BO#1
Faith
Bernard O'Reilly
1824–1894Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop (1824–1894)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Of the 6 famous people born in Ballybay, an unusual share are leaders
Bernard O'Reilly, the Irish-Born Roman Catholic bishop, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Francis O'Brien and Robert Harpur. 4 of them were born between the Union and 1870, more than in any other period. Born in 1731, Robert Harpur is the first name on record, and Francis O'Brien, born in 1943, the most recent.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bernard O'Reilly
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1731
Robert Harpur
Youngest
1943
Francis O'Brien
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
What stands out about Ballybay’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ballybay is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 5.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ballybay
Leaders take two of the three places.
FO#2
Politics & Law
Francis O'Brien
born 1943Irish politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RH#3
Politics & Law
Robert Harpur
1731–1825American politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ballybay’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1820s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ballybay
Here are 3 more, born from 1820 to 1867.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Monaghan counts 24 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Ballybay
Who is the most famous person from Ballybay?
Bernard O'Reilly (Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop (1824–1894)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Francis O'Brien and Robert Harpur.
How many famous people were born in Ballybay?
6 people born in Ballybay have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballybay known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 5 of the 6. That is 83% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballybay?
Robert Harpur, born in 1731. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
Who counts as from Ballybay?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballybay’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)
- Charles Gavan Duffy: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James McMahon Graham: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, 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).