List of Kilkenny people
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This is a list of notable persons from or related to Kilkenny (city and county), Ireland
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[edit] 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 - )
[edit] 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)
[edit] People who died or are buried in Kilkenny
- Robert Johnston (February 12, 1901 - April 7, 1969)
- John Lavery (March 20, 1856 - January 10, 1941)
[edit] 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
