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Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
Loughglinn has one famous person on record
The Irish Gaelic footballer John Lynch was born in 1933. That places their birth between 1922 and 1969. One language has an article about them so far. Ballaghaderreen, 9 km away, has 9 on its list, the best known Matt Molloy.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Lynch
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1933
John Lynch
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Loughglinn
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Ballaghaderreen, with 9.
Questions about famous people from Loughglinn
Who is the most famous person from Loughglinn?
John Lynch (Irish Gaelic footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Loughglinn?
1 people born in Loughglinn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Loughglinn known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Loughglinn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Loughglinn’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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