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Politics & Law
Richard Beamish
?–1938Irish politician and company director (1862–1938)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Robert Ashby · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Glounthaune, Cork
7 famous people were born in Glounthaune
At the top of the list is the Irish politician and company director Richard Beamish, covered in 3 languages. Shane Murphy, the Irish hurler, comes second, with Brian Corcoran third. More than half were born since 1970, 6 in all. Over 24 years of births, the list goes from Brian Corcoran (1973) to Robbie O'Flynn (1997).
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Richard Beamish
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1973
Brian Corcoran
Youngest
1997
Robbie O'Flynn
What stands out about Glounthaune’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Glounthaune’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
NotablePolitics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Glounthaune
First, Richard Beamish (3 languages), then Shane Murphy (3) and Brian Corcoran (2).
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BC#3
Sports
Brian Corcoran
born 1973Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Glounthaune is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Glounthaune
The other 4 span the years 1983 to 1997.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Mahon’s, with 58.
STMahon · 5 kmSusan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford & 57 more
Cobh · 7 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 more
Glanmire · 3 kmDara Murphy & 25 moreCMDouglas · 7 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 5 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 more
Passage West-Monkstown · 5 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreRCBallinlough · 8 kmRay Cummins & 3 moreMATivoli · 6 kmMyrtle Allen
Cobh · 7 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreGlanmire · 3 kmDara Murphy & 25 moreCMDouglas · 7 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 5 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 morePassage West-Monkstown · 5 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreRCBallinlough · 8 kmRay Cummins & 3 moreMATivoli · 6 kmMyrtle AllenQuestions about famous people from Glounthaune
Who is the most famous person from Glounthaune?
Richard Beamish (Irish politician and company director (1862–1938)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Shane Murphy and Brian Corcoran.
How many famous people were born in Glounthaune?
7 people born in Glounthaune have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Glounthaune?
Brian Corcoran, born in 1973. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Glounthaune?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Glounthaune’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).
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).