Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

is the second largest city of Ireland and largest county in Ireland and has produced many noted artists, entertainers, politicians and business people.

Historical and/or political figures

John Anderson John Anderson may refer to: Business *John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland * John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of ...

– businessman *

Sir John Arnott Sir John Arnott, 1st Baronet JP (26 July 1814 – 28 March 1898) was a Scottish-Irish entrepreneur and a major figure in the commercial and political spheres of late-19th century Cork. He was also founder of the Arnotts department chain. Backg ...

– businessman, newspaper owner *

Anthony Barry Anthony Christopher Barry (7 June 1901 – 24 October 1983) was an Irish businessman and Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency from 1961 to 1965 and 1954 to 1957. He was a Senator for the Cul ...

– politician, photographer *

Katty Barry Katty or Kathy Barry (1909 – 27 December 1982) was an Irish restaurateur and a famous Cork (city), Cork character. Biography Katty Barry was born in 1909 on Dalton's Avenue, off the Coal Quay, Cork. Her father was John Barry. Her mother had a ...

– restaurateur * Mick Barry – Teachta Dála and Socialist politician. * Peter Barry – Tánaiste * Tadhg Barry – journalist, trade unionist and nationalist * Tom Barry – guerilla leader during war of independence, author of the book ''Guerilla Days in Ireland'' *

Olive Beamish Olive Beamish (1890–1978) was an Irish-born suffragette, who wore a Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) badge whilst still at school, and became involved in the militant suffragette movement, including attacking postboxes and arson. Bea ...

– suffragette activist * Anne Bonny – pirate * Joseph Brennan – civil servant * Sir George Callaghan – Admiral of the Fleet *

Patrick Cleburne Major-General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne ( ; March 16, 1828November 30, 1864) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Born in Ireland, Cleburne served in the ...

– Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War *

Hugh Coveney Hugh Coveney (20 July 1935 – 14 March 1998) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 1996 to 1997, Minister for the Marine and Minister for Defence from 1994 to 1995 and Lord Mayor of ...

– government minister * Simon Coveney – Tánaiste *

Thomas Croke Thomas William Croke D.D. (28 May 1824 – 22 July 1902) was the second Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1870–74) and later Archbishop of Cashel and Emly in Ireland. He was important in the Irish nationalist movement especially as a C ...

– Archbishop of Cashel *

Donal Creed Donal John Creed (7 September 1924 – 23 November 2017) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from June 1981 to February 1982 and from December 1982 to February 1986. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to ...

(1924 – 2017): Fine Gael politician;

MEP MEP may refer to: Organisations and politics * Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, a political party in Sri Lanka * Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956), a former political alliance in Sri Lanka * Maison européenne de la photographie, a photography centre ...

, Teachta Dála, Minister of State under

Garret FitzGerald Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 192619 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987, and ...

Michael Creed Michael Creed (born 29 June 1963) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-West constituency since 2007, and previously from 1989 to 2002. He previously served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and ...

(b. 1963): Former Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine * Eileen Desmond – government minister,

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

Mary Elmes Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes (5 May 1908 – 9 March 2002) was an Irish aid worker credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children at various times during the Holocaust, by hiding them in the boot of her car. In 2015, she beca ...

– aid worker honoured as ' Righteous Among the Nations' for saving 200 Jewish children during WWII * Gerald Goldberg – first Jewish lord mayor *

T. C. Hammond Thomas Chatterton Hammond (born in Cork, Ireland on 20 February 1877 and died in Sydney, Australia on 16 November 1961) was an Irish Anglican cleric whose work on reformed theology and Protestant apologetics has been influential among evangelicals ...

– Church of Ireland clergyman *

William Baylor Hartland William Baylor Hartland (1836–1912) was a plantsman from Ireland. Family WB Hartland's grandfather, Richard Hartland (1745–1821), came to Ireland from the Kew Botanic Gardens in 1776 to become the gardener to the Earl of Kingston at Mitchelst ...

– plant breeder, seedsman * John Pope Hennessy – author, governor of Hong Kong and Mauritius *

Ellen Hutchins Ellen Hutchins (1785–1815) was an early Irish botanist. She specialised in seaweeds, lichens, mosses and liverworts. She is known for finding many plants new to science, identifying hundreds of species, and for her botanical illustrations in ...

– botanist *

Mary Harris "Mother" Jones Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She h ...

– labour organiser, born near Cork * Jim Lane – Irish Republican Socialist * Cornelius Lucey – Bishop of Cork and Ross *

Jack Lynch John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister ...

– Taoiseach and hurler * Thomas Mac Curtain – Lord Mayor of Cork * Terence MacSwiney – Lord Mayor and hunger striker * Daniel Mannix – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne * Micheál Martin – Taoiseach * Sake Dean Mahomed (1759–1851) – Bengali traveller, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World * Stephen Moylan – Quartermaster General of the

Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...

during the American Revolutionary War * Michael Murphy – first Irish president of the European Court of Auditors *

Nano Nagle Venerable Honora Nagle ( – 26 April 1784), known informally as Nano Nagle, was a pioneer of Roman Catholic education in Ireland despite legal prohibitions. She founded the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (PBVM), com ...

– educator who founded the Presentation Sisters * William O'Brien – nationalist politician and MP; founder of

All-for-Ireland League The All-for-Ireland League (AFIL) was an Irish, Munster-based political party (1909–1918). Founded by William O'Brien MP, it generated a new national movement to achieve agreement between the different parties concerned on the historically d ...

Fergus O'Connor Feargus Edward O'Connor (18 July 1796 – 30 August 1855) was an Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to provide smallholdings for the labouring classes. A highly charismatic figure, O'Connor was admired for his ...

– Irish nationalist and publisher *

Dáithí Ó Conaill Dáithí Ó Conaill (English: ''David O'Connell'') (May 1938 – 1 January 1991) was an Irish republican, a member of the IRA Army Council of the Provisional IRA, and vice-president of Sinn Féin and Republican Sinn Féin. He was also the firs ...

– Irish republican * Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa – nationalist *

Batt O'Keeffe Bartholomew O'Keeffe (born 2 April 1945) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation from 2010 to 2011, Minister for Education and Science from 2008 to 2010 and a Minister of State from ...

– government minister * Michael O'Riordan – socialist politician * John Cyril Porte – pioneer aviator *

John Roach John Roach may refer to any of the following: *John Roach (shipbuilder) (1816–1887), United States shipbuilder *John Roach (bishop) (1921–2003), bishop of the Catholic Church * John Roach (baseball) (1867–1934), former Major League Baseball pi ...

– major shipbuilder in

postbellum may refer to: * Any post-war period or era * Post-war period following the American Civil War (1861–1865); nearly synonymous to Reconstruction era (1863–1877) * Post-war period in Peru following its defeat at the War of the Pacific (1879� ...

United States *

Adi Roche Adi Patricia Roche (born 11 July 1955) is an Irish activist, anti-nuclear advocate, and campaigner for peace, humanitarian aid and education. She founded and is CEO of Chernobyl Children's Project International. She has focused on the relief o ...

– humanitarian campaigner * Brendan Ryan –

and lecturer at

CIT CIT or cit may refer to: Organizations * CIT Group, an American banking and financial services company * CIT Bank, a subsidiary of CIT Group * Center for Information Technology, of the US government * Compagnia Italiana Turismo, an Italian travel ...

William Henry John Seffern William Henry John Seffern (1829–1900) was a New Zealand printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian. Born in County Cork, Ireland in 1829, he emigrated to Australia before moving to Auckland, New Zealand in the 1850s. As of the mid- ...

– printer, newspaper editor, journalist and historian *

D. D. Sheehan Daniel Desmond Sheehan, usually known as D. D. Sheehan (28 May 1873 – 28 November 1948) was an Irish Irish Nationalism, nationalist, politician, Labour movement, labour leader, journalist, barrister and author. He served as Member of Parliament ...

– nationalist politician and first Labour MP *

Kathy Sinnott Kathy Sinnott (; born 29 September 1950) is a disability rights activist and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2004 to 2009. Early life Sinnott was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1 ...

–

* Robert Spence –

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Adelaide, South Australia. Cathedral St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide is the seat of the Catholic A ...

* William Thompson – political and philosophical writer * Sir Robert Torrens – Prime Minister South Australia; pioneer of Land Registration system *

Thady Quill "Thady Quill" (or "Bold Thady Quill") is a popular traditional Music of Ireland, Irish song. The song was written about a man living in County Cork, depicting him "as a beer-swilling, lady-loving sportsman" when he was actually none of those thing ...

– historical rake * The

Wallace sisters Nora Wallace (1893– 17 September 1970) and Sheila Wallace (1887 – 14 April 1944) were business women who owned a newsagents on Brunswick Street, now known as St Augustine Street in Cork, who were also Intelligence officers for the IRA during t ...

– IRA Intelligence officers

Scientists

Vincent Barry Vincent Christopher Barry (1908–1975) was a scientist and researcher from Ireland. He is known for leading the team which developed the anti-leprosy drug clofazimine. Early life and education Barry was born in Sunday's Well, Cork. He was ...

- chemist * Amy Warren - marine biologist and conchologist * Robert Warren - ornithologist

Military

* James Adams – recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Francisco Burdett O'Connor Francisco Burdett O'Connor (12 June 1791 - 5 October 1871) was an officer in the Irish Legion of Simón Bolívar's army in Venezuela. He later became Chief of Staff to Antonio José de Sucre and Minister of War of Bolivia. Aside from Simón Bol ...

– officer in the Irish Legion of Simón Bolívar's army *

Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to: * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...

– revolutionary leader, and Chairman of Provisional Government *

John Dunlay John Dunlay Victoria Cross, VC (1831 – 17 October 1890), also known as John Dunley or John Dunlea was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to ...

– recipient of the Victoria Cross * William English – recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Richard Fitzgerald Richard Fitzgerald VC (December 1831, St. Finbar's, Cork, Ireland – 1884 in India) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross. Details He was approximately 25 years old, and a Gunner in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Bengal Army during the ...

– recipient of the Victoria Cross * Thomas Kent – Irish nationalist * Thomas Lane – recipient of the Victoria Cross * Samuel Lawrence – recipient of the Victoria Cross * David Lord – recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Ambrose Madden Ambrose Madden Victoria Cross, VC ( ga, Anmchadh Ó Madaidhín; 1820 – 1 January 1863) was an officer in the British Army. Born in Cork (city), Cork he was an Ireland, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious ...

– recipient of the Victoria Cross * Mick Mannock – recipient of the Victoria Cross * James Murray – recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Timothy O'Hea Timothy O'Hea VC (1843 – 1874), born in Schull, County Cork, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for valour that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Victoria Cross O'Hea was ...

– recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Daniel Florence O'Leary Daniel Florence O'Leary ( ga, Dónall Fínín Ó Laoghaire; 14 February 1801 – 24 February 1854) was a military general and aide-de-camp under Simón Bolívar. Life O'Leary was born in Cork, Ireland; his father was Jeremiah O'Leary, a but ...

– Irish-born Venezuelan brigadier general of Simón Bolívar's army * Michael O'Leary – recipient of the Victoria Cross * Gerald O'Sullivan – recipient of the Victoria Cross * John Sullivan – recipient of the Victoria Cross *

James Travers General James Travers (6 October 1820 – 1 April 1884) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Milita ...

– recipient of the Victoria Cross * Joseph Ward – recipient of the Victoria Cross

Sports

* John Allen – former Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer * Hugh T. Baker – cricketer * Mick Barry – road bowler * James Brophy – cricketer * Noel Cantwell – international footballer * Graham Canty – footballer and international rules captain * Brian Carney – rugby league, and rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s * Mark Carroll – long-distance athlete *

Joe Cleary Joseph Christopher Cleary (December 3, 1918 – June 3, 2004), nicknamed "Fire", was a Major League Baseball pitcher for one game in 1945. The right-hander was born in Cork, and he was the last native of Ireland to appear in a major league game u ...

– major league baseball player * Mark Cohen – cricketer * Megan Connolly – footballer * Joe Deane – hurler *

Damien Delaney Damien Finbarr Delaney (born 20 July 1981) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Delaney began his career at Cork City. He later played for Leicester City, Hull City and Queens Park Rangers before moving to Ipsw ...

– international footballer *

Patrick Dineen Patrick Joseph Dineen (born 13 May 1938) is a former Irish cricketer. A left-handed batsman, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in August 1962 against the Combined Services in a first-class match. He went on to play for Ireland on ...

– cricketer * Jack Doyle – boxer * John Egan – association footballer * Joe English (sailor), round the world sailor and international yachtsman. * Percy Exham – cricketer * James Foley – cricketer *

William Harman William Crooke Ronayne Harman (29 May 1869 in County Cork, Ireland – 4 July 1962 in County Cork) was an Irish cricketer. He played just once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against Yorkshire in May 1907. His brother George p ...

– cricketer * Ryan Hartslief – footballer and rugby player *

Colin Healy Colin Healy (born 14 March 1980) is a former midfield footballer from Ireland. He has been manager of Cork City F.C. since late 2020. He started his senior career at Celtic, spending five years with the Scottish club before joining English sid ...

– international footballer *

Marian Heffernan Marian Heffernan (born 16 April 1982) is an Irish athlete who competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Heffernan is fifth in the all-time Irish record books for the women's 400 metres. She is married to Irish Ol ...

– Olympian * Robert Heffernan – Olympic bronze medalist * Tom Horan – cricketer (Australia) * Denis Irwin – international footballer *

Roy Keane Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish football pundit, coach and former professional player. He is the joint most successful Irish footballer of all time, having won 19 major trophies in his club career, 17 of which came during ...

– international footballer *

Caoimhín Kelleher Caoimhín Odhrán Kelleher (born 23 November 1998) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Liverpool and the Republic of Ireland national team. Early life Kelleher was born in Cork, County Cork, where he attend ...

– footballer * Alan Lewis – cricketer, rugby union referee * Jack McAuliffe – boxer *

Teddy McCarthy Thaddeus "Teddy" McCarthy (born 1 July 1965) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a midfielder at senior level for the Cork county football and hurling teams. In an eleven-year senior inter-county playing career, McC ...

– GAA sportsman, played on both Cork hurling and football double winning teams *

Darren McNamara Darren 'D-Mac' McNamara (born 10 September 1982) is a professional drift driver from Cork, Ireland. McNamara first competed in the Irish Prodrift series and the British D1 Great Britain series (now EDC), winning the Prodrift title in 2006. He ...

– professional

drift Drift or Drifts may refer to: Geography * Drift or ford (crossing) of a river * Drift, Kentucky, unincorporated community in the United States * In Cornwall, England: ** Drift, Cornwall, village ** Drift Reservoir, associated with the village ...

driver * Sam Maguire – GAA sportsman *

David Meyler David John Meyler (born 29 May 1989) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. After turning professional at League of Ireland team Cork City, Meyler moved to Sunderland in the Premier League in 2008. He jo ...

– international footballer *

Liam Miller Liam William Peter Miller (13 February 1981 – 9 February 2018) was an Irish professional footballer. Miller began his career with Celtic and was later loaned to Aarhus in 2001. He returned to Celtic Park and broke into the first-team squa ...

– international footballer * Tony Mullane – major league baseball player * Saoirse Noonan – international footballer * Donncha O'Callaghan – rugby union player * Dr. Pat O'Callaghan – twice Olympic gold medalist *

Frank O'Farrell Francis O'Farrell (9 October 1927 – 6 March 2022) was an Irish football player and manager. He played as a wing half for Cork United, West Ham United and Preston North End. He made over 300 appearances in the Football League before joining ...

– international footballer and manager * Ronan O'Gara – rugby union player *

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Seán Óg Ó hAilpín (; born 22 May 1977) is a Fijian-Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. In an inter-county playing career that spanned three decades, Ó hAilpín played for the Cork senior hurling and football teams, winning major honour ...

– hurler * Ciarán Ó Lionáird – international middle-distance athlete * John O'Shea – darts player * Derval O'Rourke – world indoor champion hurdler and European outdoor silver medalist 2006 * Bríd Stack - ladies Gaelic and Australian rules footballer *

Denise O'Sullivan Denise O'Sullivan (born 4 February 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the American club North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Republic of Ireland national team which s ...

– international footballer * Marcus O'Sullivan – middle-distance athlete * Sonia O'Sullivan – Olympic silver medalist, world champion athlete and cross country runner * Christy Ring – hurler * Peter Stringer – rugby union player

Film, entertainment and media

* Jack Gleeson – actor * Sarah Greene – actor *

Eddie Hobbs Eddie Hobbs (born 10 November 1962) is an Irish financial advisor, writer, campaigner and former television presenter and author. Hobbs was a co-founder and former president of the right-wing party Renua Ireland, resigning in 2016. Before e ...

– TV personality * George Hook – TV/radio personality * Fergal Keane, OBE – BBC journalist *

Danny La Rue Danny La Rue, (born Daniel Patrick Carroll, 26 July 1927 – 31 May 2009) was an Irish singer and entertainer, best known for his on-stage drag queen, drag persona. He performed in drag and also as himself in theatrical productions, television ...

, OBE – female impersonator * James Leonard and Timmy Long of

The Two Norries ''The Two Norries'' is a weekly podcast hosted by Timmy Long and James Leonard that focuses on trauma, mental health, addiction, prison systems, recovery and access to education. The podcast series was recorded and released between June 2020 and ...

podcast * Joe Lynch – actor * Mark Mahon – film director *

Pixie McKenna Bernadette Anne McKenna, (born 20 January 1971) also known as Dr. Pixie McKenna, is an Irish doctor and television personality. She currently runs a clinic in Cork, Ireland and is best known for her work on the Channel 4 series ''Embarrassing Il ...

– TV personality, doctor * Edward Mulhare – TV actor * Cillian Murphy – actor * Graham Norton – TV personality * Bill O'Herlihy – TV personality * Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – actor * Tony Scannell – actor *

Fiona Shaw Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She is known for her roles as Petunia Dursley in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2001–2010), Marnie Stonebrook in the fourth season of the HBO serie ...

, CBE – actor * Cailín Ní Toibín – beauty pageant titleholder * Niall Tóibín – comic actor *

Eileen Walsh Eileen Walsh (born 16 April 1977) is an Irish actress. Biography Born and raised in Cork, Ireland, Walsh was raised in a Catholic household, and had no intention of becoming an actress, until she followed in the footsteps of her elder sister ...

– actor * Nora Twomey – animator

Literature

Máire Bradshaw Máire Bradshaw (born 1943) is a writer, poet and publisher. Bradshaw was born in Limerick in 1943. She was educated in Laurel Hill convent before moving to Cork. There she got involved with the feminist movement. Bradshaw runs Bradshaw Books fo ...

– poet and publisher * Daniel Corkery – writer * Patrick Galvin – poet, singer and playwright * Trevor Joyce – poet *

Helmut Kollars Helmut Kollars (born 1968 in Graz) is an Austrian illustrator and writer of children's books. Biography Kollars first set up a business as a freelance illustrator in Vienna. Stifled by laws in Austria that required artists to carry health insura ...

– writer and illustrator *

Frank O'Connor Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry (original and translations from Irish), dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on a ...

– author *

Seán Ó Faoláin Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin (27 February 1900 – 20 April 1991) was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Irish culture. A short-story writer of international repute, he was also a leading commentator and critic. Biography Ó ...

– writer * Joseph O'Neill – writer * Seán Ó Ríordáin – poet * P.A. Ó Síocháin – journalist, author, lawyer and Irish language activist * James O'Sullivan – writer and academic * Canon

Patrick Augustine Sheehan Patrick Augustine Sheehan (17 March 1852 – 5 October 1913) was an Irish Catholic priest, author and political activist. He was usually known as Canon Sheehan after his 1903 appointment as a canon of the diocese of Cloyne, or more fully a ...

– Catholic priest, author, political activist * William Trevor – writer * William Wall – author

Music and arts

* Abraham Abell – antiquarian * James Barry – neoclassical painter * Kim Carroll – composer and guitarist *

Cathal Coughlan Cathal Coughlan may refer to: * Cathal Coughlan (politician) (1937–1986), Irish Fianna Fáil politician * Cathal Coughlan (musician) Cathal Coughlan (16 December 1960 – 18 May 2022) was an Irish singer and songwriter from Cork, best k ...

– singer/songwriter *

Dorothy Cross Dorothy Cross (born 1956) is an Irish artist. Working with differing media, including sculpture, photography, video and installation, she represented Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Central to her work as a whole are themes of sexual and cu ...

– artist * Robert Day – antiquarian, photographer * Ricky Dineen – musician * Gavin Dunne (better known as

Miracle of Sound Gavin Dunne (born May 6, 1980), better known by the name of his music project "Miracle of Sound", is an Irish indie musician known for his music inspired by video games, films, and TV shows. While not widely known in his home country of Irelan ...

) – musician *

Chloe Early Chloe Early is London-based contemporary artist, known for her figurative paintings with street art influences. Early life and education Early was born in 1980 and raised in Cork, Ireland. She was a student in printed textiles at the National C ...

– artist * Mick Flannery – singer-songwriter * Aloys Fleischmann – composer, professor of music at

UCC The initialism UCC may stand for: Law * Uniform civil code of India, referring to proposed Civil code in the legal system of India, which would apply equally to all irrespective of their religion * Uniform Commercial Code, a 1952 uniform act to h ...

* Rory Gallagher – singer/songwriter and guitarist * Patrick Hennessy – painter * John Hogan – sculptor *

Pina Kollars Pina Kollars is an Austria, Austrian-born female folk rock singer. She is usually only known as Pina. Early years Pina Pertl was born in Vienna and raised by her grandparents. She began writing songs in her teens and studied classical guitar at ...

– singer/songwriter * Sir Hugh Lane – patron of arts * Charles Lynch – classical pianist * Mick Lynch – singer *

Daniel Maclise Daniel Maclise (25 January 180625 April 1870) was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait painter, and illustrator, who worked for most of his life in London, England. Early life Maclise was born in Cork, Ireland, the son of Alexan ...

– artist *

Jimmy McCarthy James MacCarthy (born 1953) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Early life and career (1953–1979) MacCarthy was born in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland to Ted MacCarthy (died 1998) and Betty MacCarthy (died 2009). He has 11 siblings. The family ha ...

– singer/songwriter * Lyra McNamara – singer/songwriter *

Paul McSwiney Paul McSwiney or Paul Mac Swiney (March 1856 – 17 November 1889) was an Irish composer and dramatist who emigrated to the United States. A talented artist with a number of pioneering performances in both Cork and New York, he unsuccessfully tr ...

– composer and dramatist * Sean O'Hagan – musician *

Una Palliser Una and UNA may refer to: Places * 160 Una, the asteroid "Una", an asteroid named after the Faerie Queene character * Una River (disambiguation), numerous rivers * Una, Himachal Pradesh, a town in India ** Una, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constitue ...

– violinist, violist, singer *

Brian Smyth Brian Smyth (born 1967) is an Irish figurative painter. Born in Cork, Smyth studied art at the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork, where he specialised in painting and graduated with an honours degree in art and design in 1995. Subsid ...

– painter * John Spillane – singer/songwriter *

Henry Jones Thaddeus Henry Jones Thaddeus (1859 – 1929) was a realist and portrait painter born and trained in County Cork, Ireland. Life and career Born Henry Thaddeus Jones in 1859, he entered the ''Cork School of Art'' when he was ten years old. There he ...

– painter * Bambie Thug – singer/songwriter *

Finbar Wright Edward Finbar Wright (born 26 September 1957), known popularly as Finbar Wright, is a popular music singer, songwriter, and poet from County Cork, Ireland. Wright is a classically trained tenor who emerged during the 1990s in Ireland and has be ...

– singer/songwriter *

Cian Ducrot Cian Ducrot is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence with his single "All for You", which gained popularity in 2022 via TikTok and ultimately peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. His following single, "I'll Be Waiting", peaked ...

– singer/songwriter

Bands

* Five Go Down to the Sea? * The Frank and Walters *

Stump Stump may refer to: * Stump (band), a band from Cork, Ireland and London, England * Stump (cricket), one of three small wooden posts which the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball *Stump (dog): Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee (born 1998), 200 ...

* The Sultans of Ping FC

References

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