JR#1
Writing & Arts
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
1831–1915Irish Republican Brotherhood member, editor (1831-1915)
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Wanfried-Dublin · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Rosscarbery, Co. Cork
Writers and artists stand out among the 12 famous people born in Rosscarbery
Best known of all is Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, written about in 13 languages. Second and third on the list are Margaret Wolfe Hungerford and Patricia Cockburn. 5 of them were born between the Union and 1870, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1821
Dennis Mahony
Youngest
1999
John Hodnett
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Rosscarbery’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rosscarbery is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Rosscarbery’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1830s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rosscarbery
The three best known are all writers and artists.
MH#2
Writing & Arts
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
1855–1897Irish novelist
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PC#3
Writing & Arts
Patricia Cockburn
1914–1989Irish writer, traveller, conchologist and artist
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rosscarbery
Here are 9 more, born from 1821 to 1999.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Rosscarbery
Who is the most famous person from Rosscarbery?
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (Irish Republican Brotherhood member, editor (1831-1915)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Margaret Wolfe Hungerford and Patricia Cockburn.
How many famous people were born in Rosscarbery?
12 people born in Rosscarbery have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Rosscarbery known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 12. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rosscarbery?
Dennis Mahony, born in 1821. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Rosscarbery?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rosscarbery’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 (2)
- Michael Collins: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Mary Clerke: Hayman Selig Mendelssohn (1847–1908), Public domain, 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).