BB#1
Politics & Law
Brian Boru
941–1014High King of Ireland
41 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Original uploader was Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Killaloe, Co. Clare
Killaloe’s famous people span 1,031 years: 8 births from 941 to 1972
The best known is the high King of Ireland Brian Boru, with articles in 41 languages. Keith Wood, the Irish rugby union player, comes second, with Alexander John Arbuthnot third. 3 of them were born in the Revival and independence years, more than in any other period. The list’s best known name, Brian Boru, dates from 941.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brian Boru
41 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
941
Brian Boru
Youngest
1972
Keith Wood
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Killaloe’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Killaloe
Ranked by languages covered: Brian Boru with 41, then Keith Wood with 17 and Alexander John Arbuthnot with 4.
KW#2
AA#3
Writing & Arts
Alexander John Arbuthnot
1822–1907British official and writer (1822–1907)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Killaloe’s famous people were born
The 1820s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Writing & ArtsFaithPolitics & LawSportsMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Killaloe is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Killaloe
5 more names, born between 1824 and 1967.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Nenagh, at 44.
JBNenagh · 18 kmJohn Desmond Bernal & 43 moreMHCastleconnell · 11 kmMichael Herbert & 15 moreWLNewport · 11 kmWilliam Lee & 8 moreJHMoroe · 18 kmJohn Harty & 3 moreMBBallina · 1 kmMichael Breen & 2 moreGPAnnacotty · 17 kmGer Power & 1 more
Castletroy · 18 kmLeah McNamara & 1 moreSFArdnacrusha · 15 kmStephen Fitzgerald
Castletroy · 18 kmLeah McNamara & 1 moreSFArdnacrusha · 15 kmStephen FitzgeraldQuestions about famous people from Killaloe
Who is the most famous person from Killaloe?
Brian Boru (high King of Ireland) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 41 languages. Next come Keith Wood and Alexander John Arbuthnot.
How many famous people were born in Killaloe?
8 people born in Killaloe 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 Killaloe known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 8. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killaloe?
Brian Boru, born in 941. The youngest on the list was born in 1972.
Who counts as from Killaloe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killaloe’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)
- Leah McNamara: Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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