WC#1
Military
William Cosgrove
1888–1936Recipient of the Victoria Cross
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Stardomax · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Whitegate, Co. Cork
4 famous people call Whitegate their birthplace
At the top of the list is the recipient of the Victoria cross William Cosgrove, covered in 3 languages. The next two names are Kieran O'Connor and Conor Counihan. From William Cosgrove to Kieran O'Connor, the births on the list run from 1888 to 1979. The biggest group are athletes: 2.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Cosgrove
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1888
William Cosgrove
Youngest
1979
Kieran O'Connor
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Whitegate
William Cosgrove, Kieran O'Connor and Conor Counihan are written about in 3, 2 and 1 languages.
KO#2
Sports
Kieran O'Connor
1979–2020Irish Gaelic football player (1979-2020)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CC#3
Sports
Conor Counihan
born 1959Irish Gaelic football player and manager
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Whitegate’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Whitegate is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Whitegate
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Mahon has the most on record, with 58.
STMahon · 15 kmSusan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford & 57 more
Cobh · 6 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreEBMidleton · 10 kmEdward Bransfield & 37 moreCMDouglas · 14 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreJHCloyne · 8 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 10 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 more
Passage West-Monkstown · 9 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreFHCarrigaline · 12 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 more
Cobh · 6 kmSonia O'Sullivan & 41 moreEBMidleton · 10 kmEdward Bransfield & 37 moreCMDouglas · 14 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreJHCloyne · 8 kmJohn Joseph Hennessy & 10 moreDBCarrigtwohill · 10 kmDáibhí de Barra & 10 morePassage West-Monkstown · 9 kmJ. Kevin Boland & 7 moreFHCarrigaline · 12 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Whitegate
Who is the most famous person from Whitegate?
William Cosgrove (recipient of the Victoria Cross) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Kieran O'Connor and Conor Counihan.
How many famous people were born in Whitegate?
4 people born in Whitegate have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Whitegate known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Whitegate?
William Cosgrove, born in 1888. The youngest on the list was born in 1979.
Who counts as from Whitegate?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Whitegate’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)
- Sonia O'Sullivan: Sean Kelly MEP from Ireland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Kevin Boland: Saint Joseph Catholic Church, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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