Famous people who grew up or lived in and around Dublin
6 notable people grew up or lived in and around Dublin. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Bono1960–1978
📍 Cedarwood Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ireland
Paul Hewson's family moved to 10 Cedarwood Road, a new street of pebble-dashed houses between Finglas and Ballymun on Dublin's north side, when he was six weeks old, and he grew up there…
Bram Stoker1847–1860
📍 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, Dublin 3, Ireland
I was born in this house on Marino Crescent in Clontarf, a curved terrace facing the sea on Dublin's north side, the third of seven children. I was so sickly that I could not stand or walk…
Brian O'Driscoll1979–1997
📍 Clontarf, Dublin 3, Ireland
Brian O'Driscoll was born in Dublin in January 1979 and grew up in Clontarf, a comfortable, leafy suburb on Dublin Bay's north shore, with its seafront promenade and the wide green spaces…
James Joyce1882–1884
📍 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland
I was born in a red-brick terrace at 41 Brighton Square in Rathgar in February 1882, the eldest surviving child of a charming, hard-drinking father and a gentle, devout mother. We lived in…
Oscar Wilde1855–1878
📍 1 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
We moved to No. 1 Merrion Square when I was a year old, and it was home for twenty-three years — a tall corner house on Dublin's most fashionable square. My father, Sir William, an eminent…
Sinéad O'Connor1966–1981
📍 Glenageary, Co. Dublin, Ireland
I was born in Glenageary, in south County Dublin, in 1966, the third of five children. My childhood was difficult, and I wrote about it honestly in my memoir Rememberings: home was not…