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Richard Mulcahy

1886 - 1971

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Richard James Mulcahy (10 May 1886 – 16 December 1971) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and army general who served as Minister for Education from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957, Minister for the Gaeltacht from June 1956 to October 1956, Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1948, Leader of Fine Gael from 1944 to 1959, Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1927 to 1932 and Minister for Defence from January to April 1919 and 1922 to 1924. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1938 and from 1943 to 1961 and a Senator from March 1938 to June 1938 and 1943 to 1944. He served in the cabinets of W. T. Cosgrave and John A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Mulcahy has received more than 307,423 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Mulcahy is the 16,321st most popular politician (down from 15,474th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 304th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Irish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Mulcahies by language

Over the past year Richard Mulcahy has had the most page views in the with 41,958 views, followed by Russian (3,511), and Spanish (2,438). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (61.76%), Finnish (56.10%), and Basque (55.03%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Richard Mulcahy ranks 16,321 out of 19,576. Before him are Sinan Oğan, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Bridei III, Lizardo Montero Flores, Manouchehr Mottaki, and Lorenzo Snow. After him are Aleksandr Tkachyov, Stella Kyriakides, José Luis Tamayo, Muhammad Fareed Didi, Fatma Samoura, and Sahle Dengel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Richard Mulcahy ranks 280. Before him are Divna Veković, Sophie Tucker, Hugo Black, Arthur Shaw, Herbert Lindström, and Edu Snethlage. After him are Árpád Tóth, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Alexander Wetmore, Crane Wilbur, and Karl Dane. Among people deceased in 1971, Richard Mulcahy ranks 219. Before him are Elemér Szathmáry, Usmar Ismail, Ed Gordon, Joseph Pletincx, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and Charles Pahud de Mortanges. After him are Thomas C. Hart, Basil Dearden, Thawi Bunyaket, Frederick Sheffield, Károly Weichelt, and Glenda Farrell.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Mulcahy ranks 287 out of 549. Before him are Colum McCann (1965), John A. Costello (1891), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Peter Sutherland (1946), Tony Dunne (1941), and Charlie McGettigan (1950). After him are William Stokes (1804), Michael McElhatton (1963), Stephen Gately (1976), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Albert Reynolds (1932), and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Richard Mulcahy ranks 46. Before him are Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Charles Haughey (1925), Cathal Brugha (1874), Jack Lynch (1917), John A. Costello (1891), and Peter Sutherland (1946). After him are Albert Reynolds (1932), Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), William Hobson (1792), and William J. Duane (1780).

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