GC#1
Politics & Law
Gerry Collins
born 1938Irish politician
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: JohnArmagh · Public domainFamous people · Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
The 7 famous people born in Abbeyfeale, led by Gerry Collins
Gerry Collins, the Irish politician, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The next two names are Michael Lenihan and Michael J. O'Kelly. The largest group, 5, was born between 1922 and 1969. Fewer than a quarter of the 34 towns in Co. Limerick with famous people list more.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gerry Collins
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1902
Richard J. Hayes
Youngest
1965
Phil Danaher
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Abbeyfeale
Gerry Collins, Michael Lenihan and Michael J. O'Kelly are written about in 10, 6 and 4 languages.
ML#2
Faith
Michael Lenihan
born 1951Irish Roman Catholic bishop, Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Pedro Sula
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MO#3
Science & Medicine
Michael J. O'Kelly
1915–1982Irish archaeologist
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Abbeyfeale’s famous people were born
The 1930s 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 Abbeyfeale is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Abbeyfeale
The rest number 4, with 2 athletes among them.
Michael Collins
1940–2022Former Fianna Fáil and Independent Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick West
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Listowel, with 21.
Questions about famous people from Abbeyfeale
Who is the most famous person from Abbeyfeale?
Gerry Collins (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Michael Lenihan and Michael J. O'Kelly.
How many famous people were born in Abbeyfeale?
7 people born in Abbeyfeale have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Abbeyfeale known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Abbeyfeale?
Richard J. Hayes, born in 1902. The youngest on the list was born in 1965.
Who counts as from Abbeyfeale?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Abbeyfeale’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 (3)
- John B. Keane: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Travers: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Mary Bradley: w:John Gilmary Shea is the author of the book., 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).