Famous Kilkenny People
Please click on the characters below to view more information about them. A biography of each character is available in our book 'Great Irish People'
![]() Abraham Colles SURGEON |
![]() Edmund Ignatius Rice MISSIONARY & EDUCATIONALIST |
![]() Edward Butler AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN |
![]() Fredrick William Hall (VC) VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT |
![]() George Berkeley PHILOSOPHER |
![]() Henry Flood STATESMAN & ORATOR |
![]() Hubert Butler ESSAYIST & TRANSLATOR |
![]() James Butler US GROCERY STORE/RACETRACK OWNER |
![]() James Hoban ARCHITECT OF THE WHITE HOUSE |
![]() James Mason CHESS PLAYER |
![]() James Stephens IRISH NATIONALIST |
![]() John Barry (VC) VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT |
![]() John Benim POET, DRAMATIST & NOVELIST |
![]() John O'Donovan SCHOLAR |
![]() Paddy Mullen Paddy Mullen |
![]() Patrick Cudahy MEAT PACKER & PHILANTHROPIST |
![]() Richard Lalor Sheil POLITICIAN, WRITER & ORATOR |
![]() Tony O'Malley PAINTER |
![]() Walter Hamilton (VC) VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT |