People from Ranelagh

Irish–American actress and singer (1920–2015)

Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson took a six-year hiatus from screen acting. He returned to the screen in 2020 and has since appeared in the Irish film In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) and the series The Sandman (2025) and House of Guinness (2025).

Irish snooker player

Irish-born English film and television actor (1912–1985)

Irish writer, poet, linguist and academic (1922–2021)

Irish writer (1917–1993)

Irish writer (1944–2024)

Irish guitarist (1952–2019)

Irish politician and lawyer

Irish actor (1924-2001)

Irish child actress

nigerian-Irish writer and presenter