boxer Cinema, television, theatre Michael Collins, actor (King of the Travellers) Sean Connery (1930–2020), Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray fictional British secret agent James in seven Bond films. Research revealed his paternal great-grandparents were Irish Travellers from County Wexford, Ireland. John Connors (born 1990), actor, screen writer, documentary film-maker and human rights activist (Love/Hate ) Patrick "Paddy" Doherty (born 1959), former bare-knuckle boxer. He is best known as one of the interviewed Irish Travelers in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2011. Hughie Maughan, runner-up of Big Brother 17, contestant on the Irish Dancing with the Stars he also partook in First dates ireland Rosaleen McDonagh, playwright References Irish Traveller Travellers