#1Military
Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur
1763–1849British commander in the Napoleonic Wars
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Famous people · Kilrush, Co. Clare
Leaders stand out among the 9 famous people born in Kilrush
The best known is the British commander in the Napoleonic wars Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, with articles in 6 languages. The next two names are Thomas Cusack and Joe Jacob. Most were born between 1922 and 1969: 5 of them. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 34, close to the 32.9 of the typical Co. Clare town.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1763
Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur
Youngest
1946
Mary Upton
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Kilrush’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Kilrush is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Kilrush
Two of the three are leaders.
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#2Politics & Law
Thomas Cusack
1858–1926American politician (1858–1926)
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Through the years
When Kilrush’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Kilrush
The rest number 6, with 2 leaders among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Kilkee leads the towns around it, with 4 names.
Questions about famous people from Kilrush
Who is the most famous person from Kilrush?
Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur (British commander in the Napoleonic Wars) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Thomas Cusack and Joe Jacob.
How many famous people were born in Kilrush?
9 people born in Kilrush have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kilrush known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kilrush?
Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, born in 1763. The youngest on the list was born in 1946.
Who counts as from Kilrush?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilrush’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 (3)
- Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur: William Salter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cusack: W. L. Bodine & Co. (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas A. Cullinan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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