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Politics & Law
Laurence Ginnell
1852–1923Irish politician and writer (1852-1923)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Delvin, Co. Westmeath
5 famous people were born in Delvin from 1852 to 1954
The best known is the Irish politician and writer Laurence Ginnell, with articles in 7 languages. Mary McEvoy is second and Brinsley MacNamara third. The biggest group are performers: 2. The list’s best known name, Laurence Ginnell, dates from 1852.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Laurence Ginnell
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1852
Laurence Ginnell
Youngest
1954
Mary McEvoy
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
What stands out about Delvin’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Delvin’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Delvin
Three names lead: Laurence Ginnell (7 languages), Mary McEvoy (4) and Brinsley MacNamara (3).
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Writing & Arts
Brinsley MacNamara
1890–1963Irish writer (1890–1963)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Delvin is known for
The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Delvin
The other 2 span the years 1920 to 1951.
William Dunne
1920–2002Irish born Roman Catholic priest; Bishop for the Diocese of Kitui, Kenya
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Mullingar has the most people on record, 45 of them.
Mullingar · 19 kmNiall Horan & 44 more
Kells · 19 kmAlice Stopford Green & 10 moreDCCastlepollard · 16 kmDonie Cassidy & 7 moreJMAthboy · 11 kmJamie McGrath & 5 moreANOldcastle · 18 kmAlicia Adélaide Needham & 3 moreMBBallivor · 12 kmMary Brück & 2 moreMFKillucan-Rathwire · 12 kmMax Henry Ferrars & 1 more
Kinnegad · 18 kmJohn J. GlennonQuestions about famous people from Delvin
Who is the most famous person from Delvin?
Laurence Ginnell (Irish politician and writer (1852-1923)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Mary McEvoy and Brinsley MacNamara.
How many famous people were born in Delvin?
5 people born in Delvin have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Delvin known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 6% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Delvin?
Laurence Ginnell, born in 1852. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.
Who counts as from Delvin?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Delvin’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 (3)
- Niall Horan: Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Stopford Green: Henry Herschel Hay Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Glennon: J.C. Strauss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).