Notable people from the area include Cork Gaelic Football manager, Conor Counihan, footballers Pearse O'Neill and Kieran O'Connor, and brothers Declan and Ciaran O'Shea of the rock band Cyclefly.
Kate also gained notoriety as the 'Tic Tac girl' in a well-known American advertising campaign.
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Two full-length albums were released over Cyclefly's career — Generation Sap in 1999 and Crave in 2002.