#1Film, TV & Stage
Ardal O'Hanlon
born 1965Irish comedian and actor
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Famous people · Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
From 1806 to 1969, Carrickmacross was the birthplace of 11 famous people
Ardal O'Hanlon, the Irish comedian and actor, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. The Irish politician Monica Barnes ranks second, ahead of Michael McLaverty. Only 2 towns in Co. Monaghan list more. The list’s best known name, Ardal O'Hanlon, dates from 1965.
Born here
11
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ardal O'Hanlon
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1806
Henry O'Reilly
Youngest
1969
Gerry Murphy
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Carrickmacross
Three names lead: Ardal O'Hanlon (17 languages), Monica Barnes (6) and Michael McLaverty (4).
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Writing & Arts
Michael McLaverty
1904–1992Irish writer (1904–1992)
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Through the years
When Carrickmacross’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Carrickmacross is known for
Carrickmacross has 2.4× 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 Carrickmacross
The rest number 8, with 3 athletes among them.
Thomas Henry FitzGerald
1824–1888Irish politician in New Zealand and Queensland (1824–1888)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Bailieborough leads the towns around it, with 8 names.
Questions about famous people from Carrickmacross
Who is the most famous person from Carrickmacross?
Ardal O'Hanlon (Irish comedian and actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages. Next come Monica Barnes and Michael McLaverty.
How many famous people were born in Carrickmacross?
11 people born in Carrickmacross have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Carrickmacross known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 11. That is 27% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Carrickmacross?
Henry O'Reilly, born in 1806. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Carrickmacross?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Carrickmacross’ 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)
- Ardal O'Hanlon: Conor, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Henry FitzGerald: Williamson,_Fitzgerald,_Brandon.jpg : not stated derivative work: Schwede66, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth A. Johnson: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cillian Sheridan: Biso, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James McMahon Graham: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe: British Olympic Association, 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).