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Bobby Donovan
1927–2009Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer
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Famous people · Newbawn, Co. Wexford
Bobby Donovan, born in 1927, is Newbawn’s famous person on record
In 1927, the Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer Bobby Donovan was born. That places their birth between 1922 and 1969. Their story is told in 2 languages. Within 11 km, New Ross lists the most: 22, with Michael O'Hanrahan first.
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Bobby Donovan
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, New Ross counts 22 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Newbawn
Who is the most famous person from Newbawn?
Bobby Donovan (Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Newbawn?
1 people born in Newbawn have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Newbawn known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 32% across Irish towns.
Who counts as from Newbawn?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newbawn’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)
- Michael O'Hanrahan: Joy, Maurice, ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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