#1Science & Medicine
Agnes Mary Clerke
1842–1907Irish astronomer and writer (1842–1907)
33 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Performers stand out among the 24 famous people born in Skibbereen
Agnes Mary Clerke, the Irish astronomer and writer, is the most widely known, written about in 33 languages. Behind the leader come Emily Hegarty and Kieron Moore. Between 1922 and 1969, 7 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1804, Alexander Clerke is the first name on record, and Emily Hegarty, born in 1998, the most recent.
Born here
24
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Agnes Mary Clerke
33 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1804
Alexander Clerke
Youngest
1998
Emily Hegarty
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Skibbereen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Skibbereen is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Skibbereen’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Skibbereen
The three are covered in 33, 12 and 11 languages: Agnes Mary Clerke, Emily Hegarty and Kieron Moore.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Kieron Moore
1924–2007Irish actor (1924–2007)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Skibbereen
Here are 21 more, born from 1804 to 1997.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bantry lists the most people: 19.
Questions about famous people from Skibbereen
Who is the most famous person from Skibbereen?
Agnes Mary Clerke (Irish astronomer and writer (1842–1907)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 33 languages. Next come Emily Hegarty and Kieron Moore.
How many famous people were born in Skibbereen?
24 people born in Skibbereen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 28 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Skibbereen known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 24. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Skibbereen?
Alexander Clerke, born in 1804. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Skibbereen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Skibbereen’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 (9)
- Agnes Mary Clerke: Hayman Selig Mendelssohn (1847–1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Hegarty: Diplomatic Security Service from Washington, D.C., United States of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kieron Moore: Warner Bros., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gearóid O'Sullivan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Wycherley: Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellen Mary Clerke: Lady Huggins, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Ludgate: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Richard Wolfe: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Michael Healy: Lafayette, Dublin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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