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Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Caherdavin, Limerick
2 famous people call Caherdavin their birthplace
Most widely known is Kevin Downes, the Irish hurler, with articles in 2 languages. The only other name is the Irish hurler David Dempsey. Ballynanty, 1 km away, has one on its list: Maurice Quinlivan. The oldest name on the list belongs to Kevin Downes, born in 1991, the newest to David Dempsey, born in 1995.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kevin Downes
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1991
Kevin Downes
Youngest
1995
David Dempsey
The best known
Born in Caherdavin
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, one has a famous name listed.
Questions about famous people from Caherdavin
Who is the most famous person from Caherdavin?
Kevin Downes (Irish hurler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come David Dempsey.
How many famous people were born in Caherdavin?
2 people born in Caherdavin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Caherdavin?
Kevin Downes, born in 1991. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Caherdavin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Caherdavin’s neighbourhood (its Census 2022 Small Areas), 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. In Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford a birth recorded only as the city stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only people recorded as born in it.
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)
- Maurice Quinlivan: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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