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Politics & Law
Patricia Ryan
born 1969Irish Sinn Féin politician, Teachta Dála (TD) for Kildare South constituency since 2020
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballybrittas, Co. Laois
From 1829 to 1969, Ballybrittas was the birthplace of 5 famous people
Best known of all is Patricia Ryan, written about in 5 languages. The next two names are Charlotte Dease and Thomas Tynan. Patricia Ryan, the best known, was born in 1969. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patricia Ryan
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1829
James Lalor
Youngest
1969
Patricia Ryan
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Ballybrittas
Languages with an article: 5 for Patricia Ryan, 3 for Charlotte Dease, 3 for Thomas Tynan.
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Through the years
When Ballybrittas’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ballybrittas is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ballybrittas
Another 2, the earliest born in 1829.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Portlaoise has the most on record: 46.
Portlaoise · 13 kmRobert Sheehan & 45 moreABKildare · 16 kmAisling Bea & 27 more
Athy · 17 kmGeorge Lyttleton Rogers & 10 more
Mountmellick · 13 kmCharles Flanagan & 9 more
Rathangan · 16 kmGeorge Pomeroy Colley & 5 moreJDCurragh Camp · 20 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreAHPortarlington · 7 kmAoife Hoey & 4 more
Monasterevin · 6 kmWilloughby James Hamilton & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ballybrittas
Who is the most famous person from Ballybrittas?
Patricia Ryan (Irish Sinn Féin politician, Teachta Dála (TD) for Kildare South constituency since 2020) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Charlotte Dease and Thomas Tynan.
How many famous people were born in Ballybrittas?
5 people born in Ballybrittas have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballybrittas known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballybrittas?
James Lalor, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Ballybrittas?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballybrittas’ 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 (5)
- Robert Sheehan: Luigi Novi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Lyttleton Rogers: Unknown (Bassano Ltd), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Flanagan: Department of Children and Youth Affairs, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Pomeroy Colley: 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).