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[[Image:Bangladesh-demography.png|thumb|300px|right|Total population of Bangladesh, 1961-2003, in thousands. Source: [[FAO]]]]
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[[Bangladesh]] is [[Ethnic group|ethnically]] homogeneous. Indeed its name derives from the [[Bengali]] ethnic and linguistic group which comprises 98% of the population. Bengalis, who are also present in large number in the [[West Bengal]] province of [[India]] are one of the most populous ethnic groups in the world. Variations in Bengali culture and language do exist of course. There are many dialects of Bengali spoken throughout the country. The dialect spoken by those in [[Sylhet]] is particularly distinctive.
| colspan="3" bgcolor="green" | <center><font size="+1"><font color="FFFFFF">'''Irish'''</font></center>
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| bgcolor="00CC00" | <font color="FFFFFF">'''Total population:'''
| bgcolor="white" | <b>85,000,000</b>
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| bgcolor="00CC00" | <font color="FFFFFF">'''Significant populations in:'''
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[[Ireland]]:<br> 5,900,000<br />
<center><font size="+1"><font color="FFFFFF">''' Top Ten Places of Irish Diaspora'''</font></center>
[[U.S.A.]]:<br> 44,000,000<br />
[[Britain]]:<br> 8,000,000<br />
[[Australia]]:<br> 7,000,000<br />
[[Canada]]:<br> 4,000,000<br />
[[Caribbean]]:<br> 4,000,000<br />
[[New Zealand]]:<br> 1,000,000<br />
[[South Africa]]:<br> 1,000,000<br />
[[Mexico]]:<br> 1,000,000<br />
[[Brazil]]:<br> 500,000<br />
[[Argentina]]:<br> 500,000<br />
The most significant minorities are the [[Urdu]] speaking [[Biharis]] around [[Dhaka]], [[Rangpur]] and elsewhere and various tribal groups such as the [[Chakma]] concentrated in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]]. The Biharis emigrated from the Indian province of [[Bihar]] during the 1947 [[partition of India]]. In the 1971 independence struggle they supported West Pakistan, and those that remained became [[Stranded Pakistanis|refugees]]. [[Refugees International]] has called them a neglected and stateless people as they are denied citizenship and much of the 300,000 of them live in refugee camps, many being born there.<ref>[http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/7828/ Refugees of Nowhere: The Stateless Biharis of Bangladesh], Refugees International, 2006-02-15</ref>
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| bgcolor="00CC00" | <font color="FFFFFF">'''Language:'''
| bgcolor="white" | [[Irish language|Irish]], [[English language|English]]
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| bgcolor="00CC00" | <font color="FFFFFF">'''Religion:'''
| bgcolor="white" | [[Roman Catholic]], [[Protestant]]
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| bgcolor="00CC00" | <font color="FFFFFF">'''Related ethnic groups:'''
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[[Scottish people|Scottish]]
[[Welsh people|Welsh]]
[[Manx]]
[[Breton]]<br />
|}
The [[religions]] practiced in the region have changed significantly through history. At various times in the distance past, [[Buddhism]] and [[Hinduism]] were each the dominant religions. The [[Partition of India|1947 partition]] of Bengal along religious lines augmented the existing [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] majority in the region. The most recent estimate of religious makeup from the 2001 census reported that the population was 89.58% Muslim, 9.34% Hindu, 0.62% Buddhist, 0.31% Christian and 0.15% Animist. [http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/bang_atg.pdf] .<ref name="bbs">[http://www.bbs.gov.bd/ Bangladesh Burueau of Statistics]</ref><ref name="cia_error">The CIA World Factbook's figures are apparently in error because they are incoherent. The 1990-1996 and 2001-2007 editions report 83% Muslim and 16% Hindu, but the 1997-2000 editions (as well as the 2005 Background Note from the US State Department) give Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%.</ref> About [[Demographics of Islam|5%]] of the Muslims (and most of the Biharis) are [[Shia]].
'''Irish ethnicity''' is common in many western, especially commonwealth, countries. Many people are descended from [[Ireland|Irish]] [[emigrant]]s.
As in neighboring India, more than half of the population lives in [[agrarian]] rural villages. But urbanization is proceeding rapidly and the capitol [[Dhaka]] is one of the fastest growing and largest cities in the world. Other major urban centers include [[Chittagong]] and [[Khulna]].
== Descent ==
<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&srt=npan&col=aohdq&geo=-29
| publisher = World Gazetteer
| title = Bangladesh: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population
| accessdate = 2006-07-28
}}</ref>
The least densely populated areas are in the [[Sundarbans]] jungle and the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Bangladesh had one of the highest rates of population growth in the world in the 1960's and 1970's. Since then however it has seen a marked reduction in its total [[fertility rate]], from 6.2 thirty years ago to 3.2 (2003 UNDP figures).
On the island of Ireland, most people consider themselves to be descended from a mixture of three broad groups: the nameless, prehistoric [[indigenous]] people(s) of the isles; the successive waves from continental [[Europe]] who arrived in the centuries [[BC]] (incorrectly referred to as the [[Gael]]); and subsequent groups ([[Vikings]], [[Normans]], [[English people|English]] and [[Lowland Scots]]) who either invaded or settled Ireland from the [[Middle Ages]] onwards.
==Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook==
The names the ancient peoples of Ireland (creators of the Ceide Fields and [[Newgrange]]) used for themselves are not known, nor are their language(s). As late as the middle centuries of the first millennium [[AD]] the inhabitants of Ireland did not appear to have a collective name for themselves. Ireland itself was known by a number of different names – [[Banba]], [[Fódla]], [[Ériu]] by the islanders; [[Hibernia]] to the Romans; Ierne to the Greeks.
[[Image:Bangladesh population pyramid 2005.png|thumb|300px|[[Population pyramid]] of Bangladesh]]
===Population===
:150,448,339 (July 2007 est.)
:124,355,263 (2001 Census)
Likewise, the terms for people from Ireland – all from [[Roman]] sources – in the late Roman era were varied. They included [[Attacotti]], [[Scoti]], and [[Gael]]. This last word, derived from the Welsh ''gwyddell'' (meaning raiders), was eventually adopted by the Irish for themselves. However as a term it is on a par with [[Viking]], as it describes an activity (raiding, piracy) and its proponents, not their actual ethnic affiliations. The general term [[Briton]] was sometimes applied to all the indigenous inhabitants of ''Britannias'' and ''Britanniae'' (i.e. of the [[British Isles]]) by the Romans.
===Age structure===
The term ''Irish'' and ''Ireland'' is derived from the Erainn or [[Iverni]], a people who once lived in what is now central and south [[Munster]]. Possibly their proximity to overseas trade with western Britain, Gaul and Hispania led to the name of this one people to be applied to the whole island and its inhabitants.
:0-14 years: 32.9% (male 24,957,997/female 23,533,894)
:15-64 years: 63.6% (male 47,862,774/female 45,917,674)
:65 years and over: 3.5% (male 2,731,578/female 2,361,435) (2006 est.)
===Median age===
As may be perceived from the above, there was much ethnic diversity according to the historical inhabitants of Ireland. Or at the very least they perceived the situation as such. They included the [[Airgialla]], [[Fir Ol nEchmacht]], [[Delbhna]], [[Fir Bolg]], [[Érainn]], [[Éoganacht]], Mairtine, [[Conmaicne]], [[Soghain]] and [[Ulaid]]. However, as the earliest Irish records demonstrate that they all shared a collective language and culture, in most cases these divisions may have being more apparent than real. Doubtless in many cases the divisions were of a purely dynastic or political dynamic.
:Total: 22.2 years
:Male: 22.2 years
:Female: 22.2 years (2006 est.)
===Population growth rate===
The shared language and culture of these peoples is one that can be placed within the realm of the [[Celt]]ic/[[Indo-European]] peoples. Yet intriguingly, recent Y-chromosome (male descent) DNA studies have shown that most Irish people (in addition to the Welsh, some Scots and English) are close genetic relatives of the [[Basque people]], setting them all apart from most European peoples (mtDNA, or female descent shows their maternal ancestors to be of broad north European origin). No fully satisfactory explanation for this apparent contradiction between ethnic origins on the one hand, and language/culture on the other, has yet been put forth.
:3.09% (2006 est.)
===Birth rate===
The [[Vikings]] were mainly [[Denmark|Danes]] and [[Norway|Norwegians]] and despite their notorious reputation in Irish history, did not settle in particularly large numbers nor did they significantly alter the Irish polity. The arrival of the [[Normans]] brought [[Wales|Welsh]], [[Flanders|Flemish]], Normans, [[Anglo-Saxons]] and [[Bretons]], many of whom suffered the same fate as the Vikings, being assimilated in great numbers into Irish culture and polity by the 15th century. The late medieval era saw Scots [[gallowglass]] families of mixed Scots-Norse-[[Pict]] descent settle, mainly in the north; due to similarities of language and culture they too were assimilated. The [[Plantation of Ulster]] in the 17th century introduced great numbers of Scots, English as well as [[France|French]] [[Huguenot]]s. Despite these divergent backgrounds most of their descendants consider themselves Irish first and last – even where they are aware of such ancestry – mainly due to their lengthy presence in Ireland. Historically, religion has played a more divisive role than ethnicity.
:29.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
===Death rate===
It is thought that the majority of the Irish population is descended from the initial settlers who arrived after the end of the last [[Ice Age]].
:8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
===Net Surnamesmigration rate===
:-0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
===Sex ratio===
:''See also: [[Irish name]]''
:At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
It is common for some Irish surnames to be [[anglicised]], meaning that they were changed to sound more [[England|English]]. This usually occurred with Irish immigrants arriving in the [[United States]] during the [[19th century | 19th]] and early [[20th century | 20th centuries]].
:Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
:15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
:65 years and over: 1.16 male(s)/female
:Total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
===Infant mortality rate===
It is also very common for people of Gaelic origin to have surnames beginning with "O" or "[[Surnames#Ireland|Mc]]" (less frequently "Mac" and occasionally shortened to just "Ma" at the beginning of the name). "O" comes from Ua (originally hUa), which means "[[grandson]]", or "[[descendant]]" of a named person. For example, the descendants of [[List of High Kings of Ireland | High King of Ireland]] [[Brian Boru]] were known as the [[O'Brien]] [[clan]]. "Mc" and "Mac", both Irish and Scottish surname prefixes (the Irish and Highland Scots sharing a similar Gaelic heritage), meant "[[son]] of"; many names also begin with this. Some common surnames that begin with O are: O Niell, O Brien, O Leary, O Shaugnessy, O Donnell, O Toole, O Meara, O Malley, O Hara, and O Bradaigh. Some names that begin with Mc are: McGroyn, McGuinty, McStiofain, McDonagh, McDonald, McGuinness, McGonigle, McGuire and many others.
:Total: 60.83 deaths/1,000 live births
:Male: 61.87 deaths/1,000 live births
:Female: 59.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
===Life expectancy at birth===
"Fitz" is an [[Irish language|Irish]] version of the [[Norman language|Norman]] word "''fis''" meaning ''son''. A few names that begin with Fitz are: FitzGerald, FitzSimmons, FitzGibbons, FitzPatrick and FitzHenry. Certain names that begin with Fitz were originally Irish, but were then Normanised through [[intermarriage]]s and family [[alliance]]s. For example, FitzSimmons came from MacSioman; Mac Giolla Padhraig became FitzPatrick.
:Total population: 62.46 years
:Male: 62.47 years
:Female: 62.45 years (2006 est.)
===Total fertility rate===
In the late [[12th century | 12th]] and [[13th century | 13th centuries]] [[Normans|Norman]], [[Wales|Welsh]], [[County_of_Flanders|Flemish]] and [[Brittany|Breton]] peoples arrived in Ireland at the request of King [[Diarmait Mac Murchada]] of Lenister, and took over parts of the island. During the next three hundred years, they intermarried with ruling Irish clans, adopted Irish culture and the Irish language and as the English put it "became more Irish than the Irish themselves".
:3.11 children born/woman (2006 est.)
===HIV/AIDS===
''Viking surnames:''
:Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
*Archbold (Asbjorne)
:People living with HIV/AIDS: 13,000 (2001 est.)
*Calf? (Hascalf?)
:Deaths: 650 (2001 est.)
*Cauley (Mac Olaf)
*Doyle (Dubh Gall)
*Harald (Haraldsson)
*Higgins (h-Uiginn, a Viking)
*MacCottor (Ottarsson)
*MacKitterick (Strigsson)
*Wood (Wode)
===Major infectious diseases===
''Norman/Norman-French surnames:''
:Degree of risk: high
*Archdecon (le Ercedekne)
:Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
*Burke (de Burgh)
:Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations
*Cheevers (La Chieve)
:Water contact disease: leptospirosis
*Courcy (de Courcy)
:Animal contact disease: rabies (2005)
*Nagle (de Nagle)
*FitzGerald (fitz Gerald)
*FitzHenry (fitz Henri)
*FitzStephen (fitz Stephen)
*Lacy (de Lacy)
*Loundon (de Loudon)
*Marmoin)
*Plunkett (Blanquet)
*Wall (de Laval)
===Nationality===
''Breton surnames:''
:Noun: Bangladeshi(s)
*Brett (le Breton)
:Adjective: Bangladeshi
*Power (le Poer)
===Ethnic groups===
''Flemish surnames:''
:Bengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims (1998)
*Baldwin (Baudoin)
*Fleming (le Fleming)
===Religions===
''Welsh surnames:''
*Breathnach (Welshman)
*Brannagh (Welshman)
*Caddell (ap Cadel)
*Cadogan (ap Cadwgn)
*Griffin (ap Gruffydd)
*Joyce (Sais)
*Merrick (ap Meruig)
*Penrose (ap Rhys)
*Rice (ap Rhys)
*Rerys (ap Rerys)
*Taffe (Daffydd)
:Muslim - 89.58%, Hindu - 9.34%, Boudhists - 0.62%, Christian - 0.31% and Animists - 0.15% (2001 Census) [http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/bang_atg.pdf]
''Anglo-Saxon:''
*Ayleward (Ailwerd)
*Barrett (Barat)
*Dolphin (Dolfin)
*Lawless (laighles)
*Sherlock (scirlog)
*Skerrett (Huscarl)
*White (Fwyte)
:Muslim - 88.31%, Hindu 10.52%, Boudhists - 0.58%, Christian - 0.33% and Animist - 0.26% (1991 census)
''Normanised Gaelic surnames:''
*FitzDermot (Mac Gilla Mo-Cholmoc)
*FitzPatrick (Mac Gilla Padraig)
:Muslim - 86.65%, Hindu - 12.13%, Boudhists - 0.62%, Christian - 0.31%, Animist - 0.29% (1981 Census)
''Gaelicised Norman-era surnames:''
*Mac Oisdealbhaigh (Costello - son of Josclyn de Nangle)
*Mac Feoris (Bermingham - son of Piers de Bermingham); anglicised as Corish
*Mac Gibbon (Gibbons - son of Gilbert de Burgh)
*Mac Seonin (son of John Oge de Burgh); anglicised as Jennings.
===Languages===
== Recent history ==
:Bangla (official, also known as Bengali)
===Literacy===
In [[Northern Ireland]] almost half of the population are [[Protestant]], whilst a large minority are [[Roman Catholic]].
:Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
:Total population: 43.1%
:Male: 53.9%
:Female: 31.8% (2003 est.)
==Other demographic data==
After Ireland became subdued by England in [[1603]] the English – under [[James I of England]] (reigned [[1603]]–[[1625|25]]), [[Lord Protector]]
Naturally there is some degree of uncertainty about the population, especially in a developing country such as Bangladesh with a high level of illiteracy and rural population. Thus the margin of error is such that in 2005 it was unknown which of Bangladesh and [[Russia]] has the larger population. For example the UN's ESA ranked Russia 7th and Bangladesh 8th, whereas the CIA World Factbook ranked Bangladesh 7th and Russia 8th. At any rate, the population of Russia is in decline while that of Bangladesh is growing. Most rankings in 2007 now show Bangladesh to be larger. The following table lists various recent estimates of the population.
[[Oliver Cromwell]] (term [[1653]]–[[1658|58]]), [[William III of England]] (reigned [[1689]]–[[1702]]) and their successors – began the settling of Protestant [[England|English]] and later Scottish [[colonist]]s into Ireland, where they settled most heavily in the northern [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Ulster]]. However, they did not intermarry heavily or integrate with the native Irish like the Normans did centuries earlier.
{|class="wikitable"
Tens of thousands of native Irish were displaced during the [[17th century | 17th]] [[Plantations of Ireland]] from parts of [[Ulster]] and replaced by English and Scottish planters.
|-
It is predominately religion, history and political differences ([[Irish nationalism]] versus British [[Unionists (Ireland)|unionism]]) that divide the two communities, as many of the [[Scotch-Irish]] settlers are of [[Gaels|Gaelic]] origin themselves and therefore related to their Irish Catholic neighbours. Conversely, most Irish people would have at least some English or Scottish ancestry.
| Source
| align="center" | Year
| align="center" | Population (millions)
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In [[1921]], with the formation of the [[Irish Free State]], six counties in the northeast remained in the [[United Kingdom]] as [[Northern Ireland]].
| National Census<ref name="bbs"/>
| align="center" | 1991
| align="center" | 112
|-
"Ulster-Irish" surnames tend to differ based on which community families originate from. Ulster Protestants tend to have either [[England|English]] or [[Scotland|Scottish]] surnames while [[Irish Catholic]]s tend to have Irish surnames, although this is not always the case.
| National Census<ref name="bbs"/>
| align="center" | 2001
| align="center" | 129
|-
==Irish diaspora==
| UN Population Fund<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.unfpa.org/profile/bangladesh.cfm | publisher = [[United Nations Population Fund]] | title = Indicators: Bangladesh | accessdate = 2006-07-28}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2003
| align="center" | 150
|-
The '''[[Irish diaspora]]''' consists of [[Ireland|Irish]] [[emigration|emigrants]] and their descendants in [[Country|countries]] such as the [[United States]], [[Britain]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Argentina]], [[South Africa]] and nations of the [[Caribbean]]. The [[diaspora]] contains over 80 million people.
| UN Dept Economic and Social Affairs<ref>Medium fertility variant, {{cite web | url = http://esa.un.org/unpp/ | title = World Population Prospects: 2004 Revision | publisher = UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2005
| align="center" | 142
|-
There are also large [[Irish ethnicity|Irish]] communities in some mainland [[European]] countries as well as [[Japan]], [[Argentina]] and [[Brazil]]. The classic image of an Irish [[immigrant]] is led occasionally by racist and anti-[[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] stereotypes. [[Irish Americans]] number over 44 million. They are the second largest ethnic group in the U.S., after [[German American]]s. Large numbers of Irish people immigrated to [[Latin America]] in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their descendents include [[Che Guevara]] and [[Bernardo O'Higgins]].
| US State Dept<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm | publisher = [[U.S. Department of State]] | title = Background Note: Bangladesh | date = 2005-08}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2005
| align="center" | 144
|-
==Notable Irish people (selection)==
| Population Reference Bureau<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.prb.org/TemplateTop.cfm?Section=PRB_Country_Profiles&template=/customsource/countryprofile/countryprofiledisplay.cfm&Country=395 | publisher = Population Reference Bureau | title = Country Profiles: Bangladesh | accessdate = 2006-07-28}}</ref>
[[image:rharris.jpg|thumb|Richard Harris as [[Marcus Aurelius]] in ''[[Gladiator]]''.]]
| align="center" | 2005
*[[Augusta, Lady Gregory]] - [[playwright]], co-founder of [[Abbey Theatre]], died [[1932]]
| align="center" | 144
*[[Brian Boru]] - King of [[Munster]] and [[High King of Ireland]], killed [[1014]]
*[[Saint Brigid of Ireland]] - Irish Goddess and Saint
*[[Diarmait mac Mail na mBo]] - King of [[Leinster]], killed [[1072]]
*[[Echmarcach mac Ragnaill]], King of [[Dublin]], ruler of the Irish Sea, died after [[1061]]
*[[Johannes Scotus Eriugena]], philosopher, died [[877]]
*[[Maelruanaidh Mor mac Tadg]], founder of the kingdom of [[Moylurg]], fl. [[956]]
*[[Niall of the Nine Hostages]] - ancestor of many Irish dynasties; died c.[[450]]/[[455]]
*[[Olaf III Guthfrithson]], King of [[Dublin]], died [[941]]
*[[Bertie Ahern]] - Irish [[Taoiseach]] since [[1997]]
*[[Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer]] - Admiral in British navy, died [[1720]]
*[[John Banville]] - novelist
*[[Samuel Beckett]] - playwright and novelist
*[[Pierce Brosnan]] - [[actor]], played [[James Bond]] [[1994]]-[[2005]]
*[[Noel Browne]] - politician
*[[Ray Burke]] - politician
*[[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde]] - stateman and solider, died [[1688]]
[[Image:oscar.jpg|thumb|right|130px|Oscar Wilde]]
*[[Gay Byrne]] - presenter of the Late Late Show (1962-1999)
*[[Roger Casement]] - Irish revolutionary
*[[Patrick Clancy]] - Member of the [[Clancy Brothers]]
*[[John Clyn]] - monk and chronicler
*[[Michael Collins (Irish leader)]] - rebel and politician
*[[Sir Eyre Coote]], Commander-in-Chief, British forces, India; died [[1783]]
*[[Thomas Connellan]] - [[composer]], died [[1698]]
*[[The Corrs]] - Irish traditional/pop band
*[[Seamus Costello]] - IRA Leader
*[[Tom Crean]] - Antarctic explorer
*[[Joe Duffy]] - vampire slayer.
*[[Colin Farrell]] - actor, born [[1976]]
*[[Rory Gallagher]] - influential Irish rock and blues musician
*[[Bob Geldof]] - singer and activist, born [[1954]]
*[[Veronica Guerin]] - journalist, murdered 1996
*[[Arthur Guinness]] - brewer
*[[William Rowan Hamilton]] - Major mathematician, scientist
*[[Bridget Dowling]] Hitler - sister-in-law of [[Adolf Hitler]]
*[[Richard Harris]] - actor
*[[Patrick Hillery]] - sixth president of Ireland
*[[James Hoban]] - designer of the [[White House]], died [[1831]]
*[[Sir William Johnson]] - Indian Agent in Colonial America, died [[1774]]
*[[Neil Jordan]] - film director
*[[Roy Keane]] - footballer
*[[Geoffrey Keating]] - [[historian]], died [[1643]]
*[[Francis Ledwidge]] - poet and political activist, killed in action [[1917]]
[[Image:Guy Johnson.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Sir William Johnson]]
*[[Danny La Rue]] - female impersonator
*[[Liam Lawlor]] - former [[TD]] and convicted criminal
*[[Phil Lynott]] - singer-songwriter and rock star, died [[1986]]
*[[Mary McAleese]] - President of Ireland since 1997
*[[Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh]] - [[historian]] and [[genealogist]], murdered [[1671]]
*[[Dermot MacMurrough]] - King of [[Leinster]], invited [[Normans]] to Ireland; died [[1171]].
*[[Bernadette Devlin McAliskey]] - British MP
*[[Paddy Moloney]] - composer and founder of [[The Chieftains]]
*[[Van Morrison]] - singer-songwriter
*[[Christy Moore]] - leading Irish [[singer-songwriter]]
*[[Samantha Mumba]] - actress, pop star, model, born [[1983]]
*[[Cillian Murphy]] - actor
*[[Graham Norton]] - TV personality and actor
*[[Dáibhí Ó Bruadair]], one of the last of the Bardic poets, died [[1698]]
*[[Máirtín Ó Direáin]] - poet
*[[Hugh Roe O'Donnell]], last ''de facto'' Prince of Tir Connall, assasinated 1602
*[[Turlough O'Carolan]] - Irish [[harpist]] and composer, [[1670]]-[[1738]]
*[[Sean O'Casey]] - Dramatist, political activist
*[[Sinéad O'Connor]] - singer
*[[Daniel O'Connell]] - barrister and Irish emancipator
*[[William O'Dwyer]] - Irish-born mayor of [[New York City]]
*[[Seán Óg Ó hAilpín]] - Captain of the Cork hurling team
*[[Grace O'Malley]] - Irish chieftan and [[pirate]], c.[[1530]]-c.[[1603]]
*[[Felim O'Neill of Kinard]] - lawyer and soldier, executed [[1652]]
*[[Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone]] - last King of Tir Eoghan, died 1616
*[[Hugh Dubh O'Neill]] - soldier, fl. 1650
*[[Owen Roe O'Neill]] - Irish general, died [[1649]]
*[[Tony O'Reilly]] - entrepreneur
*[[Maureen O'Sullivan]] - Irish actress, [[Tarzan]]'s Jane
*[[Sonia O'Sullivan]] - Olympic athlethe, born [[1969]]
*[[Peter O'Toole]] - [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning actor
*[[Albert Reynolds]] - eighth Irish [[ Taoiseach]]
*[[Adi Roche]] - humanitarian
*[[Mary Robinson]]- seventh Irish president, Commisioner for Human Rights
*[[Tony Ryan]] - entrepreneur
*[[Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan]], soldier, died [[1693]]
*[[Ernest Shackleton]] - [[Antarctic]] explorer, died [[1922]]
[[image:ac.oconnell.jpg|thumb|200px|Statue of Daniel O'Connell]]
*[[Bram Stoker]] - theatre manager and author of [[Dracula]], died [[1912]]
*[[Jonathan Swift]] - author of [[ Gulliver's Travels]]
*[[Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel]], soldier, died [[1691]]
*[[Ruaidri mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair]] - last [[High King of Ireland]], died [[1198]]
*[[Lorcan Ua Tuathail]] - [[Archbishop of Dublin]], died [[1180]]
*[[Charles Stewart Parnell]] - leader of [[Irish Home Rule Party]], died [[1891]]
*[[U2]] - rock band
*[[Eamon de Valera]] - Irish [[Taoiseach]] and President, died [[1975]]
*[[Ninette de Valois]] - ballerina and founder of the [[Royal Ballet]], died [[2001]]
*[[Oscar Wilde]] - playwight, poet, wit.
|-
*see [[List of Irish people]]
| CIA World FactBook<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2006/geos/bg.html#People | publisher = CIA | title = CIA World Factbook 2006 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 2006
| align="center" | 147
|-
| UN Population Fund<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/english/notes/indicators/e_indicator2.pdf | publisher = United Nations Population Fund | title = State of World Population 2006 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 2006
| align="center" | 144
|-
| CIA World FactBook<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html#People | publisher = CIA | title = CIA World Factbook 2007 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 2007
| align="center" | 150
|-
| UN<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/wpp2006_highlights.pdf | publisher = UN | title = World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision}}</ref>
| align="center" | 2007
| align="center" | 159
|}
==References==
==Notable people of Irish descent==
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*[[Bud Abbott]] - Comedian, actor
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*[[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]
*[[Muhammad Ali]] [http://home.swbell.net/lpkelley/ICS/essaysandmisc/muhammadali.html] - champion heavyweight boxer, political actor
*[[Lew Alcindor]] - Athlete, activist
*[[Dick Allen]] - Baseball slugger
*[[Fred Allen]] - Radio personality
*[[Roone Arledge]] - Media Network chairman
*[[Kevin Bacon]] - Prolific actor
*[[Alec Baldwin]] - Actor
*[[Rick Barry]] - [[basketball]] player
*[[Ethel Barrymore]] - Actress
*[[John Barrymore]] - Actor
[[Image:JohnBarrymore.jpg|thumb|150px|right|John Barrymore]]
*[[Lionel Barrymore]] - Actor
*[[George Berkeley]] - Idealist Philosopher
*[[Billy the Kid]] - Alias [[Henry McCarty]] and [[William Henry Bonney]] American outlaw
*[[Robert Montgomery Bird]] - Novelist
*[[Anne Bonny]] - pirate
*[[Peter Boyle]] - American actor
*[[Kenneth Branagh]] - Actor
*[[Jimmy Breslin]] - Newspaper columnist
*[[James Buchanan]] - American president
*[[Jeff Buckley]] - singer-songerwriter
*[[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] - Political commentator, author
*[[James J. Braddock]] - heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Tommy Burns]] - Heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Gabriel Byrne]] - Actor
*[[Gay Byrne]] - Talk show host
*[[Jane Byrne]] - Mayor of Chicago
*[[Donald Byrne]] - American chess champion
*[[Robert Byrne]] - American chess champion
*[[James Cagney]] - American movie actor
*[[John Candy]] - Actor, comedian
*[[Drew Carey]] - Comedian
*[[Mariah Carey]] - pop star
*[[Steve Carlton]] - Major League pitcher
*[[George Carlin]] - American [[comedian]]
*[[William Harvey Carney]] - [[American Civil War]] hero, [[Medal of Honor]] awardee
*[[Emily Carr]] - Artist, writer
*[[John Carradine]] - Actor
*[[Jim Carrey]] - Actor
*[[Madeleine Carroll]] - Actress
*[[Jimmy Carter]] - American president
*[[Rubin Carter]] - Middleweight boxer
*[[Paddy Chayevsky]] - American playwright
*[[Ward Churchill]] - Academician, political activist
*[[Ramsey Clark]] - Radical Liberal Attorney General
*[[William Tierney Clark]] - English engineer
*[[Tom Clancy]] - Novelist
*[[Beverly Cleary]] - Author
*[[Danika Cleary]] - [[Apple Computer|Apple]] [[iPod]] Product Manager
*[[George Clooney]] - American actor
*[[Rosemary Clooney]] - Popular singer
*[[Glenn Close]] - Actress
*[[Charles Coburn]] - Actor
[[Image:Maureen_Dowd.jpg|thumb|150x|right|Maureen Dowd]]
*[[James Coburn]] - Academy Award-winning actor
*[[Dabney Coleman]] - Comedic actor
*[[Ivonne Coll]] - Actress and singer
*[[John W. Collins]] - American chess master
*[[Charles Comiskey]] [[MLB]] player, team manager, and owner
*[[Jennifer Connelly]] - Actress
*[[Cyril Connolly]] - English man of letters
*[[Billy Connolly]] - Sacrilegious Stand-up comic
*[[Maureen Connolly]] - Tennis player
*[[Tim Conway]] - Renowned actor and comedian
*[[Elisha Cook Jr.]] - Distinguished actor and philanthropist
*[[Gary Cooper]] - Academy Award-winning actor
*[[James J. Corbett]] - heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Tommy Corcoran]] - N.Y. Giants shortstop
*[[Wendell Corey]] - Character actor
*[[Elvis Costello]] - Singer, songwriter
*[[Kevin Costner]] - Renowned actor
*[[Charles Coughlin]] - Father of Hate Radio
*[[Bing Crosby]] - World-renowned crooner (Der Bingle)
*[[Aleister Crowley]] - Occultist, addict
*[[Robert Crumb]] - American artist
*[[Macaulay Culkin]] - International film star
*[[Tim Curry]] - American actor, Cherokee activist
*[[Ken Curtis]] - Singer, actor
*[[Kim Darby]] - Noted actress
*[[Dennis Day]] - Tenor singer
*[[Dorothy Day]] - Founder, Catholic Worker Movement
*[[Daniel Day-Lewis]] - Award-winning actor
*[[Charles de Gaulle]] - French soldier and politician
*[[Robert De Niro]] - Actor
*[[Martin R. Delany]] - American abolitionist
*[[Jack Dempsey]] - heavyweight boxing champion
[[Image:JFKofficial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|John F. Kennedy]]
*[[William Devane]] - Character actor
*[[Phil Donahue]] - TV personality
*[[Troy Donahue]] - Actor
*[[Tom Dooley (humanitarian)]] - Humanitarian doctor
*[[John Sholto Douglas]] - Vegetable Projectionist
*[[Lord Alfred Douglas]] - Exalted British aristocrat
*[[Maureen Dowd]] - ''New York Times'' columnist
*[[Robert Downey Jr.]] - Actor, drug activist
*[[Al Downing]] - Baseball pitcher
*[[Richard D'Oyly Carte]] - Theater manager
*[[James Duane]] - Mayor of New York, son of a Galwayman
*[[Howard Duff]] - Character actor
*[[Patrick Duffy]] - Actor, comedian
*[[Joe Dugan]] - Baseball player
*[[Irene Dunne]] - Renowned actress
*[[Elizabeth II]], Queen of the United Kingdom
*[[Jimmy Ellis]] - Heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Chris Farley]] - Popular addictive actor and comedian
*[[James Aloysius Farley]] - 1936 Election predicter
*[[Mia Farrow]] - Actress, celebrity
*[[Miguel Ferrer]] - actor
*[[Albert Finney]] - Noted actor
*[[Barry Fitzgerald]] - Noted award-winning thirsty actor
*[[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] - American novelist
*[[Frances FitzGerald]] - Author "Fire in the Lake"
*[[George FitzGerald]] - Noted physicist
*[[Patrick J. Fitzgerald]] - Special Counsel
*[[Joe Flaherty]] - Actor, Comedian (SCTV)
*[[Janet Flanner]] - Journalist, author
*[[Jay C. Flippen]] - Character actor
*[[Errol Flynn]] - [[Australian]] actor
*[[Jane Fonda]] - Actress, political activist
*[[Joan Fontaine]] - Academy Award-Winning Actress
*[[Glenn Ford]] - Celebrated actor
*[[Harrison Ford]] - Actor
*[[Henry Ford]] - founder of the [[Ford Motor Company]]
*[[Michael J. Fox]] - Actor
*[[Vicente Fox]] - President of Mexico
*[[Roger Fry]] - Art critic
*[[John Garfield]] - Noted actor
*[[Greer Garson]] - Renowned actress
*[[Pat Garrett]] - Sheriff who shot [[Billy the Kid]]
*[[James Cardinal Gibbons]] - 2nd Cardinal in USA, supported labour movement
[[Image:James Cardinal Gibbons.jpg|thumb|150px|right|James Cardinal Gibbons]]
*[[Jackie Gleason]] - [[United States|American]] [[comedian]]
*[[Oliver Goldsmith]] - Author and playwright
*[[Leo Gorcey]] - Distinguished actor
*[[Charles George Gordon]] - British army officer
*[[Kenneth Grant]] - Occultist
*[[Erin Gray]] - Actress
*[[Gruffydd ap Cynan]], Prince of [[Gwynedd]]
*[[Bill Haley]] - Rock 'n' Roll singer
*[[Richard Harris]] - Noted actor
*[[Dick Haymes]] - Vocalist, actor
*[[Katherine Helmond]] - Character actress
*[[William Patrick Hitler]] - nephew of [[Adolf Hitler]]
*[[Jimi Hendrix]] [http://www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/ShowItem.asp?ItemID=374] - guitarist and Cherokee singer-songwriter
*[[Alfred Hitchcock]] - film director and producer
*[[Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham]] - son of a member of the [[Tribes of Galway]]
*[[Earl Holliman]] - Actor
*[[Evander Holyfield]] - Heavyweight champion
*[[Dennis Hopper]] - Actor
*[[Howell the Good]], first and last King of all [[Wales]]
*[[Howard Hughes]] - Industrialist
*[[Ferlin Husky]] - Country music singer
*[[Jeremy Irons]] - Award-winning actor
*[[John Jameson]] - Whisky manufacturer
*Sir [[John Johnson]] - American Loyalist leader
[[Image:Linsay lohan herbie.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Lindsay Lohan]]
*[[William Joyce]] - aka Lord Haw-Haw; American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster
*[[Michael Keaton]] - Renowned actor
*[[Edward Kelley]] - Worchester-born medium and Knight of Bohemia
*[[Gene Kelly]] - Actor, Dancer
*[[Grace Kelly]] - Actress, princess
*[[Jim Kelly]] - [[football]] player
*[[Pat Kelly]] - All-star outfielder
*[[Arthur Kennedy]] - Character actor
*[[Edward Kennedy]] - U.S. Senator
*[[John F. Kennedy]] - former [[President of the United States]]
*[[Nigel Kennedy]] - Violinist
*[[Robert F. Kennedy]] - U.S. Attorney General
*[[Stetson Kennedy]] - Human rights activist
*[[Kenneth I of Scotland]], first king of [[Scotland]]
*[[Clark Kerr]] - Academician
*[[Graham Kerr]] - Oenophilic chef and TV personality
*[[Nancy Kerrigan]] - [[figure skater]]
*[[Joyce Kilmer]] - Poetess
*[[Kwame Kilpatrick]] - Mayor of Detroit
*[[Stephen King]] - American writer, descendant of the King/Mac Con Raoi clan of [[Galway]]
*[[Thomas Arthur Lally]], French general, executed [[1766]]
*[[Denis Leary]] - American [[comedian]] and actor
*[[Timothy Leary]] - Addictive Harvard Professor
[[Image:PatriceMacMahon.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Patrice MacMahon]]
*[[John Lennon]] - of [[The Beatles]]
*[[Lennox Lewis]] - Heavyweight champion
*[[Lindsay Lohan]] - [[United States|American]] [[actress]]
*[[Felix Magath]] - director of FC [[Bayern Munich]]
*[[Bryan Magee]] - British media commentator and author
*[[Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta]] - French General and President of France
*[[Owney Madden]] - [[Irish American]] gangster
*[[John Mahoney]] - British actor
*[[Tim Mahoney]] - Guitarist
*[[Bob Marley]] - Musician
*[[Lyle Mays]] - Pianist
*[[Willie Mays]] - All-star outfielder
*[[Terry McAuliffe]] - Democratic Committee Chairman
*[[Mike McCallum]] - Middleweight boxer
*[[Jenny McCarthy]] - Renowned actress
*[[Joseph McCarthy]] - U.S. Senator
*[[Kevin McCarthy]] - American actor
*[[Mary McCarthy]] - Author
*[[Tim McCarver]] - Baseball catcher, broadcaster
*[[Rue McClanahan]] - Actress, comedian
*[[George McClellan]] - Anti-war general
*[[Scott McClellan]] - White House Press Secretary
*[[Marilyn McCoo]] - Singer
*[[Roddy McDowall]] - Actor
*[[John McEnroe]] - [[tennis]] player
*[[George McGovern]] - Anti-war Presidential candidate
*[[Tim McGraw]] - Country music singer
*[[Tug McGraw]] - Baseball relief pitcher
*[[Jim McGreevey]] - Unusual Democratic governor
*[[Paul McGuigan]] - Musician
*[[Paul McGuigan]] - Filmmaker
*[[Barry McGuigan]] - Featherweight champion
*[[Dalton McGuinty]] - [[Premier]] of [[Ontario]]
*[[Terry McGovern]] - Featherweight champion
*[[Mark McGwire]] - [[baseball player]]
*[[Jock McHale]] - Football coach
*[[Kevin McHale]] - [[basketball player]]
*[[Maureen F. McHugh]] - Science fiction writer
*[[Lonette McKee]] - American actress
*[[Ed McMahon]] - TV personality
*[[Grady McMurtry]] - Cherokee Caliph in [[Ordo Templi Orientis]]
*[[Larry McMurtry]] - Award-winning author
*[[Donovan McNabb]] - Football quarterback
*[[Mickey Mantle]] - N.Y. Yankee outfielder
*[[Sarah Miles]] - Celebrated actress
*[[Thomas Mitchell]] - Academy Award-winning inebriated character actor
*[[Robert Mitchum]] - Renowned actor
*[[Tom Mix]] - Western actor
*[[Elizabeth Montgomery]] - Actress
*[[Dudley Moore]] - Actor, oenophile
*[[Clayton Moore]] - Western actor
*[[Clement Clarke Moore]] - Poet
*[[Demi Moore]] - Actress, escort
*[[Gary Moore]] - Musician
*[[Garry Moore]] - TV personality
*[[Mary Tyler Moore]] - Actress
*[[Michael Moore]] - [[United States|American]] filmmaker
*[[Crissy Moran]] - Adult actress and model
*[[Daniel Keys Moran]] - Writer
*[[Erin Moran]] - Athletic actress, humanitarian
*[[Roger Moran]] - Race car driver
*[[Terry Moran]] - Proprietor of ''Cois Tine Gaidhlig'' pub in Kincaid, [[Alaska]]
*[[Michael Moriarty]] - Actor
*[[Paul Morphy]] - First U.S. Chess Champion
*[[Jim Morrison]] - Singer
*[[Tommy Morrison]] - heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Toni Morrison]] - Noted author
[[Image:Mulroney.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Brian Mulroney]]
*[[Richard Mulligan]] - American actor
*[[Robert Mulligan]] - American actor
*[[Brian Mulroney]] - former [[Prime Minister of Canada]]
*[[Audie Murphy]] - War Hero, actor
*[[Eddie Murphy]] - Actor, comedian
*[[Tim Murphy]] - U.S. Congressman
*[[Bill Murray]] - [[United States|American]] [[actor]]
*[[Edward R. Murrow]] - Journalist
*[[Alice Neel]] - American artist
*[[Sam Neill]] - Actor
*[[Jack Nicholson]] - [[United States|American]] [[actor]]
*[[Richard M. Nixon]] - American president
*[[Peggy Noonan]] - Presidential speechwriter
*[[Ken Norton]] - Heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Dion O'Banion]] - Successful businessman
*[[Merle Oberon]] - Actress
*[[Álvaro Obregón]] - [[President of Mexico]]
*[[Conan O'Brien]] - American [[comedian]]
*[[Pat O'Brien]] - American movie actor
*[[Helen O'Connell]] - Singer
*[[Hugh O'Connor]] - American actor
*[[Richard O'Connor]] - WWII British General
*[[Sandra Day O'Connor]] - Supreme Court justice
*[[Edmundo O'Gorman]] - Writer
*[[Juan O'Gorman]] - [[Mexican]] artist
*[[Bernardo O'Higgins]] - [[South America]]n [[revolution]]ary, first [[Chile]]an head of state
*[[Georgia O'Keeffe]] - American artist
*[[John Maynard Keynes]] - Economist
*[[Martin J. O'Malley]] - Singer
*[[Shaquille O'Neal]] - Athlete
*[[Ana María O'Neill]] - women's right's activist
*[[Ed O'Neill]] - Actor: Al Bundy in "Married with Children"
*[[Eugene O'Neill]] - Playwright "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
*[[Jennifer O'Neill]] - Renowned actress
*[[Bill O'Reilly]] - Political commentator
*[[Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke]] - [[Russian]] General
[[Image:Ohiggins.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Bernardo O'Higgins]]
*[[Peter O'Toole]] - Actor, gay rights activist
*[[Tim Paterson]] - Innovative computer programmer
*[[Tim Paterson]] - Proprietor "Tir Na Nog" public house
*[[Chris Patten]] - British politician
*[[Luana Patten]] - Renowned actress
*[[Floyd Patterson]] - American heavyweight boxer
*[[George S. Patton]] - U.S. Army general
*[[Gregory Peck]] - [[United States|American]] [[actor]]
*[[Sean Penn]] - Theatrical activist
*[[Roger Penrose]] - Scientist, mathematician
*[[Regis Philbin]] - [[United States|American]] [[television personality]]
*[[Franklin Pierce]] - American president
*[[Edgar Allan Poe]] - Author, poet
*[[Karen Quinlan]] - Overdose victim
*[[Anthony Quinn]] - Mexican-born Cherokee-American actor
*[[Sally Quinn]] - Journalist, author
*[[Ronald Reagan]] - President of the [[United States]]
*[[Tim Robbins]] - Actor, activist
*[[Sugar Ray Robinson]] - Middleweight boxer
*[[Andy Rooney]] - Liberal media commentator
*[[Robert Ross]] - Literary Executor
*[[Mickey Rourke]] - Star of movie "Barfly"
*[[Meg Ryan]] - Renowned actress
*[[Nolan Ryan]] - [[baseball player]]
*[[Del Shannon]] - Musician, songwriter
*[[Sharon Shannon]] - Popular singer
*[[Norma Shearer]] - Renowned actress
*[[Kate Smith]] - Inspiring singer
*[[Keely Smith]] - Popular singer
*[[Suzanne Somers]] - Actess, comedian, health activist
*[[David Soul]] - Actor, AIDS activist
*[[Terence Stamp]] - Actor
*[[John L. Sullivan]] - heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Dylan Thomas]] - Poet
*[[Spencer Tracy]] - [[United States|American]] [[actor]]
*[[Gene Tunney]] - heavyweight boxing champion
*[[Kathleen Turner]] - Noted actress
*[[Boss Tweed]] - Politician
*[[Denzel Washington]] - American actor
*[[Ed Whalen]] - Journalist, TV personality
*[[Philip Whalen]] - Poet
*[[Frank Whaley]] - Character actor
*[[James Whitmore]] - Character actor
*[[James Whitmore Jr.]] - Actor
*[[Kim Wilde]] - Popular singer
*[[Walter Winchell]] - News Commentator
*[[Dooley Wilson]] - Singer, actor
*[[Carter G. Woodson]] - Author
*[[Ed Wynn]] - Comedian, actor
*[[Keenan Wynn]] - Character actor
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* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/heaven/dnairish.pdf.pdf Y-chromosome variation and Irish origins] ([http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v404/n6776/full/404351a0_fs.html Nature, March 2000])
*[http://www.upthedeise.com/ A discussion board for Irish expatriates, Irish descendants and Irish people alike, specifically South East Ireland]
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