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Writing & Arts
Lily Yeats
1866–1949Irish artist (1866–1949)
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Enniscrone, Co. Sligo
A single famous person was born in Enniscrone: Lily Yeats
The Irish artist Lily Yeats was born in 1866. That places their birth between the Union and 1870. 8 languages have an article about them. For more famous names, Ballina is 12 km away: its list has 29, led by Mary Robinson.
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Lily Yeats
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1866
Lily Yeats
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Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Enniscrone
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Famous people from the towns next door
2 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Enniscrone
Who is the most famous person from Enniscrone?
Lily Yeats (Irish artist (1866–1949)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages.
How many famous people were born in Enniscrone?
1 people born in Enniscrone have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Enniscrone known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Enniscrone?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Enniscrone’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?
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