Notable People
- Aindrias Mac Cruitín (Andrew MacCurtin) (c.1670–1738) - poet and scribe.
- Dr. Patrick Hillery - President of Ireland 1976-1990, was born at Spanish Point near Milltown Malbay in 1923.
- Matthew Joseph Kenny - lawyer and politician
- Chief Superintendent Anthony McMahon - founder and former head of the Murder Squad of An Garda Siochana and Irish Liaison to Interpol was born in Milltown Malbay. He was responsible for the hiring of the country's first State Pathologist, Dr John Harbison.
- Seán Óg - Singer and musician
- Colonel Noel S. Walsh (1935) was Commanding Officer of the First Battalion of the Irish Army and former Chairman of the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association
- musicians and singers
- Willie Clancy - (1918–1973), uilleann piper
- Junior Crehan - fiddler player
- Kitty Hayes - concertina player
- Nonie Lynch - traditional singer
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