#1Politics & Law
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
1487–1534Lord Deputy of Ireland (1487-1534)
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Famous people · Maynooth, Co. Kildare
9 famous people were born in Maynooth, more of them leaders than in most towns
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, the lord Deputy of Ireland, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are Domhnall Ua Buachalla and James Duggan. 3 of them were born before the Act of Union, more than in any other period. The list reaches back to Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, born in 1487, one of 3 born before the Act of Union.
Born here
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Best known
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1487
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
Youngest
2003
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What stands out about Maynooth’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Maynooth is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2.9 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Maynooth’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1480s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Maynooth
First, Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (14 languages), then Domhnall Ua Buachalla (13) and James Duggan (9).
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Domhnall Ua Buachalla
1866–1963Irish politician (1866-1963)
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James Duggan
1825–1899Catholic bishop (1825–1899)
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Maynooth
The other 6 span the years 1755 to 2003.
Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln
Irish noblewoman, member of the FitzGerald family (1527-1589)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Celbridge has the most on record: 11.
Questions about famous people from Maynooth
Who is the most famous person from Maynooth?
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (lord Deputy of Ireland (1487-1534)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Domhnall Ua Buachalla and James Duggan.
How many famous people were born in Maynooth?
9 people born in Maynooth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Maynooth known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 9. That is 44% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Maynooth?
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, born in 1487. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Maynooth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Maynooth’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 (13)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare: Unknown author Unknown author artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Domhnall Ua Buachalla: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Duggan: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln: Master of the Countess of Warwick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Barrington: G. Kearsley, Fleet Street, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Caine: police.gov.hk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liam Nevin: Itchybowwow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Guinness: User Morrison1917 on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Collins: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bruton: Friends of Europe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curran: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Handy: einalem, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciarán Kilduff: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).