Famous Northeasterners

Savo

As I'm in exile down South I have to keep the Royal flag flying and the other night I was challenged (by a Cork man) to instance famous Meath people. Aside from some footballers and comedians I struggled badly. And I reckon it's even more difficult for the other counties of the N.E. region. So who have we produced that the rest of the country/world might have heard of - people who, like the proverbial farmer, have made it big in their field?
Can anyone fill in the gaps?

Meath:
Pierce Brosnan, Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Hector O'hEochagáin, Francis Beaufort, Matt Barrett (head of Barclays Bank), a load of footballers.

Cavan:
Myles Dungan (though he grew up in Kells).

Monaghan:
Big Tom, Paddy Kavanagh.

Louth:
Steve Staunton, Gary Kelly, Ian Harte.

cournioni

Don't forget the Corrs from Dundalk.

I don't think I know of many famous Cavan people, the Butcher boy was one though. He's from Killeshandra. Cathriona McKiernan too although she wouldn't be very high profile. And maybe we can claim Sean Quinn from Fermanagh too, he's closer to Ballyconnell than he is to Derrylin and he owns numerous hotels and the insurance company in Cavan.

Dingatron

That comedan wan from Drogheda Deidre O'Kane.
There's a Sky news reporter from there as well.
Do B/C list celebs count?

klong

duke of wellington...born in trim???

francis ledwige- poet, born and grew up in in slane

larry goodman is from louth

sean thornton (sunderland) and nicky colgan (burnley??) are from drogheda

johnny logan is from drogheda, lives in ashbourne

Savo

Anyone remotely well known outside the Northeast is acceptable. Well...provided they're more substantial than any of the 'I'm a "Celebrity" (y'are yeah!) Look at Me!' mob.
So we now have...
Meath - the humourous shaken-not-stirred windy high-finance general county:
Pierce Brosnan, Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Hector O'hEochagáin, Francis Beaufort, Matt Barrett (head of Barclays Bank), a load of footballers, Duke of Wellington, Francis Ledwidge (is he actually famous as poets go?), Damien Farrelly (2fm).
Louth - the soccer, beef, sisters and eurovision county:
Steve Staunton, Gary Kelly, Ian Harte, The Coors, Deirdre O'Kane, Nicky Colgan, Sean thornton, Johnny Logan (really?), Larry Goodman.
Monaghan - the poetic keep-it-country butcher county:
Big Tom, Paddy Kavanagh, Patrick McCabe.
Cavan - the arty cross-country county:
Myles Dungan (though he grew up in Kells), Catriona McKiernan

cournioni

Cavan:
Eamonn Owens (Star of the Butcher boy)
Hazel Kaneswarren (living in Virginia)
Catriona McKiernan (Marathon/Cross Country runner)
Francis Sheehy Skeffington (Socialist Patriot)
General Philip Sheridan (General in the American Civil War)
Sean Quinn (Quinn Cement and Insurance company, almost a billionaire)
and Jonathan Macken's granny.

DArcy

Where's Big Tom from? It must be Cavan, surely!

klong

Savo wrote:

Monaghan - the poetic keep-it-country butcher county:
Big Tom, Paddy Kavanagh, Patrick McCabe.

:rolleyes:

DArcy

Monaghan - the poetic keep-it-country butcher county:

Prolly shoulda read the thread completely before posting...I bet Big Tom could write a song or two about it. :rolleyes:

The_Bullman

wasn't Jimmy McGee born in Louth outside Dundalk somewhere?

Farls

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Cavan:
Eamonn Owens (Star of the Butcher boy)
Hazel Kaneswarren (living in Virginia)
Catriona McKiernan (Marathon/Cross Country runner)
Francis Sheehy Skeffington (Socialist Patriot)
General Philip Sheridan (General in the American Civil War)
Sean Quinn (Quinn Cement and Insurance company, almost a billionaire)
and Jonathan Macken's granny.

Just had to say i hate that cúnt owens, i went to national school with him, what a ****!

oh and quinn is a billionaire now.

oh and another thing sinéad o connor should be on that list too i fink

Farlz

cournioni

Sinéad O'Conner is from Cavan?

What is that Owen's guy at now? Is he still acting?

Dingatron

Lord Henry MountCharles (Meath) of course, from Slane Castle.

Farls

I'll clarify later where sinead is from, i know that my sisters old music teacher used to teach her piano and thats in kildallan.

Owens at the moment i think he's still acting, but he's been quiet since. He done a few sketches shown on rte1 last year nothing too special and he went into panto then i think.

his little brother has done over 20 movies now, he was the kid in angela's ashes.

Farlz

Farls

Oops! I was wrong bout sinead seemingly she's from over the west somewhere! she used to learn music up here though!

Farlz

$Leon$

is everyone here forgettin irelands premier kung foo star jimmy bennett?

klong

has anyone ever heard of irelands premier kung foo star jimmy bennett?

Farls

klong wrote:

has anyone ever heard of irelands premier kung foo star jimmy bennett?

*scratches head

*scratches google

nope still don't know him

Farlz

$Leon$

Farls wrote:

*scratches head

*scratches google

nope still don't know him

Farlz

fatal deviation?
type fatal deviation film into google its da first thing der just checked it.
kung foo film made in TRIM

klong

i dont think he's quite on the same level as tommy tiernan or catherina mckiernan now...

$Leon$

he's lined up to do 3 big kung foo films soon with JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAME

Farls

$Leon$ wrote:

fatal deviation?
type fatal deviation film into google its da first thing der just checked it.
kung foo film made in TRIM

I found it alright, nothing about him or trim or anything else on it.

I believe ya tho! I can just imagine the scene outside a local night club...

farlz

$Leon$

afraid to say that i've never seen it.
i do no that one fight scene occurs outside kielys pub on emmet street with the local street sweeper as the bouncer

QC

Dermot Ahern - our Foreign Affairs Minister - is from Dundalk.

marco murphy

Damien english,navan

Earls

Cant believe you forgot the great barry mcguigan and ardal o'hanlon. both from monaghan.

is_that_so

Have to include Ollie Plunkett. Biggest head of all !!

wolfe25

ahimsa wrote:

so.. therefore answer ===> www.myregionns.com

My Irish is a bit stale but it's not that bad .

limbovski

The director of that film Behind Enemy Lines is from Dundalk.... I think

jack shictt

The most famous person from the nrth east area in my opinion noone of yous have mmentioned him and he has his own day. Peter Rice born and rasied in dundalk was astructural engineer, u might know some of his work, sydeny opera house and a lot of others. Theres a Peter Rice day held every year around the world where all the top architects engineers civils. come together and discuss all the new inovations ideas rules that were bent then broke. to me its the biggest, after all is there a corrs day.

Citizen Jake

Jonathon Swift lived outside Trim for many years as a rector/vicar. Had an affair with a local lass called Stella and the remains of her house are remembered as Stella's Cottage. Don't forget Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), was an MP for Meath, he and his brother Richard (I think) expanded the British Empire in India, he kicked the French out of Spain, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo, became British Prime Minister, paved the way for Catholic Emancipation, etc.

Citizen Jake

Oh yeah, the Iron Duke was supposedly born in Trim too. However, there is a difference of opinion about that. Trim folk claim he was born in the town while his parents were en route to Dublin. Dublin folk claim he was born in Dublin, at the site of the present Merrion Hotel. He didn't help the argument by stating he honestly didn't know where he was born. He's the guy famous for the "just because one was born in a stable does not make one a horse" quote that people in our nation take to be a slur on the Irish. Personally I think he was talking about Trim . . .

DMC

QC wrote:

Dermot Ahern - our Foreign Affairs Minister - is from Dundalk.

Poblachtach wrote:

Damien english,navan

meh. Politicians don't count for being famous....

kevincoyle

Ronan Keating was brought up in Cavan. His Dad played for Killygarry, and ran the OLD MILL pub in Cavan town.

Damien O'Reillly (RTE) is from Cavan

The Swarbriggs are from Cootehill

Boxer Andy Murray

and JFKs Granny

feck sake lads

emm how about eamon cambell from the dubliners/dermot o brien/tommy mackem/philamina garvey golfer, des smith golfer,ya man handball champion joey mahar is that his name ,ah im sure theres loads more one of the weather men on rte.