SM#1
Writing & Arts
Shelley McNamara
born 1952Irish architect
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Kanchelskis · CC BY 2.5Famous people · Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare
Shelley McNamara tops a list of 4 famous people born in Lisdoonvarna
The best known is the Irish architect Shelley McNamara, with articles in 28 languages. George Gardiner, the American boxer, comes second, with Michael Howard third. The first birth on record is George Gardiner’s, in 1877, and the last Shelley McNamara’s, in 1952. Famous people are on record for 32 of the towns in Co. Clare.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Shelley McNamara
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1877
George Gardiner
Youngest
1952
Shelley McNamara
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Lisdoonvarna
Counted by languages, Shelley McNamara is ahead of George Gardiner and Michael Howard: 28, 8 and 3.
GG#2
Sports
George Gardiner
1877–1954American boxer (1877-1954)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MH#3
Politics & Law
Michael Howard
1933–2009Irish politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Lisdoonvarna’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lisdoonvarna is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 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 Lisdoonvarna
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Ennistimon, at 6.
Questions about famous people from Lisdoonvarna
Who is the most famous person from Lisdoonvarna?
Shelley McNamara (Irish architect) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 28 languages. Next come George Gardiner and Michael Howard.
How many famous people were born in Lisdoonvarna?
4 people born in Lisdoonvarna have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lisdoonvarna known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 4. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lisdoonvarna?
George Gardiner, born in 1877. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Lisdoonvarna?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lisdoonvarna’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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