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Sports
Michael Ryan
born 1953Irish hurler and Gaelic football player, born 1955
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia ↗
Photo: ethics girl · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford
One famous person was born in Ballymacarbry
Michael Ryan was born in 1953. That places their birth between 1922 and 1969. Their story is told in one language so far. Nearby, Clonmel, 10 km away, lists 79, led by Laurence Sterne.
Born here
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Best known
Michael Ryan
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1953
Michael Ryan
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Sports
1 person
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Born in Ballymacarbry
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Clonmel, at 79.
Questions about famous people from Ballymacarbry
Who is the most famous person from Ballymacarbry?
Michael Ryan (Irish hurler and Gaelic football player, born 1955) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Ballymacarbry?
1 people born in Ballymacarbry have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ballymacarbry known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Ballymacarbry?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ballymacarbry’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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