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Tom Barry
1897–1980Irish soldier and guerrilla leader (1897-1980)
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Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Of the 13 famous people born in Killorglin, an unusual share are athletes
Most widely known is Tom Barry, the Irish soldier and guerrilla leader, with articles in 8 languages. The Irish rower Aileen Crowley ranks second, ahead of Gene Mangan. 5 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Over 125 years of births, the list goes from Jack Doyle (1869) to Aileen Crowley (1994).
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Tom Barry
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1869
Jack Doyle
Youngest
1994
Aileen Crowley
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Killorglin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Killorglin is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Killorglin’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Killorglin
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Killorglin
The other 10 span the years 1869 to 1977.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Tralee’s, with 115.
Questions about famous people from Killorglin
Who is the most famous person from Killorglin?
Tom Barry (Irish soldier and guerrilla leader (1897-1980)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Aileen Crowley and Gene Mangan.
How many famous people were born in Killorglin?
13 people born in Killorglin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 15 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Killorglin known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 11 of the 13. That is 85% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killorglin?
Jack Doyle, born in 1869. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Killorglin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killorglin’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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