Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Cliffony has yet to put a famous person on the list
Sligo, 18 km away, has 77 on its list, the best known Neil Jordan. 12 towns across Co. Sligo can name a famous person born there. No town in Co. Sligo lists more than Sligo, with 77. After Sligo, the next longest list in Co. Sligo is Ballymote’s, with 7.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Cliffony’s urban area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Cliffony as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Cliffony
Sligo has the longest list next door: 77.
Questions about famous people from Cliffony
Who counts as from Cliffony?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cliffony’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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