EC#1
Writing & Arts
Elizabeth Christitch
1861–1933Irish journalist and Serbian patriot; married Serbian military officer
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Patrickswell, Co. Limerick
From 1860 to 1996, Patrickswell was the birthplace of 17 famous people
With articles in 10 languages, Elizabeth Christitch is the most widely known. 8 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. Only 2 towns in Co. Limerick list more. Elizabeth Christitch, the best known, was born in 1861.
Born here
17
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Elizabeth Christitch
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1860
Thomas Johnson Westropp
Youngest
1996
Aaron Gillane
What stands out about Patrickswell’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Patrickswell’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.
NotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Patrickswell
First, Elizabeth Christitch (10 languages), then Thomas Johnson Westropp (4) and Aaron Gillane (2).
TW#2
Writing & Arts
Thomas Johnson Westropp
1860–1922Irish antiquarian (1860-1922)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AG#3
Known for
What Patrickswell is known for
Patrickswell has 1.5× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Patrickswell
Another 14, the earliest born in 1899.
Isabella Campbell, Countess Cawdor
born 1966British fashion editor, stylist, and interior decorator
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Croom: 12.
Questions about famous people from Patrickswell
Who is the most famous person from Patrickswell?
Elizabeth Christitch (Irish journalist and Serbian patriot; married Serbian military officer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Thomas Johnson Westropp and Aaron Gillane.
How many famous people were born in Patrickswell?
17 people born in Patrickswell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 20 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Patrickswell?
Thomas Johnson Westropp, born in 1860. The youngest on the list was born in 1996.
Who counts as from Patrickswell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Patrickswell’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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