TH#1
Politics & Law
Thomas Hunter
1885–1932Irish republican and politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Castletownroche, Co. Cork
From 1885 to 1991, Castletownroche was the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Thomas Hunter, the Irish republican and politician, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come James Deane and Jonathan O'Callaghan. Within 12 km, Mallow lists the most: 34, with Paul Kane first. Thomas Hunter was born in 1885.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas Hunter
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1885
Thomas Hunter
Youngest
1991
James Deane
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Castletownroche
Thomas Hunter has articles in 4 languages, James Deane in 3 and Jonathan O'Callaghan in 1.
JD#2
Sports
James Deane
born 1991Irish professional drift driver
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JO#3
Known for
What Castletownroche is known for
Share of Castletownroche’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Mallow has the most people on record, 34 of them.
Questions about famous people from Castletownroche
Who is the most famous person from Castletownroche?
Thomas Hunter (Irish republican and politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come James Deane and Jonathan O'Callaghan.
How many famous people were born in Castletownroche?
3 people born in Castletownroche have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castletownroche known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castletownroche?
Thomas Hunter, born in 1885. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Castletownroche?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castletownroche’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 (2)
- Paul Kane: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle O'Neill: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, 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).