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Photo: Robin Pollard · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Stamullen, Co. Meath
3 famous people call Stamullen their birthplace
The best known is the Irish cyclist Ben McKenna, with articles in 2 languages. Close behind are Darragh Burns and Pat Collier. Within 11 km, Drogheda lists the most: 96, with Pierce Brosnan first. Darragh Burns, born in 2002, is the youngest, and Ben McKenna, born in 1939, the first on record.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ben McKenna
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1939
Ben McKenna
Youngest
2002
Darragh Burns
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Stamullen
The three best known are all athletes.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Drogheda has the most on record: 96.
PBDrogheda · 11 kmPierce Brosnan & 95 moreDCBalbriggan · 5 kmDiane Caldwell & 11 moreJGSkerries · 11 kmJim Glennon & 9 more
Rush · 16 kmIsibeal Atkinson & 5 moreGPLaytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney · 8 kmGeorgie Poynton & 3 more
Duleek · 11 kmKeane Barry & 2 more
Lusk · 13 kmDerek Landy & 2 moreCCAshbourne · 16 kmColm Condon & 2 more
Rush · 16 kmIsibeal Atkinson & 5 moreGPLaytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney · 8 kmGeorgie Poynton & 3 moreDuleek · 11 kmKeane Barry & 2 moreLusk · 13 kmDerek Landy & 2 moreCCAshbourne · 16 kmColm Condon & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Stamullen
Who is the most famous person from Stamullen?
Ben McKenna (Irish cyclist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Darragh Burns and Pat Collier.
How many famous people were born in Stamullen?
3 people born in Stamullen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Stamullen known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stamullen?
Ben McKenna, born in 1939. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Stamullen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stamullen’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)
- Isibeal Atkinson: Ryan Asman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keane Barry: DARTS NOW, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Landy: Hpschaefer www.reserv-art.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).