RD#1
Politics & Law
Reginald Dorman-Smith
1899–1977British politician (1899-1977)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Of the 11 famous people born in Cootehill, an unusual share are leaders
Most widely known is Reginald Dorman-Smith, the British politician, with articles in 8 languages. John Charles McQuaid and John Foy follow. Among the 14 towns in Co. Cavan with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd. The oldest name on the list belongs to Mary Anne Sadlier, born in 1820, the newest to Sinead Greenan, born in 1992.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Reginald Dorman-Smith
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1820
Mary Anne Sadlier
Youngest
1992
Sinead Greenan
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
What stands out about Cootehill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cootehill is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.8 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Cootehill
By how many languages cover them, Reginald Dorman-Smith comes first (8), then John Charles McQuaid (7) and John Foy (7).
JM#2
Faith
John Charles McQuaid
1895–1973Catholic archbishop
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JF#3
Through the years
When Cootehill’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Cootehill
Another 8, the earliest born in 1820.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Cavan lists the most people: 25.
Questions about famous people from Cootehill
Who is the most famous person from Cootehill?
Reginald Dorman-Smith (British politician (1899-1977)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come John Charles McQuaid and John Foy.
How many famous people were born in Cootehill?
11 people born in Cootehill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cootehill known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 5 of the 11. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cootehill?
Mary Anne Sadlier, born in 1820. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Cootehill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cootehill’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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Brendan Smith: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cillian Sheridan: Biso, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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