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Photo: Bangers at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Balla, Co. Mayo
One famous person was born in Balla
Maurice Sheridan, the Irish Gaelic footballer, was born in 1974. One language has an article about them so far. A short trip away, Castlebar (12 km) counts 62 famous people, Enda Kenny among them. The longest list of any town in Co. Mayo belongs to Castlebar, with 62.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maurice Sheridan
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1974
Maurice Sheridan
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Balla
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Castlebar counts 62 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Balla
Who is the most famous person from Balla?
Maurice Sheridan (Irish Gaelic footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Balla?
1 people born in Balla have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Balla known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Balla?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Balla’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 (1)
- John D'Alton: Rolls Press (Popperfoto), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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