#1Famous people · Ardee, Co. Louth
7 famous people from Ardee, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Beatrice Hill-Lowe, the Irish archer, with articles in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are Fergal Reilly and Ross Gaynor. Among the 14 towns in Co. Louth with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 12.8, close to the 12.8 of the typical Co. Louth town.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Beatrice Hill-Lowe
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1826
John Hardgrave
Youngest
1987
Ross Gaynor
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Ardee’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ardee is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ardee
Two of the three are athletes.
#1FR#2
Writing & Arts
Fergal Reilly
Irish animator, storyboard artist, and film director
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RG#3
Through the years
When Ardee’s famous people were born
The 1930s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ardee
4 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Drogheda has the most people on record, 96 of them.
PBDrogheda · 20 kmPierce Brosnan & 95 more
Dundalk · 18 kmAndrea Corr & 70 more
Carrickmacross · 18 kmArdal O'Hanlon & 10 moreDMKingscourt · 19 kmDiarmaid Murtagh & 4 moreFLSlane · 16 kmFrancis Ledwidge & 3 moreÉLCastlebellingham-Kilsaran · 10 kmÉanna ni Lamhna & 2 moreLVDunleer · 10 kmLeslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-FitzgeraldPMDromiskin · 12 kmPatrick McDonnell
Dundalk · 18 kmAndrea Corr & 70 moreCarrickmacross · 18 kmArdal O'Hanlon & 10 moreDMKingscourt · 19 kmDiarmaid Murtagh & 4 moreFLSlane · 16 kmFrancis Ledwidge & 3 moreÉLCastlebellingham-Kilsaran · 10 kmÉanna ni Lamhna & 2 moreLVDunleer · 10 kmLeslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-FitzgeraldPMDromiskin · 12 kmPatrick McDonnellQuestions about famous people from Ardee
Who is the most famous person from Ardee?
Beatrice Hill-Lowe (Irish archer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Fergal Reilly and Ross Gaynor.
How many famous people were born in Ardee?
7 people born in Ardee have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ardee known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 7. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ardee?
John Hardgrave, born in 1826. The youngest on the list was born in 1987.
Who counts as from Ardee?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ardee’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 (4)
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe: British Olympic Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hardgrave: Contributor(s): Jubilee History of Queensland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea Corr: Charlie Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardal O'Hanlon: Conor, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).