WD#1
Writing & Arts
William Henry Drummond
1854–1907Canadian poet (1854-1907)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Mohill, Co. Leitrim
No town in Co. Leitrim has more famous people than Mohill: 12
Articles in 8 languages make the Canadian poet William Henry Drummond the best known. The Canadian politician John Hart ranks second, ahead of Dearbháile Beirne. Between the Union and 1870, 7 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Patrick O'Beirne, born in 1808, the newest to Dearbháile Beirne, born in 1998.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Henry Drummond
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1808
Patrick O'Beirne
Youngest
1998
Dearbháile Beirne
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Mohill
By how many languages cover them, William Henry Drummond comes first (8), then John Hart (5) and Dearbháile Beirne (2).
JH#2
Politics & Law
John Hart
1879–1957Canadian politician (1879-1957)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DB#3
Through the years
When Mohill’s famous people were born
The 1850s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mohill is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mohill
Still to come: 9 more, from 1808 to 1962.
Patrick Bohan
1860–1931New York saloonkeeper and owner of the popular Park Row dive bar ''The Doctor's''
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Carrick-On-Shannon counts 6 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Mohill
Who is the most famous person from Mohill?
William Henry Drummond (Canadian poet (1854-1907)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come John Hart and Dearbháile Beirne.
How many famous people were born in Mohill?
12 people born in Mohill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mohill known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 12. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mohill?
Patrick O'Beirne, born in 1808. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Mohill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mohill’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 (1)
- Susan L. Mitchell: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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