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Séamus Brennan
1948–2008Irish politician (1948-2008)
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Famous people · Salthill, Galway
2 famous people were born in Salthill
Most widely known is Séamus Brennan, the Irish politician, with articles in 7 languages. The list has one more: the Irish journalist Harry McGee. For more famous names, Castlegar is 5 km away: its list has 6, led by Joe Connolly. From Harry McGee to Séamus Brennan, the births on the list run from 1901 to 1948.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Séamus Brennan
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1901
Harry McGee
Youngest
1948
Séamus Brennan
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Salthill
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Known for
What Salthill is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Salthill, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Salthill
Who is the most famous person from Salthill?
Séamus Brennan (Irish politician (1948-2008)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Harry McGee.
How many famous people were born in Salthill?
2 people born in Salthill 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 Salthill known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Salthill?
Harry McGee, born in 1901. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Salthill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Salthill’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)
- Séamus Brennan: Flickr user "Justsplit.com", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Grady: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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