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Photo: Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Dromiskin, Co. Louth
Dromiskin, birthplace of the Irish actor Patrick McDonnell
The Irish actor Patrick McDonnell was born in 1967. Their birth falls between 1922 and 1969. One language has an article about them so far. Within 8 km, Dundalk lists the most: 71, with Andrea Corr first.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick McDonnell
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1967
Patrick McDonnell
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known
Born in Dromiskin
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Dromiskin
Who is the most famous person from Dromiskin?
Patrick McDonnell (Irish actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Dromiskin?
1 people born in Dromiskin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dromiskin known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Dromiskin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dromiskin’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 (2)
- Andrea Corr: Charlie Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe: British Olympic Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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