#1Famous people · Palmerston, Dublin
4 famous people were born in Palmerston from 1773 to 1991
The best known is the Irish footballer Andy Boyle, with articles in 10 languages. Second place goes to the Irish politician Catherine Murphy, third to Gary McGann. The list’s best known name, Andy Boyle, dates from 1991. For every 10,000 residents there are 3.6 on the list, well above the typical Co. Dublin town’s 2.2.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Andy Boyle
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1773
Joseph Willcocks
Youngest
1991
Andy Boyle
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Palmerston
Languages with an article: 10 for Andy Boyle, 9 for Catherine Murphy, 2 for Gary McGann.
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#2Politics & Law
Catherine Murphy
born 1953Irish politician
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Through the years
When Palmerston’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 2 births.
Politics & LawSportsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Palmerston is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Palmerston
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Palmerston
Who is the most famous person from Palmerston?
Andy Boyle (Irish footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Catherine Murphy and Gary McGann.
How many famous people were born in Palmerston?
4 people born in Palmerston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Palmerston known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Palmerston?
Joseph Willcocks, born in 1773. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Palmerston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Palmerston’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)
- Andy Boyle: Вячеслав Евдокимов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Murphy: Urbanchum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Norton: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Farrell: Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, 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).