Shanballymore is the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the Irish hurler Denis Daly, covered in one language. Behind the leader come Tom Mannix and Willie Griffin. Denis Daly (1876) and Tom Mannix (1963) mark the two ends of the list. Of its neighbours, Mallow, 15 km away, lists the most: 34, Paul Kane first.
Born in Shanballymore
Counted by languages, Denis Daly is ahead of Tom Mannix and Willie Griffin: 1, 1 and 1.
What Shanballymore is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Mallow lists the most people: 34.
Questions about famous people from Shanballymore
Who is the most famous person from Shanballymore?
Denis Daly (Irish hurler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Tom Mannix and Willie Griffin.
How many famous people were born in Shanballymore?
3 people born in Shanballymore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shanballymore?
Denis Daly, born in 1876. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Shanballymore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shanballymore’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)
- Paul Kane: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michelle O'Neill: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, 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).

