People
- Fermoy is home to US born Irish dancer Michael Flatley.
- The 1st Baron Fermoy was Lord Lieutenant of County Cork but was not from Fermoy. Diana, Princess of Wales was a grand-daughter of Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy. The current Baron Fermoy is (Patrick) Maurice Burke Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy, a first cousin of Princess Diana and distant cousin to her sons, His Royal Highness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales.
- Patrick Andrew Collins (1844–1905), a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and mayor of Boston, was born near Fermoy.
- John Stanislaus Joyce, father of James Joyce, author of Ulysses, was born in Fermoy.
- John Magnier, owner of Coolmore Stud was born in Fermoy.
- James McConnell (1815–1883) was born in Fermoy, and was a founder member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was also Locomotive Superintendent of the Southern Division of the London & North Western Railway from 1847 to 1862.
- Arthur O'Callaghan (1837–1930), Member of Parliament in New Zealand
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