Ireland (surname)

Ireland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Ireland (journalist) (1810–1894), Scottish journalist
• Alexander Ireland (1901–1966), British boxer
• Alleyne Ireland (1871–1951), British traveller and author
• Andy Ireland (born 1930), American politician
• Anthony Ireland (disambiguation)
• Betty Ireland (born 1946), American politician
• Bill Ireland (1927–2007), American college sports coach
• Billy Ireland (1880–1935), American cartoonist
• Brian Ireland (born 1980), American drummer
• Chris Ireland, American pharmacist
• Colin Ireland (1954-2012), British serial killer
• Danny Ireland (born 1990), Australian football player
• David Ireland (disambiguation)
  • David Ireland (artist) (1930–2009), American artist
  • David Ireland (author) (born 1927), Australian novelist
  • David Ireland (colonel) (1832–1864), American soldier
• Doug Ireland (born 1946), American journalist
• Eleanor Ireland, British computer scientist
• Gary Ireland (born 1961), Australian cricketer
• Innes Ireland (1930–1993), Scottish race car driver
• Jake Ireland (born 1946), Canadian football referee
• Jeff Ireland, American football administrator
• Jill Ireland (1936–1990), English actress
• John Ireland (1914–1992), Canadian-American actor and film director
• John Ireland (disambiguation)
  • John Ireland (politician) (1827–1896), American politician
  • John Ireland (archbishop) (1838–1918), American religious leader and academic
  • John Ireland (composer) (1879–1962), English composer
  • John de Courcy Ireland (1911–2006), Irish historian and activist
• Kathy Ireland (born 1963), American model, actress, author, and entrepreneur
• Kenny Ireland (born 1947), Scottish director and actor
• Kylie Ireland (born 1970), American pornographic actress and radio show host
• Marin Ireland, American actress
• Mike Ireland (born 1974), Canadian speed skater
• Patricia Ireland (born 1945), American feminist and administrator
• Paul Ireland (born 1970), Scottish actor
• Samuel Ireland (1744–1800), British author
• Stephen Ireland (born 1986), Irish footballer
• Tim Ireland (born 1953), American baseball player
• Walter Ireland (1923–2010), American politician
• William Henry Ireland (1775–1835), English forger of Shakespearean documents and plays

The word was used also as a name, like in:

• Ireland Baldwin, actress and model