PO#1
Faith
Patrick O'Donnell
1856–1927Catholic cardinal (1856-1927)
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Glenties, Co. Donegal
From 1845 to 1978, Glenties was the birthplace of 6 famous people
Patrick O'Donnell, the Catholic cardinal, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are Patrick MacGill and Jim McGuinness. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The biggest group are athletes: 2.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick O'Donnell
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1845
Edward MacDevitt
Youngest
1978
Máire O'Neill
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Glenties’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Glenties’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsFaithWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Glenties
Counted by languages, Patrick O'Donnell is ahead of Patrick MacGill and Jim McGuinness: 14, 6 and 3.
PM#2
Writing & Arts
Patrick MacGill
1889–1963Irish writer (1889–1963)
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JM#3
Sports
Jim McGuinness
born 1972Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Glenties is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Glenties
A further 3 follow, born between 1845 and 1978.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Donegal’s, with 17.
Questions about famous people from Glenties
Who is the most famous person from Glenties?
Patrick O'Donnell (catholic cardinal (1856-1927)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Patrick MacGill and Jim McGuinness.
How many famous people were born in Glenties?
6 people born in Glenties have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Glenties known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Glenties?
Edward MacDevitt, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1978.
Who counts as from Glenties?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Glenties’ 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).
Photo credits (1)
- Mark Farren: Johnfullerton at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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