People
- Dermot Ahern - former Fianna Fáil TD for Louth
- Brendan McGahon - former Fine Gael TD for Louth
- Thomas Byrne - former racing driver
- Eamonn Campbell - member of the Dubliners
- Pierce Brosnan - actor
- The Corrs - pop/rock band
- George Drumgoole Coleman - civil architect
- Nick Colgan - football goalkeeper, currently playing for Grimsby Town F.C.
- Mark Dearey - Green Party Senator from Louth
- Kenny Finn - Irish American soccer and gaelic football player
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe - archer
- Gary Kelly - former footballer, played his entire career with Leeds United
- Colin Larkin - footballer, currently playing for Hartlepool United
- Evanna Lynch - Harry Potter actress, plays Luna Lovegood
- Cathy Maguire - singer and songwriter
- James Carroll - Fianna Fáil politician, member of Seanad Éireann from Louth
- Francis Leopold McClintock - explorer
- Michael McKevitt - republican Dissident Leader
- Arthur Thomas Moore - General and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Arthur Morgan - former Sinn Féin TD for Louth
- Gerry O'Connor - traditional Irish fiddle player
- Colin O'Donoghue - actor
- Tommy Smyth - soccer commentator for ESPN
- Kevin Thornton - footballer
- Robert Kearney - Irish Rugby player
- Séamus Kirk - Fianna Fáil TD for Louth
- Steve Staunton - footballer
- Peter Rice - structural engineer
- John Moore - Film director
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