DM#1
Faith
Daniel Joseph Mullins
1929–2019Catholic bishop (1929-2019)
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: john salter · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Kilfinnane, Co. Limerick
12 famous people were born in Kilfinnane
Articles in 9 languages make the Catholic bishop Daniel Joseph Mullins the best known. Gabriel Rosenstock and Nicholas Flood Davin follow. Between the Union and 1870, 5 were born, the most of any period. From Nicholas Flood Davin in 1840 to Pat Heffernan in 1970, the births cover 130 years.
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Daniel Joseph Mullins
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1840
Nicholas Flood Davin
Youngest
1970
Pat Heffernan
The best known
Born in Kilfinnane
First, Daniel Joseph Mullins (9 languages), then Gabriel Rosenstock (7) and Nicholas Flood Davin (4).
GR#2
Writing & Arts
Gabriel Rosenstock
1949–2026Irish writer
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
ND#3
Politics & Law
Nicholas Flood Davin
1840–1901Canadian politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Kilfinnane’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kilfinnane is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 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 Kilfinnane
The other 9 span the years 1864 to 1970.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Kilmallock’s, at 19 names.
Questions about famous people from Kilfinnane
Who is the most famous person from Kilfinnane?
Daniel Joseph Mullins (catholic bishop (1929-2019)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Gabriel Rosenstock and Nicholas Flood Davin.
How many famous people were born in Kilfinnane?
12 people born in Kilfinnane have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kilfinnane?
Nicholas Flood Davin, born in 1840. The youngest on the list was born in 1970.
Who counts as from Kilfinnane?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilfinnane’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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