EK#1
Military
Edmond Kelly
1874–1955Military Chaplain and Parish Priest (1874–1955)
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Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Newtown, Co. Tipperary
Newtown is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Edmond Kelly, the military chaplain and Parish priest, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The next two names are Donie Nealon and Rody Nealon. Nearby, Nenagh, 7 km away, lists 44, led by John Desmond Bernal. Births span 1874 to 1935, from Edmond Kelly to Donie Nealon.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Edmond Kelly
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1874
Edmond Kelly
Youngest
1935
Donie Nealon
The best known
Born in Newtown
Languages with an article: 8 for Edmond Kelly, 1 for Donie Nealon, 1 for Rody Nealon.
DN#2
RN#3
Notable
Rody Nealon
1898–1988Irish hurler and Gaelic games administrator
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Known for
What Newtown is known for
Military leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 20 km of Newtown, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Newtown
Who is the most famous person from Newtown?
Edmond Kelly (military Chaplain and Parish Priest (1874–1955)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Donie Nealon and Rody Nealon.
How many famous people were born in Newtown?
3 people born in Newtown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newtown?
Edmond Kelly, born in 1874. The youngest on the list was born in 1935.
Who counts as from Newtown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newtown’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.
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