DH#1
Writing & Arts
Douglas Hyde
1860–1949First President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)
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Photo: Darren J. Prior · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
Castlerea counts 7 famous people, first among them Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde leads the list, covered in 54 languages. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Only 3 of the 18 towns in Co. Roscommon with anyone on record list more. The list runs from Douglas Hyde, born in 1860, to Aoife O'Rourke, born in 1997.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Douglas Hyde
54 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1860
Douglas Hyde
Youngest
1997
Aoife O'Rourke
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Castlerea’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Castlerea
The three are covered in 54, 8 and 5 languages: Douglas Hyde, Aoife O'Rourke and Thomas Finnegan.
AO#2
TF#3
Faith
Thomas Finnegan
1925–2011Irish bishop (1925-2011)
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Through the years
When Castlerea’s famous people were born
The 1970s 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 Castlerea is known for
Share of Castlerea’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 Castlerea
The other 4 span the years 1889 to 1974.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Ballaghaderreen, with 9.
Questions about famous people from Castlerea
Who is the most famous person from Castlerea?
Douglas Hyde (first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 54 languages. Next come Aoife O'Rourke and Thomas Finnegan.
How many famous people were born in Castlerea?
7 people born in Castlerea have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castlerea known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castlerea?
Douglas Hyde, born in 1860. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Castlerea?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castlerea’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.
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