PD#1
Politics & Law
Paschal Donohoe
born 1974Irish politician
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Phibsborough, Dublin
Phibsborough’s famous people span 314 years: 6 births from 1660 to 1974
At the top of the list is the Irish politician Paschal Donohoe, covered in 17 languages. Harry Boland and Thomas Southerne follow. More than half were born in the Revival and independence years, 4 in all. The list’s best known name, Paschal Donohoe, dates from 1974.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Paschal Donohoe
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1660
Thomas Southerne
Youngest
1974
Paschal Donohoe
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Phibsborough
Paschal Donohoe has articles in 17 languages, Harry Boland in 11 and Thomas Southerne in 8.
#2Politics & Law
Harry Boland
1887–1922Irish republican and politician (1887-1922)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TS#3
Writing & Arts
Thomas Southerne
1660–1746Irish dramatist (1660–1746)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Phibsborough’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Phibsborough is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 3.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Phibsborough
3 more, from 1880 to 1903.
Nellie Gifford
1880–1971An Irish republican activist and nationalist (1880-1971)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Drumcondra, at 13.
Drumcondra · 2 kmBertie Ahern & 12 moreFMGlasnevin · 1 kmFrederick Moore & 8 more
St Stephen's Green · 2 kmDunbar Barton & 5 more
East Wall · 2 kmLiam Cunningham & 5 more
Temple Bar · 2 kmGeorge Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence & 3 more
The Liberties · 2 kmMáire Devine & 3 moreJDStoneybatter · 1 kmJane Dowdall & 2 morePGO'Connell Street · 1 kmPhilip GreeneQuestions about famous people from Phibsborough
Who is the most famous person from Phibsborough?
Paschal Donohoe (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Harry Boland and Thomas Southerne.
How many famous people were born in Phibsborough?
6 people born in Phibsborough have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Phibsborough known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Phibsborough?
Thomas Southerne, born in 1660. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Phibsborough?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Phibsborough’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 (8)
- Harry Boland: Topical Press Agency / Stringer (Life time: Unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nellie Gifford: Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- May Power: Patrick Tuohy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertie Ahern: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunbar Barton: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Cunningham: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
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).