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Famous people · Craughwell, Co. Galway
From 1895 to 1997, Craughwell was the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the Irish hurler Fergal Healy, with articles in 2 languages. The next two names are Dick Morrissey and Thomas Monaghan. The nearest list is in Gort, 19 km away: 14 names, starting with Paddy Glynn. Fergal Healy was born in 1977.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Fergal Healy
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1895
Dick Morrissey
Youngest
1997
Thomas Monaghan
The best known
Born in Craughwell
First, Fergal Healy (2 languages), then Dick Morrissey (1) and Thomas Monaghan (1).
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Craughwell, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Craughwell
Who is the most famous person from Craughwell?
Fergal Healy (Irish hurler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Dick Morrissey and Thomas Monaghan.
How many famous people were born in Craughwell?
3 people born in Craughwell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Craughwell?
Dick Morrissey, born in 1895. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Craughwell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Craughwell’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 (3)
- Lydia Gurley: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Benedict Medlicott: James Fisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hildegarde Naughton: House of the Oireachtas, 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).