(born 1937), President of the District Court of Ireland 1988-2005 Religious William Carrigan (1857–1924) James J. Davis (1852–1926) Michael Anthony Fleming (c.1792–1850) Thomas Francis Hendricken (1827–1886) John Ireland (1838–1918) Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844) Science, education and technology Robert Barber (1749–1783) George Berkeley (1685–1753) Abraham Colles (1773–1843) Peter Wyse Jackson (born c.1955) Aoife Gowen History John Bradley (historian) (1954-2014) James Graves (antiquarian) (1815 – 1886) Margaret Phelan (1902-2000), historian John G. A. Prim (1821 – 1875), antiquarian Sport D.J. Carey (born 1970) Eddie Keher (born 1941) Maeve Kyle (born 1928) James Mason (1849–1905), Irish-born chess player Sinead Delahunty-Evans, Olympic athlete Paddy Mullins (1919–2010), Racehorse trainer Sean Patrick Maguire (born 1993) Footballer Michael Drennan (born 1994) Footballer Hurling Players Managers Brian Cody Pat Henderson Fr. Tommy Maher Ollie Walsh People who lived or were educated in Kilkenny Robert Blackburn (educationalist), born in Kilkenny in 1927. Michael Byrne (1761–?) John Clyn (14th century) William Congreve (1670–1729) Joseph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Henry Flood (1732–1791), Statesman and orator Oisín Kelly (1915–1981) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338–1368) Theobald Mathew (1790–1856) Séamus Pattison (born 1936) Robert Clarke Shearman (1825–1910), New Zealand policeman and farmer, born in Kilkenny Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) People who died or are buried in Kilkenny John Lavery (1856–1941) Other people associated with Kilkenny Max Adrian (1903-1973), actor, noted for Shakespearean roles and a favourite of Ken Russell Anne Anderson, Irish ambassador to the United States Lady Mary Butler (1689–1713) Mabel Cahill, U.S. Open Tennis Champion Senator Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (1857–1933), philanthropist Dame Alice Kyteler (1280–c.1325) Saint Brendan (460–577) Saint Canice (525–599) Saint Fiachra (died 670) Saint Finbarr (c.550–c.620) Saint Kieran (350–400) Thomas Nash, Irish fisherman, settled in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; founder of Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador See also Viscount Mountgarret List of Irish people The Riordans Lists of people by nationality List of Cork people List of Donegal people List of Dublin people List of Galway people List of Kilkenny people List of Limerick people List of Sligo people List of Waterford people References External links Kilkenny Genealogy – Surnames People Kilkenny