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Politics & Law
Gerry Healy
1913–1989Irish Trotskyist (1913-1989)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Ballybane, Galway
Ballybane has just one famous person to its name: Gerry Healy
The Irish trotskyist Gerry Healy was born in 1913. Their birth falls in the Revival and independence years. 11 languages have an article about them. Go 3 km to Castlegar and the list grows to 6, with Joe Connolly at the top.
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Gerry Healy
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1913
Gerry Healy
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Politics & Law
1 person
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Born in Ballybane
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Ballybane, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Ballybane
Who is the most famous person from Ballybane?
Gerry Healy (Irish Trotskyist (1913-1989)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ballybane?
1 people born in Ballybane have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballybane known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Ballybane?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballybane’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?
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- Hildegarde Naughton: House of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Grady: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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