#1Film, TV & Stage
Harriet Smithson
1800–1854Anglo-Irish actress (1800-1854)
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ennis, Co. Clare
Ennis leads Co. Clare with 58 famous people
Harriet Smithson, the Anglo-Irish actress, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. 24 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. More are athletes than anything else, 5 in all. From James Bartholomew Blackwell to Aislinn Meaney, the births on the list run from 1766 to 1998.
Born here
58
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Harriet Smithson
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1766
James Bartholomew Blackwell
Youngest
1998
Aislinn Meaney
What stands out about Ennis’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ennis’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 12.
NotableSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageFaithMusicScience & MedicineBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ennis
Harriet Smithson has articles in 16 languages, William Mulready in 13 and Séamus Horgan in 11.
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#2Writing & Arts
William Mulready
1786–1863Irish genre painter (1786–1863)
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
SH#3
Faith
Séamus Horgan
born 1969Irish Roman Catholic priest (born 1969)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Ennis is known for
Share of Ennis’ famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ennis
Still to come: 55 more, from 1766 to 1998.
James Patrick Mahon
1800–1891Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and mercenary (1800-1891)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Patrick Brendan Kennedy
1929–1966Born: 20 July 1929 in Clarecastle, County Clare, Ireland; Died: 8 June 1966 in Nottingham, England
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Frank McDonnell
1863–1928Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (1863-1928)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Michael Malone
born 1969Irish/Australian technology entrepreneur and business executive
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Richard J. Curran
1838–1915Medal of Honor recipient during the American Civil War and Mayor of Rochester, New York (1838–1915)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Sixmilebridge has the most people on record, 12 of them.
Questions about famous people from Ennis
Who is the most famous person from Ennis?
Harriet Smithson (Anglo-Irish actress (1800-1854)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come William Mulready and Séamus Horgan.
How many famous people were born in Ennis?
58 people born in Ennis have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 69 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ennis?
James Bartholomew Blackwell, born in 1766. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Ennis?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ennis’ 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 (12)
- Harriet Smithson: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Mulready: Robert Howlett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Breen: World Trade Organization from Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Des Lynam: Phil Guest from Bournemouth, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Boland: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Patrick Mahon: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew O'Brien: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Graham: Thomas Foster Chuck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Dermody: Charles Allingham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard J. Curran: Office of the Surgeon General of the United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Matgamna: Martin Thomas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Winstedt: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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).