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Famous people · Churchtown, Dublin
Churchtown counts 3 famous people, first among them Dervla Kirwan
Most widely known is Dervla Kirwan, the Irish actress, with articles in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are John Kavanagh and James Kavanagh. Nearby, Rathmines West, 3 km away, lists 18, led by Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3, close to the 2.2 of the typical Co. Dublin town.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dervla Kirwan
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1971
Dervla Kirwan
Youngest
1989
James Kavanagh
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Churchtown
Counted by languages, Dervla Kirwan is ahead of John Kavanagh and James Kavanagh: 17, 6 and 1.
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John Kavanagh
born 1977Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and coach
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Film, TV & Stage
James Kavanagh
born 1989Irish social media influencer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Churchtown is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Churchtown, with how many people each has.
AHRathmines West · 3 kmAndrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope & 17 moreJSRathfarnham · 2 kmJohn Millington Synge & 10 more
Rathmines East · 3 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 moreLDRathgar · 2 kmLaura Delany & 8 more
Dundrum · 2 kmStephen Roche & 6 moreEBTerenure · 3 kmEdmund Charles Beard & 2 more
Ballinteer · 2 kmNeale Richmond
Ballyboden · 3 kmDamien Duff
Rathmines East · 3 kmMaureen O'Hara & 9 moreLDRathgar · 2 kmLaura Delany & 8 moreDundrum · 2 kmStephen Roche & 6 moreEBTerenure · 3 kmEdmund Charles Beard & 2 moreBallinteer · 2 kmNeale RichmondBallyboden · 3 kmDamien DuffQuestions about famous people from Churchtown
Who is the most famous person from Churchtown?
Dervla Kirwan (Irish actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come John Kavanagh and James Kavanagh.
How many famous people were born in Churchtown?
3 people born in Churchtown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Churchtown known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Churchtown?
Dervla Kirwan, born in 1971. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Churchtown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Churchtown’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 (5)
- John Kavanagh: Haribhagirath, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maureen O'Hara: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Roche: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neale Richmond: EPP Group in the CoR, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Damien Duff: Mikhail Slain, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).