#1Famous people · East Wall, Dublin
6 famous people from East Wall, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Liam Cunningham, the Irish actor, with articles in 42 languages. The Irish independent politician Maureen O'Sullivan ranks second, ahead of Jack O'Reilly. 4 of them were born in the Revival and independence years, more than in any other period. Joe Synnott, born in 1893, is the earliest name and Liam Cunningham, born in 1961, the latest.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Liam Cunningham
42 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1893
Joe Synnott
Youngest
1961
Liam Cunningham
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about East Wall’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What East Wall is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in East Wall
Liam Cunningham has articles in 42 languages, Maureen O'Sullivan in 4 and Jack O'Reilly in 1.
#1MO#2
Politics & Law
Maureen O'Sullivan
born 1951Irish independent politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JO#3
Through the years
When East Wall’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 3.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in East Wall
Here are 3 more, born from 1893 to 1903.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Drumcondra, with 13.
Drumcondra · 2 kmBertie Ahern & 12 more
St Stephen's Green · 1 kmDunbar Barton & 5 morePDPhibsborough · 2 kmPaschal Donohoe & 5 more
Ballsbridge · 2 kmGarret FitzGerald & 3 more
Temple Bar · 2 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 moreMPClontarf West · 2 kmMaureen Potter & 3 more
Marino · 3 kmAlex White & 1 morePMBallybough · 1 kmPaddy MooreQuestions about famous people from East Wall
Who is the most famous person from East Wall?
Liam Cunningham (Irish actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 42 languages. Next come Maureen O'Sullivan and Jack O'Reilly.
How many famous people were born in East Wall?
6 people born in East Wall have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is East Wall known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from East Wall?
Joe Synnott, born in 1893. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
Who counts as from East Wall?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside East Wall’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)
- Liam Cunningham: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertie Ahern: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunbar Barton: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garret FitzGerald: Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence: Lucas Cornelisz de Kock (1495-1552), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex White: Department of Health, 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).