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Photo: john salter · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Askeaton is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the Irish politician Gilbert Hewson, with articles in 3 languages. The only other name is the Irish hurler William O'Meara. A short trip away, Croom (20 km) counts 12 famous people, Jim Hogan among them. 34 of the towns in Co. Limerick list at least one person.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gilbert Hewson
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1998
William O'Meara
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Askeaton
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Known for
What Askeaton is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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
The neighbour with the most names is Croom, at 12.
Questions about famous people from Askeaton
Who is the most famous person from Askeaton?
Gilbert Hewson (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come William O'Meara.
How many famous people were born in Askeaton?
2 people born in Askeaton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Askeaton 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 counts as from Askeaton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Askeaton’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)
- William Travers: Photographer unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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