JD#1
Politics & Law
Jane Dowdall
1899–1974Irish politician (1899-1974)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Cityswift · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Stoneybatter, Dublin
Stoneybatter is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the Irish politician Jane Dowdall, with articles in 3 languages. Second place goes to the Irish Gaelic football player Paddy Cullen, third to Trevor Croly. Glasnevin, 2 km off, can claim 9 famous people, the best known Frederick Moore. Births span 1899 to 1974, from Jane Dowdall to Trevor Croly.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jane Dowdall
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1899
Jane Dowdall
Youngest
1974
Trevor Croly
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Stoneybatter
Two of the three are athletes.
PC#2
Sports
Paddy Cullen
1944–2025Irish Gaelic football player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TC#3
Sports
Trevor Croly
born 1974Irish footballer (born 1974)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Stoneybatter is known for
Share of Stoneybatter’s famous people in each field.
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
6 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Stoneybatter
Who is the most famous person from Stoneybatter?
Jane Dowdall (Irish politician (1899-1974)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Paddy Cullen and Trevor Croly.
How many famous people were born in Stoneybatter?
3 people born in Stoneybatter have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Stoneybatter known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stoneybatter?
Jane Dowdall, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Stoneybatter?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stoneybatter’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 (2)
- 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).