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Politics & Law
Michael Kennedy
born 1949Irish Fianna Fáil politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Roundwood, Co. Wicklow
3 famous people were born in Roundwood
Articles in 3 languages make the Irish Fianna Fáil politician Michael Kennedy the best known. John Heavey and Kwaku Fortune follow. Nearby, Bray, 16 km away, lists 44, led by Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. The list runs from John Heavey, born in 1868, to Michael Kennedy, born in 1949.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michael Kennedy
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1868
John Heavey
Youngest
1949
Michael Kennedy
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Roundwood
First, Michael Kennedy (3 languages), then John Heavey (2) and Kwaku Fortune (1).
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Known for
What Roundwood is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, 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
Bray leads the towns around it, with 44 names.
Bray · 16 kmCearbhall Ó Dálaigh & 43 more
Wicklow · 15 kmPaul McShane & 31 moreSHGreystones-Delgany · 13 kmSimon Harris & 13 moreIBEnniskerry · 14 kmIna Boyle & 4 moreMMNewtownmountkennedy · 8 kmMason Melia & 3 moreFRRathdrum · 15 kmFrank Robinson & 2 moreKMAshford · 10 kmKatie McGrath & 1 moreJDRathnew · 13 kmJohnny Doran & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Roundwood
Who is the most famous person from Roundwood?
Michael Kennedy (Irish Fianna Fáil politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come John Heavey and Kwaku Fortune.
How many famous people were born in Roundwood?
3 people born in Roundwood have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Roundwood known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 16% across Irish towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Roundwood?
John Heavey, born in 1868. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Roundwood?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Roundwood’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 (2)
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh: European Communities, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul McShane: Michael Kranewitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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