People
Notable people from Tallaght include:
- Patrick Hyland, professional boxer
- Paul Hyland, professional boxer
- Eddie Hyland, professional Boxer
- Dessie Baker soccer player
- Richie Baker soccer player
- Graham Barrett soccer player
- Ciaran Bourke, Former member of The Dubliners
- Stephen Bradley soccer player
- Jason Byrne soccer player
- Robbie Clarke soccer player
- Richard Dunne (1979-), soccer player
- Keith Fahey (1983-), soccer player
- Evie Hone (1894–1955), artist, buried here
- Robbie Keane (1980-), soccer player
- Graham Gartland soccer player
- Jason Gavin soccer player
- David O'Connor (footballer) soccer player
- Ger O'Brien soccer player
- Eric McGill soccer player
- Vinny Perth soccer player
- Mark Yeates (1985-), soccer player
- Oisín Kelly (1915–1981), artist and sculptor
- Kojii Helnwein (née Wyatt), model and musician
- Malachi Horan (1847–1945), folklorist
- Elizabeth Rivers (1903–1964), wood engraver, figure painter, and illustrator
- William Howard Russell (1821–1907), journalist, and possibly the world's first modern war correspondent
- George Otto Simms (1910–1991), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of All Ireland
- Katharine Tynan (1861–1931), writer
- Alan Joyce (executive) (1966-), CEO Qantas Airlines
- Aidan Turner (1983-), actor (Mitchell in Being Human)
- Shane O'Connor (1985), dart player
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