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Writing & Arts
Philip Pettit
born 1945Irish philosopher and political theorist
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ballygar, Co. Galway
Ballygar counts 5 famous people, first among them Philip Pettit
Most widely known is Philip Pettit, the Irish philosopher and political theorist, with articles in 18 languages. The Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer Mattie McDonagh ranks second, ahead of Aimee Carty. Born in 1936, Mattie McDonagh is the first name on record, and Philip Pettit, born in 1945, the most recent. 2 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Philip Pettit
18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1936
Mattie McDonagh
Youngest
1945
Philip Pettit
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Ballygar
Counted by languages, Philip Pettit is ahead of Mattie McDonagh and Aimee Carty: 18, 2 and 1.
MM#2
Sports
Mattie McDonagh
1936–2005Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer (1936-2005)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Known for
What Ballygar is known for
Share of Ballygar’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Ballygar
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Roscommon, with 13.
Questions about famous people from Ballygar
Who is the most famous person from Ballygar?
Philip Pettit (Irish philosopher and political theorist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Mattie McDonagh and Aimee Carty.
How many famous people were born in Ballygar?
5 people born in Ballygar have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballygar known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballygar?
Mattie McDonagh, born in 1936. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Ballygar?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballygar’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 (1)
- Luke 'Ming' Flanagan: Peter Mooney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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