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Writing & Arts
Máiréad Ní Ghráda
1896–1971Irish writer (1896–1971)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Night of the Big Wind · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Kilmaley, Co. Clare
Kilmaley is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Máiréad Ní Ghráda, the Irish writer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The only other name is the Irish hurler Mick Murphy. Of its neighbours, Ennis, 9 km away, lists the most: 58, Harriet Smithson first. Born in 1896, Máiréad Ní Ghráda is the first name on record, and Mick Murphy, born in 1918, the most recent.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Máiréad Ní Ghráda
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1896
Máiréad Ní Ghráda
Youngest
1918
Mick Murphy
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Kilmaley
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Known for
What Kilmaley is known for
1 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Ennis’, with 58.
Questions about famous people from Kilmaley
Who is the most famous person from Kilmaley?
Máiréad Ní Ghráda (Irish writer (1896–1971)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Mick Murphy.
How many famous people were born in Kilmaley?
2 people born in Kilmaley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kilmaley known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kilmaley?
Máiréad Ní Ghráda, born in 1896. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.
Who counts as from Kilmaley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilmaley’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.
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Photo credits (1)
- Harriet Smithson: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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