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Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Kilmeage, Co. Kildare
2 famous people were born in Kilmeage
Most widely known is Patrick Harrington, the Irish bishop, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Joe McTeague, the Irish Gaelic footballer. The neighbour with the longest list is Kildare, 11 km away: 28, led by Aisling Bea. Patrick Harrington, born in 1939, is the earliest name and Joe McTeague, born in 1946, the latest.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Harrington
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1939
Patrick Harrington
Youngest
1946
Joe McTeague
Most common field
Faith
1 person
The best known
Born in Kilmeage
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Known for
What Kilmeage is known for
Clergy and people of faith are the most numerous, 1 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
Of the towns around it, Kildare has the most on record: 28.
ABKildare · 11 kmAisling Bea & 27 moreKLNewbridge · 9 kmKathleen Lonsdale & 25 more
Naas · 12 kmJohn de Robeck & 22 more
Rathangan · 11 kmGeorge Pomeroy Colley & 5 more
Clane · 11 kmCharles Handy & 2 moreCMSallins · 12 kmCharlie McCreevy & 1 moreSMAllenwood · 4 kmShane McCormackARProsperous · 7 kmAndrew Rynne
Naas · 12 kmJohn de Robeck & 22 moreRathangan · 11 kmGeorge Pomeroy Colley & 5 moreClane · 11 kmCharles Handy & 2 moreCMSallins · 12 kmCharlie McCreevy & 1 moreSMAllenwood · 4 kmShane McCormackARProsperous · 7 kmAndrew RynneQuestions about famous people from Kilmeage
Who is the most famous person from Kilmeage?
Patrick Harrington (Irish bishop) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Joe McTeague.
How many famous people were born in Kilmeage?
2 people born in Kilmeage have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kilmeage known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kilmeage?
Patrick Harrington, born in 1939. The youngest on the list was born in 1946.
Who counts as from Kilmeage?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilmeage’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)
- John de Robeck: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Pomeroy Colley: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Handy: einalem, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).