JD#1
Faith
James Donnelly
1823–1893Catholic bishop (1823-1893)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Rorser at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5Famous people · Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
From 1823 to 1992, Scotstown was the birthplace of 3 famous people
James Donnelly, the Catholic bishop, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. Second place goes to the Irish Gaelic football player Rory Beggan, third to Seán McCague. Within 8 km, Monaghan lists the most: 24, with Charles Gavan Duffy first. The list’s best known name, James Donnelly, dates from 1823.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James Donnelly
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1823
James Donnelly
Youngest
1992
Rory Beggan
Most common field
Faith
1 person
The best known
Born in Scotstown
The three are covered in 2, 2 and 2 languages: James Donnelly, Rory Beggan and Seán McCague.
RB#2
Sports
Rory Beggan
born 1992Irish Gaelic football player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
SM#3
Notable
Seán McCague
1944–2022Gaelic games administrator
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Scotstown is known for
The largest field is Faith, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Monaghan, with 24.
Questions about famous people from Scotstown
Who is the most famous person from Scotstown?
James Donnelly (catholic bishop (1823-1893)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Rory Beggan and Seán McCague.
How many famous people were born in Scotstown?
3 people born in Scotstown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Scotstown known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 4% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Scotstown?
James Donnelly, born in 1823. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.
Who counts as from Scotstown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Scotstown’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 (1)
- Charles Gavan Duffy: not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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