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Politics & Law
Albert Reynolds
1932–2014Irish politician and prime minister (1932–2014)
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Roosky, Co. Roscommon
2 famous people come from Roosky, Albert Reynolds the best known
The best known is the Irish politician and prime minister Albert Reynolds, with articles in 28 languages. The other is John Bannon, the Irish priest. The earliest on the list is John Bannon, born in 1829, and the youngest Albert Reynolds, born in 1932. The nearest list is in Longford, 14 km away: 14 names, starting with Ruairí Ó Brádaigh.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Albert Reynolds
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1829
John Bannon
Youngest
1932
Albert Reynolds
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Roosky
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Known for
What Roosky is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 1 people.
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
The longest list nearby is Longford’s, with 14.
Questions about famous people from Roosky
Who is the most famous person from Roosky?
Albert Reynolds (Irish politician and prime minister (1932–2014)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 28 languages. Next come John Bannon.
How many famous people were born in Roosky?
2 people born in Roosky have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Roosky known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Roosky?
John Bannon, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 1932.
Who counts as from Roosky?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Roosky’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 (2)
- Ruairí Ó Brádaigh: AlanMc at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan L. Mitchell: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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