JD#1
Politics & Law
Jimmy Deenihan
born 1952Irish politician
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: chippee · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
8 famous people were born in Lixnaw, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the Irish politician Jimmy Deenihan, with articles in 8 languages. The next two names are Paul Galvin and Éamonn Fitzmaurice. The earliest on the list is Maurice Kelly, born in 1863, and the youngest Shane Conway, born in 1998. Most were born since 1970: 5 of them.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jimmy Deenihan
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1863
Maurice Kelly
Youngest
1998
Shane Conway
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Lixnaw’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lixnaw’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lixnaw is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Lixnaw
Athletes take two of the three places.
PG#2
Sports
Paul Galvin
born 1979Irish Gaelic football player and hurler
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
ÉF#3
Sports
Éamonn Fitzmaurice
born 1977Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lixnaw
Here are 5 more, born from 1863 to 1998.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Tralee, with 115.
Questions about famous people from Lixnaw
Who is the most famous person from Lixnaw?
Jimmy Deenihan (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Paul Galvin and Éamonn Fitzmaurice.
How many famous people were born in Lixnaw?
8 people born in Lixnaw have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Lixnaw known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lixnaw?
Maurice Kelly, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Lixnaw?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Lixnaw’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)
- John B. Keane: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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