Notable Residents, Past and Present
- Eugene Esmonde, recipient of the Victoria Cross for his efforts during World War II (lived at Drominagh)
- Capt. Sir Alan Hillgarth, British born novelist and intelligence agent (lived at Gortnalougha)
- Rex Ingram, film director, lived at The Old Rectory
- Mary Anne Estévez, née Phelan, mother of Martin Sheen
- Dominic West, English actor who starred in The Wire
- John Francis Waller, composer of The Spinning Wheel
- Charlie Swan, Racehorse trainer and former Champion Jockey (born and still lives at Modreeney)
- Owen McKenna and Ger McKenna, greyhound trainers
- Séamus Gardiner, former President of the GAA
- Sir Henry Givens Burgess, Irish Railway Executive and Politician (lived at Finnoe House)
- Frank Corcoran, Irish composer, born and lived at Killavalla House
- Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown (lived at Sopwell hall)
- Áine Minogue, harpist born in Borrisokane, now living in the U.S.A.
- Ian O'Brien, originally from Carrickbeg
- Michael Doorley, author of "Stella Days: The Life and Times of a Rural irish Cinema"
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