There have been several players in the VFL / AFL who were born outside Australia and since 1982, an increasing number of players have been recruited from outside Australia through initiatives such as the Irish experiment and more recently, international scholarship programs.

Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes have been played for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, the Caucasus, around the Persian Gulf and in Northern Africa.

The international record is held by Jimmy O ' Connor, an Irish player who notched up his hat trick in 2 minutes 13 seconds in 1967.

John de Courcy Ireland, and his wife Beatrice, aiming to campaign for the Irish government to support international efforts to achieve nuclear disarmament and to keep Ireland free of nuclear power.

However, there were international protests particularly in Britain and the United States in 1903-04 spearheaded mainly by Edmund Dene Morel and British diplomat / Irish patriot Roger Casement, whose 1904 report on the Congo condemned the practice, as well as famous writers such as Mark Twain ( who wrote King Leopold's Soliloquy ) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

* Dual Irish international footballers

The prosperous nature of the economic climate, muted the negative influence of an early 1920s recession plus certain international conflicts such as the Polish-Soviet war, the Irish Civil War, the Turkish War of Independence and the initial phase of the Chinese Civil War.

After the Irish " No " vote, Le Pen addressed the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accusing him of furthering the agenda of a " cabal of international finance and free market fanatics.

* Peter Murphy ( footballer born 1980 ), Irish international footballer with Carlisle United

Irish commentator George Hamilton's penchant for the phrase " Danger here " has even spawned a website in honour of his gaffes on the microphone, particularly while commenting on international football matches involving the Republic of Ireland, including this one in an Ireland V Spain qualifier match.

The British claimed it was an internal affair while the Irish saw it as an international agreement between two independent states, a point which was accepted by the League of Nations, when that body registered the Treaty in 1924.

18-year old Northern Irish goalkeeper Pat Jennings also featured under McGarry, and made his international debut despite being a Third Division player.

Omagh came into the international focus of the media on 15 August 1998, when the Real Irish Republican Army exploded a car bomb in the town centre.

* Ivan Sproule – current Northern Irish soccer international and Bristol City F. C.

* Billy McMillan, former Belfast Celtic and dual IFA and FAI Irish international footballer lived his entire life in Carrickfergus.

* Ryan Eagleson, Derbyshire and Irish international cricketer, 65 caps for Ireland 1995-2004.

The Deputy DG is responsible for the operational activity of the service, being responsible for four branches ; international counter-terrorism, National Security Advice Centre ( counter proliferation and counter espionage ), Irish and domestic counter-terrorism and technical and surveillance operations.

* Stephen McPhail, Irish international and current Cardiff City football player

* Mickey Walsh ( former Irish international footballer )

British and Irish castles are today also closely linked to the international film industry, with tourist visits to castles now often involving not simply a visit to an historic site, but also a visit to the location of a popular film.

They abandoned the policy in 1989 when they signed Irish international John Aldridge from Liverpool.

* Keiren Westwood ( born 1984 ), Irish international football player

It occurred in September 1979, when the international press corps, travelling to Ireland for the visit of Pope John Paul II, told their Irish colleagues that Europe was " awash " with rumours that Hillery had a mistress living with him in Áras an Uachtaráin ( the presidential residence ), that he and his wife were divorcing and he was resigning the presidency.

The following May, the paper launched a new international edition, which is available in London and southeast England at the same time as other daily newspapers ( previously, copies of the Irish edition were flown from Dublin to major cities in Britain on passenger flights, arriving around lunchtime ).

He started the " Irish experiment " at Mebourne which started recruiting Gaelic footballers from Ireland and converting them to Australian rules footballers.

International Rules Football matches have taken place between an Irish national team drawn from the ranks of Gaelic footballers, against an Australian national team drawn from the Australian Football League.

Category: Irish association footballers ( before 1923 )

Category: Irish association footballers ( before 1923 )

* Tony Dunne and George Best become the first Irish footballers to pick up European Cup winners medals as Manchester United defeat Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium.

Whelan was born into a family of footballers from Dublin, Ireland ; his father, Ronnie Whelan Senior, was an Irish international and a key member of the successful St Patrick's Athletic side of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Category: Dual Irish international footballers

Category: Northern Irish association footballers who played for an FAI XI

Edinburgh has been home to the actor Sir Sean Connery, famed as the first cinematic James Bond ; Ronnie Corbett, a comedian and actor, best known as one of The Two Ronnies ;, actor Brian Cox and Dylan Moran, the Irish comedian.

* 1934 – Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Dubliners ) ( d. 2008 )

** Ronnie Drew, Irish Dubliner Band Singer ( d. 2008 )

These included leading Northern Irish musician Van Morrison, British blues pioneer Alexis Korner as well as Ronnie Wood, Alex Harvey and Mick Jagger ; folk musicians Martin Carthy, John Renbourn and Ashley Hutchings ; rock musicians Roger Daltrey, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Robin Trower and David Gilmour ; and popular beat music successes Graham Nash and Allan Clarke of The Hollies.

* Ronnie Bunting ( died 1980 ), Irish political activist

* Scott Tallon Walker, an Irish architecture firm founded by Michael Scott, Ronnie Tallon and Robin Walker

However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as U2, Enya, Westlife, Boyzone, Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Horslips, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Clannad, Stiff Little Fingers, Altan, Frank Patterson, The Corrs, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, The Bothy Band, De Dannan, The Divine Comedy, Josef Locke, The Irish Tenors, Van Morrison, Therapy ?, The Saw Doctors, Planxty, The Wolfe Tones, Snow Patrol, The Cranberries, In Tua Nua, The Undertones, Ash, B * Witched, Nadine Coyle, The Hothouse Flowers, The Script, Two Door Cinema Club, Something Happens, The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, Dana, Mundy, Sinéad O ' Connor, Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Val Doonican, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ruby Murray, Peter Cunnah ( of D: Ream ), Daniel O ' Donnell, Bridie Gallagher, Brendan Bowyer, Gilbert O ' Sullivan, Mary Black, Sir James Galway, Johnny Logan, Bill Whelan ( of Riverdance fame ), Damien Rice, Phil Coulter, Glen Hansard, and Celtic Woman achieving success nationally and internationally.

* Ronnie Drew ( 1934 – 2008 ), Irish folk singer and musician

Ronnie Whelan scored a spectacular volley from 18 yards to put the Irish into the lead.

Past Irish winners include Ronnie Delaney ( 1956-1959 ), Eamonn Coghlan ( 1977, ' 79 -' 81, ' 83, ' 85 and ' 87 ), Marcus O ' Sullivan ( 1986, ' 88 -' 90, 1992 and 1996 ) and Niall Bruton ( 1994 ).

They are highly respected in their native Ireland, covers of Irish ballads by Ronnie Drew and Luke Kelly are largely regarded as definitive versions.

Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna and Thomas Whelan had originally teamed up for a fundraising concert and then went on to work in a revue with the Irish comedian John Molloy at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.

" Liam turned 70 in September 2005 and sang with an Irish Legends act at the Gaiety Theater in Dublin in August 2005, with Ronnie Drew and Paddy Reilly.

In the autumn of 1969, the Irish Rugby Football Union decided to appoint a coach for the national team for the first time, the role went to Ronnie Dawson.

Joseph Ronald " Ronnie " Drew ( Irish: Ránall Ó Draoi ) ( 16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008 ) was an Irish singer and folk musician who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.

She died just a day before Ronnie was due to return to performing after his battle with cancer, at the Legends of Irish Folk concert with Johnny McEvoy, Ralph McTell and Finbar Furey.

On 19 February 2008, a song was released called " The Ballad of Ronnie Drew " performed by a number of famous Irish musicians.

The song was performed live on The Late Late Show on 22 February with Ronnie Drew in attendance as an audience member, and entered the Irish Single Charts at # 2.

Irish President Mary McAleese said Ronnie Drew had brought great pleasure to people at home and abroad and had re-energised and refreshened Ireland's unique musical heritage whilst the Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen described him as " iconic ".

He produced the charity song The Ballad of Ronnie Drew by U2, The Dubliners, Kíla, and " A Band of Bowsies " which went straight to number 1 in the Irish single charts.

Ronnie O ' Brien ( born 5 January 1979 in Bray, Ireland ) is a retired Irish footballer who last played for the San Jose Earthquakes.

Mischievous friends in Bray sent an e-mail urging Irish people to vote for Ronnie O ' Brien.