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Philip Greene
1920–2011Football broadcaster (1920–2011)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · O'Connell Street, Dublin
Philip Greene is the only name on the O'Connell Street list
Philip Greene, the football broadcaster, was born in 1920. Their birth falls in the Revival and independence years. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Just 1 km away, Phibsborough’s list holds 6 names, Paschal Donohoe the best known.
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Philip Greene
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1920
Philip Greene
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1 person
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Born in O'Connell Street
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
PDPhibsborough · 1 kmPaschal Donohoe & 5 more
St Stephen's Green · 1 kmDunbar Barton & 5 more
Temple Bar · 1 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 more
The Liberties · 2 kmMáire Devine & 3 moreJDStoneybatter · 1 kmJane Dowdall & 2 more
Portobello · 2 kmArthur Shields & 1 morePMBallybough · 2 kmPaddy Moore
St Stephen's Green · 1 kmDunbar Barton & 5 moreTemple Bar · 1 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 moreThe Liberties · 2 kmMáire Devine & 3 moreJDStoneybatter · 1 kmJane Dowdall & 2 morePortobello · 2 kmArthur Shields & 1 morePMBallybough · 2 kmPaddy MooreQuestions about famous people from O'Connell Street
Who is the most famous person from O'Connell Street?
Philip Greene (football broadcaster (1920–2011)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in O'Connell Street?
1 people born in O'Connell Street have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is O'Connell Street 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 O'Connell Street?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside O'Connell Street’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)
- Dunbar Barton: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence: Lucas Cornelisz de Kock (1495-1552), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Máire Devine: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Shields: film screenshot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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