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    #152
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Dublin:
    * Sebastian Barry - playwright
    * Samuel Beckett - playwright, novelist, poet
    * Brendan Behan - poet, short story writer novelist, playwright
    * George Berkeley - empiricist philosopher
    * Maeve Binchy - writer
    * Elizabeth Bowen - writer
    * Clare Boylan - writer
    * Christy Brown - writer
    * Austin Clarke - poet, novelist, dramatist
    * Ronan Coghlan - novelist, writer of reference books
    * Roddy Doyle - writer
    * John Field - pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes
    * Oliver Goldsmith - writer
    * Sheridan Le Fanu - novelist
    * James Joyce - author, poet
    * James Clarence Mangan - poet
    * Seán O'Casey - playwright, memorist
    * George Bernard Shaw - playwright
    * Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright
    * Bram Stoker - novelist
    * John Millington Synge - playwright
    * Annie P. Smithson - novelist
    * Jonathan Swift - writer, satirist
    * Oscar Wilde - playwright, author, poet
    * William Butler Yeats - poet, playwright
    * Zozimus (Michael Moran) - poet
    * Nicky Byrne - singer/member of Westlife
    * Bono - lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
    * Gabriel Byrne - actor
    * Gay Byrne - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show.
    * Luke Cheevers - traditional singer, song collector and songwriter.
    * The Dubliners - folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
    * Alison Doody - actress
    * Siobhan Fahey (Singer/songwriter, Bananarama/Shakespears Sister)
    * Colin Farrell - actor
    * Barry Fitzgerald - actor
    * Brenda Fricker - actress
    * Bob Geldof - Boomtown Rats lead singer and Live Aid organiser
    * Ronan Keating - singer
    * Pat Kenny - current presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show
    * Phil Lynott - from the band Thin Lizzy
    * Larry Mullen - drummer for U2
    * Sinéad O'Connor - singer
    * Maureen O'Hara - actress
    * Maureen O'Sullivan - actress
    * Liam Ó Maonlaí - singer / bodhrán player & member of Hothouse Flowers
    * Luke Kelly - Musician
    * Ronnie Drew - Musician
    * Noel Purcell - Actor/Singer
    * Glenn Quinn - Actor
    * Samantha Mumba - singer/actress
    * Kitty McShane actor/singer who appeared in the Old Mother Riley films with Arthur Lucan
    * Bernie Tormé - guitarist
    * Glen Hansard - Lead singer The Frames and actor
    * Bertie Ahern - Taoiseach
    * Edmund Burke - father of modern conservatism
    * Sir Edward Carson - leader of Irish unionism and British cabinet minister
    * Liam Cosgrave - Taoiseach
    * Garret FitzGerald - Taoiseach
    * Seán Lemass - Taoiseach from 1959-1966
    * Jim Mitchell - youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin (aged 29)
    * Patrick Pearse - writer, leader of the Easter Rising
    * John Reed, immigrant to California; prominent in Early California settlement
    * Richard Saul, aviator and commander in the Battle of Britain
    * Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - soldier, politician, British Prime Minister
    * Theobald Wolfe Tone - revolutionary, leader of the United Irishmen
    * Damien Duff - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Robbie Keane - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Stephen Carr - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Ronnie Whelan - Liverpool and Irish International Footballer
    * Jason Byrne - Championship and Irish international footballer
    * Willo Flood - SPL and Championship footballer
    * Charlie Redmond - Dublin Footballer
    * Jason Sherlock - Dublin Footballer
    * Ronnie Delaney - Olympic Gold Medalist
    * Eamonn Coghlan - World Championship winning athlete
    * Ken Doherty - Winner of World Snooker Championship
    * Niall Quinn - Dublin Hurler, Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Kevin Moran - All Ireland Winning Dublin Footballer, Division 1 and Irish
    * Liam Brady - Division 1, Serie A and Irish International Footballer
    * Frank Stapleton - Division 1 and Irish International Footballer
    * Steve Collins - World Championship Winning Boxer
    * Edmund Joyce - Middlesex and Ireland Cricketer
    * Brian O'Driscoll - Leinster, Ireland and Lions Rugby Player
    * Pádraig Harrington - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
    * Paul McGinley - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
    * Stephen Roche - Tour de France Winning Cyclist
    * Michelle Smith - C (3) and Bronze (1) Medal Winning Swimmer
    * Jim Stynes - Australian rules footballer


    What-EVER, culchies.


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    #153
    rio-rose
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    were does all the above come from ???


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    #154
    rio-rose
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    not to worry, i kinda figured it out should have read them all before i posted...

    DUBLIN i reckon ;)


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    #155
    Mossy Monk
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    Ernest Walton (the only Irishman to have won a Nobel Prize in science), Jim Beglin, John O'Shea and Daryl Murphy - Waterford


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    #156
    danh789
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    phasers wrote: »
    Dublin:
    * Oliver Goldsmith - writer
    * Maureen O'Sullivan - actress

    What-EVER, culchies.

    What??!!
    Both of them are from Roscommon. Oliver Goldsmith was from Elphin and Maureen O'Sullivan was from Boyle. So what other counties did you try and take "culchies" from?


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    #157
    JB04
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    dlambirl wrote: »
    Anyone famous from Cavan??:confused:

    Cardinal Brady?


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    #158
    hada
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭hada


    phasers wrote: »
    Dublin:
    * Sebastian Barry - playwright
    * Samuel Beckett - playwright, novelist, poet
    * Brendan Behan - poet, short story writer novelist, playwright
    * George Berkeley - empiricist philosopher
    * Maeve Binchy - writer
    * Elizabeth Bowen - writer
    * Clare Boylan - writer
    * Christy Brown - writer
    * Austin Clarke - poet, novelist, dramatist
    * Ronan Coghlan - novelist, writer of reference books
    * Roddy Doyle - writer
    * John Field - pianist, composer, wrote the first nocturnes
    * Oliver Goldsmith - writer
    * Sheridan Le Fanu - novelist
    * James Joyce - author, poet
    * James Clarence Mangan - poet
    * Seán O'Casey - playwright, memorist
    * George Bernard Shaw - playwright
    * Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright
    * Bram Stoker - novelist
    * John Millington Synge - playwright
    * Annie P. Smithson - novelist
    * Jonathan Swift - writer, satirist
    * Oscar Wilde - playwright, author, poet
    * William Butler Yeats - poet, playwright
    * Zozimus (Michael Moran) - poet
    * Nicky Byrne - singer/member of Westlife
    * Bono - lead singer with U2 and campaigner on world debt
    * Gabriel Byrne - actor
    * Gay Byrne - former presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show.
    * Luke Cheevers - traditional singer, song collector and songwriter.
    * The Dubliners - folk and ballad group (Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Barnie McKenna, John Sheahan)
    * Alison Doody - actress
    * Siobhan Fahey (Singer/songwriter, Bananarama/Shakespears Sister)
    * Colin Farrell - actor
    * Barry Fitzgerald - actor
    * Brenda Fricker - actress
    * Bob Geldof - Boomtown Rats lead singer and Live Aid organiser
    * Ronan Keating - singer
    * Pat Kenny - current presenter of the Late Late Show, the world's longest running chat show
    * Phil Lynott - from the band Thin Lizzy
    * Larry Mullen - drummer for U2
    * Sinéad O'Connor - singer
    * Maureen O'Hara - actress
    * Maureen O'Sullivan - actress
    * Liam Ó Maonlaí - singer / bodhrán player & member of Hothouse Flowers
    * Luke Kelly - Musician
    * Ronnie Drew - Musician
    * Noel Purcell - Actor/Singer
    * Glenn Quinn - Actor
    * Samantha Mumba - singer/actress
    * Kitty McShane actor/singer who appeared in the Old Mother Riley films with Arthur Lucan
    * Bernie Tormé - guitarist
    * Glen Hansard - Lead singer The Frames and actor
    * Bertie Ahern - Taoiseach
    * Edmund Burke - father of modern conservatism
    * Sir Edward Carson - leader of Irish unionism and British cabinet minister
    * Liam Cosgrave - Taoiseach
    * Garret FitzGerald - Taoiseach
    * Seán Lemass - Taoiseach from 1959-1966
    * Jim Mitchell - youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin (aged 29)
    * Patrick Pearse - writer, leader of the Easter Rising
    * John Reed, immigrant to California; prominent in Early California settlement
    * Richard Saul, aviator and commander in the Battle of Britain
    * Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - soldier, politician, British Prime Minister
    * Theobald Wolfe Tone - revolutionary, leader of the United Irishmen
    * Damien Duff - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Robbie Keane - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Stephen Carr - Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Ronnie Whelan - Liverpool and Irish International Footballer
    * Jason Byrne - Championship and Irish international footballer
    * Willo Flood - SPL and Championship footballer
    * Charlie Redmond - Dublin Footballer
    * Jason Sherlock - Dublin Footballer
    * Ronnie Delaney - Olympic Gold Medalist
    * Eamonn Coghlan - World Championship winning athlete
    * Ken Doherty - Winner of World Snooker Championship
    * Niall Quinn - Dublin Hurler, Premiership and Irish International Footballer
    * Kevin Moran - All Ireland Winning Dublin Footballer, Division 1 and Irish
    * Liam Brady - Division 1, Serie A and Irish International Footballer
    * Frank Stapleton - Division 1 and Irish International Footballer
    * Steve Collins - World Championship Winning Boxer
    * Edmund Joyce - Middlesex and Ireland Cricketer
    * Brian O'Driscoll - Leinster, Ireland and Lions Rugby Player
    * Pádraig Harrington - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
    * Paul McGinley - Ryder Cup Winning Golfer
    * Stephen Roche - Tour de France Winning Cyclist
    * Michelle Smith - C (3) and Bronze (1) Medal Winning Swimmer
    * Jim Stynes - Australian rules footballer


    What-EVER, culchies.

    another consequence of the rise of Ireland's unemployment.


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    #159
    midlandsmissus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,838 ✭✭✭midlandsmissus


    Michael O'Leary.....score!


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    #160
    conti
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭conti


    Can't leave Declan Nerney out of the Longford list!

    Also, Johnny Massacre, legendary street performer (RIP)

    There's a statue commemorating Oliver Goldsmith's birthplace just down the road from my home in Longford.

    From wikipedia:
    Neither is the location of his birthplace certain. He was born either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, where his father was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney, or at the residence of his maternal grandparents, at the Smith Hill House in the diocese of Elphin, County Roscommon


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    #161
    S.I.R
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    collin Farrell :mad:


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    #162
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,133 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    conti wrote: »
    Can't leave Declan Nerney out of the Longford list!

    Also, Johnny Massacre, legendary street performer (RIP)

    There's a statue commemorating Oliver Goldsmith's birthplace just down the road from my home in Longford.

    From wikipedia:

    Nah Declan Nerney doesnt count :pac:


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    #163
    wyk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭wyk


    Uh, I live around the corner from Tommy Lee Jones..


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    #164
    CliffHuxtabel
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭CliffHuxtabel


    kraggy wrote: »
    Yeats was born in Dublin.

    But we do have Mick Lally.

    And Paul King, 1980's popstar and singer of "Spirit in the Sky". Also VH1 Vj.

    Also, the term to "lynch" someone (i.e. what the KKK did to blacks until recently) comes from a fella Lynch who hung his son out the window of Lynch's Castle on Shop Street.

    Che Guevara was one of the lynches


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    #165
    poindexter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 675 ✭✭✭poindexter


    another from my fine shores on the banks of the Clyde, a few miles shy of Loch Lomond is your very own St Patrick


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    #166
    leitrim lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭leitrim lad


    charlie mc gettigan euro vision winner leitrim

    paul williams crime reporter,

    currently leitrim man of the year 2009 hails from ballinamore




    john mc gahern famous writer from leitrim,

    pascal mooney senator ,television presenter from drumshanbo


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    #167
    maggie797
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭maggie797


    from leitrim

    charlie mcgettigan
    john mcgahern
    katherine lynch
    paul williams.. went to same school as him.. few classes below!
    paschal mooney "keep it country"
    larry cunningham... actually I dont think he is from leitrim, but he does sing a lovely leitrim song!!
    eleanor shanley
    patrick mcgoohan.. hollywood actor that recently died.. he was from drumreilly in leitrim.


    thats all i can think of for now!!!


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    #168
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,556 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    Joe Dolan (singer)
    Marian Finucane (broadcaster)
    Count John Mc Cormack (tenor)
    Michael O‘Leary (Ryanair)
    John Aldradge's Granny.
    AIDS
    Foster and Allen
    an as of yet unidentified serial rapist.


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    #169
    leitrim lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭leitrim lad


    maggie797 wrote: »
    from leitrim

    charlie mcgettigan
    john mcgahern
    katherine lynch
    paul williams.. went to same school as him.. few classes below!
    paschal mooney "keep it country"
    larry cunningham... actually I dont think he is from leitrim, but he does sing a lovely leitrim song!!
    eleanor shanley
    patrick mcgoohan.. hollywood actor that recently died.. he was from drumreilly in leitrim.


    thats all i can think of for now!!!


    ya i forgot about eleanor shes only 2 fields away from me ,altough she is gone a long time now ,so is paul williams ,


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    #170
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    leitrim lad wrote: »
    shes only 2 fields away from me
    Is that how they measure things in Leitrim these days??

    Rory Delap's mother is from Meath... wahey!


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    #171
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    Oh, and Shane Horgan and his sister, who's a fairly popular actor over in Britland at the moment.


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    #172
    leitrim lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭leitrim lad


    Tchaikovsky wrote: »
    Is that how they measure things in Leitrim these days??

    Rory Delap's mother is from Meath... wahey!


    ya its easier to count in fields
    ,miles and inches and mms and km were getting a bit messy ,to acurate

    francie gilmartin was on rte one night on the news inviting people to spend money in leitrim ,would that make out local councillor famous enough for this thread


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    #173
    leitrim lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭leitrim lad


    sean mac diarmuid


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    #174
    leitrim lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭leitrim lad


    thurlough o carrollan


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    #175
    Mr Maroon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭Mr Maroon


    Nora Barnacle, wife of James Joyce
    Ken Bruen
    Jim Fahy
    Pauline McLynn
    Pat McDonagh


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    #176
    Havermeyer
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    Joe Duffy.


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    #177
    leitrim lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭leitrim lad


    fionn mc cuall

    buried on shebeg hill, keshcarrigan co leitrim

    wont get more famous than that


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    #178
    Firetrap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,442 ✭✭✭Firetrap


    JackieRyan wrote: »
    Count John McCormack
    ...
    just a few more from Limerick

    Erm, he was from Athlone


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    #179
    leitrim lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭leitrim lad


    anthony rogan leitrims version of valentino rossi


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    #180
    maggie797
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭maggie797


    orginally posted by leitrimlad
    ya i forgot about eleanor shes only 2 fields away from me ,altough she is gone a long time now ,so is paul williams ,
    Today 17:14

    ha ha.. forget that is how they talk in leitrim.. have moved away myself! would say then that paul williams is over the hill and prob 20 fields as the grow flies from me.. (that is his home place, no idea where he lives now)

    did look at houses a few years ago in Drumshambo and .... charlie mcgettigans house was just behind the one I was looking at... thought that was a bit cool!! ..thought we didnt move back there in the end!
    looked at a house in drumlish in longford and that was across the road from mick flavin!!
    As it happened i didnt get either of them... think I will wait and see if I can get a house across the road from the corrs or bono!!


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    #181
    maggie797
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    what about Patrick kavanagh? is he from around leitrim


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