#1Film, TV & Stage
Colin Farrell
born 1976Irish actor (born 1976)
77 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Castleknock, Dublin
9 famous people from Castleknock, many of them leaders
At the top of the list is the Irish actor Colin Farrell, covered in 77 languages. Since 1970, 3 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 14.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.2 in the typical town in Co. Dublin. The earliest on the list is Henry Burnell, born in 1540, and the youngest Lara McDonnell, born in 2003.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Colin Farrell
77 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1540
Henry Burnell
Youngest
2003
Lara McDonnell
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Castleknock’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Castleknock
The three are covered in 77, 35 and 8 languages: Colin Farrell, Liam Cosgrave and Lara McDonnell.
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#2Politics & Law
Liam Cosgrave
1920–2017Irish politician (1920-2017)
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Known for
What Castleknock is known for
Castleknock has 2.8× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Castleknock’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Castleknock
Of the other 6, 3 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Blanchardstown counts 7 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Castleknock
Who is the most famous person from Castleknock?
Colin Farrell (Irish actor (born 1976)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 77 languages. Next come Liam Cosgrave and Lara McDonnell.
How many famous people were born in Castleknock?
9 people born in Castleknock have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castleknock known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castleknock?
Henry Burnell, born in 1540. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Castleknock?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castleknock’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 (6)
- Colin Farrell: Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Cosgrave: David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wellington Gwynne: William James Topley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Carey: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Boyle: Вячеслав Евдокимов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roderic O'Gorman: Roderic O'Gorman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).