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Photo: Guliolopez · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Turner's Cross, Cork
Turner's Cross’ famous people span 107 years: 11 births from 1873 to 1980
Most widely known is Michael McCarthy, the Irish singer and actor, with articles in 2 languages. Close behind are Mick Archer and Séamus Coughlan. Only 22 of the 97 towns in Co. Cork with anyone on record list more. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michael McCarthy
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1873
Jack Leonard
Youngest
1980
Derek Kavanagh
The best known
Born in Turner's Cross
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Sports
Séamus Coughlan
1953–2013Gaelic football player (1953–2013)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Turner's Cross’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 3.
NotableSportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Turner's Cross is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 4.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Turner's Cross
A further 8 follow, born between 1873 and 1980.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Togher, with 9.
Questions about famous people from Turner's Cross
Who is the most famous person from Turner's Cross?
Michael McCarthy (Irish singer and actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Mick Archer and Séamus Coughlan.
How many famous people were born in Turner's Cross?
11 people born in Turner's Cross have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Turner's Cross?
Jack Leonard, born in 1873. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Turner's Cross?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Turner's Cross’ 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.
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