List of Cork people
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Cork is the second city and largest county of the Republic of Ireland, and has produced several noted artists, entertainers, politicians and business-people.
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[edit] List of Cork people
[edit] Historical and/or political figures
- John Anderson - Businessman
- Sir John Arnott - Businessman Newspaper Owner
- Anthony Barry - Politican, photographer
- Peter Barry - Tánaiste
- Joseph Brennan - civil servant
- Patrick Cleburne - Major General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- Michael Collins - revolutionary leader, and Chairman of Provisional Government
- Simon Coveney - Teachta Dála and MEP
- Hugh Coveney - government minister
- Thomas Croke - Archbishop of Cashel
- Eileen Desmond - government minister, Senator, MEP
- Gerald Goldberg - first Jewish lord mayor
- William Baylor Hartland - Plant Breeder/Seedsman
- Ellen Hutchins - Botanist
- Mother Jones - famous labour organiser born near Cork
- Jim Lane - republican socialist
- Cornelius Lucey - Bishop of Cork and Ross
- Jack Lynch - taoiseach and hurler
- Terence MacSwiney - lord mayor and hunger striker
- Micheál Martin - government minister and lord mayor
- Daniel Mannix - Archbishop of Melbourne
- Stephen Moylan - Quartermaster General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- Batt O'Keeffe - government minister of state
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa - nationalist
- Michael O' Riordan - socialist politician
- Adi Roche - humanitarian campaigner
- Brendan Ryan - Senator and lecturer at CIT
- Kathy Sinnott - MEP
- William Thompson - political and philosophical writer
- Tom Barry - guerilla leader during war of independence, author of the book "Guerilla days in Ireland"
[edit] Sports
- Mick Barry - bowler(road)
- Denis Irwin - footballer
- Roy Keane - footballer
- Sam Maguire - GAA sportsman
- Teddy McCarthy - GAA sportsman played on both Cork hurling & football double winning teams
- Liam Miller - footballer with Manchester Utd
- Tony Mullane - major league baseball player[1]
- Donncha O'Callaghan - Rugby Union player
- Ronan O'Gara - Rugby Union player
- Seán Óg Ó hAilpín - hurler
- Sonia O'Sullivan - world champion athlete and cross country runner
- Christy Ring - hurler
- Peter Stringer - Rugby Union player
- Derval O'Rourke - World Indoor Champion Hurdler 2006 and European outdoor Silver medallist 2006
[edit] Film and Entertainment
- Eddie Hobbs - tv personality
- Danny La Rue, OBE - female impersonator
- Fergal Keane, OBE - BBC journalist
- Cillian Murphy - hollywood actor
- Edward Mulhare - tv actor
- Graham Norton - tv personality
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - actor
- Fiona Shaw, CBE - actor
- Niall Toibin - comic actor
[edit] Literature
- Conal Creedon - playwright
- Frank O'Connor - author
- P.A. Ó Síocháin - journalist, author, lawyer and Irish language activist
- Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan - Catholic priest, author, political activist
- Gerry Murphy
- William Wall - author
- Sean O'Faolain - writer
[edit] Music and arts
- Abraham Abell - antiquarian
- Annette Buckley - singer songwriter
- Berkus - artist and musician
- Cathal Coughlan - singer songwriter
- Jimmy Crowley - traditional musician
- Robert Day - antiquarian, photographer 1836-1914
- Morgan Doyle - sculptor 1966-
- Mick Flannery - singer/songwriter
- The Frank and Walters - band
- Rory Gallagher - singer/songwriter and guitarist
- John Hogan - sculptor
- Sir Hugh Lane - patron of arts
- Gladys Leach - painter
- Daniel Maclise - artist
- Danny McCarthy - visual artist
- Jimmy McCarthy - singer songwriter
- Diarmuid O'Dálaigh - poet
- Sean O'Hagan - musician
- Joe Rex - musician
- Anthony Ruby - painter
- Brian Smyth - painter
- John Spillane - singer songwriter
- Stump - band
- The Sultans Of Ping - band
- Henry Jones Thaddeus - painter
- Hank Wedel - singer songwriter and performer
[edit] Cork "Characters"
- Kathy Barry
- Andy Gaw
- Klondike (Jeremiah Healy)
[edit] References
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- ^ [1969] (1979) Reichler, Joseph L.: The Baseball Encyclopedia, 4th edition, New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.
