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Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Borris, Co. Carlow
6 famous people were born in Borris
Articles in 4 languages make the Irish politician James Lennon the best known. Edward Coady, the Irish hurler, comes second, with Paul Coady third. The largest group, 4, was born since 1970. The earliest on the list is J. L. Davis, born in 1874, and the youngest Paul Coady, born in 1992.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James Lennon
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1874
J. L. Davis
Youngest
1992
Paul Coady
What stands out about Borris’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Borris’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Borris
Ranked by languages covered: James Lennon with 4, then Edward Coady with 2 and Paul Coady with 2.
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Known for
What Borris is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Borris
3 more names, born between 1874 and 1989.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Thomastown counts 19 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Borris
Who is the most famous person from Borris?
James Lennon (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Edward Coady and Paul Coady.
How many famous people were born in Borris?
6 people born in Borris have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Borris?
J. L. Davis, born in 1874. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Borris?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Borris’ urban area (the CSO’s 2022 urban area), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a county or just “Ireland”, a townland or village we don’t list, another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). A birthplace is placed in a town by its own Wikidata item, its Logainm place name, or a point inside its CSO 2022 outline; a birth recorded only as one of the five cities stays on the city’s page. Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across Irish towns.
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