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Sligo, a town in the north-west of Ireland and county town of County Sligo, has produced noted artists, authors, entertainers, politicians and business-people.

Music

Arts and literature

Historical and political figures

  • St. Attracta of Killaraght, Irish ecclesiastic, 5th century, Saint
  • Declan Bree, politician and social campaigner, former Labour TD for Sligo/Leitrim
  • John J. Burns, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
  • Frank Carty, Sligo IRA leader during the War of Independence and Irish Civil War; elected a TD for Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil
  • William Bourke Cockran, U.S. congressman
  • Brigadier General Michael Corcoran, Union army general, American civil war
  • Luke Duffy, trade unionist and politician
  • Féchín of Fore, Irish ecclesiastic
  • Michael Fenton, first Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
  • Patrick J. Hamrock, Colorado National Guardsman, participant in Sioux Wars and Ludlow Massacre
  • John Jinks, politician
  • Tuathal Mac Cormac Maelgarbh ua Cairbre, King of Ireland?, conqueror of Brega
  • Chris MacManus, Sinn Féin MEP for Midlands–North-West Constituency
  • Seán MacManus, former Sinn Féin Mayor of Sligo
  • Cairbre Mac Néill, Irish king and warrior, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages
  • Ray MacSharry, former government minister and EU Commissioner
  • Linda Kearns MacWhinney Nurse, revolutionary and Fianna Fáil politician
  • Constance Markievicz (née Gore-Booth), revolutionary; first elected female MP in the UK Parliament; first Irish female cabinet minister
  • Alexander McCabe, revolutionary and Sinn Féin TD, later a member of Cumann na nGaedheal
  • Martin Moffat, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Nath í of Achad an Rí, 6th century Irish ecclesiastic
  • Fearghal Ó Gadhra, Chief of Coolavin, patron of the Annals of the Four Masters
  • Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno, Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru during the Spanish domination of the Americas
  • Bernardo O'Higgins, Liberator of Chile
  • William Partridge, trade unionist, revolutionary, leader of Irish Citizen Army, fought during Easter Rising
  • Liam Pilkington, IRA commander, 3rd western division, 1921-23. Anti-treaty IRA
  • Martin Savage, Irish Republican
  • Brian Luighnech Ua Conchobhair, King of Cairbre Drom Cliabh, ancestor of the Ó Conchobar Sligigh, son of Toirdealbhach Mór Ó Conchobar, High King of Ireland 1106-1156

Medicine and science

Sports

  • Jonathan Dolan, Irish badminton player
  • Sean Fallon, former Republic of Ireland and Celtic F.C. footballer
  • Mickey Kearins GAA
  • Paul McGee, Sligo Rovers F.C. and Ireland international soccer player
  • Mona McSharry swimmer
  • Barnes Murphy GAA
  • Christopher O'Donnell, Ireland International track and field sprinter
  • Eamonn O'Hara GAA
  • Mark Scanlon, cyclist
  • Brother Walfrid (aka Andrew Kerins), Marist Brother, and founder of Celtic F.C. in Glasgow

Film and entertainment

  • Pauline Flanagan, film and television actress
  • Scott Fredericks, film and television actor, radio producer
  • Neil Jordan, director of The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins
  • Eugene Lambert, puppeteer and children's entertainer
  • Pauline McLynn, actress, Mrs Doyle in the sitcom Father Ted
  • Noelle Middleton, film and television actress
  • Lola Montez, actress, exotic dancer and the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria
  • Joan O'Hara, film and television actress
  • Dearbhla Walsh, film and TV director
  • Olga Wehrly, actor

Business

  • Niall FitzGerald, Chairman of Reuters Group plc; former Chairman and CEO of Unilever plc
  • Dermot Mannion, CEO of Aer Lingus

See also

  • Category:People from County Sligo
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