FL#1
Writing & Arts
Francis Ledwidge
1887–1917Irish poet (1887-1917)
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Slane, Co. Meath
4 famous people come from Slane, Francis Ledwidge the best known
At the top of the list is the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge, covered in 14 languages. The next two names are Denis Nulty and John Cassidy. Births span 1848 to 1963, from Elizabeth Owens Blackburne to Denis Nulty. Fewer than a quarter of the 22 towns in Co. Meath with famous people list more.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Francis Ledwidge
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1848
Elizabeth Owens Blackburne
Youngest
1963
Denis Nulty
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Slane
Two of the three are writers and artists.
DN#2
Faith
Denis Nulty
born 1963Irish Roman Catholic bishop
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#3
Writing & Arts
John Cassidy
1860–1939Irish sculptor (1860–1939)
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Slane’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 1 births.
Writing & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Slane is known for
Slane has 6.5× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Slane
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Drogheda, at 96.
PBDrogheda · 13 kmPierce Brosnan & 95 more
Navan · 11 kmFrancis Beaufort & 31 more
Ardee · 16 kmBeatrice Hill-Lowe & 6 moreGPLaytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney · 18 kmGeorgie Poynton & 3 more
Duleek · 10 kmKeane Barry & 2 moreLVDunleer · 16 kmLeslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-FitzgeraldELTermonfeckin · 19 kmEvanna Lynch
Navan · 11 kmFrancis Beaufort & 31 moreArdee · 16 kmBeatrice Hill-Lowe & 6 moreGPLaytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney · 18 kmGeorgie Poynton & 3 moreDuleek · 10 kmKeane Barry & 2 moreLVDunleer · 16 kmLeslie Desmond Edward Foster Vesey-FitzgeraldELTermonfeckin · 19 kmEvanna LynchQuestions about famous people from Slane
Who is the most famous person from Slane?
Francis Ledwidge (Irish poet (1887-1917)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 14 languages. Next come Denis Nulty and John Cassidy.
How many famous people were born in Slane?
4 people born in Slane have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Slane known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Slane?
Elizabeth Owens Blackburne, born in 1848. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Slane?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Slane’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 (3)
- Francis Beaufort: Stephen Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe: British Olympic Association, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keane Barry: DARTS NOW, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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