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Famous people · Newtown, Co. Cork
7 famous people were born in Newtown
At the top of the list is the Irish hurler Ben O'Connor, covered in 2 languages. Cathal Naughton and James Bowles follow. 6 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Born in 1930, Bertie Troy is the first name on record, and Tim O'Mahony, born in 1997, the most recent.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ben O'Connor
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1930
Bertie Troy
Youngest
1997
Tim O'Mahony
What stands out about Newtown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Newtown’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 4.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Newtown
First, Ben O'Connor (2 languages), then Cathal Naughton (2) and James Bowles (2).
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Known for
What Newtown is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Newtown
The other 4 span the years 1930 to 1997.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
4 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Newtown
Who is the most famous person from Newtown?
Ben O'Connor (Irish hurler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Cathal Naughton and James Bowles.
How many famous people were born in Newtown?
7 people born in Newtown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newtown?
Bertie Troy, born in 1930. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Newtown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newtown’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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