List of Irish Travellers

This is a list of Irish Travellers in the arts, politics and sport.

• Laura Angela Collins, author of The Tinker Menace; The diary of an Irish Traveller, human rights activist, chairwomen to Justice 4 all women and children, attendee of the BRIT School^[1]
• Mary Teresa Collins (born 1960s), Traveller human rights activist, a public survivor of the Irish state and church institutions and mother to the author Laura Angela Collins^[2]
• Eileen Flynn (born 1990), Senator and first female Irish Traveller to serve in the Oireachtas^[3]
• Nan Joyce (1940–2018), pioneering Irish Travellers' rights activist^[4]
• Sindy Joyce, the first Irish Traveller to obtain a doctorate from an Irish university, human rights activist, Member of the Council of State^[5]

• Margaret Barry (1917–1989), singer^[6]
• Felix Doran (died 1972), one of the most influential uilleann pipers in the history of Irish music, active during the first half of the 20th century^[7]
• Johnny Doran (1908–1950), Irish Uilleann piper, brother of Felix Doran^[8]
• Pecker Dunne (1933–2012), singer from County Wexford, Ireland.^[9]
• Finbar Furey (born 1946), Irish folk musician. He is best known for songs such as "Campfire in the Dark" and "Sweet Sixteen".^[10]
• Paddy Keenan (born 1950), piper, founding member of the Bothy Band in the 1970s and a key figure in the transition of Irish traditional music into the world of Celtic-dominated music^[11]
• John Reilly (1926–1969), traditional Irish singer and source of songs^[12]
• Mike Ward (born 1990), English singer and runner up/finalist from The Voice UK. He has Irish Traveller roots on his father's side and is also distant cousins with Shayne Ward.^[13]
• Shayne Ward (born 1984), English singer and former winner of X Factor, whose parents are Irish Travellers who settled in England^[14]

• Francie Barrett (born 1972) represented Ireland at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996.^[15]
• Hughie Fury (born 1994), professional boxer from Greater Manchester who won the British heavyweight title^[16]
• Tyson Fury (born 1988), professional boxer based in Morecambe, England and WBC heavyweight champion^[15]
• Michael Gomez (born 1977), professional boxer based in Manchester, England, was born to an Irish Traveller family in County Longford^[17]
• Bartley Gorman (1944–2002), self declared "king" of the gypsies and undefeated bareknuckle boxing champion^[18]
• Nathan Gorman (born 1996), professional boxer from Cheshire who fought for the British Heavyweight title^[19]
• Andy Lee (born 1984), former WBO Middleweight world champion^[20]
• John Joe Nevin (born 1988), boxer, Irish International, two-time Olympian, and a London 2012 silver medalist^[15]
• John O'Donnell (born 1985), boxer^[20]

• Michael Collins, actor (King of the Travellers)^[21]
• Sean Connery (1930–2020), Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James in seven Bond films. Research revealed his paternal great-grandparents were Irish Travellers from County Wexford, Ireland.^[22]
• John Connors (born 1990), actor, screen writer, documentary film-maker and human rights activist (Love/Hate )^[23]
• Patrick "Paddy" Doherty (born 1959), former bare-knuckle boxer. He is best known as one of the interviewed Irish Travelers in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2011.^[24]
• Hughie Maughan, runner-up of Big Brother 17, contestant on the Irish Dancing with the Stars^[25] he also partook in First dates ireland
• Rosaleen McDonagh, playwright^[26]