MM#1
Politics & Law
Mattie McGrath
born 1958Irish politician
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Newcastle, Co. Tipperary
Newcastle is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the Irish politician Mattie McGrath, with articles in 4 languages. The only other name is the Irish association football player Michael Goonan. A short trip away, Clonmel (12 km) counts 79 famous people, Laurence Sterne among them. From Mattie McGrath to Michael Goonan, the births on the list run from 1958 to 1967.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mattie McGrath
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1958
Mattie McGrath
Youngest
1967
Michael Goonan
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Newcastle
MG#2
Sports
Michael Goonan
born 1967Irish association football player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Newcastle 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.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Clonmel has the most people on record, 79 of them.
Questions about famous people from Newcastle
Who is the most famous person from Newcastle?
Mattie McGrath (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Michael Goonan.
How many famous people were born in Newcastle?
2 people born in Newcastle have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Newcastle known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newcastle?
Mattie McGrath, born in 1958. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Newcastle?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newcastle’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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