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Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Most of the 9 famous people born in Ballaghaderreen came into the world between 1922 and 1969
Most widely known is Matt Molloy, the Irish musician, with articles in 10 languages. The Irish artist Brian O'Doherty ranks second, ahead of James Coleman. Born in 1834, Anne Deane is the first name on record, and Maura Hopkins, born in 1984, the most recent. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Matt Molloy
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1834
Anne Deane
Youngest
1984
Maura Hopkins
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Ballaghaderreen
Two of the three are writers and artists.
BO#2
Writing & Arts
Brian O'Doherty
1928–2022Irish artist (1928–2022)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#3
Writing & Arts
James Coleman
born 1941Irish artist (born 1941)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ballaghaderreen’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicFaithPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ballaghaderreen is known for
Share of Ballaghaderreen’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ballaghaderreen
Another 6, the earliest born in 1834.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Ballaghaderreen, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Ballaghaderreen
Who is the most famous person from Ballaghaderreen?
Matt Molloy (Irish musician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Brian O'Doherty and James Coleman.
How many famous people were born in Ballaghaderreen?
9 people born in Ballaghaderreen have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballaghaderreen known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 9. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballaghaderreen?
Anne Deane, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Ballaghaderreen?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballaghaderreen’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)
- Maureen O'Sullivan: Russell Ball, 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).