page_title: Kinsale
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Kinsale / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Timothy and Mortimer McCarthy memorial by Graham Brett in Kinsale, Ireland. This memorial, with two bronze busts, was unveiled in September 2000.[1]
context_page_description: Kinsale is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland, which also has significant military history. Located approximately 25 km south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it is located at the mouth of the River Bandon. Its population was 5,281 at the 2016 census. Its population increases during the summer months, when the tourist season is at its peak and the boating fraternity and other tourist visitors arrive in numbers. Kinsale is in the Cork South-West constituency, which has three seats.
  Kinsale is a holiday destination for both Irish and overseas tourists.
  Leisure activities include yachting, sea angling, and golf. The town also has several art galleries, and there is a large yachting marina close to the town centre.
  The town is known for its restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Bastion restaurant, and holds a number of annual gourmet food festivals.
  Historical buildings in the town include St. Multose's Church of 1190, St. John the Baptist of 1839, the Market House of c. 1600, and the so-called French Prison of c. 1500. Charles Fort, a partly restored star fort of 1677, is in nearby Summercove.
context_section_description: Achilles Daunt (1832–1878), Church of Ireland clergyman; born in Kinsale
  Aidan Higgins (1927–2015), poet and novelist; lived in Kinsale
  Aisling Judge (b.1991), scientist and winner of the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Born in Kinsale
  Anne Bonny (1702–1782), female pirate; born near Kinsale
  Arthur O'Connor (1763–1852), President of the Society of United Irishmen and a General in Napoleon's armies; lived near Kinsale
  Ciara Judge (b.1998), scientist and 2014 Grand Prize Winner of Google Science Fair. Born in Kinsale
  Derek Mahon (b.1941), Northern Irish poet; lives in Kinsale
  Desmond O'Grady (1935–2014), poet; lived in Kinsale
  Eamonn O'Neill (1882–1954) Kinsale businessman and politician
  Edward Bowen (1780–1866), Canadian judge and lawyer; born in Kinsale
  Eileen Desmond (1932–2005), TD, Senator, MEP, and Government Minister; born in Kinsale
  Finbar Wright (b.1957), tenor; born near Kinsale
  Gervais Parker (1695–1750), British Army officer; Governor of Kinsale
  Jack Barrett (1910–1979), All-Ireland winning hurler; born in Kinsale
  James Dennis, 1st Baron Tracton (1721–1782), Irish judge and politician; born near Kinsale
  John Duncan Craig (1830–1909), poet and Church of Ireland clergyman; lived in Kinsale
  John Edward Kelly (1840–1884), Protestant Nationalist and Fenian; born in Kinsale
  John Fergus O'Hea (c. 1838–1922); political cartoonist AKA "Spex"; born in Kinsale
  John Folliot (1691–1762), British Army officer; Lieutenant-Governor of Kinsale
  John Handcock (1755–1786), British Army officer; Lieutenant-Governor of Kinsale
  John Sullivan (1830–1884), recipient of the Victoria Cross
  John William Fenton (1828–1890), musician; born in Kinsale
  Joseph Ward (1832–1872), British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross; born in Kinsale
  Keith Floyd (1943–2009), Chef; lived near Kinsale
  Lennox Robinson (1886–1958), poet and dramatist; lived in Kinsale
  Moira Deady (1922–2010), actress; lived in Kinsale
  Timothy McCarthy (1888–1917), and his brother Mortimer (c. 1878–1967), Antarctic explorers on Scott's 1911 expedition; both born in Kinsale
  Paddy Collins (1903–1995), All-Ireland winning Hurler; born in Kinsale
  Padraic Fallon (1905–1974), poet; lived in Kinsale
  Patrick Cotter O'Brien (1760–1806), first man verified to have reached over 8 feet in height; born in Kinsale
  Peter McDermott (1918–2011), All-Ireland winning footballer for County Meath; born near Kinsale
  Ray Cummins (b.1948), All-Ireland winning Hurler; lives in Kinsale
  Rev. Patrick MacSwiney (1885–1940), Catholic curate in Kinsale 1927–1940, founder of the Kinsale Museum, Vocational School, Development Association, Fisheries Association, National Monuments Committee, Kinsale Historical Society
  Robert Gibbings (1889–1958), artist and author; lived in Kinsale
  Ron Holland (b.1947), yacht designer; lives in Kinsale
  SEARLS (b.1991), songwriter and West End performer; born in Kinsale
  Sir Robert Southwell (1635–1702), diplomat, Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society; born near Kinsale
  Mother Mary Francis (1813-1888), born as Joanna Bridgeman, nun and nursing pioneer; lived in Kinsale
  Thomas Johnson (1872–1963), first leader of the Irish Labour Party in Dáil Éireann; lived in Kinsale
  Timothy O'Keeffe (1926–1994), publisher who worked with Flann O'Brien; born in Kinsale
  Tony Scannell (1945-2020), actor; born in Kinsale
  William Penn (1644–1718), founder of the State of Pennsylvania; was Clerk of the Admiralty Court in Kinsale
caption: Harbour-side memorial to Timothy and Mortimer McCarthy by Graham Brett, 2000
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