JH#1
Faith
John Joseph Hennessy
1847–1920Irish-American Catholic bishop
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cloyne, Co. Cork
From 1844 to 1978, Cloyne was the birthplace of 11 famous people
At the top of the list is the Irish-American Catholic bishop John Joseph Hennessy, covered in 8 languages. Christy Ring is second and Donal Óg Cusack third. Between the Union and 1870, 5 were born, the most of any period. The biggest group are clergy and people of faith: 3.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Joseph Hennessy
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1844
John Madden
Youngest
1978
Killian Cronin
What stands out about Cloyne’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cloyne’s famous people were born
The 1840s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cloyne
John Joseph Hennessy leads with articles in 8 languages, ahead of Christy Ring (5) and Donal Óg Cusack (5).
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Known for
What Cloyne is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is clergy and people of faith, at 6.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cloyne
8 more, 2 of them clergy and people of faith.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Mahon’s, at 58 names.
STMahon · 20 kmSusan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford & 57 more
Cobh · 12 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreEBMidleton · 7 kmEdward Bransfield & 37 more
Glanmire · 19 kmDara Murphy & 25 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 11 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 more
Passage West-Monkstown · 15 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreRBGlounthaune · 16 kmRichard Beamish & 6 moreFHCarrigaline · 19 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 more
Cobh · 12 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreEBMidleton · 7 kmEdward Bransfield & 37 moreGlanmire · 19 kmDara Murphy & 25 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 11 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 morePassage West-Monkstown · 15 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreRBGlounthaune · 16 kmRichard Beamish & 6 moreFHCarrigaline · 19 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Cloyne
Who is the most famous person from Cloyne?
John Joseph Hennessy (Irish-American Catholic bishop) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Christy Ring and Donal Óg Cusack.
How many famous people were born in Cloyne?
11 people born in Cloyne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cloyne?
John Madden, born in 1844. The youngest on the list was born in 1978.
Who counts as from Cloyne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cloyne’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).