{"id":33620,"date":"2026-07-09T02:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/33620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T02:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:09:46","slug":"irish-celebrities-at-wimbledon-rory-mcilroy-dermot-kennedy-maura-higgins-and-more-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/33620\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish celebrities at Wimbledon: Rory McIlroy, Dermot Kennedy, Maura Higgins and more \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rory-mcilroy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rory-mcilroy\/\">Rory McIlroy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dermot-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dermot-kennedy\/\">Dermot Kennedy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/joanne-mcnally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/joanne-mcnally\/\">Joanne McNally<\/a> were among several Irish stars who attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/wimbledon\/\">Wimbledon Championships<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Making a statement by sporting the green jacket awarded to him at this year\u2019s Masters, McIlroy attended the tennis tournament with his wife, Erica Stoll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In advance of his gigs in Dublin\u2019s Aviva Stadium this week, Kennedy was at the tournament wearing a tan jacket with blue trousers and a white shirt. Fellow singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/hozier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/hozier\/\">Hozier<\/a> was there too, sporting a brown suit with converse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Elsewhere, reality TV star and presenter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/maura-higgins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/maura-higgins\/\">Maura Higgins<\/a> was spotted in a very on-theme look. She wore a white mini dress accompanied by a tennis ball-shaped bag and white shoes which had a tennis ball on each heel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Other Irish celebrities opted to go for something more colourful than the traditional Wimbledon whites. Comedian McNally wore a short pink mini dress while presenter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/angela-scanlon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/angela-scanlon\/\">Angela Scanlon<\/a> donned a check blazer with blue shorts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Laura Whitmore at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KLEXARELHRKGVRO5QKVXTABJOU.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1200\"\/>Laura Whitmore at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Hozier at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/LP7LO3IXOOQQPCNMFWABYVZKIE.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1199\"\/>Hozier at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Dermot Kennedy at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/K4JLZK7QYP2DQKYKNP7BWZAU2U.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1200\"\/>Dermot Kennedy at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Niall Horan and Amelia Woolley at Wimbledon. Photograpph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BUVAWNOQLPIBUBN6YH6QVGNB4A.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1199\"\/>Niall Horan and Amelia Woolley at Wimbledon. Photograpph: Stuart C Wilson\/Getty Images for AELTC, Wimbledon <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Joanne McNally at Wimbledon. Photograpph: Hoda Davaine\/Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VL4NKQXOTPYKRJTKASDFK25SPA.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1144\"\/>Joanne McNally at Wimbledon. Photograpph: Hoda Davaine\/Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Rory McIlroy and Erica Stoll at Wimbledon. Photograph: Ben Whitley\/PA Wire\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/I6LTG2AO34HGGWYV3HS7PEDXJU.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1136\"\/>Rory McIlroy and Erica Stoll at Wimbledon. Photograph: Ben Whitley\/PA Wire <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Maura Higgins at Wimbledon. Photograph: Karwai Tang\/WireImage\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WEQPKL3TWNARZMZ5ZYPASIC2KQ.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1129\"\/>Maura Higgins at Wimbledon. Photograph: Karwai Tang\/WireImage <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Evanna Lynch at Wimbledon. Photograph: Antony Jones\/Getty Images for Pimm's\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ECSH4EJD55AWYJNXOGGL2KPTKA.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1141\"\/>Evanna Lynch at Wimbledon. Photograph: Antony Jones\/Getty Images for Pimm&#8217;s <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ronan and Storm Keating at Wimbledon. Photograph: Andrew Matthews\/PA Wire.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ZSAZFE3R7CDED4F3X4LUAGOFVA.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1100\"\/>Ronan and Storm Keating at Wimbledon. Photograph: Andrew Matthews\/PA Wire. <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Angela Scanlon at Wimbledon. Photograph: Karwai Tang\/WireImage\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WSE4GGRW4FDHFH3PLDFH4JZU2U.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1163\"\/>Angela Scanlon at Wimbledon. Photograph: Karwai Tang\/WireImage <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amybeth McNulty at Wimbledon. Photograph: Jed Cullen\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images for Evian UK\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AEAGFPQOZBG3VMB7HMPJ5AN3SM.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1199\"\/>Amybeth McNulty at Wimbledon. Photograph: Jed Cullen\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images for Evian UK <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Fiona Shaw at Wimbledon. Photograph: Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/D3IAD7KSHC4ZE7ZF62G5DMVJ4I.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Fiona Shaw at Wimbledon. Photograph: Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy, Dermot Kennedy and Joanne McNally were among several Irish stars who attended the Wimbledon Championships this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[13910,13911,13904,13909,13905,13906,13908,13901,13902,13903,13907,399,3342,6886],"class_list":["post-33620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rory-mcilroy","tag-amybeth-mcnulty","tag-angela-scanlon","tag-dermot-kennedy","tag-evanna-lynch","tag-fiona-shaw","tag-hozier","tag-joanne-mcnally","tag-laura-whitmore","tag-maura-higgins","tag-niall-horan","tag-ronan-keating","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}