#1Politics & Law
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
1116–1198High King of Ireland
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Tuam, Co. Galway
25 famous people were born in Tuam, more of them scientists and doctors than in most towns
At the top of the list is the high King of Ireland Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, covered in 21 languages. Behind the leader come Catherine Corless and Rory Gaffney. The largest group, 16, was born between 1922 and 1969. Per head, the list is long: 25.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Co. Galway has 7.3.
Born here
25
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1116
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair
Youngest
1989
Rory Gaffney
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Tuam’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Tuam is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 3.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Tuam’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 7 births.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFaithMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Tuam
Ranked by languages covered: Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair with 21, then Catherine Corless with 9 and Rory Gaffney with 7.
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Writing & Arts
Catherine Corless
born 1954Historian and activist
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Sports
Rory Gaffney
born 1989Irish association football player
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tuam
Still to come: 22 more, from 1824 to 1964.
Sir Theobald Burke, 13th Baronet
1833–1909Irish baronet and soldier (1833–1909)
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Questions about famous people from Tuam
Who is the most famous person from Tuam?
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (high King of Ireland) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 21 languages. Next come Catherine Corless and Rory Gaffney.
How many famous people were born in Tuam?
25 people born in Tuam have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 28 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Tuam known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 8 of the 25. That is 32% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Tuam?
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, born in 1116. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Tuam?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Tuam’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 (9)
- Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair: ClintMalpaso, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rory Gaffney: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Finian McGrath: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael P. Kitt: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Joseph Dillon: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Finney: Contributor(s): Poulsen Studios, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John O'Donohoe: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert George O'Malley: Cochrane, William, 1831-1898, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Hurley: Dwmalone, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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