MG#1
Faith
Matthew Gibney
1835–1925Australian bishop (1837-1925)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Aervac · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Killeshandra, Co. Cavan
8 famous people were born in Killeshandra from 1798 to 1983
At the top of the list is the Australian bishop Matthew Gibney, covered in 5 languages. Close behind are Michael Donohoe and James Beaty, Sr.. The biggest group are leaders: 3. The list’s best known name, Matthew Gibney, dates from 1835.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Matthew Gibney
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1798
James Beaty, Sr.
Youngest
1983
Eamonn Owens
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Killeshandra
Ranked by languages covered: Matthew Gibney with 5, then Michael Donohoe with 5 and James Beaty, Sr. with 4.
MD#2
Politics & Law
Michael Donohoe
1864–1958American politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JS#3
Politics & Law
James Beaty, Sr.
1798–1892Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Killeshandra’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsFaithFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Killeshandra is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Killeshandra
5 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Cavan counts 25 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Killeshandra
Who is the most famous person from Killeshandra?
Matthew Gibney (Australian bishop (1837-1925)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Michael Donohoe and James Beaty, Sr..
How many famous people were born in Killeshandra?
8 people born in Killeshandra have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Killeshandra known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killeshandra?
James Beaty, Sr., born in 1798. The youngest on the list was born in 1983.
Who counts as from Killeshandra?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killeshandra’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 (1)
- Brendan Smith: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).