JB#1
Politics & Law
Jonah Barrington
1760–1834Irish lawyer, judge and politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
From 1760 to 1995, Abbeyleix was the birthplace of 8 famous people
Best known of all is Jonah Barrington, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are William S. O'Brien and Sarah Venie Barr. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 15 towns in Co. Laois with famous people list more.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jonah Barrington
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1760
Jonah Barrington
Youngest
1995
Enda Rowland
What stands out about Abbeyleix’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Abbeyleix’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Abbeyleix
The three are covered in 4, 4 and 3 languages: Jonah Barrington, William S. O'Brien and Sarah Venie Barr.
WO#2
Business
William S. O'Brien
1825–1878American banker, Mining millionaire (1825 –1878)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
SB#3
Politics & Law
Sarah Venie Barr
1875–1947Irish political activist and philanthropist (1875-1947)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Abbeyleix is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Abbeyleix
Another 5, the earliest born in 1835.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Portlaoise, at 46.
Questions about famous people from Abbeyleix
Who is the most famous person from Abbeyleix?
Jonah Barrington (Irish lawyer, judge and politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come William S. O'Brien and Sarah Venie Barr.
How many famous people were born in Abbeyleix?
8 people born in Abbeyleix have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Abbeyleix?
Jonah Barrington, born in 1760. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Abbeyleix?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Abbeyleix’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).
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- Robert Sheehan: Luigi Novi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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