GH#1
Military
George Harrison
1915–2004Irish republican (1915–2004)
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Famous people · Kilkelly, Co. Mayo
Kilkelly is the birthplace of 2 famous people
An article in one language makes the Irish republican George Harrison the best known so far. The only other name is the Australian rules footballer Joe O'Grady. The neighbour with the longest list is Claremorris, 19 km away: 10, led by John D'Alton. Births span 1872 to 1915, from Joe O'Grady to George Harrison.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
George Harrison
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1872
Joe O'Grady
Youngest
1915
George Harrison
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known
Born in Kilkelly
JO#2
Sports
Joe O'Grady
1872–1899Australian rules footballer (1872-1899)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Kilkelly is known for
Share of Kilkelly’s famous people in each field.
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
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Kilkelly
Who is the most famous person from Kilkelly?
George Harrison (Irish republican (1915–2004)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages. Next come Joe O'Grady.
How many famous people were born in Kilkelly?
2 people born in Kilkelly have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kilkelly known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kilkelly?
Joe O'Grady, born in 1872. The youngest on the list was born in 1915.
Who counts as from Kilkelly?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilkelly’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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