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Thomas MacDonagh

1878 - 1916

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Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh (Irish: Tomás Anéislis Mac Donnchadha; 1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and Commandant of the 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, which fought in Jacob's biscuit factory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas MacDonagh has received more than 392,423 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Thomas MacDonagh is the 6,079th most popular writer (down from 5,439th in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 340th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 390k

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  • 36.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas MacDonagh ranks 6,079 out of 5,755. Before him are Sally Rooney, James T. Farrell, Maja Haderlap, Masha Gessen, Brannon Braga, and Norman Lear. After him are Thomas Shadwell, Nina Bawden, Jenny Erpenbeck, Jennifer Egan, Scott Westerfeld, and Ed Bradley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Thomas MacDonagh ranks 211. Before him are Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Meredith Colket, Léon Binoche, Gaston Salmon, Roy Atwell, and Major Taylor. After him are Henry Weed Fowler, Truxtun Hare, and Alfred E. Goodey. Among people deceased in 1916, Thomas MacDonagh ranks 134. Before him are Tom Clarke, Béla Békessy, Samu Fóti, Joseph Plunkett, Seán Mac Diarmada, and Éamonn Ceannt.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Thomas MacDonagh ranks 370 out of 501. Before him are Pat Condell (1949), Leo Varadkar (1979), Glenn Quinn (1970), Éamonn Ceannt (1881), Henry John Stephen Smith (1826), and Sally Rooney (1991). After him are Phil Hogan (1960), Ken Doherty (1969), Amybeth McNulty (2001), Becky Lynch (1987), Kerry Condon (1983), and Noel Hogan (1971).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Thomas MacDonagh ranks 53. Before him are Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Nahum Tate (1652), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Anne Enright (1962), Emma Donoghue (1969), and Sally Rooney (1991). After him are Marian Keyes (1963), Patrick McCabe (1955), and Stefan Molyneux (1966).

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