Kilroy is a surname of Irish origin, specifically from County Roscommon, an anglicisation of Irish Gaelic Mac Giolla Ráith. It may refer to:
People Alix Kilroy (1903–1999), one of the first two women to have entered the administrative grade of the British Civil Service by examination Bucko Kilroy (1921–2007), American National Football League player, scout and general manager Debbie Kilroy (born 1961), Australian human rights activist, prison reformer and lawyer Eddie Kilroy, stage name of American country music producer Alva Dave Moore Elmer Kilroy (1895–1961), American politician Howard Kilroy, Irish accountant and businessman James Kilroy (politician) (1890–1954), Irish Fianna Fáil politician James J. Kilroy (1902–1962), American shipyard worker and politician, thought by some to be the origin of the "Kilroy was here" graffito James Kilroy (born 1973), convicted of the murder of Valerie French Jim Kilroy, American sailboat racer from 1950s to the 1980s Joe Kilroy (born 1960), Australian rugby league player Mark Kilroy (born 1968), American college student kidnapped, tortured and killed as a human sacrifice by cultists in Mexico Mary Jo Kilroy (born 1949), American politician Matt Kilroy (1866–1940), American Major League Baseball pitcher Matthew Kilroy (British Army soldier), British Army soldier convicted of manslaughter in 1770 in the Boston Massacre Michael Kilroy (1884–1962), Irish politician and member of the Irish Republican Army Mike Kilroy (1869–1960), American Major League Baseball pitcher Richard I. Kilroy (1927–2007), American labor union president and vice-president of the AFL-CIO Thomas Kilroy (born 1934), Irish playwright and novelist
Fictional characters the title character of Ace Kilroy, a webcomic launched in 2011
See also Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
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