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Politics & Law
Séamus Dolan
1914–2010Irish politician (1914-2010)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Blacklion, Co. Cavan
Blacklion is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Séamus Dolan, the Irish politician, with articles in 7 languages. The Irish mayor Seán MacManus ranks second, ahead of Neven Maguire. Births span 1914 to 1974, from Séamus Dolan to Neven Maguire. Manorhamilton, 20 km off, can claim 10 famous people, the best known Anthony Durnford.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Séamus Dolan
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Séamus Dolan
Youngest
1974
Neven Maguire
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Blacklion
Two of the three are leaders.
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Known for
What Blacklion is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Blacklion, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Blacklion
Who is the most famous person from Blacklion?
Séamus Dolan (Irish politician (1914-2010)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Seán MacManus and Neven Maguire.
How many famous people were born in Blacklion?
3 people born in Blacklion have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Blacklion known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Blacklion?
Séamus Dolan, born in 1914. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Blacklion?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blacklion’s 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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