People
- Pat Rabbitte, former leader of the Labour Party was born in Woodstock, a townland near the village, and still owns a family home there.
- Sabina Coyne, actress and wife of the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, is a native of Cloonrane, a townland in County Galway one kilometre south of Ballindine.
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