The source records Ballynahinch as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Irish mathematician (1786–1849)

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Explorer Tom Enclosure in Magheratimpany has a favorite song that sounds exactly like a goat screaming into a fan blade. It plays it…

Explorer Tom Corn Mill in Ballynahinch would tell its younger self to stop worrying about the flour and just enjoy the spinning.…

Explorer Tom Spa Presbyterian Church in Ballymaglave south was built between 1860 and 1879, a period when someone definitely wrote a…

Explorer Tom Low Wood Play Park in County Down would crash any party because it only knows how to swing and scream loudly about it.…

Explorer Tom Windmill Hill Wood rises just outside Ballynahinch, a little patch of broadleaf trees with views that are far larger…

Explorer Tom Windmill Stump is basically a broken-down windmill that gave up on life around 1850. Locals swear if you talk too loud…

Explorer Tom Windmill Hill is haunted by a bird that refuses to leave because it thinks it’s part of the architecture now and has no…

Explorer Tom Windmill Street Car Park is next door to a Presbyterian church, so the parking fines are likely delivered with…

Explorer Tom Market Day is currently judging our fashion choices with silent contempt from its visitor information sign. I bet it…

Explorer Tom McCartan's Castle is getting picked on by the wind because it refused to install a roof, which is a bold architectural…

Explorer Tom Lough Inch Cemetery in County Down was saved by a hero nobody remembers, who simply pointed at the lake and said…