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Barney McKenna
1939–2012Irish musician (1939-2012)
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Beaumont, Dublin
Of the 7 famous people born in Beaumont, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 16 languages make the Irish musician Barney McKenna the best known. The next two names are Tommy Eglington and Marshall Porter. 4 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births span 1868 to 1980, from Arthur Wallis to Darragh Maloney.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Barney McKenna
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1868
Arthur Wallis
Youngest
1980
Darragh Maloney
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Beaumont’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Beaumont is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Beaumont
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Sports
Tommy Eglington
1923–2004Irish footballer (1923–2004)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Sports
Marshall Porter
1874–1900South African cricketer (1874-1900)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Beaumont’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Beaumont
Another 4, 3 of them athletes.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Clontarf East’s, with 25.
Questions about famous people from Beaumont
Who is the most famous person from Beaumont?
Barney McKenna (Irish musician (1939-2012)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come Tommy Eglington and Marshall Porter.
How many famous people were born in Beaumont?
7 people born in Beaumont have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Beaumont known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 7. That is 71% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beaumont?
Arthur Wallis, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Beaumont?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beaumont’s neighbourhood (its Census 2022 Small Areas), 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. In Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford a birth recorded only as the city stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only people recorded as born in it.
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 (7)
- Barney McKenna: Original uploader was Aloys Soullie at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bram Stoker: unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertie Ahern: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Denise Mitchell: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Montague: Josh Lim ( Sky Harbor ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex White: Department of Health, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Baker: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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