List of Kilkenny people

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.

Art

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

• 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

• 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

• D.J. Carey (born 1970)
• Eddie Keher (born 1941)
• Maeve Kyle (born 1928)
• James Mason (1849–1905), Irish-born chess player
• Sinead Delahunty-Evans, Olympic athlete

Hurling

Players

Peter Barry Eddie Brennan Paddy Buggy D.J. Carey Charlie Carter Martin Comerford Frank Cummins JJ Delaney Pa Dillon Michael Fennelly Ger Fennelly

Liam Fennelly James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick Pat Henderson Joe Hennessy Noel Hickey Michael Kavanagh Eddie Keher Jim Langton Eoin Larkin Paddy Larkin

Phil Larkin Philly Larkin Derek Lyng James McGarry Lory Meagher Liam 'Chunky' O'Brien Eddie O'Connor Willie O'Connor Paddy Phelan Richie Power Snr

Richie Power Jnr T. J. Reid PJ Ryan Henry Shefflin Noel Skehan John Tennyson Jackie Tyrrell Jimmy Walsh Michael Walsh Ollie Walsh Tommy Walsh

Managers

• Brian Cody
• Pat Henderson
• Fr. Tommy Maher
• Ollie Walsh

Boxing

• James Maurice Herlihy - winner, Middleweight Leinster Championships 1938–1939

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

• 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)
• 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

• Viscount Mountgarret
• List of Irish people
• The Riordans
• Lists of people by nationality
  • List of Cork people
  • List of Donegal people
  • List of Dublin people
  • List of Galway people
  • List of Kilkenny people
  • List of Limerick people
  • List of Sligo people
  • List of Waterford people

References

1. From County Cork, became editor of the Kilkenny Moderator.
2. http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12903

External links

• Kilkenny Genealogy – Surnames