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Famous people · Bracknagh, Co. Offaly

The 2 famous people born in Bracknagh, led by John Joly

John Joly, the Irish scientist, is the most widely known, written about in 20 languages. The other is Ger Connolly, the Irish politician. The first birth on record is John Joly’s, in 1857, and the last Ger Connolly’s, in 1937. The neighbour with the longest list is Kildare, 14 km away: 28, led by Aisling Bea.

1Science & Medicine1Politics & Law
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Joly
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1857
John Joly
Youngest
1937
Ger Connolly
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known

Born in Bracknagh

JJ#1
Science & Medicine

John Joly

1857–1933

Irish scientist (1857–1933)

20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GC#2
Politics & Law

Ger Connolly

1937–2024

Irish politician (1937–2024)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Bracknagh is known for

Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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

Of the towns around it, Kildare has the most on record: 28.

ABKildare · 14 kmAisling Bea & 27 moreKLNewbridge · 20 kmKathleen Lonsdale & 25 moreAndrew KillianEdenderry · 15 kmAndrew Killian & 9 moreCharles FlanaganMountmellick · 18 kmCharles Flanagan & 9 moreGeorge Pomeroy ColleyRathangan · 7 kmGeorge Pomeroy Colley & 5 moreJDCurragh Camp · 19 kmJohn William Dunne & 5 moreAHPortarlington · 8 kmAoife Hoey & 4 moreJCDaingean · 16 kmJoe Connor & 3 more

Questions about famous people from Bracknagh

Who is the most famous person from Bracknagh?

John Joly (Irish scientist (1857–1933)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 20 languages. Next come Ger Connolly.

How many famous people were born in Bracknagh?

2 people born in Bracknagh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.

What is Bracknagh known for?

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across Irish towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bracknagh?

John Joly, born in 1857. The youngest on the list was born in 1937.

Who counts as from Bracknagh?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Bracknagh’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).

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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).