#1Politics & Law
Bertie Ahern
born 195111th Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008
54 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Drumcondra, Dublin
13 famous people from Drumcondra, many of them leaders
Best known of all is Bertie Ahern, written about in 54 languages. The Irish middle-distance runner Frank Murphy ranks second, ahead of Róisín Shortall. The largest group, 6, was born between 1922 and 1969. The first birth on record is Henry Moore’s, in 1751, and the last Rob Cornwall’s, in 1994.
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bertie Ahern
54 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1751
Henry Moore
Youngest
1994
Rob Cornwall
Most common field
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4 people
What stands out about Drumcondra’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Drumcondra
First, Bertie Ahern (54 languages), then Frank Murphy (9) and Róisín Shortall (9).
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Sports
Frank Murphy
1947–2017Irish middle-distance runner
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RS#3
Politics & Law
Róisín Shortall
born 1954Irish Labour Party politician
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Known for
What Drumcondra is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Drumcondra’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Drumcondra
10 more, best known first.
Charles B. Franklin
1880–1932Irish motorcycle designer and racer (1880-1932)
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Harry Cahill
1930–2009Irish field hockey goalkeeper, also playing for Great Britain (1930-2009)
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Nevill Coghill
1852–1879Irish military officer (1852–1879); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Glasnevin has the most on record, with 9.
FMGlasnevin · 1 kmFrederick Moore & 8 more
Beaumont · 3 kmBarney McKenna & 6 morePDPhibsborough · 2 kmPaschal Donohoe & 5 more
East Wall · 2 kmLiam Cunningham & 5 moreMPClontarf West · 2 kmMaureen Potter & 3 more
Marino · 1 kmAlex White & 1 more
Whitehall · 2 kmDon Baker & 1 morePMBallybough · 1 kmPaddy Moore
Beaumont · 3 kmBarney McKenna & 6 morePDPhibsborough · 2 kmPaschal Donohoe & 5 moreEast Wall · 2 kmLiam Cunningham & 5 moreMPClontarf West · 2 kmMaureen Potter & 3 moreMarino · 1 kmAlex White & 1 moreWhitehall · 2 kmDon Baker & 1 morePMBallybough · 1 kmPaddy MooreQuestions about famous people from Drumcondra
Who is the most famous person from Drumcondra?
Bertie Ahern (11th Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 54 languages. Next come Frank Murphy and Róisín Shortall.
How many famous people were born in Drumcondra?
13 people born in Drumcondra have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Drumcondra known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 13. That is 31% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Drumcondra?
Henry Moore, born in 1751. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Drumcondra?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Drumcondra’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)
- Bertie Ahern: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Franklin: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nevill Coghill: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barney McKenna: Original uploader was Aloys Soullie at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Cunningham: Gage Skidmore, 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
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).