Category:Irish knights
This category is about Irishmen who have been conferred knighthoods under the British honours system, especially prior to 1922, when the Irish Free State was established as a Dominion within the British Commonwealth.
Article 5 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State provided that "No title of honour in respect of any services rendered in or in relation to the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) may be conferred on any citizen of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann) except with the approval or upon the advice of the Executive Council of the State".
Irish citizens who are also dual citizens of the U.K. or a Commonwealth realm can accept substantive knighthoods, but require permission from the Irish Government to accept, which is always granted.
Pages in category "Irish knights"
The following 181 pages are in this category, out of 181 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Charles Bent Ball
- Christopher Barnewall
- Patrick Barnewall (died 1622)
- Jonah Barrington (judge)
- David Barry (physician)
- Andrew Beattie (politician)
- Francis Beaufort
- George Bellew
- John Benson (architect)
- Edmund Thomas Bewley
- Edward Coey Bigger
- Ralph Bingley
- Paget Bourke
- Richard Bourke
- George Bowen
- Graham John Bower
- Patrick Francis Branigan
- Eric de Burgh
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- Charles Cameron (physician)
- Henry Campbell (MP)
- Charles Carney (Jacobite)
- Edward Carson
- Richard Church (general)
- Terence O'Dempsey, 1st Viscount Clanmalier
- Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan
- Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara
- Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)
- John Cornwalsh
- James Craig (physician)
- Michael Creagh (politician)
- O'Moore Creagh
- Charles Curran (television executive)
- Ralph Smith Cusack
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- Arthur Brooke Faulkner
- Samuel Ferguson
- Connell Ferrall
- Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer)
- Adrian FitzGerald
- Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin
- Desmond FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin
- Sir George FitzGerald, 23rd Knight of Kerry
- John Fitzgerald (governor)
- John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry
- Maurice FitzGerald, 14th Knight of Kerry
- Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry
- Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry
- Sir Peter FitzGerald, 1st Baronet
- Richard Fitzgerald (died 1776)
- Robert FitzGerald, 17th Knight of Kerry
- Dennis Fitzpatrick (civil servant)
- Christopher Forster
- William Franklin (Ireland)
- Peter Freyer
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- Charles MacCarthy (British Army officer)
- Dermot MacDermot
- Terence MacDermott
- Antony MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell
- Bryan Mahon
- Frederick Maurice (military historian)
- Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo
- Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
- Robert McCall (barrister)
- John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath
- Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath
- Michael Mitchell (politician)
- Arthur Morse
- Charles Coote, 2nd Earl of Mountrath
- Thomas Myles
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- Domhnall mac Conchobair Ó Briain
- Rory O'Moore
- Cormac MacBaron O'Neill
- Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet
- Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet
- Sir Timothy O'Brien, 1st Baronet
- John Robert O'Connell
- James O'Connor (Irish judge)
- Donnell O'Donnell
- Hugh Duff O'Donnell
- Michael O'Dwyer
- Eoin O'Gallagher
- Arthur O'Neill (soldier)
- Turlough McHenry O'Neill
- Tony O'Reilly
- James Ormond (administrator)
- Lambert Hepenstal Ormsby
- Brian O'Rourke
- William Orpen
- Thomas O'Shaughnessy