FM#1
Politics & Law
Fachtna Murphy
born 1952Irish Police Commissioner
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Timoleague, Co. Cork
Timoleague is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the Irish Police commissioner Fachtna Murphy, with an article in one language. John Fihelly is second and Mark Foley third. Born in 1882, John Fihelly is the first name on record, and Mark Foley, born in 1967, the most recent. Within 9 km, Clonakilty lists the most: 32, with Michael Collins first.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Fachtna Murphy
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1882
John Fihelly
Youngest
1967
Mark Foley
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Timoleague
Fachtna Murphy, John Fihelly and Mark Foley are written about in 1, 1 and 1 languages.
JF#2
Sports
John Fihelly
1882–1945Australian rugby union footballer, rugby league footballer and administrator, and Labor party politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
MF#3
Known for
What Timoleague is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Clonakilty, at 32.
Questions about famous people from Timoleague
Who is the most famous person from Timoleague?
Fachtna Murphy (Irish Police Commissioner) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come John Fihelly and Mark Foley.
How many famous people were born in Timoleague?
3 people born in Timoleague have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Timoleague known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Timoleague?
John Fihelly, born in 1882. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Timoleague?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Timoleague’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 (3)
- Michael Collins: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Finbarr of Cork: Carsten Hemberger, derivate Hic et nunc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy McCarthy: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).