JB#1
Faith
John Barry
1799–1859Irish-American Catholic bishop (1799-1859)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Oilgate, Co. Wexford
From 1799 to 1997, Oilgate was the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the Irish-American Catholic bishop John Barry, with articles in 5 languages. Jim Bolger is second and Séamus Casey third. The nearest list is in Wexford, 11 km away: 99 names, starting with John Banville. The list’s best known name, John Barry, dates from 1799.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
John Barry
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1799
John Barry
Youngest
1997
Séamus Casey
The best known
Born in Oilgate
John Barry, Jim Bolger and Séamus Casey are written about in 5, 2 and 1 languages.
JB#2
SC#3
Known for
What Oilgate is known for
1 of them work in Faith, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in Irish towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Wexford has the most on record, with 99.
Questions about famous people from Oilgate
Who is the most famous person from Oilgate?
John Barry (Irish-American Catholic bishop (1799-1859)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Jim Bolger and Séamus Casey.
How many famous people were born in Oilgate?
3 people born in Oilgate have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Oilgate?
John Barry, born in 1799. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Oilgate?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Oilgate’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)
- John Banville: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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