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Photo: sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballycolla, Co. Laois
Ballycolla is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Liam Hyland, the Irish politician, with articles in 8 languages. The only other name is the Irish hurler Stephen Bergin. Mavis Macnaughton tops the 15 names on record in Rathdowney, 10 km away. The oldest name on the list belongs to Liam Hyland, born in 1933, the newest to Stephen Bergin, born in 1995.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Liam Hyland
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1933
Liam Hyland
Youngest
1995
Stephen Bergin
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Ballycolla
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Known for
What Ballycolla is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
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 nearby, Rathdowney lists the most people: 15.
Questions about famous people from Ballycolla
Who is the most famous person from Ballycolla?
Liam Hyland (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Stephen Bergin.
How many famous people were born in Ballycolla?
2 people born in Ballycolla have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ballycolla known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballycolla?
Liam Hyland, born in 1933. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Ballycolla?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballycolla’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.
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