JB#1
Film, TV & Stage
Jessie Buckley
born 1989Irish actress and singer (born 1989)
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Famous people · Killarney, Co. Kerry
Athletes stand out among the 48 famous people born in Killarney
Articles in 53 languages make the Irish actress and singer Jessie Buckley the best known. Second and third on the list are Gillian O'Sullivan and Seán Kelly. The largest group, 15, was born since 1970. From Hugh Kelly to Oisin Murphy, the births on the list run from 1739 to 1995.
Born here
48
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jessie Buckley
53 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1739
Hugh Kelly
Youngest
1995
Oisin Murphy
Most common field
Sports
27 people
What stands out about Killarney’s famous people
Known worldwideJessie Buckley is written about in 53 languages.A town of athletes27 of the 48 people born here are athletes, 1.7× the usual share among Irish towns.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 1995, among 19 since 1950.48 notable peopleWith 48 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Killarney
By how many languages cover them, Jessie Buckley comes first (53), then Gillian O'Sullivan (14) and Seán Kelly (10).
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SK#3
Politics & Law
Seán Kelly
born 1952Irish politician, hurler and Gaelic footballer
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Known for
What Killarney is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.7 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Killarney’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 7 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageNotableWriting & ArtsMilitaryBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Killarney
45 more, 27 of them athletes.
Edward Eagar
1787–1866Lawyer, convict and merchant from Ireland and New South Wales, Australia
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Edward O'Neill
1820–1890American merchant, banker and politician from Wisconsin (1820-1890)
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Julius Green
1912–1990Scottish prisoner of war who worked as a spy for MI9 during his time at Colditz Castle
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Thomas Fitton
1911–2000Anglo-Irish cricketer and Royal Air Force officer (1911-2000)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Kenmare’s, at 10 names.
Questions about famous people from Killarney
Who is the most famous person from Killarney?
Jessie Buckley (Irish actress and singer (born 1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 53 languages. Next come Gillian O'Sullivan and Seán Kelly.
How many famous people were born in Killarney?
48 people born in Killarney have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 59 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Killarney known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 27 of the 48. That is 56% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killarney?
Hugh Kelly, born in 1739. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Killarney?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killarney’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 (13)
- Paul Nagle: RobindesB, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John M. O'Sullivan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oisin Murphy: Jlvsclrk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colm Cooper: Ulster GAA, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Field: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Coghlan: Etienne Ansotte, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Niamh Ní Charra: Cindy Funk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Bradshaw Egan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward O'Neill: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eoin Brosnan: Myrtle26, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Sullivan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Phibbs Jones: No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Park, Roland (Sergeant), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Mary Bradley: w:John Gilmary Shea is the author of the book., Public domain, 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).