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       Cool Irish Celeb Names

      There’s no question that being attached to a celebrity—of the past or of the present—sprinkles a certain stardust on a name, and in this celebrity-driven culture this has become a more and more influential element in baby naming. Some celebrity names are inspiring thousands of namesakes across various cultures—the glamorous Ava, for example, is now seen on popularity lists from Scotland to Scandinavia.

      The following lists include inspirational Irish-named celebrities, mostly drawn from the worlds of entertainment and literature:

       AIDAN QUINN

       AISLING O’SULLIVAN

       ARDAL O’HANLON

      BONO (b. Paul Hewson)

       BRID BRENNAN

       BRONAGH GALLAGHER

       CATHAL COUGHLAN

       CIARÁN HINDS

       CILLIAN MURPHY

       CLODAGH ROGERS

       COLIN FARRELL

       COLM MEANEY

       CONAN O’BRIEN

       COLUM McCANN

       CORMAC McCARTHY

       DAIRE BREHAN

       DARAGH O’MALLEY

       DERVLA KIRWAN

       DEVON MICHAEL MURRAY

      EAMONN CAMPBELL (The Dubliners)

       EAVAN AISLING BOLAND

      ELVIS (b. Declan) COSTELLO

       EMER MARTIN

      ENYA (b. Eithne)

       EOIN COLFER

      FEARGAL LAWLER (The Cranberries)

      FEARGAL (b. Sean) SHARKEY

       FERDIA MACANNA

       FINTAN MCKEOWN

       FIONA SHAW

       FIONNULA FLANAGAN

      GAY (b. Gabriel, nickname Gaybo) BYRNE

       LAOISE KELLY

       LIAM NEESON

       MAEVE BINCHY

       MÁIRE NÍ BHRAOÁIN

       MALACHI CUSH

       MALACHY McCOURT

       MILO O’SHEA

       NIALL TOIBIN

       NIAMH CUSACK

       NOLAN RYAN

       ORLA FITZGERALD

       PADDY CASEY

       PÁDRAIC BREATHNACH

       PÁDRAIC DELANEY

       PHELIM DREW

       PIERCE BROSNAN

       REDMOND O’HANLON

       RODEN NOEL

       RÓISÍN MURPHY

       ROMA DOWNEY

       RORY GALLAGHER

       RÚAIDHRI CONROY

       SAOIRSE RONAN

       SEAMUS HEANEY

       SINÉAD O’CONNOR

       SIOBHAN MCCARTHY

       SLAINE KELLY

       SORCHA CUSACK

       VAN MORRISON

      COOLEST

      CELEB NAME

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