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John Edmund Fitzmaurice
1839–1920Catholic bishop (1839-1920)
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Famous people · Newtownsandes, Co. Kerry
Newtownsandes’ famous people span 150 years: 4 births from 1839 to 1989
The best known is the Catholic bishop John Edmund Fitzmaurice, with articles in 5 languages. Bernie O'Callaghan and Maurice O'Connell follow. 2 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. The list’s best known name, John Edmund Fitzmaurice, dates from 1839.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Edmund Fitzmaurice
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1839
John Edmund Fitzmaurice
Youngest
1989
Patrick Curtin
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Newtownsandes
Three names lead: John Edmund Fitzmaurice (5 languages), Bernie O'Callaghan (1) and Maurice O'Connell (1).
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Through the years
When Newtownsandes’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Newtownsandes is known for
Share of Newtownsandes’ famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Newtownsandes
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Newtownsandes, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Newtownsandes
Who is the most famous person from Newtownsandes?
John Edmund Fitzmaurice (catholic bishop (1839-1920)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Bernie O'Callaghan and Maurice O'Connell.
How many famous people were born in Newtownsandes?
4 people born in Newtownsandes have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Newtownsandes known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newtownsandes?
John Edmund Fitzmaurice, born in 1839. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Newtownsandes?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newtownsandes’ 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 (2)
- John B. Keane: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur: William Salter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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