#1Politics & Law
John Bruton
1947–2024Irish politician and prime minister (1947–2024)
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Dunboyne, Co. Meath
8 famous people were born in Dunboyne, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the Irish politician and prime minister John Bruton, with articles in 36 languages. Since 1970, 5 were born, the most of any period. Eva Henrietta Hamilton, born in 1876, is the earliest name and Tommy Lonergan, born in 2004, the latest. The list comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Co. Meath, at 9.4.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Bruton
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1876
Eva Henrietta Hamilton
Youngest
2004
Tommy Lonergan
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Dunboyne’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dunboyne is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Dunboyne’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dunboyne
Languages with an article: 36 for John Bruton, 5 for Niall Quinn, 3 for Eva Henrietta Hamilton.
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Writing & Arts
Eva Henrietta Hamilton
1876–1960Irish artist (1876-1960)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dunboyne
Another 5, the earliest born in 1949.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Leixlip has the most on record: 11.
Questions about famous people from Dunboyne
Who is the most famous person from Dunboyne?
John Bruton (Irish politician and prime minister (1947–2024)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 36 languages. Next come Niall Quinn and Eva Henrietta Hamilton.
How many famous people were born in Dunboyne?
8 people born in Dunboyne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dunboyne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 8. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dunboyne?
Eva Henrietta Hamilton, born in 1876. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Dunboyne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dunboyne’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 (8)
- John Bruton: Friends of Europe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Niall Quinn: TheChrisD, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Seán Boylan: Ollieollieollie1996, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Collins: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare: Unknown author Unknown author artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Carey: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curran: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roderic O'Gorman: Roderic O'Gorman, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).