#1Politics & Law
Michelle O'Neill
born 1977First Minister of Northern Ireland since 2024
37 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Fermoy, Co. Cork
Leaders stand out among the 24 famous people born in Fermoy
Michelle O'Neill leads the list, covered in 37 languages. For every 10,000 residents there are 35.7 on the list, well above the typical Co. Cork town’s 13.4. The list is still growing: 4 were born since 1970. The earliest on the list is Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick, born in 1282, and the youngest Eoin Carey, born in 2000.
Born here
24
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michelle O'Neill
37 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1282
Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick
Youngest
2000
Eoin Carey
Most common field
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10 people
What stands out about Fermoy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Fermoy is known for
Fermoy has 2.6× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Fermoy
Three names lead: Michelle O'Neill (37 languages), Jerry Cronin (7) and George Throssell (6).
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Politics & Law
Jerry Cronin
1925–1990Irish politician (1925-1990)
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George Throssell
1840–1910Australian politician
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Through the years
When Fermoy’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Fermoy
Of the other 21, 7 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Fermoy, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Fermoy
Who is the most famous person from Fermoy?
Michelle O'Neill (first Minister of Northern Ireland since 2024) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 37 languages. Next come Jerry Cronin and George Throssell.
How many famous people were born in Fermoy?
24 people born in Fermoy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Fermoy known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 10 of the 24. That is 42% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fermoy?
Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick, born in 1282. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Fermoy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fermoy’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 (7)
- Michelle O'Neill: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Throssell: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Andrew Collins: Horner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Clarke: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Walsh: Dan Heap, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James McConnell: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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