Arts
- Derek Bell (1935 - 2002), harpist and composer.
- Eric Bell (b. 1947) guitarist; former member of Them and Thin Lizzy
- James Bingham (b. 1925, artist.
- Kenneth Branagh, actor/director
- Jake Burns, musician (Stiff Little Fingers)
- Mairtín Crawford, poet
- Gerald Dillon, artist
- Barry Douglas, concert pianist
- Garth Ennis, comics writer
- James Galway, musician
- Paul Henry (1876 - 1958), painter.
- John Hewitt, poet
- John Hewitt, actor
- Ciarán Hinds, actor
- P.J. Holden, comic artist
- David Holmes, DJ
- Brian Keenan, hostage and writer
- Sir John Lavery, artist
- C.S. Lewis, author and scholar
- Michael Longley, poet
- Bernard MacLaverty, author and screen writer
- Gerry McAvoy, musician
- Gerard McCarthy, actor and television presenter
- John McCrea, comic artist
- Ian McDonald, science fiction author
- Siobhán McKenna, actress
- Ali McMordie, musician (Stiff Little Fingers)
- Katie Melua, musician
- Seaneen Molloy, blogger and columnist
- Brian Moore, novelist
- Gary Moore, musician, blues and rock guitarist formerly of Thin Lizzy
- Van Morrison, musician
- Bob Shaw, science fiction author
- Duke Special, musician.
- Rachel Tucker, actress (West End)
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Famous quotes containing the word arts:
“So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on; and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization will die.”
—William Morris (1834–1896)
“In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“So in peace our tasks we ply,
Pangur Ban, my cat, and I;
In our arts we find our bliss,
I have mine and he has his.”
—Unknown. Pangur Ban (l. 25–28)