WM#1
Politics & Law
William Martin Murphy
1845–1919Irish politician and businessman (1844-1919)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Castletownbere, Co. Cork
4 famous people were born in Castletownbere from 1845 to 1970
Articles in 7 languages make the Irish politician and businessman William Martin Murphy the best known. Noel Harrington is second and Aidan MacCarthy third. The list’s best known name, William Martin Murphy, dates from 1845. 2 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Martin Murphy
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1845
William Martin Murphy
Youngest
1970
Noel Harrington
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Castletownbere
Two of the three are leaders.
NH#2
Politics & Law
Noel Harrington
born 1970Irish politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AM#3
Science & Medicine
Aidan MacCarthy
1913–1995Irish doctor (1913–1995)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Castletownbere’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1840s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Castletownbere is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Castletownbere
1 more, best known first.
Questions about famous people from Castletownbere
Who is the most famous person from Castletownbere?
William Martin Murphy (Irish politician and businessman (1844-1919)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Noel Harrington and Aidan MacCarthy.
How many famous people were born in Castletownbere?
4 people born in Castletownbere have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Castletownbere known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castletownbere?
William Martin Murphy, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1970.
Who counts as from Castletownbere?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castletownbere’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.
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