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Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Castledermot, Co. Kildare
From 1114 to 1979, Castledermot was the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the Irish politician Jack Wall, covered in 5 languages. The next two names are Mór Ní Tuathail and Michael English. Within 10 km, Carlow lists the most: 39, with William Desmond Taylor first. The list’s best known name, Jack Wall, dates from 1945.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jack Wall
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1114
Mór Ní Tuathail
Youngest
1979
Michael English
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Castledermot
Jack Wall, Mór Ní Tuathail and Michael English are written about in 5, 3 and 2 languages.
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Known for
What Castledermot is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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 most names next door are in Carlow: 39.
Questions about famous people from Castledermot
Who is the most famous person from Castledermot?
Jack Wall (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Mór Ní Tuathail and Michael English.
How many famous people were born in Castledermot?
3 people born in Castledermot have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castledermot known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castledermot?
Mór Ní Tuathail, born in 1114. The youngest on the list was born in 1979.
Who counts as from Castledermot?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castledermot’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 (3)
- George Lyttleton Rogers: Unknown (Bassano Ltd), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennie Wyse Power: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Keppel: Frederick Keppel, photographer unknown., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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