Vote for Irelands Greatest Person

mike65 · 22-03-2010 1:15pm #1

Clicky

40 figures and a more dismally conservative bunch you'll go along way to find - two members of Boyzone‎ on the list, and one of them is still alive! No Van the Man (he'll be glad) or Rory Gallagher. No Robert Boyle, no Francis Beaufort, no Arthur Wellington, no Edmund Burke, no Jonathan Swift.

Be careful not to mix up Daniel O'Connell and Daniel O'Donnell when you vote.

stmol32 · 22-03-2010 1:17pm

Jesus that's pathetic.

Nulty · 22-03-2010 1:19pm

I read this in the Tribune or some such paper yesterday.

How the f*ck did Gately get in there?

No Dustin the Turkey:rolleyes:

Danbo! · 22-03-2010 1:19pm

Clicked link, first person I saw was bono. Then Geldof. Fuck that.

chin_grin · 22-03-2010 1:19pm

I voted for Christy Ring. C'mon Christy Ring! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!

WindSock · 22-03-2010 1:21pm

Louis Walsh is in there, ffs. And Haughey :eek:

zonEEE · 22-03-2010 1:21pm

gotta be collins!

PeterIanStaker · 22-03-2010 1:21pm

That is f**ing dismal indeed. Being the Tubridy Show, I nearly expected to see Inbredward on the list. Urrggghhh:mad:

bette · 22-03-2010 1:24pm

Greatest Irishmen? Well rock stars and boys band warblers do not come into this category!

There are only three decent candidates who are:

Collins
Lemass
Pearse

The rest are not great men. They are entertainers and the odd failed politician!

mikom · 22-03-2010 1:24pm

Some startling ommissions....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FmVopEs9yI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHddpHuEOHI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x60BovWjrk

o1s1n · 22-03-2010 1:25pm

No John-Joe? This list is fail.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-03-2010 1:28pm

No Barack O´bama?

(No Gay Byrne either... that did genuinely rasie an eyebrow)

token56 · 22-03-2010 1:29pm

Idiotic list, none of Ireland's greatest scientific minds, such as Callan, Boole, Stoney, Walton.

But yet you have Danial O Donnell and Louis Walsh, feck sake

Pacing Mule · 22-03-2010 1:29pm

No Feeky ???

mike65 · 22-03-2010 1:29pm

But no Gerry Ryan so its all-square.

Fratton Fred · 22-03-2010 1:30pm

bette wrote: »

Greatest Irishmen? Well rock stars and boys band warblers do not come into this category!

There are only three decent candidates who are:

Collins
Lemass
Pearse

The rest are not great men. They are entertainers and the odd failed politician!

Add Charles Stewart Parnell to that list.

Ash.J.Williams · 22-03-2010 1:31pm

bette wrote: »

Greatest Irishmen? Well rock stars and boys band warblers do not come into this category!

There are only three decent candidates who are:

Collins
Lemass
Pearse

The rest are not great men. They are entertainers and the odd failed politician!

Ah come on Phill Lynnot ie easily superior to those three!!

TPD · 22-03-2010 1:31pm

# Christy Moore, Christy Moore, Christy Moore! #

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-03-2010 1:32pm

Kevin from Galway, anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0S1VmlHb0Y

ScumLord · 22-03-2010 1:34pm

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

That is f**ing dismal indeed. Being the Tubridy Show, I nearly expected to see Inbredward on the list. Urrggghhh:mad:

I didn't notice it was for the Tubridy show, it makes sense now.

ejmaztec · 22-03-2010 1:36pm

A sizeable number of complete crooks and **** on the list.

BongoJuice · 22-03-2010 1:38pm

I didn't click on the link but I would like to vote for King William of Orange. We owe him a great debt as a nation.

Stench Blossoms · 22-03-2010 1:40pm

Joe Dolan FTW !

Min · 22-03-2010 1:41pm

chin_grin wrote: »

I voted for Christy Ring. C'mon Christy Ring! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!

The hurling compensation nominee for Cork since Kilkenny are better and have and had better players than Christy Ring who would be banned if he played the same way now as then.....

Just ask some from Galway....

Sergeant · 22-03-2010 1:42pm

No Flann O'Brien, Ernest Walton, Jonathan Swift.

What a shíte of a survey. Surprised the bould Tubridy didn't appear in the thing himself.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-03-2010 1:43pm

Tom Crean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_%28explorer%29

Min · 22-03-2010 1:45pm

Colin Farrell????

Ireland must be in real trouble going by some of the people they used for the greatest Irish person ever.

gurramok · 22-03-2010 1:45pm

Never heard of Christy Ring before.

Ronan Keating who cannot sing is on the list along with Louis Walsh, are they having a giraffe??

Trashbat · 22-03-2010 1:46pm

I voted for James Connolly, a scotsman.

In fairness this poll seems to be about as scientific and balanced as an episode of family fortunes.

ejmaztec · 22-03-2010 1:47pm

BongoJuice wrote: »

I didn't click on the link but I would like to vote for King William of Orange. We owe him a great debt as a nation.

Are you sure you don't mean King William of Bongo, because your suggestion wasn't Irish?

TheZohanS · 22-03-2010 1:48pm

mike65 wrote: »

Clicky

40 figures and a more dismally conservative bunch you'll go along way to find - two members of Boyzone‎ on the list, and one of them is still alive! No Van the Man (he'll be glad) or Rory Gallagher. No Robert Boyle, no Francis Beaufort, no Arthur Wellington, no Edmund Burke, no Jonathan Swift.

Be careful not to mix up Daniel O'Connell and Daniel O'Donnell when you vote.

Why don't we make our own list?

Boards.ie is bigger than RTE.ie

WindSock · 22-03-2010 1:48pm

Sergeant wrote: »

No Flann O'Brien, Ernest Walton, Jonathan Swift.

What a shíte of a survey. Surprised the bould Tubridy didn't appear in the thing himself.

Swift hated the native Irish. He can fk right off.

chin_grin · 22-03-2010 1:50pm

Min wrote: »

The hurling compensation nominee for Cork since Kilkenny are better and have and had better players than Christy Ring who would be banned if he played the same way now as then.....

Just ask some from Galway....

I don't give a sh!te about GAA, it was just the name. Hehehehehehe Christy......snort......Ring......titter.

ejmaztec · 22-03-2010 1:56pm

WindSock wrote: »

Swift hated the native Irish. He can fk right off.

Just checked, and he apparently pre-empted your wrath in 1745.

Smart Bug · 22-03-2010 2:00pm

I voted for Collins.

Charlie f**kin Haughey ffs???

Do we hate ourselves so much that we'd include the most corrupt Irish politician ever on a list of the 40 greatest people in Irish history? F**ckin idiots.

"Ah sure fair f*cks to him, sure didn't he get away with it"

F**kin have a bit of self respect and awarness ye idiots, he bilked the people of this country for the entirety of his reign in the most cymical of fashions, he ws a f**kin crook of the highest order, he should be disintered from Irish soil & placed on a boat of sh!te & f**ked out into the Atlantic.

/rant

Theta · 22-03-2010 2:03pm

Terrible list. Most of those have never contributed anything to Irish society.

Oscar Wilde.

deelite · 22-03-2010 2:03pm

I voted Oscar Wilde....he was a gas man.

Saibh · 22-03-2010 2:05pm

We commissioned Ipsos MRBI to conduct a survey of the Irish public asking them this same question

I love to know who they asked

Don't think I will bother voting for any of them.

ejmaztec · 22-03-2010 2:11pm

Saibh wrote: »

I love to know who they asked

We can do a vote on which of those polled is the thickest.

syklops · 22-03-2010 2:15pm

I voted for Collins as well.

smcgiff · 22-03-2010 2:22pm

The list was compiled from a market survey of a thousand people. They could not name active politicians or anyone from RTE, so that explains aunty gaybo’s absence.

It’s a ****e list, but does the average Seamus Public know much about the likes of Boole etc. It appears not.

Jamie Starr · 22-03-2010 2:24pm

It's a toss up between Yeats and Joyce really - they've done so much to promote the intelligence of Irish people, although a few more lists like this and that river's gon' run dry.

Biggins · 22-03-2010 2:25pm

Mr Michael Collins.

Nulty · 22-03-2010 2:27pm

I think you gotta consider who the person you would vote for, would vote for.

Yeats would vote for Pearse IMO.

Therefore Pearse deserves the vote. Am I too blinded by logic?

Joe Dolan would vote for Gately, etc.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-03-2010 2:27pm

smcgiff wrote: »

The list was compiled from a market survey of a thousand people. They could not name active politicians or anyone from RTE, so that explains aunty gaybo’s absence.

It’s a ****e list, but does the average Seamus Public know much about the likes of Boole etc. It appears not.

Where did they go for this 1000 people? Donnybrook National School?

who the fug · 22-03-2010 2:29pm

yer man

Seeing as he gets talked about daily

bazmaiden · 22-03-2010 2:30pm

Phil Lynott ftw

Xavi6 · 22-03-2010 2:32pm

Michael O'Leary ftw

cleremy jarkson · 22-03-2010 2:36pm

Dr.Noel Browne
Michael Collins
Sean Lemass
Daniel O'Connell
Charles Stewart Parnell

The top 5 in my opinion, from that list. Daniel O'Connell gets my vote though.

sam34 · 22-03-2010 2:37pm

its been said before, but louis walsh? seriously??

*checks calendar, realises is not April Fools Day, shakes head in despair*

kodute · 22-03-2010 2:38pm

Biggins wrote: »

Mr Michael Collins.

I voted for Liam Neeson, much more convincing in the role...

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