Hollyfort

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Hollyfort

Coordinates52.72°, -6.35°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Hollyfort is a village north of County Wexford, Ireland. It lies within the townland of Mongan in the valley of the River Bann, 5 km northwest of Gorey.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

S

Seán Fortune

Notorious paedophile and Irish catholic priest. He took the easy way out because he couldn't face his allegers

T

Thomas Stafford

Irish politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin (c.1916-1995)

B

Billy Byrne

Irish hurler

D

Darragh McDonald

Irish swimmer

E

Edward O'Brien

Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer

G

Ger Cushe

Irish hurler

J

James Godkin

Irish writer and journalist (1806–1879)

Michael W. D'Arcy

Irish politician

Ogle Robert Gowan

Canadian politician (1803–1876)

R

Rachel Rath

Irish actress

N

Niall Breen

Irish hurler

E

Eoin Sheriff

Irish rugby union player

Malcolm Byrne

Irish politician

C

Conor McDonald

Irish hurler

James Lawless

Irish politician

R

Rory Kinsella

Irish hurler and manager

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-11

Brimstone Moth

Opisthograptis luteolata

Seen 2026-09-10

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-08-31

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Seen 2026-08-30

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-08-30

Noble False Widow

Steatoda nobilis

Seen 2026-08-17

Red-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus lapidarius

Seen 2026-08-16

Common Carder Bumble Bee

Bombus pascuorum

Seen 2026-08-16

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-08-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).