BW#1
Business
Brother Walfrid
1840–1915Founder of Celtic FC (1840–1915)
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Deirge Ó Dhaoinebeaga · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Ballymote, Co. Sligo
7 famous people were born in Ballymote from 1832 to 1956
The best known is the founder of Celtic FC Brother Walfrid, with articles in 10 languages. Between 1922 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. Only one town in Co. Sligo lists more. Brother Walfrid, the best known, was born in 1840.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Brother Walfrid
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1832
Alexander Charles Garrett
Youngest
1956
John Perry
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Ballymote
Brother Walfrid has articles in 10 languages, John Perry in 6 and Thomas Joseph Drury in 5.
JP#2
Politics & Law
John Perry
born 1956Irish Fine Gael politician
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
TD#3
Faith
Thomas Joseph Drury
1908–1992Bishop of San Angelo, Bishop of Corpus Christi (1908–1992)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Ballymote’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 2 births.
Politics & LawFaithBusinessSportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ballymote is known for
Share of Ballymote’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 Ballymote
4 more names, born between 1832 and 1954.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Boyle leads the towns around it, with 9 names.
Questions about famous people from Ballymote
Who is the most famous person from Ballymote?
Brother Walfrid (founder of Celtic FC (1840–1915)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come John Perry and Thomas Joseph Drury.
How many famous people were born in Ballymote?
7 people born in Ballymote 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 Ballymote known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ballymote?
Alexander Charles Garrett, born in 1832. The youngest on the list was born in 1956.
Who counts as from Ballymote?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballymote’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
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