#1Famous people · Dundalk, Co. Louth
71 famous people were born in Dundalk, more of them musicians than in most towns
Articles in 35 languages make the Irish musician Andrea Corr the best known. The next two names are John Moore and Leopold McClintock. Between 1922 and 1969, 26 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is John Benjamin Macneill, born in 1793, and the youngest Emmanuel Adegboyega, born in 2003.
Born here
71
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Andrea Corr
35 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1793
John Benjamin Macneill
Youngest
2003
Emmanuel Adegboyega
Most common field
Sports
28 people
What stands out about Dundalk’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dundalk is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Dundalk’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 9 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dundalk
Ranked by languages covered: Andrea Corr with 35, then John Moore with 20 and Leopold McClintock with 17.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
John Moore
born 1970Irish film director, producer and screenwriter
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Science & Medicine
Leopold McClintock
1819–1907Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy (1819-1907)
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dundalk
68 more, best known first.
Gerry O'Connor
Fiddle Player, Music Producer, Teacher, Arranger, Researcher, Consultant.
MusicWikipedia ↗
Thomas Maurice Rice
1939–2024Theoretical physicist and professor at ETH Zurich
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
John Shekleton
1795–1824Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Ardee, with 7.
Questions about famous people from Dundalk
Who is the most famous person from Dundalk?
Andrea Corr (Irish musician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 35 languages. Next come John Moore and Leopold McClintock.
How many famous people were born in Dundalk?
71 people born in Dundalk have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 92 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Dundalk known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 28 of the 71. That is 39% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dundalk?
John Benjamin Macneill, born in 1793. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Dundalk?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dundalk’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 (30)
- Andrea Corr: Charlie Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Moore: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leopold McClintock: Stephen Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eamon Duffy: Fr James Bradley from Southampton, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Gallagher: David, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dermot Ahern: State Department, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Dunne: YantsImages, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Lenihan Snr: European Communities, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Macardle: Midsomer95, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Christian: Emmanuel Cuche, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pádraig Faulkner: European Communities, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eve McCrystal: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Anthony Murphy: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Moran: Johnfullerton at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Fitzpatrick: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruairí Ó Murchú: House of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Coningham Sterling: Attributed to Anthony Coningham Sterling, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brendan McGahon: Marcusaureliusn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emmanuel Osadebe: Bradford City AFC, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Timi Sobowale: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom McCormick: Desconhecido, Unknow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Benjamin Macneill: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry O'Connor: Tony 1212, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. J. Kelso: [{Anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John McGahon: Marcusaureliusn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Cox: Nigel Cox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Maurice Rice: Msigrist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurie Winkless: Laurie Winkless, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nuala Kennedy: Muso1223, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe: British Olympic Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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