What is recorded here
Thomas Hovenden was born in Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland on December 28, 1840. He lost his parents during the potato famine at age six, entered an orphanage, and later studied at the Cork School of Design before emigrating to the United States in 1863. His painting of peasant life in Brittany brought him world-wide fame, carrying the memory of a small Cork town across oceans.
Why this person is known: American painter (1840-1895)
- Birthplace
- Dunmanway
Places near here
Allied Irish Bankbank/financial institution · 40 yd
mill manager's housemill manager's house · 43 yd
Dunmanway Heritage CentreVisitor information · 118 yd
Hexagon RockMass-rock · 173 yd
G. Yd.Graveyard · 237 yd
Castle (Site of)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 446 yd
Graveyard in Dunmanway NorthGraveyard · 867 yd
Mohona WoodWood · 1.5 mi
Mount GunneryMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Funmanway Adventure LandHeritage attraction · 1.8 mi
Togher CastleCastle, tower house · 3.6 mi
Graveyard in ToughmacdermodyGraveyard · 3.8 miOther information
Photo: Clayton Stone Harris · Public domain