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Denis Mary Bradley
1846–1903Irish-American Roman Catholic bishop and educationist (1846-1903)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Castleisland, Co. Kerry
8 famous people from Castleisland, many of them athletes
With articles in 7 languages, Denis Mary Bradley is the most widely known. Close behind are Con Houlihan and Charlie Nelligan. 3 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. Sean McCarthy, born in 1993, is the youngest, and Denis Mary Bradley, born in 1846, the first on record.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Denis Mary Bradley
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1846
Denis Mary Bradley
Youngest
1993
Sean McCarthy
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Castleisland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Castleisland is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Castleisland’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Castleisland
Counted by languages, Denis Mary Bradley is ahead of Con Houlihan and Charlie Nelligan: 7, 4 and 3.
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Writing & Arts
Con Houlihan
1925–2012Irish sportswriter
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CN#3
Sports
Charlie Nelligan
born 1957Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Castleisland
Here are 5 more, born from 1881 to 1993.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Tralee, with 115.
Questions about famous people from Castleisland
Who is the most famous person from Castleisland?
Denis Mary Bradley (Irish-American Roman Catholic bishop and educationist (1846-1903)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Con Houlihan and Charlie Nelligan.
How many famous people were born in Castleisland?
8 people born in Castleisland have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castleisland known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castleisland?
Denis Mary Bradley, born in 1846. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Castleisland?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castleisland’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
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