CT#1
Writing & Arts
Colm Tóibín
born 1955Irish novelist and writer (born 1955)
41 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
32 famous people come from Enniscorthy, Colm Tóibín the best known
Most widely known is Colm Tóibín, the Irish novelist and writer, with articles in 41 languages. Eileen Gray, the Irish architect and designer, comes second, with Charlie Murphy third. Among the 27 towns in Co. Wexford with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd. 11 of them were born between 1922 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
32
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Colm Tóibín
41 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1688
Cadwallader Colden
Youngest
2002
Festy Ebosele
What stands out about Enniscorthy’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Enniscorthy
First, Colm Tóibín (41 languages), then Eileen Gray (33) and Charlie Murphy (22).
#2Writing & Arts
Eileen Gray
?–1976Irish architect and designer (1878–1976)
33 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CM#3
Through the years
When Enniscorthy’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 5 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Enniscorthy is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is scientists and doctors, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Enniscorthy
The rest number 29, with 6 athletes among them.
Cadwallader Colden
1688–1776Lieutenant governor, acting governor of the Province of New York (1688-1776)
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Liam Ryan
born 1995NotableWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Castlebridge: 5.
Questions about famous people from Enniscorthy
Who is the most famous person from Enniscorthy?
Colm Tóibín (Irish novelist and writer (born 1955)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 41 languages. Next come Eileen Gray and Charlie Murphy.
How many famous people were born in Enniscorthy?
32 people born in Enniscorthy have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 34 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Enniscorthy?
Cadwallader Colden, born in 1688. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.
Who counts as from Enniscorthy?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Enniscorthy’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 (6)
- Eileen Gray: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lacey: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Reeves: Dunedin City Council Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Reeves: William Henshaw Clarke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Dobbs: monkeywing from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Prendergast: Trinity College Dublin, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).