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RTE's Ireland's greatest person

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    #32
    policarp
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    Jack Charlton...


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    #33
    Sheeps
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    Parnell, Dev, Lemass or Michael O'Leary.


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    #34
    Balfie
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    Mary Robinson
    sharon ni bhiolann, enuf said


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    #35
    Ave Nocturna
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    Ivan Yates!


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    #36
    KeithAFC
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    Mary Robinson
    I will go with Michael Collins. A great loyalist :D


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    #37
    stiffler123
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    Ray Darcy would get my vote.


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    #38
    OPENROAD
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    Barack Obama imo.


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    #39
    Agent Smith
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    Mary Robinson
    Collins tbh


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    #40
    Superbus
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    Michael Collins
    Leon, the mad ting.


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    #41
    Mister men
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    Mary Robinson
    Jack Charlton :P


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    #42
    hardCopy
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    BOD


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    #43
    moonpurple
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    in the rte ad to see michael collins and bono side by side is hard to watch

    it the marty morrissey and des hee hee hee cahill way of doing things


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    #44
    laugh
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    Jean Byrne

    oh yes . . .


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    #45
    stbrennan
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    Mary Robinson
    I voted for Michael Collins because if it wasn't for him, we'd all be speaking engl........


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    #46
    BOHtox
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    http://wiki.audacityteam.org/w/images/6/60/AudacityNeedsYou.jpg


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    #47
    _feedback_
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    By reading the OP, I thought this was some sort of award. I couldn't understand why the hell they would want to do that, but no, they are basically going to make a documentary about them all. That's fair enough.

    The full list is funny though - http://www.rte.ie/tv/irelandsgreatest/


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    #48
    eoin1981
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    nummnutts wrote: »
    What about Lugs Brannigan?

    exactly
    the list is flawed


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    #49
    up for anything
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    Mardy Bum wrote: »
    Beckett and Joyce would have a good laugh at this.

    Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw too.


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    #50
    Carlos_Ray
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    Mary Robinson
    I think Dr Noel Browne should be on the list. He saved countless lives in this country


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    #51
    Sanjuro
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    Mary Robinson
    Bono? BONO?! Smug, finger-clicking to prove a point prick.


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    #52
    pavb2
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    Michael Collins
    Bernardo O'Higgins

    for his name if nothing else

    and of couse Leon


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    #53
    Sofiztikated
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    There's a girl down in my local petrol station that does a great sweet chilli chicken roll, she should be on this list too!

    Confirms what I suspected though.

    Persons are fine.
    People are arrogant, skittish and stupid.


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    #54
    squeakyduck
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    flyton5 wrote: »
    What about uncle Gaybo?

    I approve. Also James Connolly and Michael Collins. At least they fought for our country in one way or another


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    #55
    Sulmac
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    To get serious for a moment, here's one man who should be on the list:

    T. K. Whitaker


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    #56
    kilns
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    LeMass?

    O'Connell?

    Larkin?

    Lynch?

    Dev?

    Parnell?

    Wolfe Tone?

    Boyle?



    Its what happens when a poll is conducted on the internet. I think its Dave Fanning who will front the documentry to try and claim Bono is the greatest Irish person of all time. I'd say he is embarrassed doing it!


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    #57
    patmac
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    Michael Collins
    At least that gay bloke from Boyzone who died isn't on it, he had made the top ten soon after his death, obviously people have forgotten about whatshisname since.

    Oh and no mention of Padraig Pearse which is strange, as he rid the country of all things English like Tesco's, Marks and Spencers etc and those foreign games like soccer which is why league of Ireland grounds are full every weekend and no-one has heard of the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool etc.


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    #58
    Mr. Presentable
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    Brendan, the chap who discovered America, is our greatest. The list reflects the choices made from a longer list, which in turn was drawn from the most popular offerings for inclusion. The original list was also discussed on Boards, and contained such inspirations as Roy Keane! That he, for example, is no longer touted is evidence of evolution in a positive way.

    The most important thing to consider before criticizing the list is what demographic of people voted. Like asking Man U fans to nominate their greatest ever Liverpool player (Bruce "houseboy" Grobbelaar?)


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    #59
    orourkeda
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    Arent Irish people wonderful?

    We have short listed Michael Collins who , let's face it, practically invented guerrilla warfare.

    Then we criticise someone for blowing the jaw off a dog. Marvellous


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    #60
    Dyr
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    Mary Robinson? Jaysus but the meeja love patting themselves on the back.


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    orourkeda
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    kilns wrote: »
    LeMass?

    O'Connell?

    Larkin?

    Lynch?

    Dev?

    Parnell?

    Wolfe Tone?

    Boyle?



    Its what happens when a poll is conducted on the internet. I think its Dave Fanning who will front the documentry to try and claim Bono is the greatest Irish person of all time. I'd say he is embarrassed doing it!

    Idoubt it. i'd say he's jerking off at the prospect


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