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Patrick Leahy

1877 - 1926

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Patrick Joseph Leahy (20 May 1877 – 29 December 1927) was an Irish athlete who won Olympic medals (for Great Britain and Ireland) in the high jump and long jump at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Leahy was born in Creggane, in the Civil parish of Hackmys, in the barony of Coshma near Kilmallock in County Limerick, near the border between County Limerick and County Cork. He was one of seven brothers all of whom were sportsmen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Leahy has received more than 4,983,401 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Patrick Leahy is the 1,208th most popular athlete (down from 617th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 231st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patrick Leahy ranks 1,208 out of 3,059Before him are Jorge Llopart, Garrett Serviss, Calvin Smith, Tia Hellebaut, Jack Lovelock, and Rainer Schmidt. After him are Sergio Caprari, Oscar Osthoff, Vladimir Nevzorov, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Horace Ashenfelter, and Hasely Crawford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Patrick Leahy ranks 164Before him are Oscar Grégoire, Ervin Mészáros, Malcolm Whitman, William Beebe, Winifred McNair, and Thomas C. Hart. After him are Albino Jara, Lloyd C. Douglas, Henri Hazebrouck, Claire McDowell, Montagu Love, and Edward Barrett. Among people deceased in 1926, Patrick Leahy ranks 111Before him are Helen Allingham, René Boylesve, Kristján Jónsson, Charles Marion Russell, Olle Lanner, and Bernard Pyne Grenfell. After him are Wesley Coe, Tom Forman, Ronald Firbank, Alton B. Parker, and John W. Weeks.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Leahy ranks 286 out of 501Before him are William Paterson (1745), Tony Dunne (1941), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Róisín Murphy (1973), and Sharon Corr (1970). After him are Milo O'Shea (1926), Brian Downey (1951), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Brian Shawe-Taylor (1915), Colm Wilkinson (1944), and Frank Harris (1856).

Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Patrick Leahy ranks 7Before him are John Flanagan (1873), Pat McDonald (1878), Matt McGrath (1875), Patrick Ryan (1881), Martin Sheridan (1881), and Tim Ahearne (1885). After him are Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), Con Leahy (1876), Ron Delany (1935), and Sonia O'Sullivan (1969).