Filson Young was born in County Antrim and was a war correspondent, musician, journalist and soldier. His works include: Ireland at the Cross Roads (1903), and When the Tide Turns (1908).

Robert Youds (born 1954) is a Canadian artist based in Victoria, British Columbia. He holds an MFA from York University and a BFA from the University of Victoria.

W. B. (William Butler) Yeats was an Irish poet.

Lily Yeats was the sister of W. B. Yeats and of Jack Yeats, and the daughter of John Butler Yeats. She was an embroiderer and worked with William Morris. Later, she headed the embroidery division of Dun Emer Industries while her sister Elizabeth was in charge of the hand press. The press was later renamed the Cuala Press.

John Butler Yeats was an Irish painter, illustrator, and man of letters who resided in Ireland and England. Yeats' son, W. B. (William Butler) Yeats, was a noted Irish poet, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Another son, Jack Yeats made his name as an artist and writer.