QUIZ: Can you name the Irishman from his Wikipedia page? (second part)

During his early years as Teachta Dála, ______ was an anonymous backbencher, but he showed ambition.

Leo Varadkar

Bertie Ahern

Michael Martin

In 2002, aged 15, _______ appeared on RTÉ’s Sport Stream and spoke about her dream of one day appearing in the Olympics.

Katie Taylor

Annalize Murphy

Kellie Harrington

______ is almost never seen in public without sunglasses.

bono

Dermot Kennedy

Brian McFadden

His last international appearance came on 17 November 1999, aged 34, when Ireland lost to Turkey in the second leg of UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying in Bursa.

Denis Irvin

Rory Delap

Lee Carsley

Before becoming an actor, _______ had many jobs, including an archaeologist, a cook, and a Spanish and history teacher at Ardscoil Éanna in Crumlin. He started playing at 29.

Gabriel Byrne

Brendan Gleeson

Daniel Day Lewis

In “retirement”, _____ continued to make his political views known, including interviewing then Taoiseach Brian Cowen and “if you can be Taoiseach and still sit down and have a pint in the local pub. You must honor the office” .

Gay Byrne

Bryan Dobson

Anne Doyle

He refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel.

Oscar Wilde

bram stoker

James Joyce

One of _______’s first television roles was as staff nurse Maloney on Coronation Street, which debuted on January 10, 1977.

Brenda Fricker

Sinéad Cusack

Fionnula Flanagan

In 1996 he co-hosted the late night quiz show Carnal Knowledge on ITV.

Terry Wogan

Sean Moncrieff

Graham Norton

_______ has expressed an interest in motorsport since his youth, stating in 2020, “Before I even started playing, I had a big dream of racing.”

Saoirse Ronan

Michael Fassbender

Cillian Murphy