JD#1
Politics & Law
John Donnellan
born 1937Irish politician and footballer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: John Chudley · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Dunmore, Co. Galway
Of the 9 famous people born in Dunmore, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 4 languages make the Irish politician and footballer John Donnellan the best known. Behind the leader come Michael Donnellan and Thomas Joynt. Over 186 years of births, the list goes from Gideon Ouseley (1762) to Gay Mitchell (1948). 5 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Donnellan
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1762
Gideon Ouseley
Youngest
1948
Gay Mitchell
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Dunmore’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dunmore is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Dunmore
All three are leaders.
MD#2
Politics & Law
Michael Donnellan
1900–1964Irish politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TJ#3
Politics & Law
Thomas Joynt
1830–1907New Zealand lawyer (1830-1907)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Dunmore’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dunmore
Another 6, 5 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Tuam has the most on record, with 25.
Questions about famous people from Dunmore
Who is the most famous person from Dunmore?
John Donnellan (Irish politician and footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Michael Donnellan and Thomas Joynt.
How many famous people were born in Dunmore?
9 people born in Dunmore have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dunmore known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 9. That is 56% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dunmore?
Gideon Ouseley, born in 1762. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Dunmore?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dunmore’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)
- Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair: ClintMalpaso, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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