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Peter McDermott
1918–2007Gaelic footballer (1918–2007)
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Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Belgooly, Co. Cork
Belgooly has just one famous person to its name: Peter McDermott
In 1918, the gaelic footballer Peter McDermott was born. Their birth falls in the Revival and independence years. Readers can find them written up in one language. Nearby, Kinsale, 4 km away, lists 29, led by Timothy McCarthy.
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Peter McDermott
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Peter McDermott
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Belgooly, with how many people each has.
Kinsale · 4 kmTimothy McCarthy & 28 moreCMDouglas · 15 kmCillian Murphy & 19 moreITBishopstown · 16 kmIan Turner & 14 moreMMTurner's Cross · 16 kmMichael McCarthy & 10 moreJCInishannon · 12 kmJack Crowley & 8 moreGCTogher · 16 kmGer Cunningham & 8 moreFHCarrigaline · 11 kmFrancis Hodder & 6 moreDDCrosshaven · 15 kmDan Desmond & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Belgooly
Who is the most famous person from Belgooly?
Peter McDermott (gaelic footballer (1918–2007)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Belgooly?
1 people born in Belgooly have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Belgooly known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Belgooly?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Belgooly’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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- Timothy McCarthy: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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