LW#1
Music
Louis Walsh
born 1952Irish music manager and television personality
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Louis Walsh tops a list of 8 famous people born in Kiltimagh
Articles in 25 languages make the Irish music manager and television personality Louis Walsh the best known. The oldest name on the list belongs to Antoine Ó Raifteiri, born in 1779, the newest to Louis Walsh, born in 1952. Only 4 of the 24 towns in Co. Mayo with anyone on record list more. Castlebar’s 62 names make the longest list in Co. Mayo.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Louis Walsh
25 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1779
Antoine Ó Raifteiri
Youngest
1952
Louis Walsh
Most common field
Faith
2 people
The best known
Born in Kiltimagh
Counted by languages, Louis Walsh is ahead of John T. McNicholas and Antoine Ó Raifteiri: 25, 10 and 7.
JM#2
Faith
John T. McNicholas
1877–1950Roman Catholic Bishop of Duluth; Archbishop of Cincinnati
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AR#3
Writing & Arts
Antoine Ó Raifteiri
1779–1835Irish language poet (1779-1835)
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Through the years
When Kiltimagh’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
FaithWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineBusinessSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Kiltimagh is known for
2 of them work in Faith, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kiltimagh
Another 5, the earliest born in 1907.
Charlotte Elizabeth McManus
Irish nationalist, historian, novelist (1850/53 - 1941/44)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Castlebar, with 62.
Questions about famous people from Kiltimagh
Who is the most famous person from Kiltimagh?
Louis Walsh (Irish music manager and television personality) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 25 languages. Next come John T. McNicholas and Antoine Ó Raifteiri.
How many famous people were born in Kiltimagh?
8 people born in Kiltimagh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Kiltimagh known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 2 of the 8. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kiltimagh?
Antoine Ó Raifteiri, born in 1779. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.
Who counts as from Kiltimagh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kiltimagh’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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