South Tipperary Famous People

Anne Anderson – Ambassador to the United States

Dan Breen – an Irish Republican during the Irish War of Independence, later a TD.

William Butler – nineteenth-century Army Officer, Writer and Adventurer

Peter Campbell – founder of the Uruguayan Navy

The Clancy Brothers – Folk Music Group

The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem

Michael Doheny – Fenian

John N. Dempsey – Governor of Connecticut (1961–71)

John M. Feehan – Author and Publisher

Ronald Regan – 40^th President of the USA

President Ronald Reagan

Tom Kiely – Olympic Gold Medalist

Seathrun Ceitinn (Geoffrey Keating) – Poet and Historian

Frank Patterson – Tenor

Ramsay Weston Phipps – Military Historian

Adi Roche – Campaigner for peace, humanitarian aid and education, founder and CEO of Chernobyl Children International

Adi Roche

Richard Lalor Sheil – Politician, Writer, and Orator

Laurence Sterne – Author and Clergyman, most famous for Tristram Shandy

Lena Rice – Wimbledon Tennis Champion

Seán Treacy – Irish Republican during the Irish War of Independence

Ned Kelly – Australian Outlaw

Ned Kelly

 

Tommy O’Brien – Broadcaster

Maurice Davin – 1^st President of Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)

Maurice Davin

Charles Kickham – Fenian and Author

Thomas Francis Meagher – Fenian

Séan Kelly – Cyclist

Sean Kelly