DO#1
Notable
Darragh O'Donovan
born 1995Irish hurler (sports)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Oola, Co. Limerick
2 famous people call Oola their birthplace
Most widely known is Darragh O'Donovan, the Irish hurler, with articles in 2 languages. The other is Dick Stokes, the Irish hurler. Nearby, Tipperary, 9 km away, lists 18, led by John O'Leary. The oldest name on the list belongs to Dick Stokes, born in 1920, the newest to Darragh O'Donovan, born in 1995.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Darragh O'Donovan
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1920
Dick Stokes
Youngest
1995
Darragh O'Donovan
The best known
Born in Oola
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Known for
What Oola is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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
3 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Oola
Who is the most famous person from Oola?
Darragh O'Donovan (Irish hurler (sports)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Dick Stokes.
How many famous people were born in Oola?
2 people born in Oola have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oola?
Dick Stokes, born in 1920. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Oola?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oola’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. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- John O'Leary: Frederick Hollyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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