List of Famous people born in Kilkenny, Ireland

Mabel Cahill

Mabel Esmonde Cahill

First Name Mabel

Last Name Cahill

Born on April 2, 1863

Died on February 2, 1905 (aged 41)

Born in Ireland, Leinster, County Kilkenny, Kilkenny

Mabel Esmonde Cahill was an Irish female tennis player, active in the late 19th century, and was the first foreign woman to win a major tennis tournament when she won the 1891 US National Championships.

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Lady Margaret Butler

First Name Lady

Last Name Butler

Born on November 30, 1453

Died on January 1, 1539 (aged 85)

Born in Ireland, Leinster, County Kilkenny, Kilkenny

Lady Margaret Butler, Lady Boleyn was an Irish noblewoman, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. She married Sir William Boleyn and through her eldest son Sir Thomas Boleyn, was the paternal grandmother of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII of England, and great-grandmother of Anne and Henry's daughter, Elizabeth I of England.

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Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield

First Name Elizabeth

Last Name Chesterfield

Born on June 29, 1640

Died on January 1, 1665 (aged 24)

Born in Ireland, Leinster, County Kilkenny, Kilkenny

Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (1640–1665) was the second wife of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.

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