FM#1
Science & Medicine
Frederick Moore
1857–1949Irish horticulturist
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Glasnevin, Dublin
From 1770 to 1998, Glasnevin was the birthplace of 9 famous people
Articles in 3 languages make the Irish horticulturist Frederick Moore the best known. Michael O'Hehir is second and Ross McConnell third. 2 of them were born before the Act of Union, the first Thomas Ashe in 1770. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Frederick Moore
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1770
Thomas Ashe
Youngest
1998
Donal Burke
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
What stands out about Glasnevin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Glasnevin’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1770s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotableScience & MedicineSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Glasnevin
Ranked by languages covered: Frederick Moore with 3, then Michael O'Hehir with 2 and Ross McConnell with 2.
MO#2
Film, TV & Stage
Michael O'Hehir
1920–1996Irish hurler and presenter (1920-1996)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RM#3
Known for
What Glasnevin is known for
The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Glasnevin
Here are 6 more, born from 1770 to 1998.
Sir Norbert Michael Keenan
1864–1954(1864-1954) lawyer and politician of Perth, Western Australia
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Drumcondra has the most people on record, 13 of them.
Questions about famous people from Glasnevin
Who is the most famous person from Glasnevin?
Frederick Moore (Irish horticulturist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Michael O'Hehir and Ross McConnell.
How many famous people were born in Glasnevin?
9 people born in Glasnevin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Glasnevin known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 9. That is 22% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Glasnevin?
Thomas Ashe, born in 1770. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Glasnevin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Glasnevin’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 (4)
- Sir Norbert Michael Keenan: unknown (studio photographer?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertie Ahern: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Baker: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, 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).