List of Kilkenny people
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This is a list of Kilkenny people including those who were born in County Kilkenny, in Ireland and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in County Kilkenny, but have lived there for most of their lives or are associated with County Kilkenny.
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Contents
Art
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Actors
- James O'Neill (1849–1920)
Architecture
- James Hoban (1762–1831)
Artists
- Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941)
- Gerard Casey (born c1960)
- Edmund Garvey (1740–1813)
Painters
- Mildred Ann Butler (1858–1941)
- Kathleen Marescaux (1868–1944)
- Tony O'Malley (1913–2003)
Sculptor
- Christopher Hewetson (1739–1799)
Writing
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- Deborah Alcock (1825–1913), author
- John Banim (1798–1842), novelist
- Hubert Butler (1900–1991), essayist
- James Graves (1815–1886), antiquarian and author
- Constantia Grierson (1705–1732), editor, poet, and classical scholar
- Thomas Kilroy (born 1934), playwright and novelist
- John Locke (1847–1889), poet, writer and Fenian
- Dónall Mac Amhlaigh (1926–1989), writer
- Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (c.1580–c.1652), scholar and poet
- Francis MacManus (1909–1965), novelist
- John O'Donovan (1806–1861), scholar
- Standish James O'Grady (1846–1928), author, journalist, and historian[1]
- Richard Lalor Sheil (1791–1851), politician, writer and orator
Music
- John Martyn (1948–2009)
- Seamus Moore (born 1947)
- George William Torrance (1835–1907)
- Ronan Tynan (born 1960)
Military
- John Barry (1873–1901), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Dan Bryan (1900–1985), Army officer
- John Byrne (1832–1879), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Frederick Hall (1885–1915), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Walter Hamilton (1856–1879), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Robert Johnston (1872–1950), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Ryan (1823–1858), recipient of the Victoria Cross
Politicians
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- Liam Aylward (born 1952)
- James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610–1688)
- James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665–1745)
- Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c1467–1539)
- Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory (1634–1680)
- Robert Cane (1807–1858)
- John Dunn, Jr. (1827–?), American politician
- Jim Gibbons (1924–1997), Irish politician, Minister of Agriculture.
- Phil Hogan (born c1965)
- John McGuinness (born 1955)
- James Stephens (1825–1901), Fenian
Religious
- William Carrigan (1857–1924)
- James J. Davis (1852–1926)
- Michael Anthony Fleming (c1792–1850)
- Thomas Francis Hendricken (1827–1886)
- John Ireland (1838–1918)
Science, education and technology
- Robert Barber (1749–1783)
- George Berkeley (1685–1753)
- Abraham Colles (1773–1843)
- Peter Wyse Jackson (born c1955)
Sport
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- D.J. Carey (born 1970)
- Eddie Keher (born 1941)
- Maeve Kyle (born 1928)
- James Mason (1849–1905), Irish-born chess player
Hurling
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Players
Managers
Boxing
- James Maurice Herlihy - winner, Middleweight Leinster Championships 1938–1939
Women
- Anne Anderson, Irish ambassador to the United States
- Lady Mary Butler (1689–1713)
- Mabel Cahill, US Open Tennis Champion
- Senator Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (1857–1933), philanthropist
- Dame Alice Kyteler (1280–c1325)
People who lived or were educated in Kilkenny
- Michael Byrne (1761–?)
- John Clyn (14th century)
- William Congreve (1670–1729)
- Joseph Fiennes
- Ralph Fiennes
- Oisín Kelly (1915–1981)
- Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338–1368)
- Theobald Mathew (1790–1856)
- Séamus Pattison (born 1936)
- Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844)
- Eoin Ryan, Jr. (born 1953)
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
People who died or are buried in Kilkenny
- John Lavery (1856–1941)
Other people associated with Kilkenny
- Saint Brendan (460–577)
- Saint Canice (525–599)
- Saint Fiachra died 670
- Saint Finbarr (c550–c620)
- Saint Kieran (350–400)
- Thomas Nash Irish fisherman, settled in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; founder of Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador[2]
See also
References
- ↑ From County Cork, became editor of the Kilkenny Moderator.
- ↑ http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12903
