PC#1
Politics & Law
Patrick Connolly
1926–2016Irish Attorney General
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: jwd · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Oldtown, Co. Dublin
2 famous people call Oldtown their birthplace
Most widely known is Patrick Connolly, the Irish Attorney general, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Lainey Keogh, the Irish fashion designer. David Wilkins tops the 13 names on record in Malahide, 13 km away. Over 31 years of births, the list goes from Patrick Connolly (1926) to Lainey Keogh (1957).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Connolly
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1926
Patrick Connolly
Youngest
1957
Lainey Keogh
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Oldtown
LK#2
Writing & Arts
Lainey Keogh
born 1957Irish fashion designer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Oldtown is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
DWMalahide · 13 kmDavid Wilkins & 12 moreDCBalbriggan · 13 kmDiane Caldwell & 11 more
Swords · 9 kmFrancis Taylor & 3 more
Donabate · 12 kmBrendan Ryan & 3 moreCCAshbourne · 6 kmColm Condon & 2 moreASRatoath · 10 kmAngela Scanlon & 2 more
Lusk · 10 kmDerek Landy & 2 moreBMStamullen · 13 kmBen McKenna & 2 more
Swords · 9 kmFrancis Taylor & 3 moreDonabate · 12 kmBrendan Ryan & 3 moreCCAshbourne · 6 kmColm Condon & 2 moreASRatoath · 10 kmAngela Scanlon & 2 moreLusk · 10 kmDerek Landy & 2 moreBMStamullen · 13 kmBen McKenna & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Oldtown
Who is the most famous person from Oldtown?
Patrick Connolly (Irish Attorney General) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Lainey Keogh.
How many famous people were born in Oldtown?
2 people born in Oldtown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Oldtown known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oldtown?
Patrick Connolly, born in 1926. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Oldtown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oldtown’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 (3)
- Francis Taylor: psyberartist, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan Ryan: Labour Youth, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Landy: Hpschaefer www.reserv-art.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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