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Famous people · Lissycasey, Co. Clare

The Irish bishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh is the one famous person from Lissycasey

Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh, the Irish bishop, was born in 1933. Their birth falls between 1922 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in 5 languages. Within 14 km, Ennis lists the most: 58, with Harriet Smithson first.

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Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1933
Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh
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Born in Lissycasey

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Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh

1933–2018

Irish bishop (1933-2018)

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Famous people from the towns next door

The best known from each town within 20 km of Lissycasey, with how many people each has.

Questions about famous people from Lissycasey

Who is the most famous person from Lissycasey?

Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh (Irish bishop (1933-2018)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.

How many famous people were born in Lissycasey?

1 people born in Lissycasey have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.

What is Lissycasey known for?

Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.

Who counts as from Lissycasey?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lissycasey’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).

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