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Politics & Law
Joseph Brennan
1912–1980Irish politician (1912-1980)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Kenneth Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Killybegs, Co. Donegal
3 famous people call Killybegs their birthplace
Joseph Brennan, the Irish politician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Close behind are Brian Brady and Noelle Vial. Over 56 years of births, the list goes from Brian Brady (1903) to Noelle Vial (1959). No town in Co. Donegal lists more than Letterkenny, with 49.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joseph Brennan
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1903
Brian Brady
Youngest
1959
Noelle Vial
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Killybegs
First, Joseph Brennan (7 languages), then Brian Brady (3) and Noelle Vial (2).
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Known for
What Killybegs is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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Questions about famous people from Killybegs
Who is the most famous person from Killybegs?
Joseph Brennan (Irish politician (1912-1980)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Brian Brady and Noelle Vial.
How many famous people were born in Killybegs?
3 people born in Killybegs have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Killybegs known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killybegs?
Brian Brady, born in 1903. The youngest on the list was born in 1959.
Who counts as from Killybegs?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killybegs’ 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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