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Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary
Borrisokane’s famous people span 161 years: 7 births from 1841 to 2002
The best known is the Catholic bishop James McGolrick, with articles in 5 languages. Close behind are Dylan Slevin and Áine Minogue. James McGolrick, the best known, was born in 1841. 2 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
James McGolrick
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1841
James McGolrick
Youngest
2002
Dylan Slevin
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Borrisokane
James McGolrick has articles in 5 languages, Dylan Slevin in 4 and Áine Minogue in 2.
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Through the years
When Borrisokane’s famous people were born
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsNotableFaithMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Borrisokane is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Borrisokane
Another 4, the earliest born in 1861.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Birr counts 56 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Borrisokane
Who is the most famous person from Borrisokane?
James McGolrick (catholic bishop) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Dylan Slevin and Áine Minogue.
How many famous people were born in Borrisokane?
7 people born in Borrisokane have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 8 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Borrisokane known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 7. That is 29% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Borrisokane?
James McGolrick, born in 1841. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Borrisokane?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Borrisokane’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)
- Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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