SD#1
Writing & Arts
Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill
1691–1754Irish poet
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: john salter · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Churchtown, Co. Cork
3 famous people were born in Churchtown from 1691 to 1984
Most widely known is Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, the Irish poet, with articles in 6 languages. The next two names are Heather O'Brien and Gerry Murphy. Just 16 km away, Mallow’s list holds 34 names, Paul Kane the best known. Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, the best known, was born in 1691.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1691
Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill
Youngest
1984
Heather O'Brien
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Churchtown
Counted by languages, Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill is ahead of Heather O'Brien and Gerry Murphy: 6, 2 and 1.
HO#2
Sports
Heather O'Brien
born 1984Irish rugby union footballer
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GM#3
Business
Gerry Murphy
born 1954Republic of Ireland entrepreneur and businessman
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Churchtown is known for
Share of Churchtown’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
Of the towns around it, Mallow has the most on record: 34.
Questions about famous people from Churchtown
Who is the most famous person from Churchtown?
Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (Irish poet) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Heather O'Brien and Gerry Murphy.
How many famous people were born in Churchtown?
3 people born in Churchtown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Churchtown known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Churchtown?
Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill, born in 1691. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Churchtown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Churchtown’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
- Pat O'Callaghan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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