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Brendan the Navigator
486–577Irish monastic saint
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Photo: Den Donovan · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Fenit, Co. Kerry
The 2 famous people born in Fenit, led by Brendan the Navigator
Articles in 47 languages make the Irish monastic saint Brendan the Navigator the best known. The only other name is the Irish Gaelic footballer Dermot Hannafin. Rea Garvey heads the list in Tralee, 11 km away, which has 115 names. The list’s best known name, Brendan the Navigator, dates from 486.
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Best known
Brendan the Navigator
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What stands out about Fenit’s famous people
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Born in Fenit
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What Fenit is known for
Share of Fenit’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Fenit
Who is the most famous person from Fenit?
Brendan the Navigator (Irish monastic saint) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 47 languages. Next come Dermot Hannafin.
How many famous people were born in Fenit?
2 people born in Fenit have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Fenit known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Fenit?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Fenit’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.
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