of GE Edmund McIlhenny Inventor of hot sauce. Film directors and producers Roy E. Disney (1930–2009) – senior executive for The Walt Disney Company; son of Roy O. Disney Roy O. Disney – Walt Disney's brother Walt Disney Thom Fitzgerald – known for independent films including The Hanging Garden; grandparents were immigrants from County Kerry and County Cavan John Ford – best known for stylish Westerns and The Quiet Man Alfred Hitchcock – mother of Irish descent John Huston – became an Irish citizen in 1964; father of Irish descent Leo McCarey – Irish father Michael Moore John Sayles (1950– ) – independent film director and writer, frequently takes a small part in his own and other indie films; both parents are half Irish Gangsters and mobsters Journalists, news producers, talk show hosts Mike Barnicle Nellie Bly Jimmy Breslin William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008) Howie Carr Ann Coulter John Devoy (1842–1928) – editor of the Gaelic American 1903–1928 Phil Donahue Maureen Dowd Roger Ebert Jimmy Fallon Austin E. Ford (1857–1896) – editor of the New York Freeman Patrick Ford (1837–1913) – founded the Irish World in New York Pete Hamill Sean Hannity Magee Hickey Greg Kelly Mary McGrory – Washington political reporter and columnist James McMaster (1820–1886) – editor of Freeman's Journal (New York) Chris Matthews John Mitchel (1815–1875) – editor of leading Confederate newspaper Peggy Noonan (1950– ) – author, political analyst and columnist Conan O'Brien Soledad O'Brien – journalist and producer Norah O'Donnell John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) – editor of Boston Pilot Bill O'Reilly John L. O'Sullivan Dennis Roddy Tim Russert (1950–2008) – hosted NBC's Meet the Press 1991–2008 Mark Shields (1937–2022) Ed Sullivan Elizabeth Vargas – ABC News anchor Brian Williams – NBC News anchor Ellen DeGeneres – talk show host Law enforcement John O. Brennan – Director of the CIA Raymond W. Kelly – former New York Police Commissioner Francis O'Neill – Chicago Police Chief Bernard Kerik former NYPD commissioner (Irish mother) Bat Masterson Law William J. Brennan, Jr. – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Wayne M. Collins – civil rights attorney James B. Comey - former United States Deputy Attorney General Charles Patrick Daly - Chief Justice New York Court of Common Pleas Patrick Fitzgerald – United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Anthony Kennedy – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Frank Murphy