RD#1
Faith
Robert Dunne
1830–1917Australian archbishop (1830–1917)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
Ardfinnan’s famous people span 152 years: 5 births from 1830 to 1982
At the top of the list is the Australian archbishop Robert Dunne, covered in 3 languages. Second place goes to the Irish hurler and Gaelic football player Brendan Cummins, third to John Cummins. 2 were born in 1970 or later. Robert Dunne was born in 1830.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Robert Dunne
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1830
Robert Dunne
Youngest
1982
Michael Phelan
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Ardfinnan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ardfinnan’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 2 births.
SportsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Ardfinnan
Robert Dunne, Brendan Cummins and John Cummins are written about in 3, 2 and 1 languages.
BC#2
Sports
Brendan Cummins
born 1975Irish hurler and Gaelic football player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#3
Known for
What Ardfinnan is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ardfinnan
Another 2, the earliest born in 1944.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Clonmel’s, with 79.
Questions about famous people from Ardfinnan
Who is the most famous person from Ardfinnan?
Robert Dunne (Australian archbishop (1830–1917)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Brendan Cummins and John Cummins.
How many famous people were born in Ardfinnan?
5 people born in Ardfinnan have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Ardfinnan known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 5. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ardfinnan?
Robert Dunne, born in 1830. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Ardfinnan?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ardfinnan’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)
- Laurence Sterne: Joshua Reynolds (died 1792), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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