BO#1
Film, TV & Stage
Bill O'Herlihy
1938–2015Irish sports broadcaster (1938-2015)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Glasheen, Cork
Glasheen is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Bill O'Herlihy, the Irish sports broadcaster, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the Irish hurler Dan Kennefick. The earliest on the list is Dan Kennefick, born in 1888, and the youngest Bill O'Herlihy, born in 1938. Bishopstown, 2 km off, can claim 15 famous people, the best known Ian Turner.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bill O'Herlihy
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1888
Dan Kennefick
Youngest
1938
Bill O'Herlihy
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Glasheen
DK#2
Known for
What Glasheen is known for
The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 1 people.
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, Bishopstown has the most on record: 15.
Questions about famous people from Glasheen
Who is the most famous person from Glasheen?
Bill O'Herlihy (Irish sports broadcaster (1938-2015)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Dan Kennefick.
How many famous people were born in Glasheen?
2 people born in Glasheen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Glasheen known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Glasheen?
Dan Kennefick, born in 1888. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.
Who counts as from Glasheen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Glasheen’s neighbourhood (its Census 2022 Small Areas), 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. In Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford a birth recorded only as the city stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only people recorded as born in it.
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).
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- Ricky Dineen: Ricky Dineen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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