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Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal
2 famous people were born in Dunfanaghy
Most widely known is Moya Cannon, the Irish author, with articles in 5 languages. One more name completes the list: Gerry Robinson. Over 8 years of births, the list goes from Gerry Robinson (1948) to Moya Cannon (1956). Letterkenny’s 49 names make the longest list in Co. Donegal.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Moya Cannon
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1948
Gerry Robinson
Youngest
1956
Moya Cannon
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Dunfanaghy
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Business
Gerry Robinson
1948–2021Irish-born British businessman and television presenter
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Dunfanaghy is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Questions about famous people from Dunfanaghy
Who is the most famous person from Dunfanaghy?
Moya Cannon (Irish author) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Gerry Robinson.
How many famous people were born in Dunfanaghy?
2 people born in Dunfanaghy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dunfanaghy known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dunfanaghy?
Gerry Robinson, born in 1948. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Dunfanaghy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dunfanaghy’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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