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Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
Most of the 11 famous people born in Carrigtwohill came into the world in the Revival and independence years
At the top of the list is the Irish writer Dáibhí de Barra, covered in 3 languages. Close behind are Niall McCarthy and Willie Cummins. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 19.8, close to the 13.4 of the typical Co. Cork town.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dáibhí de Barra
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1758
Dáibhí de Barra
Youngest
1981
Niall McCarthy
The best known
Born in Carrigtwohill
Dáibhí de Barra leads with articles in 3 languages, ahead of Niall McCarthy (3) and Willie Cummins (2).
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WC#3
Notable
Willie Cummins
1921–1992Irish hurler (1921-1992)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Carrigtwohill’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
NotableWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Carrigtwohill is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Carrigtwohill
Here are 8 more, born from 1878 to 1977.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Mahon: 58.
STMahon · 11 kmSusan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford & 57 more
Cobh · 7 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreEBMidleton · 6 kmEdward Bransfield & 37 more
Glanmire · 9 kmDara Murphy & 25 moreJHCloyne · 11 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 more
Passage West-Monkstown · 8 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreRBGlounthaune · 5 kmRichard Beamish & 6 moreWCWhitegate · 10 kmWilliam Cosgrove & 3 more
Cobh · 7 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreEBMidleton · 6 kmEdward Bransfield & 37 moreGlanmire · 9 kmDara Murphy & 25 moreJHCloyne · 11 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 morePassage West-Monkstown · 8 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreRBGlounthaune · 5 kmRichard Beamish & 6 moreWCWhitegate · 10 kmWilliam Cosgrove & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Carrigtwohill
Who is the most famous person from Carrigtwohill?
Dáibhí de Barra (Irish writer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Niall McCarthy and Willie Cummins.
How many famous people were born in Carrigtwohill?
11 people born in Carrigtwohill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Carrigtwohill?
Dáibhí de Barra, born in 1758. The youngest on the list was born in 1981.
Who counts as from Carrigtwohill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Carrigtwohill’s urban area (the CSO’s 2022 urban area), 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.
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)
- Sonia O'Sullivan: Sean Kelly MEP from Ireland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dara Murphy: European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Kevin Boland: Saint Joseph Catholic Church, CC BY 3.0, 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).