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Michael McQuillan
born 1959Irish Gaelic football player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Photo: Fred Logue · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Julianstown, Co. Meath
Michael McQuillan, born in 1959, is Julianstown’s famous person on record
Michael McQuillan, the Irish Gaelic football player, was born in 1959. That places their birth between 1922 and 1969. Their story is told in one language so far. Just 7 km away, Drogheda’s list holds 96 names, Pierce Brosnan the best known.
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Michael McQuillan
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Michael McQuillan
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Drogheda, with 96.
PBDrogheda · 7 kmPierce Brosnan & 95 moreDCBalbriggan · 8 kmDiane Caldwell & 11 moreJGSkerries · 14 kmJim Glennon & 9 moreGPLaytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney · 4 kmGeorgie Poynton & 3 moreBMStamullen · 4 kmBen McKenna & 2 more
Duleek · 9 kmKeane Barry & 2 more
Lusk · 17 kmDerek Landy & 2 moreACClogherhead · 14 kmAlbert Cashier & 1 more
Duleek · 9 kmKeane Barry & 2 moreLusk · 17 kmDerek Landy & 2 moreACClogherhead · 14 kmAlbert Cashier & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Julianstown
Who is the most famous person from Julianstown?
Michael McQuillan (Irish Gaelic football player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Julianstown?
1 people born in Julianstown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Julianstown known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Julianstown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Julianstown’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 (2)
- Keane Barry: DARTS NOW, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Landy: Hpschaefer www.reserv-art.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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