SR#1
Writing & Arts
Seán Ó Ríordáin
1916–1977Irish poet (1916-1977)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Richard Fensome · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Baile Mhic Íre, Co. Cork
10 famous people from Baile Mhic Íre, many of them athletes
Seán Ó Ríordáin, the Irish poet, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The next two names are Donal Moynihan and Anthony Lynch. 6 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births span 1916 to 1977, from Seán Ó Ríordáin to Mícheál Ó Cróinín.
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10
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Best known
Seán Ó Ríordáin
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1916
Seán Ó Ríordáin
Youngest
1977
Mícheál Ó Cróinín
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Baile Mhic Íre’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Baile Mhic Íre is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.2 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Baile Mhic Íre’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Baile Mhic Íre
The three are covered in 7, 3 and 2 languages: Seán Ó Ríordáin, Donal Moynihan and Anthony Lynch.
DM#2
Politics & Law
Donal Moynihan
1941–2022Irish politician (1941–2022)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AL#3
Sports
Anthony Lynch
born 1977Irish Gaelic football player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Baile Mhic Íre
The other 7 span the years 1919 to 1977.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Baile Mhic Íre
Who is the most famous person from Baile Mhic Íre?
Seán Ó Ríordáin (Irish poet (1916-1977)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Donal Moynihan and Anthony Lynch.
How many famous people were born in Baile Mhic Íre?
10 people born in Baile Mhic Íre have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Baile Mhic Íre known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 10. That is 70% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Baile Mhic Íre?
Seán Ó Ríordáin, born in 1916. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Baile Mhic Íre?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Baile Mhic Íre’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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- Bambie Thug: Arkland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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