List of Sligo people
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Sligo is a large town in the North West of the Republic of Ireland and the county town of County Sligo, and has produced several noted artists, entertainers, politicians and business-people.
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Music
- Perry Blake, award-winning singer and songwriter
- Tabby Callaghan, musician, The X Factor finalist
- Kian Egan, member of Westlife
- Mark Feehily, member of Westlife
- Shane Filan, member of Westlife
- Carmel Gunning, traditional Irish musician and singer
- Liam Kelly, flute player and founding member of Dervish
- Seamie O'Dowd, multi-instrumentalist and former member of Dervish
- Mary O'Hara, singer and harpist
Arts and literature
- Leland Bardwell, poet, novelist and playwright; member of Aosdána; co-founded the long running literary magazine Cyphers in 1975
- Neil Jordan, filmmaker and novelist; won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Crying Game
- Brian Leyden, writer; author of the best-selling memoir, The Home Place; short story writer and novelist
- Joe McGowan, author and historian, born in Mullaghmore
- Nick Miller, artist
- William Butler Yeats, poet
Historical and political figures
- Declan Bree, politician and social campaigner, former Labour TD for Sligo/Leitrim
- 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, US congressman
- Luke Duffy, trade unionist and politician
- John Jinks, politician
- Ray MacSharry, former Government Minister and EU Commissioner
- 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, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno, Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru during the Spanish domination of the Americas
- Martin Savage, Irish Republican
Medicine and science
- William Cunningham Blest, creator of the first Chilean School of Medicine
- Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, mathematician and physicist
Sports
- Sean Fallon, former Republic of Ireland and Celtic F.C. footballer
- Paul McGee, Sligo Rovers F.C. and Ireland international soccer player
- Mark Scanlon, cyclist
- Brother Walfrid (aka Andrew Kerins), Marist Brother, and founder of Celtic F.C. in Glasgow
Film and entertainment
- Pauline Flanagan, movie and television actress
- Scott Fredericks, movie and television actor, radio producer
- Neil Jordan, director of The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Michael Collins
- Eugene Lambert, puppeteer and children's entertainer
- Pauline McLynn, actress, Mrs Doyle in the sitcom Father Ted
- Lola Montez, actress, exotic dancer, courtesan and the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria
- Joan O'Hara, movie and television actress
- Dearbhla Walsh, film and TV director
Business
- Niall FitzGerald, Chairman of Reuters Group plc; former Chairman and CEO of Unilever plc
- Dermot Mannion, CEO of Aer Lingus