#1Famous people · Castletroy, Limerick
2 famous people were born in Castletroy
Articles in 6 languages make the Irish actress Leah McNamara the best known. The list has one more: the Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer Brian Geary. Within 2 km, Annacotty lists the most: 2, with Ger Power first. Limerick’s 363 names make the longest list in Co. Limerick.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Leah McNamara
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1980
Brian Geary
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Castletroy
#1BG#2
Sports
Brian Geary
born 1980Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Castletroy is known for
Performers 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.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Annacotty leads the towns around it, with 2 names.
Questions about famous people from Castletroy
Who is the most famous person from Castletroy?
Leah McNamara (Irish actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Brian Geary.
How many famous people were born in Castletroy?
2 people born in Castletroy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castletroy known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Castletroy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castletroy’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)
- Leah McNamara: Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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