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Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Knockrea, Cork
Knockrea counts 7 famous people, first among them Alison Oliver
Most widely known is Alison Oliver, the Irish actress, with articles in 16 languages. Michael Twomey is second and Eugene O'Connell third. 4 of them were born in the Revival and independence years, more than in any other period. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 13.4, close to the 13.4 of the typical Co. Cork town.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alison Oliver
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1875
Steva Riordan
Youngest
1997
Alison Oliver
The best known
Born in Knockrea
Performers take two of the three places.
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Film, TV & Stage
Michael Twomey
1933–2017Irish actor, comedian, director, producer and writer (1933-2017)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Through the years
When Knockrea’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
NotableFilm, TV & StageSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Knockrea is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Knockrea
Another 4, the earliest born in 1875.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Knockrea, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Knockrea
Who is the most famous person from Knockrea?
Alison Oliver (Irish actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come Michael Twomey and Eugene O'Connell.
How many famous people were born in Knockrea?
7 people born in Knockrea 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 Knockrea?
Steva Riordan, born in 1875. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Knockrea?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Knockrea’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.
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).