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Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Pettigo, Co. Donegal
2 famous people were born in Pettigo
The best known is the Irish actor Seán McGinley, with articles in 5 languages. The other is Moya Doherty, the Irish businesswoman. Births span 1956 to 1957, from Seán McGinley to Moya Doherty. No town in Co. Donegal lists more than Letterkenny, with 49.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Seán McGinley
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1956
Seán McGinley
Youngest
1957
Moya Doherty
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Pettigo
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Known for
What Pettigo is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Questions about famous people from Pettigo
Who is the most famous person from Pettigo?
Seán McGinley (Irish actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Moya Doherty.
How many famous people were born in Pettigo?
2 people born in Pettigo have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Pettigo known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pettigo?
Seán McGinley, born in 1956. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Pettigo?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pettigo’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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