SF#1
Sports
Stephen Fitzgerald
born 1995Irish rugby union player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Photo: C O'Flanagan · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ardnacrusha, Co. Clare
Ardnacrusha has just one famous person to its name: Stephen Fitzgerald
The Irish rugby union player Stephen Fitzgerald was born in 1995. Their story is told in one language so far. Caherdavin, 5 km off, can claim 2 famous people, the best known Kevin Downes. The longest list of any town in Co. Clare belongs to Ennis, with 58.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Stephen Fitzgerald
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1995
Stephen Fitzgerald
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Ardnacrusha
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Ardnacrusha, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Ardnacrusha
Who is the most famous person from Ardnacrusha?
Stephen Fitzgerald (Irish rugby union player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ardnacrusha?
1 people born in Ardnacrusha have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ardnacrusha known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Ardnacrusha?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ardnacrusha’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)
- Leah McNamara: Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Quinlivan: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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