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Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Kildangan, Co. Kildare
Kildangan is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Paddy Flanagan, the Irish racing cyclist, with articles in 4 languages. Close behind are Jimmy Kennedy and Séamus Hogan. Just 10 km away, Kildare’s list holds 28 names, Aisling Bea the best known. The first birth on record is Jimmy Kennedy’s, in 1926, and the last Paddy Flanagan’s, in 1941.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Paddy Flanagan
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1926
Jimmy Kennedy
Youngest
1941
Paddy Flanagan
The best known
Born in Kildangan
Paddy Flanagan leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of Jimmy Kennedy (1) and Séamus Hogan (1).
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Known for
What Kildangan is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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 fullest list close by belongs to Kildare, with 28.
ABKildare · 10 kmAisling Bea & 27 moreKLNewbridge · 16 kmKathleen Lonsdale & 25 more
Athy · 13 kmGeorge Lyttleton Rogers & 10 moreJDCurragh Camp · 12 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 more
Rathangan · 13 kmGeorge Pomeroy Colley & 5 moreAHPortarlington · 13 kmAoife Hoey & 4 more
Monasterevin · 5 kmWilloughby James Hamilton & 1 more
Kilcullen · 18 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 more
Athy · 13 kmGeorge Lyttleton Rogers & 10 moreJDCurragh Camp · 12 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreRathangan · 13 kmGeorge Pomeroy Colley & 5 moreAHPortarlington · 13 kmAoife Hoey & 4 moreMonasterevin · 5 kmWilloughby James Hamilton & 1 moreKilcullen · 18 kmAbraham Boulger & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Kildangan
Who is the most famous person from Kildangan?
Paddy Flanagan (Irish racing cyclist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Jimmy Kennedy and Séamus Hogan.
How many famous people were born in Kildangan?
3 people born in Kildangan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kildangan?
Jimmy Kennedy, born in 1926. The youngest on the list was born in 1941.
Who counts as from Kildangan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kildangan’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 (4)
- George Lyttleton Rogers: Unknown (Bassano Ltd), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Pomeroy Colley: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willoughby James Hamilton: Robinson (Photographer), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Boulger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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