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Photo: Zairon · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Milltown, Co. Kerry
Milltown is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Ian Twiss, the gaelic footballer, with an article in one language. Second place goes to the Irish hurler Johnny Quirke, third to Seán Burke. Just 14 km away, Tralee’s list holds 115 names, Rea Garvey the best known. Over 59 years of births, the list goes from Johnny Quirke (1911) to Seán Burke (1970).
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ian Twiss
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1911
Johnny Quirke
Youngest
1970
Seán Burke
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Milltown
By how many languages cover them, Ian Twiss comes first (1), then Johnny Quirke (1) and Seán Burke (1).
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Known for
What Milltown is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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
The best known from each town within 20 km of Milltown, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Milltown
Who is the most famous person from Milltown?
Ian Twiss (gaelic footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Johnny Quirke and Seán Burke.
How many famous people were born in Milltown?
3 people born in Milltown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Milltown known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Milltown?
Johnny Quirke, born in 1911. The youngest on the list was born in 1970.
Who counts as from Milltown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Milltown’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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