KL#1
Politics & Law
Kathleen Lynn
1874–1955Irish politician, activist and medical doctor
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Liz McCabe · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Killala, Co. Mayo
The 4 famous people born in Killala, led by Kathleen Lynn
Kathleen Lynn is the best known, with articles in 11 languages. The next two names are Aileen Gilroy and James Wills. Over 167 years of births, the list goes from Patrick McHale (1826) to Aileen Gilroy (1993). 2 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kathleen Lynn
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1826
Patrick McHale
Youngest
1993
Aileen Gilroy
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Killala
Kathleen Lynn has articles in 11 languages, Aileen Gilroy in 4 and James Wills in 1.
AG#2
Sports
Aileen Gilroy
born 1993Australian rules footballer
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JW#3
Through the years
When Killala’s famous people were born
The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Killala 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Killala
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Ballina has the most people on record, 29 of them.
Questions about famous people from Killala
Who is the most famous person from Killala?
Kathleen Lynn (Irish politician, activist and medical doctor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Aileen Gilroy and James Wills.
How many famous people were born in Killala?
4 people born in Killala have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Killala known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killala?
Patrick McHale, born in 1826. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Killala?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killala’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.
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