DC#1
Politics & Law
Donie Cassidy
born 1945Irish politician and businessman
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Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
Leaders stand out among the 8 famous people born in Castlepollard
Most widely known is Donie Cassidy, the Irish politician and businessman, with articles in 6 languages. 4 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births span 1815 to 1985, from William Pollard-Urquhart to Derek McNicholas. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Donie Cassidy
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1815
William Pollard-Urquhart
Youngest
1985
Derek McNicholas
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
What stands out about Castlepollard’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Castlepollard is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Castlepollard’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Castlepollard
The three best known are all leaders.
MK#2
Politics & Law
Michael Kennedy
1897–1965Irish politician
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PK#3
Politics & Law
Peter Kelly
1944–2019Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1944-2019)
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Castlepollard
The rest number 5, with 2 leaders among them.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Mullingar has the most people on record, 45 of them.
Questions about famous people from Castlepollard
Who is the most famous person from Castlepollard?
Donie Cassidy (Irish politician and businessman) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Michael Kennedy and Peter Kelly.
How many famous people were born in Castlepollard?
8 people born in Castlepollard have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Castlepollard known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castlepollard?
William Pollard-Urquhart, born in 1815. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Castlepollard?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castlepollard’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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- Niall Horan: Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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