Niall Horan
Horan is the only member of One Direction who hails from Ireland, not England.
Michael Fassbender
The super hot X-Men star was born in Heidelberg, West Germany to an Irish mother and moved to Killarney, Ireland, with his family when he was just 2 years old.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
He may have played England's King Henry the VIII on The Tudors, but the Dublin-born hottie is all Irish.
Liam Neeson
The Oscar winner is from County Antrim in Northern Ireland and was named after a local priest.
Bono
The U2 frontman and humanitarian hails from the town of Glasnevin just outside of Dublin.
Cillian Murphy
This blue-eyed Inception actor is from a suburb of Cork in southern Ireland.
Sinéad O'Connor
Before topping music charts, the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer was raised in Dublin with her four siblings.
Gabriel Byrne
The first of six children, Byrne was born just outside of Dublin.
Kenneth Branagh
The My Week With Marilyn star was raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Enya
Sinéad isn't the only big-time songstress from the Emerald Isle. Enya hails from County Donegal and is the sixth of nine children!
Van Morrison
The music legend grew up in Belfast before writing hit songs like "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Moondance."
Brenda Fricker
You may know her from Home Alone and My Left Foot, but this Oscar-winner grew up wanting to be a journalist in Dublin.
Stephen Rea
Like Branagh, the V for Vendetta actor was raised in Belfast and even went to Queen's University there.

