#1Military
Timothy McCarthy
1888–1917Royal Navy sailor (1888-1917)
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Famous people · Kinsale, Co. Cork
29 famous people were born in Kinsale, more of them soldiers and sailors than in most towns
Timothy McCarthy, the Royal Navy sailor, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Second and third on the list are Eileen Desmond and William Napier, 9th Lord Napier. 10 of them were born in the Revival and independence years, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is William Markham’s, in 1719, and the last Darragh Hurley’s, in 1985.
Born here
29
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Timothy McCarthy
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1719
William Markham
Youngest
1985
Darragh Hurley
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
What stands out about Kinsale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Kinsale is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 3.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Kinsale
Soldiers and sailors take two of the three places.
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Politics & Law
Eileen Desmond
1932–2005Irish politician (1932-2005)
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#3Military
William Napier, 9th Lord Napier
1786–1834Royal Navy officer
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Through the years
When Kinsale’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1880s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kinsale
Here are 26 more, born from 1719 to 1985.
Geraldine Scholastica Gibbons
1817–1901Mother superior and founder of Sisters of the Good Samaritan
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Bandon counts 31 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Bandon · 15 kmFinbarr of Cork & 30 moreCMDouglas · 19 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreITBishopstown · 20 kmIan Turner & 14 moreMMTurner's Cross · 20 kmMichael McCarthy & 10 moreJCInishannon · 12 kmJack Crowley & 8 moreGCTogher · 19 kmGer Cunningham & 8 moreFHCarrigaline · 15 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 moreDDCrosshaven · 19 kmDan Desmond & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Kinsale
Who is the most famous person from Kinsale?
Timothy McCarthy (Royal Navy sailor (1888-1917)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Eileen Desmond and William Napier, 9th Lord Napier.
How many famous people were born in Kinsale?
29 people born in Kinsale have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 34 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kinsale known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 7 of the 29. That is 24% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kinsale?
William Markham, born in 1719. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Kinsale?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kinsale’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 (10)
- Timothy McCarthy: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Napier, 9th Lord Napier: "courtesy of Lord Napier and Ettrick", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Markham: Benjamin West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Gillman: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Bowen: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Geraldine Scholastica Gibbons: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mortimer McCarthy: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R. G. Acton: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Patrick Kenneth Leahy: 0x0n, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Finbarr of Cork: Carsten Hemberger, derivate Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 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).