#1Politics & Law
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
1893–1968Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (1893-1968)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Cahir, Co. Tipperary
13 famous people from Cahir, many of them athletes
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie is the best known, with articles in 5 languages. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 35.3, close to the 41.2 of the typical Co. Tipperary town. The oldest name on the list belongs to Edmund Keating Hyland, born in 1780, the newest to Liam Casey, born in 1995.
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1780
Edmund Keating Hyland
Youngest
1995
Liam Casey
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Cahir’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cahir is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Cahir’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1960s, with 3 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cahir
Languages with an article: 5 for David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, 4 for John N. Dempsey, 4 for Tommy O'Donnell.
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#2Politics & Law
John N. Dempsey
1915–1989American politician (1915–1989)
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#3Sports
Tommy O'Donnell
born 1987Irish rugby union player
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Cahir
Of the other 10, 8 are athletes.
Michael Murphy
1837–1893Irish soldier (c. 1837 – 1893); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Famous people from the towns next door
Clonmel leads the towns around it, with 79 names.
Questions about famous people from Cahir
Who is the most famous person from Cahir?
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie (Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (1893-1968)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come John N. Dempsey and Tommy O'Donnell.
How many famous people were born in Cahir?
13 people born in Cahir have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cahir known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 13. That is 69% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cahir?
Edmund Keating Hyland, born in 1780. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Cahir?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cahir’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 (6)
- David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John N. Dempsey: Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommy O'Donnell: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Murphy: Unknown artist c1858, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurence Sterne: Joshua Reynolds (died 1792), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John O'Leary: Frederick Hollyer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).