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Photo: William Murphy · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow
From 1863 to 1999, Enniskerry was the birthplace of 5 famous people
The best known is the Irish composer Ina Boyle, with articles in 11 languages. Catherine Byrne is second and Daniel Whelan third. The list’s best known name, Ina Boyle, dates from 1889. The longest list of any town in Co. Wicklow belongs to Bray, with 44.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ina Boyle
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1863
John Buckley
Youngest
1999
Daniel Whelan
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Enniskerry’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Enniskerry’s famous people were born
The 1880s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Politics & LawSportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Enniskerry
Languages with an article: 11 for Ina Boyle, 7 for Catherine Byrne, 2 for Daniel Whelan.
CB#2
Politics & Law
Catherine Byrne
born 1956Irish politician
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DW#3
Sports
Daniel Whelan
born 1999Irish player of American football
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Enniskerry is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, 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 Enniskerry
Another 2, the earliest born in 1863.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Bray, at 44.
Bray · 4 kmCearbhall Ó Dálaigh & 43 moreSHGreystones-Delgany · 9 kmSimon Harris & 13 moreALKilliney · 7 kmAllen Leech & 11 more
Shankill · 6 kmCiarán Cuffe & 5 moreENStepaside · 8 kmEdward Max Nicholson & 4 moreGCCabinteely · 7 kmGiles Cooper & 2 more
Foxrock · 8 kmSamuel Beckett & 2 moreSLBallybrack · 8 kmSeán Lemass & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Enniskerry
Who is the most famous person from Enniskerry?
Ina Boyle (Irish composer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Catherine Byrne and Daniel Whelan.
How many famous people were born in Enniskerry?
5 people born in Enniskerry have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Enniskerry known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Enniskerry?
John Buckley, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1999.
Who counts as from Enniskerry?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Enniskerry’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)
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh: European Communities, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ciarán Cuffe: Claire Behan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Beckett: Roger Pic, Public domain, 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).