WH#1
Science & Medicine
William Higgins
1763–1825Irish chemist (1763–1825)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Collooney, Co. Sligo
6 famous people from Collooney, many of them writers and artists
Most widely known is William Higgins, the Irish chemist, with articles in 7 languages. Bryan Higgins, the British philosopher, comes second, with J. J. Clancy third. Among the 12 towns in Co. Sligo with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd. The list reaches back to Bryan Higgins, born in 1741, one of 2 born before the Act of Union.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Higgins
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1741
Bryan Higgins
Youngest
1907
Philip Rooney
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people
What stands out about Collooney’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Collooney is known for
Collooney has 5.8× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Collooney’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1760s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Collooney
William Higgins has articles in 7 languages, Bryan Higgins in 3 and J. J. Clancy in 3.
BH#2
Writing & Arts
Bryan Higgins
1741–1818British philosopher
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#3
Politics & Law
J. J. Clancy
1890–1932Irish politician (1890-1932)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Collooney
3 more names, born between 1812 and 1907.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Sligo’s, at 77 names.
Questions about famous people from Collooney
Who is the most famous person from Collooney?
William Higgins (Irish chemist (1763–1825)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Bryan Higgins and J. J. Clancy.
How many famous people were born in Collooney?
6 people born in Collooney have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Collooney known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 4 of the 6. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Collooney?
Bryan Higgins, born in 1741. The youngest on the list was born in 1907.
Who counts as from Collooney?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Collooney’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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