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Notable
Conor Clune
1893–1920Irish republican (1893–1920)
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Photo: Simon Huguet · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Quin, Co. Clare
Quin is the birthplace of 5 famous people
At the top of the list is the Irish republican Conor Clune, covered in 2 languages. Second place goes to the Irish hurler Amby Power, third to Fergal Lynch. More than half were born in the Revival and independence years, 4 in all. The first birth on record is Joe Power’s, in 1883, and the last Fergal Lynch’s, in 1982.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Conor Clune
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1883
Joe Power
Youngest
1982
Fergal Lynch
The best known
Born in Quin
First, Conor Clune (2 languages), then Amby Power (1) and Fergal Lynch (1).
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Through the years
When Quin’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Notable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Quin
Here are 2 more, born from 1883 to 1887.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Quin
Who is the most famous person from Quin?
Conor Clune (Irish republican (1893–1920)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Amby Power and Fergal Lynch.
How many famous people were born in Quin?
5 people born in Quin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Quin?
Joe Power, born in 1883. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Quin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Quin’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 (2)
- Harriet Smithson: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Winstedt: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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