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Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Garristown, Co. Dublin
A single famous person was born in Garristown: Heather Jameson
The Irish para-athlete Heather Jameson was born in 1997. Their name appears in an article in one language. The neighbour with the longest list is Drogheda, 17 km away: 96, led by Pierce Brosnan. The longest list in Co. Dublin is Dublin’s, with 3,775 names.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Heather Jameson
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1997
Heather Jameson
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Garristown
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Drogheda: 96.
PBDrogheda · 17 kmPierce Brosnan & 95 moreDCBalbriggan · 13 kmDiane Caldwell & 11 more
Swords · 15 kmFrancis Taylor & 3 moreCCAshbourne · 6 kmColm Condon & 2 moreASRatoath · 9 kmAngela Scanlon & 2 moreBMStamullen · 10 kmBen McKenna & 2 more
Duleek · 11 kmKeane Barry & 2 moreAWDunshaughlin · 12 kmAdderley Edward Wilkinson & 2 more
Swords · 15 kmFrancis Taylor & 3 moreCCAshbourne · 6 kmColm Condon & 2 moreASRatoath · 9 kmAngela Scanlon & 2 moreBMStamullen · 10 kmBen McKenna & 2 moreDuleek · 11 kmKeane Barry & 2 moreAWDunshaughlin · 12 kmAdderley Edward Wilkinson & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Garristown
Who is the most famous person from Garristown?
Heather Jameson (Irish para-athlete) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Garristown?
1 people born in Garristown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Garristown known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Garristown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Garristown’s urban area (the CSO’s 2022 urban area), 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.
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 (2)
- Francis Taylor: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keane Barry: DARTS NOW, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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