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Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
One famous person was born in Drumshanbo
Ita Daly, the novelist, was born in 1945. That places their birth between 1922 and 1969. Their story is told in 2 languages. Within 18 km, Mohill lists the most: 12, with William Henry Drummond first.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ita Daly
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1945
Ita Daly
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Drumshanbo
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Drumshanbo, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Drumshanbo
Who is the most famous person from Drumshanbo?
Ita Daly (novelist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Drumshanbo?
1 people born in Drumshanbo have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Drumshanbo known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Drumshanbo?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Drumshanbo’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 (2)
- Maureen O'Sullivan: Russell Ball, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan L. Mitchell: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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