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Michael W. D'Arcy
born 1970Irish politician
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Famous people · Gorey, Co. Wexford
13 famous people from Gorey, many of them leaders
Most widely known is Michael W. D'Arcy, the Irish politician, with articles in 6 languages. Malcolm Byrne and Conor McDonald follow. More than half were born since 1970, 8 in all. From Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet in 1896 to Thomas Stafford in 2000, the births cover 104 years.
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13
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Best known
Michael W. D'Arcy
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1896
Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet
Youngest
2000
Thomas Stafford
What stands out about Gorey’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Gorey’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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What Gorey is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.9 times as common.
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Born in Gorey
Two of the three are leaders.
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Everyone else born in Gorey
Of the other 10, 2 are leaders.
Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet
1896–1936Irish diplomat and politician (1896-1936)
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Thomas Stafford
2000–1995Irish politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin (c.1916-1995)
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Questions about famous people from Gorey
Who is the most famous person from Gorey?
Michael W. D'Arcy (Irish politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Malcolm Byrne and Conor McDonald.
How many famous people were born in Gorey?
13 people born in Gorey have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 20 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gorey?
Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet, born in 1896. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Gorey?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gorey’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.
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Photo credits (3)
- Michael W. D'Arcy: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Malcolm Byrne: Houses of the Oireachtas, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Róisín Murphy: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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