1966), Scottish footballer (Ayr United) and TV pundit Neil Tierney, Australian rugby league footballer Paul Tierney (footballer) (born 1982 in England), Irish football (soccer) player Ross Tierney (born 2001) Irish footballer Ryan Tierney, Scottish footballer Sam Tierney (born 1998), English footballer for Leicester City Tommy Tierney, English footballer In Gaelic Football Benny Tierney, Irish Gaelic goalkeeper and sports journalist David Tierney (born 1979), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer John Tierney (Gaelic footballer) (born 1982), Gaelic footballer Matthew Tierney (Gaelic footballer) Irish Gaelic footballer Michael Tierney (Gaelic footballer) (born 1986), from Laois in Ireland Noel Tierney (born 1942), Irish Gaelic footballer and sportsperson Tomás Tierney (born 1961), Irish Gaelic footballer In Rugby Dylan Tierney-Martin (born 1999), Irish rugby union player Lewis Tierney (born 1994), Scottish international rugby league player Matt Tierney (born 1996), Canadian Rugby union player Melbourne Tierney (born 1924), Welsh rugby league player Paul Tierney (rugby league) (1919–1973), Australian rugby league footballer Tom Tierney (rugby union), Irish rugby union player In other sports Bill Tierney (baseball) (1858–1898), with Cincinnati red stockings Chris Tierney (ice hockey) (born 1994), Canadian hockey player Cotton Tierney (1894–1953), American baseball second and third baseman Erin Tierney (born 1970), Cook Islander female Olympic sprinter Festus Tierney (1899–1973), American NFL guard with Toledo Maroons Jack Tierney (1893–1968), American basketball player and coach Jade Tierney (born 2004), Cook Islander Olympic canoeist James Tierney (footballer) (1878–1959), Australian rules footballer Joe Tierney (1903–2004), American sprinter at the 1928 Olympics John Tierney (cricketer) (born 1964), English cricketer John Tierney (rower), American rower Meghan Tierney, US Olympic snowboarder Paul Tierney (hurler) (born 1982), Irish hurler and ultrarunner Shea Tierney (born 1986), American football and coach for New York giants Tim Tierney (American football) (1943–2012) American football player and coach Tom Tierney (hurler) (1894–1984), Irish hurler Trevor Tierney American Lacrosse goaltender and coach Bill Tierney, lacrosse coach Other fields In Business Brian Tierney (born 1957), American businessman and newspaper publisher Michael Tierney (born 1989), American businessman, founder of Stuffed Puffs Paul E. Tierney (born 1943), American business professor and venture capitalist Thomas J. Tierney (born 1954), business executive, chairman of eBay In Education Alison J. Tierney CBE (born 1948), British nursing theorist and researcher Charles Rust-Tierney (born 1955), American ACLU chapter president James Tierney (politician) (born 1947), Attorney General of Maine Keith Tierney Canadian scientist and academic Myles Tierney (1937–2017), American mathematician and professor Robert J. Tierney, Dean Emeritus at the University