#1Military
George Pomeroy Colley
1835–1881British Army general (1835–1881)
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Rathangan, Co. Kildare
6 famous people were born in Rathangan from 1835 to 2008
George Pomeroy Colley, the British Army general, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Behind the leader come Michael Noonan and Fiona O'Loughlin. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents there are 18.4 on the list, well above the typical Co. Kildare town’s 6.6.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
George Pomeroy Colley
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1835
George Pomeroy Colley
Youngest
2008
Michael Noonan
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Rathangan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rathangan’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitarySports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rathangan
The three are covered in 14, 8 and 5 languages: George Pomeroy Colley, Michael Noonan and Fiona O'Loughlin.
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Sports
Michael Noonan
born 2008Irish association football player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
Fiona O'Loughlin
born 1965Irish politician
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Rathangan is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rathangan
Here are 3 more, born from 1887 to 1978.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Kildare lists the most people: 28.
ABKildare · 9 kmAisling Bea & 27 moreKLNewbridge · 14 kmKathleen Lonsdale & 25 more
Edenderry · 14 kmAndrew Killian & 9 moreJDCurragh Camp · 14 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreAHPortarlington · 15 kmAoife Hoey & 4 more
Monasterevin · 10 kmWilloughby James Hamilton & 1 morePHKilmeage · 11 kmPatrick Harrington & 1 moreSMAllenwood · 11 kmShane McCormack
Edenderry · 14 kmAndrew Killian & 9 moreJDCurragh Camp · 14 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreAHPortarlington · 15 kmAoife Hoey & 4 moreMonasterevin · 10 kmWilloughby James Hamilton & 1 morePHKilmeage · 11 kmPatrick Harrington & 1 moreSMAllenwood · 11 kmShane McCormackQuestions about famous people from Rathangan
Who is the most famous person from Rathangan?
George Pomeroy Colley (British Army general (1835–1881)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Michael Noonan and Fiona O'Loughlin.
How many famous people were born in Rathangan?
6 people born in Rathangan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Rathangan known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rathangan?
George Pomeroy Colley, born in 1835. The youngest on the list was born in 2008.
Who counts as from Rathangan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Rathangan’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 Pomeroy Colley: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fiona O'Loughlin: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Killian: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willoughby James Hamilton: Robinson (Photographer), Public domain, 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).