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Faith
William Lee
1941–2024Bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sarah777 · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Newport, Co. Tipperary
Newport is the birthplace of 9 famous people
William Lee is the best known, with articles in 6 languages. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. From Dan Troy in 1897 to Sean O'Brien in 1990, the births cover 93 years. The longest list of any town in Co. Tipperary belongs to Clonmel, with 79.
Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
William Lee
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1897
Dan Troy
Youngest
1990
Sean O'Brien
The best known
Born in Newport
The three are covered in 6, 3 and 2 languages: William Lee, Patrick Ryan and Jimmy Coffey.
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Through the years
When Newport’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Newport is known for
The largest field is Faith, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Newport
6 more, from 1897 to 1990.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Castleconnell leads the towns around it, with 16 names.
MHCastleconnell · 6 kmMichael Herbert & 15 moreBBKillaloe · 11 kmBrian Boru & 7 moreJHMoroe · 6 kmJohn Harty & 3 moreMBBallina · 12 kmMichael Breen & 2 moreGPAnnacotty · 10 kmGer Power & 1 more
Castletroy · 11 kmLeah McNamara & 1 moreNGCaherconlish · 14 kmNorman Garstin & 1 moreSFArdnacrusha · 14 kmStephen Fitzgerald
Castletroy · 11 kmLeah McNamara & 1 moreNGCaherconlish · 14 kmNorman Garstin & 1 moreSFArdnacrusha · 14 kmStephen FitzgeraldQuestions about famous people from Newport
Who is the most famous person from Newport?
William Lee (bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Patrick Ryan and Jimmy Coffey.
How many famous people were born in Newport?
9 people born in Newport have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newport?
Dan Troy, born in 1897. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Newport?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newport’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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