Byrne, former Formula 1 racing driver. David Kearney, rugby player. Rob Kearney, rugby player, current player for both Leinster and Ireland. Frank Lynch (Gaelic footballer). Pete McArdle (1929–1985), long-distance runner who became a U.S. citizen, taking a gold medal for the United States at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. Tom McCormick, (1890–1916), professional welterweight boxer, who won the British welterweight title, British Empire welterweight title, and the World Welterweight Title. Jim McQuillan, Irish international darts player. Kyle Moran, football player. Grace Murray, football player. Israel Olatunde, sprinter Emmanuel Osadebe, football player. Tom Sharkey (1873–1953), heavyweight boxer. Steve Staunton, former football player and former Republic of Ireland national football team manager. Tommy Traynor (1933–2006), former footballer, Republic of Ireland national football team and Southampton FC left-back. Military George Martin Lees (1898–1955), British soldier, geologist and leading authority on the geology of the Middle East. Francis Leopold McClintock (1819–1907), Royal Navy Rear Admiral, Arctic explorer, discoverer of the fate of Franklin. Lisa Smith (soldier), a former Irish soldier who converted to Islam and later travelled to Syria during the Syrian Civil War to join Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Anthony Coningham Sterling (1805–1871), British Army officer and historian, author of The Highland Brigade in the Crimea. Business Phil Flynn, trade unionist, industrial relations consultant, government advisor, and financier. Larry Goodman, entrepreneur in the beef industry. #22 on the Irish Independent Rich List 2017. Pearse Lyons (1944–2018), entrepreneur; founder of Kentucky-based Alltech Inc.; number 5 on the Irish Independent Rich List 2017. Martin Naughton, entrepreneur founded GlenDimplex. #11 on the Irish Independent Rich List 2017. Brendan Ogle, trade union official. John Swift (1896–1990), trade union leader. Other Agnes Burns (1762–1834), sister of the poet Robert Burns lived at Stephenstown with her husband William Galt between 1817 and 1834. Sheila Hodgers (1957–1983), died of cancer after being denied treatments while pregnant, because the Catholic ethos of the hospital did not wish to harm the foetus. Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person ever to be born and die in Ireland, at 111 years and 327 days. References Dundalk People Dundalk