Enniskillen - Notable People

Notable People

The following are former or current residents of the town.

  • Samuel Beckett, playwright, educated at Portora Royal School
  • Declan Burns, Irish Kayaking legend, Three-time Irish Olympic representative and former World Superstars Runner-up
  • Roy Carroll, goalkeeper who has been capped by Northern Ireland.
  • Harry Chatton, football player, from the 1920s and 1930s, who was a dual international for both the IFA and FAI Irish international teams.
  • Jim Cleary, former Glentoran footballer and member of Northern Ireland's 1982 World Cup squad.
  • Edward Cooney, evangelist and early leader of the Cooneyite and Go-Preacher sects, educated at Portora Royal School
  • Adrian Dunbar, actor, born and brought up in Enniskillen
  • William Emerson (footballer), football player who won 11 caps for Ireland between 1919 and 1923.
  • Claire Falconer, actress and painter
  • Nial Fulton, film and television producer, educated at Portora Royal School
  • Neil Hannon, lead singer/composer of the pop band The Divine Comedy educated at Portora Royal School
  • Frank Hoy, professional wrestler, was born in the town
  • Edward Kernan, a Roman Catholic bishop
  • Kyle Lafferty, striker, professional football player for FC Sion and Northern Ireland international.
  • Charles Lawson, most notable for playing Jim McDonald in Coronation Street
  • Andrew Little, professional football player for Rangers and Northern Ireland international.
  • Henry Francis Lyte, hymn composer, most notably Abide With Me, educated at Portora Royal School
  • Robert Kerr, Olympic 100 m gold medalist in the 1908 Olympics for Canada
  • David McCann, author of children's books
  • Michael McGovern, Northern Ireland international goalkeeper, currently with Falkirk F.C.
  • Nigel McLoughlin, poet, editor of Iota poetry journal and Reader in Creative Writing, University of Gloucestershire
  • Ciarán McMenamin, television actor
  • Gavin Noble, Irish international triathlete
  • Frank Ormsby, poet
  • David Robinson, photographer and publisher, educated at Portora Royal School
  • Seán Quinn, entrepreneur and formerly Ireland's richest man (originally from Derrylin)
  • Mick Softley singer and song writer for Bob Dylan and Donovan, currently lives in the town
  • Duke of Westminster, formerly the UK's richest man, brought up at the family's estate at Ely Lodge
  • Oscar Wilde, satirist and playwright, educated at Portora Royal School
  • Gordon Wilson, peace campaigner and Irish senator
  • Ron Wilson is a news anchor with Network Ten in Australia

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