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Photo: Sarah777 at en.wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Summerhill, Co. Meath
Summerhill’s famous people span 132 years: 4 births from 1863 to 1995
Best known of all is Mary Anne Cosgrave, written about in 2 languages. Close behind are Jack Fagan and Jack Regan. Mary Anne Cosgrave, the best known, was born in 1863. Only 5 of the 22 towns in Co. Meath with anyone on record list more.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mary Anne Cosgrave
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1863
Mary Anne Cosgrave
Youngest
1995
Jack Regan
The best known
Born in Summerhill
Three names lead: Mary Anne Cosgrave (2 languages), Jack Fagan (1) and Jack Regan (1).
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Known for
What Summerhill is known for
Share of Summerhill’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Summerhill
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Navan · 19 kmFrancis Beaufort & 31 more
Trim · 9 kmTim Clancy & 11 more
Leixlip · 20 kmNathan Collins & 10 more
Celbridge · 20 kmArthur Guinness & 10 more
Maynooth · 15 kmGerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare & 8 more
Dunboyne · 19 kmJohn Bruton & 7 moreLMEnfield · 10 kmLuke McNally & 3 moreAWDunshaughlin · 13 kmAdderley Edward Wilkinson & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Summerhill
Who is the most famous person from Summerhill?
Mary Anne Cosgrave is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Jack Fagan and Jack Regan.
How many famous people were born in Summerhill?
4 people born in Summerhill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Summerhill?
Mary Anne Cosgrave, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Summerhill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Summerhill’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 (6)
- Francis Beaufort: Stephen Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Clancy: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Collins: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Guinness: User Morrison1917 on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare: Unknown author Unknown author artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bruton: Friends of Europe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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