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Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainFamous people · Holycross, Co. Tipperary
From 1887 to 1993, Holycross was the birthplace of 10 famous people
At the top of the list is the Irish hurler Cathal Barrett, covered in 3 languages. 5 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. Cathal Barrett, the best known, was born in 1993. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Cathal Barrett
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1887
Michael O'Dwyer
Youngest
1993
Cathal Barrett
What stands out about Holycross’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Holycross’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.
NotablePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Holycross
Cathal Barrett leads with articles in 3 languages, ahead of John Doyle (3) and Anne Haverty (2).
JD#2
Politics & Law
John Doyle
1930–2010Irish hurler, born 1930
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AH#3
Writing & Arts
Anne Haverty
born 1959Irish novelist and poet
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Holycross is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Holycross
Another 7, the earliest born in 1887.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Holycross, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Holycross
Who is the most famous person from Holycross?
Cathal Barrett (Irish hurler) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come John Doyle and Anne Haverty.
How many famous people were born in Holycross?
10 people born in Holycross have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Holycross?
Michael O'Dwyer, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Holycross?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Holycross’ 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)
- Kerry Condon: Howard M. Shum, CC BY 3.0, 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).