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Faith
Thomas William Drumm
1871–1933Catholic bishop (1871–1933)
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Collinstown, Co. Westmeath
From 1871 to 1993, Collinstown was the birthplace of 5 famous people
At the top of the list is the Catholic bishop Thomas William Drumm, covered in 6 languages. The British composer Denis ApIvor ranks second, ahead of Michael Cosgrove. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. The list’s best known name, Thomas William Drumm, dates from 1871.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thomas William Drumm
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1871
Thomas William Drumm
Youngest
1993
Tommy Doyle
What stands out about Collinstown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Collinstown’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1870s, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Collinstown
Thomas William Drumm, Denis ApIvor and Michael Cosgrove are written about in 6, 5 and 2 languages.
DA#2
Music
Denis ApIvor
1916–2004British composer (1916–2004)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Known for
What Collinstown is known for
Share of Collinstown’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Collinstown
The other 2 span the years 1987 to 1993.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Mullingar lists the most people: 45.
Questions about famous people from Collinstown
Who is the most famous person from Collinstown?
Thomas William Drumm (catholic bishop (1871–1933)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Denis ApIvor and Michael Cosgrove.
How many famous people were born in Collinstown?
5 people born in Collinstown have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Collinstown?
Thomas William Drumm, born in 1871. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Collinstown?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Collinstown’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 (1)
- Niall Horan: Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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