TO#1
Politics & Law
The O'Rahilly
1875–1916Irish republican (1875–1916)
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Chris · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
6 famous people were born in Ballylongford
Articles in 9 languages make the Irish republican The O'Rahilly the best known. Second and third on the list are Malachi Martin and Brendan Kennelly. More than half were born in the Revival and independence years, 4 in all. The first birth on record is Nell Humphreys’, in 1871, and the last Jackie Walsh’s, in 1951.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
The O'Rahilly
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1871
Nell Humphreys
Youngest
1951
Jackie Walsh
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Ballylongford
Languages with an article: 9 for The O'Rahilly, 8 for Malachi Martin, 5 for Brendan Kennelly.
MM#2
Faith
Malachi Martin
1921–1999Irish Catholic priest and writer on the Catholic Church (1921–1999)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
BK#3
Writing & Arts
Brendan Kennelly
1936–2021Irish poet (1936–2021)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ballylongford’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1870s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ballylongford is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ballylongford
Another 3, 2 of them athletes.
Nell Humphreys
1871–1939Irish revolutionary, Cumann na mBan leader and Dublin city councillor (1871-1939)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Ballylongford, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Ballylongford
Who is the most famous person from Ballylongford?
The O'Rahilly (Irish republican (1875–1916)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Malachi Martin and Brendan Kennelly.
How many famous people were born in Ballylongford?
6 people born in Ballylongford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ballylongford known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballylongford?
Nell Humphreys, born in 1871. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
Who counts as from Ballylongford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballylongford’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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