#1Military
Pat O'Callaghan
1905–1991Irish athletics competitor (1905-1991)
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Kanturk, Co. Cork
From 1842 to 1999, Kanturk was the birthplace of 12 famous people
Pat O'Callaghan, the Irish athletics competitor, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. Behind the leader come Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and D. D. Sheehan. 4 were born in 1970 or later. The list’s best known name, Pat O'Callaghan, dates from 1905.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pat O'Callaghan
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1842
Jeremiah O'Sullivan
Youngest
1999
Ryan Walsh
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Kanturk
Pat O'Callaghan has articles in 28 languages, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington in 14 and D. D. Sheehan in 5.
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#2Writing & Arts
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
1877–1946Irish feminist & nationalist (1877–1946)
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Through the years
When Kanturk’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1900s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kanturk is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 4 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Kanturk
Here are 9 more, born from 1842 to 1999.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Kanturk
Who is the most famous person from Kanturk?
Pat O'Callaghan (Irish athletics competitor (1905-1991)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 28 languages. Next come Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington and D. D. Sheehan.
How many famous people were born in Kanturk?
12 people born in Kanturk have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kanturk known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 12. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kanturk?
Jeremiah O'Sullivan, born in 1842. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Kanturk?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kanturk’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 (6)
- Pat O'Callaghan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington: Underwood & Underwood, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. D. Sheehan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Daly: Spinaci, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Nash: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Kane: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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