Irish vs Celebrity

m@cc@

Bono, Tommy Tiernan, Colin Farrell, Roy Keane - all hated by the majority of Irish people.

Do you think the Irish in general hate their own reaching a level of international fame? Or are the above listed just cnuts?

Indubitable

They all just happen to be perfect examples of cnuts.

Dub13

What makes you think they are all hated by the majority of Irish people...?Bono maybe but the others its hard to say.

Indubitable

Why isn't Stephen Ireland on the list?

peanuthead

Tommy Tiernan is a gobshite. An unfunny one at that.

m@cc@

Dub13 wrote: »

What makes you think they are all hated by the majority of Irish people...?Bono maybe but the others its hard to say.

Granted, I'm just going on the apparent consensus in AH but it's also where I'm posting. I never understand the vitriol towards Tommy Tiernan in here.

MrStuffins

The Irish are begrudgers!

I know this because i am an International Mega-star and people everywhere hate me!

Well.......... i must be a Mega-Star........ why else would everyone hate me?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Seems that the vocal minorities hate most Irish celebs unless they are critically acclaimed Hollywood actors

bluto63

Van Morrison? Rory Gallagher? Daniel Day Lewis?

We like good celebrities, not pricks

recylingbin

Bono is so far up his own hole he can aee out through hia mouth.
Tommy Tiernan isn't funny.
Roy Keane took the soup.

I have no problem with Farrell/

Karl Hungus

Considering the amount of famous and successful Irish actors, such as Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, and so forth, and I don't see any such hate for them. I'm not even sure people really dislike Colin Farrell that much, at least, nowhere near the same degree as Bono.

I think the whole "begrudgery" nonsense is overplayed to the extreme. It's just that a few famous Irish people also happen to be utter plonkers.

davyjose

Day Lewis is English.

Proves how fcuked up we are tbh!!!

m@cc@

bluto63 wrote: »

Van Morrison? Rory Gallagher? Daniel Day Luas?

We like good celebrities, not pricks

Van Morrison is famously a thundering prick. I am amused at Lewis being spelt as 'Luas' though.

Dub13

davyjose wrote: »

Day Lewis is English.

Proves how fcuked up we are tbh!!!

We get Day Lewis the English get Graham Norton.

Its not a bad deal for us.

starbelgrade

Bono - great singer in a former great band, bit of a twat.

Tommy Tiernan - entertaining comdeian, shouts a lot, makes me laugh.

Colin Bleeeeeedin' Farrell - good actor, extremely handsome, some dodgy films, but still a decent actor.

Roy Keane - F*cking legend for Ireland, f*cking legend for Man Utd, bit of a nutjob at times, but when you're that close to genius, you are only a step the other way away from madness.

I would imagine that if people were to hate any of them, it would be for the following reasons;

Bono - bit of a twat.

Tommy Tiernan - shouts a lot.

Colin Bleeeeeedin' Farrell - extremely handsome, some dodgy films.

Roy Keane - f*cking legend for Man Utd, bit of a nutjob at times.

bluto63

m@cc@ wrote: »

Van Morrison is famously a thundering prick. I am amused at Lewis being spelt as 'Luas' though.

I got transport on the brain :pac:
But there's no begrudgury towards Van. No one hates him because of his status or his success, they hate him because he's an asshole, which is perfectly fine

Carlos_Ray

m@cc@ wrote: »

Bono, Tommy Tiernan, Colin Farrell, Roy Keane - all hated by the majority of Irish people.

Do you think the Irish in general hate their own reaching a level of international fame? Or are the above listed just cnuts?

I think some Irish people have a problem dealing with the success of other Irish people Its jealously mainly. However, I don't think this applies to Tommy Tiernan. He's hated because he's supposed to be a comedian and he's in fact just an unfunny wank3r.

What on earth made you include him in that list btw??? Is he really that famous outside Galway?

bluto63

davyjose wrote: »

Day Lewis is English.

Proves how fcuked up we are tbh!!!

He's half Irish. He has Irish citizenship.

mikom

starbelgrade wrote: »

Bono - great singer in a former great band, bit of a twat.

Tommy Tiernan - entertaining comdeian, shouts a lot, makes me laugh.

Colin Bleeeeeedin' Farrell - good actor, extremely handsome, some dodgy films, but still a decent actor.

Roy Keane - F*cking legend for Ireland, f*cking legend for Man Utd, bit of a nutjob at times, but when you're that close to genius, you are only a step the other way away from madness.

I would imagine that if people were to hate any of them, it would be for the following reasons;

Bono - bit of a twat.

Tommy Tiernan - shouts a lot.

Colin Bleeeeeedin' Farrell - extremely handsome, some dodgy films.

Roy Keane - f*cking legend for Man Utd, bit of a nutjob at times.

Is rainman posting here now?

MrStuffins

starbelgrade wrote: »

Colin Bleeeeeedin' Farrell - good actor, extremely handsome, some dodgy films, but still a decent actor.

Colin Bleeeeeedin' Farrell - extremely handsome, some dodgy films.

Ur Ghey!

MrStuffins

bluto63 wrote: »

He's half Irish. He has Irish citizenship.

The straws you're clutching at are probably half Irish!

Dub13

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

What on earth made you include him in that list btw??? Is he really that famous outside Galway?

Tommy Tiernan is the most successful Irish comedian ever.

I like him and so do loads of people.

m@cc@

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

What on earth made you include him in that list btw??? Is he really that famous outside Galway?

He does pack shows outside of Ireland and has reached a level of fame that gets him on the Letterman Show. Granted, most of the shows are packed with Irish.

bluto63

I'd say Dara O Briain is more famous, who is also another example of a successful Irish person who is not hated

mikom

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan.

What on earth made you include him in that list btw??? Is he really that famous outside Galway?

Yeah.... the Letterman show is now being broadcast from Connemara.
That's why they had him on it.

recylingbin

Dub13 wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan is the most successful Irish comedian ever.

I like him and so do loads of people.

Same with Boyzone/Westlife.
They're also shít.

Dub13

Terry Wogan is famous and not hated,but thats maybe because he left so long ago.

Gabriel Byrne...?

starbelgrade

mikom wrote: »

Is rainman posting here now?

I'm an excellent driver.

MrStuffins

Colm Meany is a legend!

recylingbin

bluto63 wrote: »

I'd say Dara O Briain is more famous, who is also another example of a successful Irish person who is not hated

Ché Guevara

Carlos_Ray

m@cc@ wrote: »

He does pack shows outside of Ireland and has reached a level of fame that gets him on the Letterman Show. Granted, most of the shows are packed with Irish.

I know he got on the letterman show, but he proved to be a total flop in the USA and reluctantly was forced back to Ireland.

now he only plays gigs in Ireland or to Irish audiences abroad and makes jokes about Jews and handicapped people. Dylan Moran and Dara O'Briain are Irelands real celebrity comedians. They both **** on Tiernan... **** on him good

mikom

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'm an excellent driver.

Gotta go to Kmart.

Carlos_Ray

mikom wrote: »

Yeah.... the Letterman show is now being broadcast from Connemara.
That's why they had him on it.

hahahahahahahahah Thats really funny. Are you Tommy Tiernan? If not you should be.

El Siglo

Brendan Gleeson, Dermot Morgan, Dylan Moran?

starbelgrade

mikom wrote: »

Gotta go to Kmart.

We're not going back to Cincinnati, so don't even start with that.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

President Barrack O'Bama is liked here ('cept the racists)

bluto63

Alayah Helpless Stand-in wrote: »

President Barrack O'Bama is liked here ('cept the racists)

Don't forget JFK. But he might not count since I know of one person who hated him

m@cc@

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

hahahahahahahahah Thats really funny. Are you Tommy Tiernan? If not you should be.

I don't use this smilie often as it annoys the hell out of me, but in this instance, I think it's appropriate: :rolleyes:

mikom

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

hahahahahahahahah Thats really funny. Are you Tommy Tiernan? If not you should be.

Go back to sleep Chuck Norris.

Sharpshooter

Dub13 wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan is the most successful Irish comedian ever.

He's a tool imo.

If we are talking true Irish Comedians here then Brendan Grace has it sewn up.

starbelgrade

Alayah Helpless Stand-in wrote: »

President Barrack O'Bama is liked here ('cept the racists)

Bah - he's not even really black. Slightly black, but not really, really black.

starbelgrade

Sharpshooter wrote: »

He's a tool imo.

If we are talking true Irish Comedians here then Brendan Grace has it sewn up.

Holy mother of God. Who's your number two - Brendan O'Carroll?!?!

bluto63

starbelgrade wrote: »

Bah - he's not even really black. Slightly black, but not really, really black.

But that's ok, because I like my American presidents like I like my coffee

Carlos_Ray

m@cc@ wrote: »

I don't use this smilie often as it annoys the hell out of me, but in this instance, I think it's appropriate: :rolleyes:

Yea I know I avoid using it too. Don't want to appear like a total and utter twat using animated faces that are usually reserved for teenage girls' text messages.

Sharpshooter

starbelgrade wrote: »

Holy mother of God. Who's your number two - Brendan O'Carroll?!?!

I can't abide him.

El Siglo

bluto63 wrote: »

Don't forget JFK. But he might not count since I know of one person who hated him

It might have been because of this...

bonerm

m@cc@ wrote: »

Bono, Tommy Tiernan, Colin Farrell, Roy Keane - all hated by the majority of Irish people.

Do you think the Irish in general hate their own reaching a level of international fame? Or are the above listed just cnuts?

I don't think anyone in Ireland begrudges a fellow Irish-persons sucess. I think we do resent the idea that they have "sold out" or changed their appearance/personality in order to conform to some international standard. For this reason we judge our own more harsly because we "knew them way back when" whereas the same is not true for celebs from other countries.

Of the above foursome I don't really hate any of them except for maybe Keane who I believe is a coward, a racist and a traitor. I honestly don't know what Bono is up to, whether his "help" is genuine in origin or just part of his rock-star persona. Farrell is alright and Tiernan is just a professional ****-stirrer.

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

Why isn't Stephen Ireland on the list?

Cos he's a never-was who's about 6 weeks away from becoming a has-been once Man City show him the door.

Dub13 wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan is the most successful Irish comedian ever.

I'm pretty sure he's not. I doubt many outside the Irish diaspora even know who he is.

m@cc@

bonerm wrote: »

I'm pretty sure he's not. I doubt many outside the Irish diaspora even know who he is.

Name a more sucessful one then.

Carlos_Ray

Dub13 wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan is the most successful Irish comedian ever.

I like him and so do loads of people.

Dave Allen
Dylan Moran
Dara O Briain


There's three of the top of my head that are more successful than him.

mikom

m@cc@ wrote: »

Name a more sucessful one then.

Eddie Murphy?

The Master

Carlos_Ray wrote: »

Yea I know I avoid using it too. Don't want to appear like a total and utter twat using animated faces that are usually reserved for teenage girls' text messages.

No need for snippy comments like this please