TQ#1
Faith
Thomas F. Quinlan
1894–1970Irish Roman Catholic bishop in Korea
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Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
21 famous people were born in Borrisoleigh, most of them between 1922 and 1969
Thomas F. Quinlan, the Irish Roman Catholic bishop in Korea, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Over 113 years of births, the list goes from Danny McCormack (1876) to Brendan Maher (1989). 4 of them were born since 1970. Fewer than a quarter of the 38 towns in Co. Tipperary with famous people list more.
Born here
21
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas F. Quinlan
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1876
Danny McCormack
Youngest
1989
Brendan Maher
What stands out about Borrisoleigh’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Borrisoleigh’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Borrisoleigh
Thomas F. Quinlan leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Brendan Maher (3) and Jimmy Finn (2).
BM#2
Notable
Brendan Maher
born 1989Irish hurler (born 1989)
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Known for
What Borrisoleigh is known for
1 of them work in Faith, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Borrisoleigh
Still to come: 18 more, from 1876 to 1985.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Thurles lists the most people: 73.
Questions about famous people from Borrisoleigh
Who is the most famous person from Borrisoleigh?
Thomas F. Quinlan (Irish Roman Catholic bishop in Korea) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Brendan Maher and Jimmy Finn.
How many famous people were born in Borrisoleigh?
21 people born in Borrisoleigh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Borrisoleigh?
Danny McCormack, born in 1876. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Borrisoleigh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Borrisoleigh’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).
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- Kerry Condon: Howard M. Shum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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