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Writing & Arts
Aisling O'Loughlin
born 1978TV journalist
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Shannon, Co. Clare
5 famous people were born in Shannon
Articles in 3 languages make the TV journalist Aisling O'Loughlin the best known. Close behind are Aaron Cunningham and Aron Shanagher. Most were born since 1970: 5 of them. Born in 1971, Brian Lohan is the first name on record, and Aron Shanagher, born in 1997, the most recent.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Aisling O'Loughlin
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1971
Brian Lohan
Youngest
1997
Aron Shanagher
What stands out about Shannon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Shannon’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1970s, with 3 births.
NotableWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Shannon
The three are covered in 3, 2 and 2 languages: Aisling O'Loughlin, Aaron Cunningham and Aron Shanagher.
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Known for
What Shannon 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 Shannon
2 more names, born between 1971 and 1974.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Ennis has the most on record, with 58.
Questions about famous people from Shannon
Who is the most famous person from Shannon?
Aisling O'Loughlin (TV journalist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Aaron Cunningham and Aron Shanagher.
How many famous people were born in Shannon?
5 people born in Shannon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shannon?
Brian Lohan, born in 1971. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Shannon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shannon’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 (4)
- Brian Lohan: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Smithson: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Winstedt: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Quinlivan: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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