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Mar 24, 2014 5:21 PM
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Jamie Dornan

The hunky Fifty Shades of Grey star hails from the Emerald Isle.


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Niall Horan

Horan is the only member of One Direction who hails from Ireland, not England.


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Colin Farrell

This Irish hunk hails from Dublin where he grew up alongside his brother, Eamon, and two sisters, Claudine and Catherine.


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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. 


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Jonathan Rhys Meyers

He may have played England's King Henry the VIII on The Tudors, but the Dublin-born hottie is all Irish.


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Saoirse Ronan

Although the Grand Budapest Hotel star has spent most of her life in County Carlow, she was actually born in New York City and lived there for three years before moving back to Ireland with her parents.


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Liam Neeson

The Oscar winner is from County Antrim in Northern Ireland and was named after a local priest.


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Bono

The U2 frontman and humanitarian hails from the town of Glasnevin just outside of Dublin.


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Pierce Brosnan

The dashing onetime James Bond moved to Scotland when he was just 11 years old, but he was born in County Louth.


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Cillian Murphy

This blue-eyed Inception actor is from a suburb of Cork in southern Ireland.


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Sinéad O'Connor

Before topping music charts, the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer was raised in Dublin with her four siblings.


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Stuart Townsend

Long before hooking up with—then splitting from—Charlize Theron, this actor and director was just a lad who grew up outside Dublin.


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Gabriel Byrne

The first of six children, Byrne was born just outside of Dublin.


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Kenneth Branagh

The My Week With Marilyn star was raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland.


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Chris O'Dowd

The Bridesmaids cop was raised in the city of Boyl, County Roscommon.


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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!


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Van Morrison

The music legend grew up in Belfast before writing hit songs like "Brown Eyed Girl" and "Moondance."


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Peter O'Toole

Although he was an Irish citizen, it's uncertain whether the Lawrence of Arabia star was actually born in Connemara, Ireland, or Leeds, England.


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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.


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Damien Rice

The "9 Crimes" singer is from County Kildare.


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Stephen Rea

Like Branagh, the V for Vendetta actor was raised in Belfast and even went to Queen's University there.

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