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Famous people · Brosna, Co. Kerry
Brosna has one famous person on record
In 1937, the Irish nurse Sister Consilio was born. Their birth falls between 1922 and 1969. One language has an article about them so far. The neighbour with the longest list is Castleisland, 16 km away: 8, led by Denis Mary Bradley.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sister Consilio
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1937
Sister Consilio
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known
Born in Brosna
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Castleisland, at 8.
Questions about famous people from Brosna
Who is the most famous person from Brosna?
Sister Consilio (Irish nurse) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Brosna?
1 people born in Brosna have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brosna known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Brosna?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brosna’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)
- Denis Mary Bradley: w:John Gilmary Shea is the author of the book., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).