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Politics & Law
Declan Breathnach
born 1959Irish former Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1958)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Knockbridge, Co. Louth
3 famous people were born in Knockbridge
Most widely known is Declan Breathnach, the Irish former Fianna Fáil politician, with articles in 4 languages. Close behind are Tommy Smyth and Aaron Hoey. Andrea Corr heads the list in Dundalk, 7 km away, which has 71 names. From Tommy Smyth in 1946 to Declan Breathnach in 1959, the births cover 13 years.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Declan Breathnach
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1946
Tommy Smyth
Youngest
1959
Declan Breathnach
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Knockbridge
Declan Breathnach, Tommy Smyth and Aaron Hoey are written about in 4, 3 and 1 languages.
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Known for
What Knockbridge is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
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
The fullest list close by belongs to Dundalk, with 71.
Questions about famous people from Knockbridge
Who is the most famous person from Knockbridge?
Declan Breathnach (Irish former Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1958)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Tommy Smyth and Aaron Hoey.
How many famous people were born in Knockbridge?
3 people born in Knockbridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Knockbridge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Knockbridge?
Tommy Smyth, born in 1946. The youngest on the list was born in 1959.
Who counts as from Knockbridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Knockbridge’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 (3)
- Andrea Corr: Charlie Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ardal O'Hanlon: Conor, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe: British Olympic Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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