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Famous people · Bishopstown, Cork
15 famous people were born in Bishopstown, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Ian Turner, the association football player, with articles in 3 languages. The largest group, 8, was born since 1970. The list runs from Larry McCarthy, born in 1954, to Conor Cahalane, born in 1997. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 10.3, close to the 13.4 of the typical Co. Cork town.
Born here
15
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ian Turner
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1954
Larry McCarthy
Youngest
1997
Conor Cahalane
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Bishopstown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bishopstown’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 5.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bishopstown is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bishopstown
By how many languages cover them, Ian Turner comes first (3), then Barry Coffey (2) and Brian Cuthbert (2).
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Sports
Barry Coffey
born 1965Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
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Brian Cuthbert
born 1975Gaelic footballer and manager
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Bishopstown
Another 12, 7 of them athletes.
Larry McCarthy
born 1954Irish Gaelic football player, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Turner's Cross has the most people on record, 11 of them.
Questions about famous people from Bishopstown
Who is the most famous person from Bishopstown?
Ian Turner (association football player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Barry Coffey and Brian Cuthbert.
How many famous people were born in Bishopstown?
15 people born in Bishopstown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Bishopstown known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 10 of the 15. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bishopstown?
Larry McCarthy, born in 1954. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Bishopstown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bishopstown’s neighbourhood (its Census 2022 Small Areas), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed. In Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford a birth recorded only as the city stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only people recorded as born in it.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a county or just “Ireland”, a townland or village we don’t list, another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). A birthplace is placed in a town by its own Wikidata item, its Logainm place name, or a point inside its CSO 2022 outline; a birth recorded only as one of the five cities stays on the city’s page. Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across Irish towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Larry McCarthy: Belmccarthy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Lewis: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ricky Dineen: Ricky Dineen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).