#1Faith
John D'Alton
1882–1963Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Armagh (1882–1963)
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Famous people · Claremorris, Co. Mayo
10 famous people were born in Claremorris, more of them leaders than in most towns
Best known of all is John D'Alton, written about in 13 languages. Lucinda Creighton is second and Pat Rabbitte third. Between 1922 and 1969, 4 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 25.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Co. Mayo, at 25.6.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John D'Alton
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1815
John Gray
Youngest
1980
Lucinda Creighton
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Claremorris’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Claremorris is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Claremorris’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawFaithMusicWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineSportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Claremorris
John D'Alton, Lucinda Creighton and Pat Rabbitte are written about in 13, 10 and 10 languages.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Lucinda Creighton
born 1980Irish politician
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#3Politics & Law
Pat Rabbitte
born 1949Irish Labour Party (Ireland) politician
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Claremorris
7 more, 2 of them leaders.
John Gray
1815–1875Irish physician, surgeon, newspaper proprietor, journalist and politician (1815-1875)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Kiltimagh, at 8.
Questions about famous people from Claremorris
Who is the most famous person from Claremorris?
John D'Alton (Irish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Armagh (1882–1963)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Lucinda Creighton and Pat Rabbitte.
How many famous people were born in Claremorris?
10 people born in Claremorris have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Claremorris known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Claremorris?
John Gray, born in 1815. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.
Who counts as from Claremorris?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Claremorris’ 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 (7)
- John D'Alton: Rolls Press (Popperfoto), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucinda Creighton: European People's Party, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Rabbitte: The Irish Labour Party, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Cassidy: PCSMInc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gray: The original uploader was GrahamH at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Noone: House of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rory O'Neill: catherinecronin, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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).