Editing Mitchelstown (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Mitchelstown}}
*[[Seán Clancy (Irish general)|Seán Clancy]], [[Irish Air Corps|Air Corps]] general, current [[Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland)|Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces]]
*[[Michael Francis Crotty]] (born 1970), [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[prelate]] and diplomat, current [[Apostolic Nunciature to Burkina Faso|Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso]] and [[Apostolic Nunciature to Niger|Niger]] and [[Titular bishop|titular]] [[Roman Catholic Bishop of Lindisfarne|archbishop of Lindisfarne]], grew up in Skeheen
*[[John Dunne (bishop of Bathurst)|John Dunne]] (1845{{Ndash}}1919), [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] prelate, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst (Australia)|Bishop of Bathurst]]
*[[Liam Hamilton]] (1928{{Ndash}}2000), judge and barrister, former [[Chief Justice of Ireland]]
*[[Mark Keane (footballer)|Mark Keane]], professional Australian rules footballer<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41439289.html | title = Mark Keane: 'There was a training session in Castlelyons. I didn't show up. My head was scrambled' | first = Maurice | last = Brosnan | work = Irish Examiner | date = 19 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.balls.ie/gaa/mark-keane-afl-cork-412661 | title = 'I Didn't Grow Up Wanting To Play AFL, I Wanted To Play For Cork But I Got A Chance' | first = Maurice | last = Brosnan | website = balls.ie | date = 22 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[Margaret King]] (1773{{Ndash}}1835), hostess, writer, traveller and medical adviser
*[[John Roach (shipbuilder)|John Roach]] (1815{{Ndash}}1887), proprietor of America's largest post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] shipbuilding empire, [[John Roach & Sons]]
*[[Kevin Roche]] (1922{{Ndash}}2019), American architect and son of Eamon Roche, Mitchelstown Co-operative Creameries' first general manager, raised in the town
*[[William Trevor]] (1928{{Ndash}}2016), author, five-time [[Booker Prize]] nominee, born and spent his early childhood in the town