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Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Bruree, Co. Limerick
From 1856 to 1987, Bruree was the birthplace of 6 famous people
At the top of the list is the Irish hurler Kieran O'Rourke, covered in 2 languages. Second place goes to the Irish hurler Stephen McDonagh, third to Catherine Coll. Between 1922 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kieran O'Rourke
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1856
Catherine Coll
Youngest
1987
Kieran O'Rourke
What stands out about Bruree’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bruree’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Notable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bruree
Three names lead: Kieran O'Rourke (2 languages), Stephen McDonagh (2) and Catherine Coll (1).
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Notable
Catherine Coll
1856–1932Mother of Éamon de Valera
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bruree
3 more, from 1939 to 1983.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Kilmallock has the longest list next door: 19.
Questions about famous people from Bruree
Who is the most famous person from Bruree?
Kieran O'Rourke (Irish hurler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Stephen McDonagh and Catherine Coll.
How many famous people were born in Bruree?
6 people born in Bruree have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bruree?
Catherine Coll, born in 1856. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Bruree?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bruree’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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