St. Patrick's Day: Irish Stars

It's that time of year again when all we see is green, courtesy of St. Patrick's Day. In honor of the annual tradition, iHeartRadio wanted to spread the Irish love with a list of some of our favorite Irish stars. From P!nk to Colin Farrell, there are plenty of celebrities of Irish descent and we're here to spread the knowledge around. Take a look below!

Michael Fitzpatrick (Fitz and the Tantrums)

Michael Fitzpatrick gets his Irish background from his father, Robert Fitzpatrick, who is 100 percent Irish-American.

Tori Kelly

Tori Kelly gets her Irish background from her mother, who is of Irish and German descent. She's also Jamaican and Puerto Rican, thanks to her father.

Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy)

Some of Patrick's closest Irish ancestors were from Southern Ireland!

P!nk

P!nk is quite a mix of ethnicities. The pop star previously described her background herself as "Irish-German-Lithuanian-Jew."

Colin Farrell

If you're a fan of Colin Farrell, you obviously know of his Irish background. Just listen to the actor talk. He was born in Castleknock, Dublin.

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde was born in NYC, but her father, Andrew Cockburn, was raised in Ireland.

U2

The band was formed in Dublin.

The Rovers

Sinead O'Connor

The Script

The Irish pop rock band formed in 2001. Lead singer Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan became been best friends while growing up in Dublin together.

Niall Horan

The One Direction band mate was born in Mullingar, Republic of Ireland.

Enya

The singer-songwriter was born in Gweedore, Republic of Ireland.

The Cranberries

These rockers came together in Limerick, Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Snow Patrol

This Northern Irish alt-rock band formed in 1994.

Van Morrison

He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Gilbert O'Sullivan

The Irish singer-songwriter was born in Waterford, Republic of Ireland.

Thin Lizzy

The rockers of Thin Lizzy joined forces in Dublin in 1969.

Hozier

He was born in Bray, Republic of Ireland.

The Jonas Brothers

These bros are not only of Irish descent but also Italian, German, Cherokee, English, Scottish, and French-Canadian!

Demi Lovato

Demi is of Irish descent on her mom's side.

Darren Criss

He's Irish from his father's side.

Mandy Moore

Mandy's dad is of Irish and Cherokee descent.

Christina Aguilera

The multi-cultural singer is Ecuadorian on her dad's side as well as German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch on her mom's side.

Mariah Carey

Her mother is of Irish descent.

Michelle Branch

Her father is Irish.

Alicia Keys

Her mother is of half Italian and half English/Irish/Scottish descent.

Nick and Aaron Carter

Alice Cooper

Cooper is of English, Huguenot, Irish, Scottish, and Sioux ancestry.

Chris Colfer

Chris is Irish and proud! He's said "I'm very Irish, my family is all Irish and St. Patrick's day in my house is crazy."

Elvis

He was Scots-Irish, with some French Norman ancestry.

Zooey Deschanel

This half of She and Him has Irish, French, Swiss, and Dutch roots.

Vanessa Hudgens

This singer-actress is of Irish descent on her father's side.

Benji and Joel Madden

The Madden Brothers are of Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry. They even have Irish flag tattoos!

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce is of Irish and Dutch ancestry on his father's side.

Tim McGraw

The country hunk is of Irish and Italian descent on his mother's side and of Scots-Irish, English, Scottish, French, Dutch, Czech and German descent on his father's side.

Howie D.

This Backstreet Boy is Irish on his father's side.

Hilary Duff

She has Northern Irish, German, English, Scottish, Welsh, and French ancestry.

Patrick Monahan

The Train frontman is of Irish descent and has said his daughter talks too much, just like him, because they're Irish.

Macklemore

He is primarily of Irish descent and even has a song titled "Irish Celebration".

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