PC#1
Politics & Law
Patrick Clancy
1877–1947Irish politician (1877–1947)
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Famous people · Bruff, Co. Limerick
6 famous people were born in Bruff from 1859 to 1996
Articles in 3 languages make the Irish politician Patrick Clancy the best known. The next two names are Dáithí Ó hÓgáin and Seán Finn. Patrick Clancy, the best known, was born in 1877. The longest list of any town in Co. Limerick belongs to Limerick, with 363.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Clancy
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1859
John Crimmin
Youngest
1996
Seán Finn
The best known
Born in Bruff
Patrick Clancy has articles in 3 languages, Dáithí Ó hÓgáin in 2 and Seán Finn in 2.
DH#2
Science & Medicine
Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
1949–2011Irish academic
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
SF#3
Through the years
When Bruff’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1870s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bruff is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bruff
Still to come: 3 more, from 1859 to 1966.
John Crimmin
1859–1945Irish military officer (1859–1945); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Kilmallock has the longest list next door: 19.
Questions about famous people from Bruff
Who is the most famous person from Bruff?
Patrick Clancy (Irish politician (1877–1947)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Dáithí Ó hÓgáin and Seán Finn.
How many famous people were born in Bruff?
6 people born in Bruff have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bruff?
John Crimmin, born in 1859. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Bruff?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bruff’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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