List of Kilkenny people

List of Kilkenny people

This is a list of notable persons from or related to Kilkenny (city and county), Ireland

People born in County Kilkenny

*Liam Aylward (b. September, 1952 - )
*John Banim (April 3 1798 - August 30 1842)
*Robert Barber (1749 - 1783)
*George Berkeley (March 12 1685 – January 14 1753)
*James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (October 19 1610 – July 21 1688)
*James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (April 29 1665 - November 16 1745)
*Hubert Butler, Irish essayist
*Lady Mary Butler (1689 - January 2 1713)
*Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c. 1467 - August 26 1539)
*Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory (July 9 1634 - July 30 1680)
*John Byrne (VC) (c 1834 - 10 July 1879))
*Michael Byrne (1761 - died ????)
*Robert Cane (1807 - August 17 1858)
*DJ Carey (born November 1970 - )
*William Carrigan (1857 - 1924)
*Gerard Casey (born c. 1960 - )
*Abraham Colles (July 23 1773 – 1843)
*Michael Anthony Fleming (c. 1792 – July 14 1850)
*Edmund Garvey (1740 - 1813)
*Jim Gibbons, Irish politician (1924 - 1997)
*Standish O'Grady, Author/historian, (1846 - 1928)
*Thomas Francis Hendricken (May 5 1827 - June 11 1886)
*Christopher Hewetson (1739 - 1799)
*James Hoban (1762 - 1831)
*Phil Hogan (born c. 1965 - )
*John Ireland (September 11 1838 - September 25 1918)
*Eddie Keher (born November 11 1941 - )
*Thomas Kilroy (born 1934 - )
*Maeve Kyle (born October 6 1928 - )
*Dame Alice Kyteler (1280 - circa 1325)
*John McGuinness (born 1955 - )
*Francis MacManus (1909 - 1965)
*James Mason, Irish-born chess player (November 19 1849 – January 18 1905)
*Dónall Mac Amhlaigh, Author ("Dialann Deoraí" - 1960)
*Seamus Moore (born c. 1940 - )
*Tony O'Malley (1913 - 2003)
*James O'Neill (November 15 1849 - August 10 1920)
*James Stephens (1825 - 1901)
*Peter Wyse Jackson (born c. 1955 - )

People who lived or were educated in Kilkenny

*John Clyn (14th century)
*William Congreve (January 24 1670 - January 19 1729)
*Joseph Fiennes
*Ralph Fiennes
*Oisín Kelly (1915 - 1981)
*Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (November 29 1338 – October 7 1368)
*Theobald Mathew (1790 - 1856)
*Séamus Pattison (born April 19 1936 - )
*Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762 - 1844)
*Eoin Ryan, Jr. (born February 24 1953 - )
*Jonathan Swift (November 30 1667 - October 19 1745)

People who died or are buried in Kilkenny

*Robert Johnston (February 12 1901 - April 7 1969)
*John Lavery (March 20 1856 - January 10 1941)

Other people associated with Kilkenny

*Saint Kieran, born in 350, died circa 400 AD
*Saint Brendan, born in 460, died in 577 AD
*Saint Canice, born in 525, died in 599 AD
*Saint Fiachra, died in 670 AD
*Saint Finbarr, born circa 550 AD, died circa 620 AD

ee also

*Viscount Mountgarret
*List of Irish people
*The Riordans

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ksurnam2.htm Kilkenny Genealogy - Surnames.]


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