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 1 
Anne Bonny
(Irish Pirate Operating in the Caribbean and One of the Few Female Pirates in Recorded History)
Anne Bonny
16
Birthdate: March 8, 1697
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: March 31, 1721

Irish pirate Anne Bonny is considered one of the most famous female pirates of all time. She operated in the Caribbean in the early 18th century. As a teenager, she became the partner and lover of the notorious English pirate captain Calico Jack Rackham. She was captured in 1720 when she was pregnant. Her fate remains unknown. 

 2 
Grace O'Malley
(Pirate)
Grace O'Malley
1
Birthdate: 1533 AD
Birthplace: Umhaill, Ireland
Died: June 18, 1603

One of the most well-known female pirates from Ireland, Grace O'Malley began seafaring at age 11. Also known as Gráinne Mhaol, or Bald Grace, for cutting off her hair in her early days to make her sea journeys easy, she is remembered for her legendary resistance to England and Queen Elizabeth I.

 3 
Larry Murphy
(Criminal)
Larry Murphy
0
Birthdate: 1966 AD
Birthplace: Glenealy, County Wicklow, Ireland
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 4 
Liam Byrne
(Criminal)
Liam Byrne
3
Birthdate: October 30, 1980
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ireland
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 5 
Violet Gibson
(Criminal)
Violet Gibson
2
Birthdate: August 31, 1876
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: May 2, 1956
 6 
Mary Jane Kelly
(Criminal)
Mary Jane Kelly
8
Birthdate: 1863 AD
Birthplace: Limerick, Ireland
Died: November 9, 1888
 7 
Grace Marks
(Irish-Canadian Maid & Murderer)
Grace Marks
24
Birthdate: 1828
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ulster
Died: 1873 AD
 8 
Angelo Fusco
(Former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who escaped during his 1981 trial for killing a Special Air Service)
Angelo Fusco
0
Birthdate: September 2, 1956
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland
 9 
William Burke
(Criminal)
William Burke
6
Birthdate: 1792 AD
Birthplace: Urney, Ireland
Died: January 28, 1829
 10 
Captain Moonlite
(Public speaker, Bank robber)
Captain Moonlite
5
Birthdate: July 5, 1842
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rathfriland, Ireland
Died: January 20, 1880
 11 
Martin Cahill
(Criminal)
Martin Cahill
4
Birthdate: May 23, 1949
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: August 18, 1994
 12 
Harry Power
(Criminal)
Harry Power
0
Birthdate: 1819 AD
Birthplace: Waterford, Ireland
Died: 1891 AD
 13 
Linda Mulhall
(Criminal)
Linda Mulhall
0
Birthdate: 1975 AD
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
 14 
Gerry Hutch
(Criminal)
Gerry Hutch
3
Birthdate: 1963 AD
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
 15 
Freddie Thompson
(Criminal)
Freddie Thompson
0
Birthdate: 1980 AD
Birthplace: Ireland
 16 
Gerard Kavanagh
(Irish Former Boxer and Criminal Who was a Senior Member of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group Run)
Gerard Kavanagh
0
Birthplace: Ireland
Died: September 6, 2014
 17 
Alexander Pearce
(Serial killer)
Alexander Pearce
2
Birthdate: 1790 AD
Birthplace: Monaghan, Ireland
Died: July 19, 1824
 18 
Charlotte Mulhall
(Murderer)
Charlotte Mulhall
0
Birthdate: 1983 AD
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
 19 
Kate Webster
(Murderer of Julia Martha Thomas)
Kate Webster
1
Birthdate: 1849 AD
Birthplace: Ireland
Died: July 29, 1879
 20 
Michael Gaughan
(Republican)
Michael Gaughan
4
Birthdate: October 5, 1949
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ballina, Ireland
Died: June 3, 1974
 21 
Catherine Nevin
(Criminal)
Catherine Nevin
3
Birthdate: October 1, 1950
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: February 19, 2018
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