EK#1
Politics & Law
Enda Kenny
born 1951Irish poliitician (* 1951)
61 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Castlebar, Co. Mayo
No town in Co. Mayo has more famous people than Castlebar: 62
At the top of the list is the Irish poliitician Enda Kenny, covered in 61 languages. The Irish author Sally Rooney ranks second, ahead of Charles Haughey. The largest group, 25, was born since 1970. Athletes are unusually common here: 34, 1.7 times the usual share.
Born here
62
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Enda Kenny
61 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1829
Ulick J. Bourke
Youngest
1995
Stephen Coen
Most common field
Sports
34 people
What stands out about Castlebar’s famous people
Known worldwideEnda Kenny has an article in 61 languages, more than anyone else from here.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 1995, among 32 since 1950.A town of athletesAthletes make up 34 of the 62, 1.7 times the usual share.62 notable peopleMore than most towns: 62 notable people were born in Castlebar.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Castlebar
Enda Kenny leads with articles in 61 languages, ahead of Sally Rooney (50) and Charles Haughey (33).
#2CH#3
Politics & Law
Charles Haughey
1925–20067th Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981; 1982; 1987 to 1992
33 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Castlebar’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 11 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicFaithMilitaryFilm, TV & StageBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Castlebar is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.7 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Castlebar
59 more, 34 of them athletes.
Louis Brennan
1852–1932Irish mechanical engineer and inventor (1852-1932)
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William Joyce Sewell
1835–1901United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1835-1901)
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Henry Kenny
1913–1975Irish Fine Gael politician from County Mayo and a Gaelic footballer (1913-1975)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Ulick J. Bourke
1829–1887Irish writer, scholar and Catholic priest (1829-1887)
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Michael Murphy
born 1947Irish journalist, newsreader, psychoanalyst and author
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Thomas Noel Mitchell
born 1939Irish academic and university administrator
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Westport lists the most people: 16.
Questions about famous people from Castlebar
Who is the most famous person from Castlebar?
Enda Kenny (Irish poliitician (* 1951)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 61 languages. Next come Sally Rooney and Charles Haughey.
How many famous people were born in Castlebar?
62 people born in Castlebar have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 72 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castlebar known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 34 of the 62. That is 55% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castlebar?
Ulick J. Bourke, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Castlebar?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castlebar’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 (16)
- Sally Rooney: Frank Barat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James T. Kelley: Richard Wallace / Pathé Exchange, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pádraig Flynn: Jean-Pierre van der Elst, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Brennan: The original uploader was Martin Cordon at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie O'Malley: Kilmainham Jail, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Burke Sheridan: Erich Salomon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paddy Burke: Department of Children and Youth Affairs, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Joyce Sewell: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maureen Kearney: Guallendra, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Connolly: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Dillon: House of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Jane Serrano: Unknown - it is a screenshot of a sketch made before 1899, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Des MacHale: Laretal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Micheál Schlingermann: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Noel Mitchell: Dwmalone, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John MacBride: Powell Press, Public domain, 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).