Mail
 * Brendan Murray, musician
 * Hildegarde Naughton
 * Derek Nolan
 * Nora-Jane Noone, actress
 * Brendan O'Brien, cricketer
 * Pádraic Ó Conaire, Irish language author
 * Éamon Ó Cuív, Fianna Fáil politician
 * Liam O'Flaherty
 * Dessie O'Halloran
 * William O'Halloran, trade union pioneer
 * Gideon Ouseley
 * Anne Rabbitte
 * Marc Roberts
 * Tom Senier, Irish melodeon player
 * John Sealy Townsend (1869–1967), mathematical physicist
 * Noel Treacy
 * Matthew Tullie
 * Bríd Uí Murchú, writer (Arron Connolly) footballer
 * Alexander Young