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Photo: GenesisNZ · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Ennistimon, Co. Clare
From 1749 to 1975, Ennistimon was the birthplace of 6 famous people
The best known is the Irish poet Brian Merriman, with articles in 9 languages. The list’s best known name, Brian Merriman, dates from 1749. 2 were born in 1970 or later. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brian Merriman
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1749
Brian Merriman
Youngest
1975
Marie Davenport
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Ennistimon
First, Brian Merriman (9 languages), then Martin Conway (5) and Martin O'Sullivan (3).
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Politics & Law
Martin O'Sullivan
1891–1956Irish politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ennistimon’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 2.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessMilitarySports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ennistimon is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ennistimon
3 more names, born between 1839 and 1975.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Lehinch leads the towns around it, with 3 names.
Questions about famous people from Ennistimon
Who is the most famous person from Ennistimon?
Brian Merriman (Irish poet) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Martin Conway and Martin O'Sullivan.
How many famous people were born in Ennistimon?
6 people born in Ennistimon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ennistimon known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ennistimon?
Brian Merriman, born in 1749. The youngest on the list was born in 1975.
Who counts as from Ennistimon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ennistimon’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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