53.0155° N, 7.9823° W
BIRR
Most Famous People Born in Birr, Ireland
- Notable people
- 349
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1897
- Most distinctive
- Hurler 85.8×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Birr during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Birr Is Known For
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Football is Birr's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (36).
Birr over-indexes on hurler — 85.8× the global rate.
Birr under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Birr's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Military
- Writing
- Science
- Other
John Scotus Eriugena
810 - 877
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings
1754 - 1826
John Henry Patterson (author)
1867 - 1947
Una Healy
Born 1981
Dymphna
-
John Crowley (director)
Born 1969
James Herbert Brennan
Born 1940
Feargus O'Connor
1794 - 1855
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare
1513 - 1537
John Ellis (naturalist)
1710 - 1776
Vergilius of Salzburg
700 - 784
Thomas Fitzsimons
1741 - 1811
John Kavanagh (actor)
Born 1970
Roy William Neill
1887 - 1946
Matthew Thornton
1714 - 1803
Fridolin of Säckingen
Died 538
Pat Condell
Born 1949
Harald Gille
1103 - 1136
Patrick Cockburn
Born 1950
Thomas Campbell (minister)
1763 - 1854
Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
760 - 826
Derek Briggs
Born 1950
Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont
1636 - 1700
Marianus Scotus of Mainz
1028 - 1082
Anita Sharp-Bolster
1895 - 1985
Rosina Bulwer Lytton
1802 - 1882
George Monro (British Army officer)
1700 - 1757
Fridianus
520 - 588
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
1865 - 1939
Alex Sharpe
Born 1972
Arthur Bell Nicholls
1819 - 1906
Daniel Houghton
1740 - 1791
Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
1840 - 1908
Rumbold of Mechelen
Died 775
Disibod
619 - 700
Aisling O'Sullivan
Born 1968
George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)
1716 - 1781
Michael O'Herlihy
1929 - 1997
Henry George Farmer
1882 - 1965
Catherine Gaskin
1929 - 2009
Richard Head
1637 - 1686
Mundy
Born 1975
Brendan of Birr
500 - 573
Saint Fursey
567 - 650
Felim O'Neill of Kinard
1603 - 1653
Flann Sinna
847 - 916
Thomas Armstrong (English politician)
1633 - 1684
Henry Procter (British Army officer)
1763 - 1822
Francis Tumblety
1833 - 1903
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid
Died 862
Robert Arkins
-
Áed Findliath
Died 879
Martianus Hiberniensis
819 - 875
Finan of Lindisfarne
Died 661
Foillan
600 - 655
Anthony O'Sullivan
1855 - 1920
Moss Keane
1948 - 2010
Niall Caille
Died 846
Barry O'Meara
1786 - 1836
Donnchad Midi
733 - 797
Domnall Midi
715 - 763
Donnchad Donn
Died 944
Thomas Waters
1842 - 1898
Chase Carey
Born 1954
Barry Roche
Born 1982
Donnchad mac Briain
Died 1064
Donatus of Fiesole
Died 876
Fergal mac Máele Dúin
Died 722
Cyrus Mistry
Born 1968
Sunniva
-
William Sadler (painter)
1782 - 1839
Hugh Johnson (cinematographer)
Died 2015
Saint Colman (martyr)
Died 689
Barry McCrea
Born 1974
Michael Jones (soldier)
1606 - 1649
Conchobar mac Donnchada
819 - 833
Stacia
Born 1952
Bithia Mary Croker
1849 - 1920
Congalach Cnogba
Died 956
Loingsech mac Óengusso
Died 704
William Crooke
1848 - 1923
Belinda Mulrooney
1872 - 1967
Charlotte Payne-Townshend
1859 - 1943
Ian Fitzgibbon
Born 1962
Ned Dennehy
Born 1965
Saint Totnan
Died 689
Trudpert
-
Bosco Hogan
Born 1949
Áed Allán
Died 743
Liam Kelly (footballer, born 1995)
Born 1995
George Gregory (British writer)
1754 - 1808
Domnall Mór Ua Briain
1168 - 1194
James Finley (engineer)
1756 - 1828
Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly
1194 - 1257
Charles Thomas Bingham
1848 - 1908
Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
Died 625
Domnall mac Áedo
Died 642
Denis O'Brien
Born 1958
Conyngham Greene
1854 - 1934
Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria
1876 - 1951
Mick Galwey
Born 1966
Ernest Monnington Bowden
1859 - 1904
Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey
1853 - 1926
Tyron Montgomery
Born 1967
Fínsnechta Fledach
Died 695
Edward King (British poet)
1612 - 1637
James Archer (Jesuit)
1550 - 1620
Dorothea Bennett (novelist)
Born 1924
Congal Cennmagair
Died 710
Thompson Campbell
1811 - 1868
Sechnassach
Died 671
Blathmac mac Áedo Sláine
Died 665
Francis Kiernan
1800 - 1874
Fogartach mac Néill
Died 724
Hugh Wheeler (East India Company officer)
1789 - 1857
Paddy McGuire
1884 - 1923
Launt Thompson
1833 - 1894
Robert Charles Goff
1837 - 1922
Ronan of Locronan
-
Erkembode
Died 742
Abbán
570 - 620
Cenn Fáelad
Died 675
Deodatus of Nevers
Died 679
John Vincent (British Army officer)
1764 - 1848
Henry Boyd (translator)
1750 - 1832
George Nathan
1895 - 1937
Beatrice Hill-Lowe
1868 - 1951
Campbell P. White
1787 - 1859
Sara Blomfield
1859 - 1939
Henry F. Naphen
1852 - 1905
Brynach
-
Frederic Charles Dreyer
1878 - 1956
Plechelm
Died 730
Ursus of Aosta
Died 529
Edward F. McDonald
1844 - 1892
Arthur O'Sullivan
1912 - 1981
Bernadette O'Farrell
1924 - 1999
Michael F. Farley
1863 - 1921
Maria Corrigan
-
William Corbet
1779 - 1842
Gerry McDonagh
Born 1998
Marie Mullen
Born 1953
Saint Ultan
Died 655
Dick La Reno
1863 - 1945
William Johnston (congressman)
1819 - 1866
George K. Shiel
1825 - 1893
Naomi Sheridan
Born 1972
Conleth
450 - 519
Mél of Ardagh
Died 488
William Gerard Barry
1864 - 1941
William O'Connor (darts player)
Born 1986
John Kerans
1915 - 1985
John Parker (businessman)
Born 1942
George Egerton (Royal Navy officer)
1852 - 1940
Chris Haughton
Born 1978
Donough O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond
Died 1553
Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare
1318 - 1390
Mawgan
-
Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore
1870 - 1955
Stephen Grant (footballer)
Born 1977
O'Brien Smith
1756 - 1811
Caitlín Brugha
1879 - 1959
Pearce Hanley
Born 1988
Robert Day (antiquarian)
1836 - 1914
Sarah Heaney
Born 1970
Seamus Murphy
Born 1959
John Francis Kavanagh
1903 - 1984
Katie McMahon
-
John O'Sullivan (footballer)
Born 1993
Saint Maudez
-
Olivia Mitchell
Born 1947
Patrick Cleary
1886 - 1970
Michael Semple
-
Wiro of Roermond
Died 753
Stephen McKeon
-
Liam Carney
-
Des Keogh
Born 1935
Kate Mullany
1845 - 1906
Ciarán Byrne
Born 1994
Patrick Malone (Irish politician)
1916 - 1993
Conchobar Ua Briain
Died 1142
Andrew McClary
1730 - 1775
Samuel O'Reilly
1854 - 1908
Barry Glendenning
Born 1973
Ciarán O'Leary
Born 1973
Pierce O'Brien-Butler
1877 - 1902
Mary Gormley
Born 1980
Fintan Meyler
1929 - 2005
Charles Egerton (Indian Army officer)
1848 - 1921
Philip Phillips (bishop)
Died 1787
Neil Doyle
Born 1978
Irish Mythen
-
Mike Prendergast
Born 1977
Lisa Maguire
Born 1994
Fay Taylour
1904 - 1983
Percy Moran (Schauspieler)
1886 - 1958
Danny O'Dwyer
Born 1986
Monica Loughman
-
Kathy Rose O'Brien
-
Robert MacCarthy
Born 1940
John Brennan (athlete)
1879 - 1964
Aidan Heavey
Born 1953
Michael O'Donoghue (footballer)
Born 1996
Rosie Boote
1878 - 1958
Sylvia Gee
Born 1977
Mona McSharry
Born 2000
John Doyle (soccer, born 1946)
Born 1946
William Black (Mediziner)
1749 - 1829
Steve Lennon
Born 1993
Rita Martin
1875 - 1958
Pauline Curley (athlete)
Born 1969
Adalgis de Thiérache
Died 670
Connie Finnan
Born 1962
Thomas Crowley (soldier)
1949 - 1995
Caroline Thorpe
Born 1981
Christopher Dougherty
Born 1988
Michael Joseph Hogan
1908 - 1986
Joe Dooley
Born 1963
Gore Browne
1763 - 1843
Thomas Bernard Hackett
1836 - 1880
May Langrishe
1864 - 1939
Samuel Brown (mayor)
1845 - 1909
Michael de Courcy
Died 1824
Eusebius von Rankweil
Died 884
Christopher Malseed
Born 1986
Aindrias Ó Caoimh (judge)
Born 1950
Jonathan Ryan
-
Lawrence J. Fitzgerald
1869 - 1918
Johnny Pilkington
Born 1970
Dara Ó Conaola
-
Suzy Lawlor
Born 1984
Andrea di Scozia
-
Shane Delahunt
Born 1994
Donal T. Manahan
Born 1953
John Fraser (poet)
1809 - 1849
M. E. Francis
1858 - 1930
Daithí Regan
Born 1968
Brian Crosby
Born 1973
Patrick Mac Manus
1944 - 2011
Pellegrino delle Alpi
Died 643
Tomás Craig
1780 - 1863
Patrick Leonard (politician)
-
Darragh O’Connell
Born 1972
Major Thomas Jones
1665 - 1713
Charles Hallaran
1897 - 1941
John McPhillips
-
Henry Tedlie
1792 - 1818
Nicky Phelan
-
Gary Cahill (hurler)
Born 1968
Peter Dooley
Born 1994
Frank Dolphin
-
John Caffrey
1891 - 1953
Kevin Kinahan
Born 1971
Aindrias Ó Caoimh (attorney general)
1912 - 1994
Simon Whelehan
Born 1976
Edward N. Hurley
1864 - 1933
Catherine Dunne (bombing victim)
1950 - 1990
James Edward Ignatius Masterson
1862 - 1935
Brian Hennessy
Born 1969
Glenn Spearing
Born 1985
Maurade Glennon
Born 1926
Jack Hickey (Schauspieler)
Born 1989
Donie Shine
1951 - 2017
Rory Hanniffy
Born 1982
Joe McCormack
1926 - 2010
James Kavanagh
Born 1931
Geraldine Byrne Nason
Born 1959
Diego O'Reilly
1775 - 1821
Eugene Coughlan
Born 1956
Shane O'Sullivan (filmmaker)
-
Seamus Byrne
-
Joseph Johnston Muir
1847 - 1927
Michael Crimmins
Born 1974
Shane O'Connor (darts player)
Born 1985
Aodhagan O'Neill
Born 1959
Killian Heffernan
Born 2002
Percy Crutchley
1855 - 1940
James A. Palmer
1825 - 1896
Joe Errity
Born 1969
Declan Pilkington
Born 1969
Adrian Cahill
Born 1971
William Fox (goldminer)
1827 - 1890
Tom Stanton (cricketer)
Born 1997
Ger Robinson
Born 1982
Georges Mac-Master
1862 - 1938
Gavin Drea
-
Ger Oakley
Born 1978
James Brady (SS)
Born 1920
John Murray (VC)
1837 - 1911
Mick Coughlan
-
Denis Ormerod
1923 - 2005
Gerald Porter
Born 1968
Brian McCormack
-
Joe Somerville
Born 1970
Alice Cashel
1878 - 1958
Mary McCann
1880 - 1966
Roy Mannion
Born 1968
Leo Turley
Born 1966
Trevor Crothers
1938 - 2002
Darren Hanniffy
Born 1978