PK#1
Faith
Patrick Joseph James Keane
1872–1928Bishop of Sacramento (1872-1928)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballybunion, Co. Kerry
4 famous people were born in Ballybunion from 1872 to 1977
Most widely known is Patrick Joseph James Keane, the bishop of Sacramento, with articles in 4 languages. The next two names are Denis Moran and Eoin Liston. Patrick Joseph James Keane, the best known, was born in 1872. Athletes make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Joseph James Keane
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1872
Patrick Joseph James Keane
Youngest
1977
Richard Wall
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Ballybunion
Athletes take two of the three places.
DM#2
Sports
Denis Moran
born 1956Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EL#3
Sports
Eoin Liston
born 1957Irish Gaelic football player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ballybunion’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
SportsFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ballybunion is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ballybunion
1 more, best known first.
Richard Wall
born 1977Irish film, television and theatre actor (born 1977)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Listowel lists the most people: 21.
Questions about famous people from Ballybunion
Who is the most famous person from Ballybunion?
Patrick Joseph James Keane (bishop of Sacramento (1872-1928)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Denis Moran and Eoin Liston.
How many famous people were born in Ballybunion?
4 people born in Ballybunion have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ballybunion known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballybunion?
Patrick Joseph James Keane, born in 1872. The youngest on the list was born in 1977.
Who counts as from Ballybunion?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballybunion’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 (2)
- John B. Keane: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur: William Salter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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