#1Faith
Andrew Killian
1872–1939Catholic archbishop (1872–1939)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Edenderry, Co. Offaly
Of the 10 famous people born in Edenderry, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 5 languages make the Catholic archbishop Andrew Killian the best known. Close behind are John Rooney and Edwin Agbaje. 4 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. The oldest name on the list belongs to John Rooney, born in 1844, the newest to Edwin Agbaje, born in 2004.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Andrew Killian
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1844
John Rooney
Youngest
2004
Edwin Agbaje
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Edenderry’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Edenderry is known for
Edenderry has 2.2× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Edenderry’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Edenderry
Ranked by languages covered: Andrew Killian with 5, then John Rooney with 3 and Edwin Agbaje with 2.
#1JR#2
Faith
John Rooney
1844–1927Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop in South Africa
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EA#3
Sports
Edwin Agbaje
born 2004Irish footballer (born 2004)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Edenderry
The rest number 7, with 6 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Rathangan lists the most people: 6.
Rathangan · 14 kmGeorge Pomeroy Colley & 5 moreJCDaingean · 16 kmJoe Connor & 3 moreLMEnfield · 17 kmLuke McNally & 3 morePHKilmeage · 17 kmPatrick Harrington & 1 moreMFKillucan-Rathwire · 19 kmMax Henry Ferrars & 1 more
Kinnegad · 13 kmJohn J. GlennonSMAllenwood · 15 kmShane McCormackPGLongwood · 15 kmPatrick GilesQuestions about famous people from Edenderry
Who is the most famous person from Edenderry?
Andrew Killian (catholic archbishop (1872–1939)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come John Rooney and Edwin Agbaje.
How many famous people were born in Edenderry?
10 people born in Edenderry have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Edenderry known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 10. That is 70% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Edenderry?
John Rooney, born in 1844. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Edenderry?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Edenderry’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 (4)
- Andrew Killian: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Delamere: Amnesty International UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Pomeroy Colley: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Glennon: J.C. Strauss, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).