Greatest person from your county?

bishops love scifi

I'll start with Kildare.

Winner: Wolfe Tone
The founder of Irish republicanism. The organiser of the ill-fated 1798 Rebellion was born and raised (and is buried) near Clane.

Runners-up: Arthur Guinness and Christy Moore.

What about you?

kingchess

michael collins

Muise...

Una Taaffe

Sunnyisland

Bertie ahearn.

CINCLANTFLT

Cork...
Michael Collins (Irish: Mícheál Ó Coileáin;16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Financeand Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegationduring the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.

Subsequently, he was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army. Collins was shot and killed in an ambush in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War...


With thanks to Wikipedia...

Laois_Man

Erm....Weathergirl Evelyn Cusack

stefan idiot jones

Dylan Thomas

Bonnie Tyler.

Harry Secombe.

Banjo String

Seamus Heaney

A cow called Daisy

realies wrote: »

Bertie ahearn.

I think you forgot several :rolleyes: smilies with that answer

Nailz

In an indirect sort of way, Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarter back; 3 time Super Bowl winner and 2 time MVP.

jellyboy

All of them ..

We are Cork people …

Close thread time

folan

me

Adamantium

Charlie McGettigan, that's the man on guitar in 1994.

I'm trying lads. It's actually a fantastic song.

Jim Gralton was a a communist too, the bastard
Sean Mac Diarmada was a leader in the 1916 Easter Rising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ZVKhL92bc

FTA69

Cork -

Tom Barry - Republican leader during the Tan War and Civil War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Barry_(soldier)

Roy Keane - Former captain of Manchester United.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_keane

Nerdlingr

Tom Crean - Legend.

fleet_admiral

Jim Gavin

RobertKK

Kilkenny:

James Hoban - designed and built the White House.
George Berkeley - Philosopher , city in California named after him.
Ronan Tynan - keeping the US theme going, sang at the funeral of President Reagan.

Kilkenny ancestry:
George Clooney
Walt Disney
The founders of Coca Cola


Buried in Kilkenny:
Santa claus.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/6808138/Father-Christmas-buried-in-Ireland.html

Santa Claus has been in Kilkenny longer than anywhere else so we claim him now :P

gugleguy

James Plunkett who wrote Strumpet City.

gugleguy

realies wrote: »

Bertie ahearn.

Did you forget the [sarcasm] tags?

Duff

Steve Staunton.

'Mon The Town!

iDave

Sean Boylan
Francis Beaufort
Pierce Brosnan

Duggy747

Bill Cosby

bishops love scifi

Adamantium wrote: »

Charlie McGettigan, that's the man on guitar in 1994.

I'm trying lads. It's actually a fantastic song.

Jim Gralton was a a communist too, the bastard
Sean Mac Diarmada was a leader in the 1916 Easter Rising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ZVKhL92bc

Don't forget John McGahern, my Leitrim friend. One of the best.

brummytom

Shakespeare, probably.

The Dagda

Daniel O'Connell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O'Connell

Possibly to be the subject of a Speilberg/Day-Lewis movie too...

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/hollywood-wooed-for-oconnell-film-in-kerry-220494.html

SEPT 23 1989

brummytom wrote: »

Shakespeare, probably.

Robert Plant?

Ruu

Ollie Plunkett.

comongethappy

Charles Stewart Parnell.

Infamous for inventing the Wicklow accent.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Roscommon;

Douglas Hyde, co-founder of the Gaelic League and first Úachtarán na hÉireann.

Real Life

Kathryn Thomas

Chance The Rapper

Graham Geraghty

Tommy Tiernan

thegreatgonzo

Muise... wrote: »

Una Taaffe

Warty Nora gets my vote

physioman

Monaghan
big tom- country music genius.
Patrick kavanagh a close 2nd

RikkFlair

Richard Harris

House of Blaze

Isaac Newton.

Anyone who could intuit the universal laws of motion, gravitation and thermodynamics solely through the power of his own intellect has to go down as one of the greatest people from any country!

Doesn't hurt that he was a full time mad b*stard either..

Paramite Pie

Grace O'Malley (Gráinne Ní Mháille) was a remarkable Mayo woman in the mid 16th century. She inherited a Merchant business and redirected her large fleet to ship arms/cannons and mercenaries (from Scotland) to aid various Irish chieftains in their battles against the Tudor conquest.

She also pillaged British cargo ships along the West coast, since she believed the tax should go to local chieftains (ie herself!) and not overseas. She engaged in various battles against both rival Irish chieftains and English forces -- known for her strategy.

She sailed directly to London in 1593, to meet with Elizabeth I at Greenwich Palace to convince her to release her sons (who were arrested for rebellious behaviour). She initiated this meeting by refusing to bow to Elizabeth and allegedly brought a dagger to the meeting (for her own safety). Despite all that, Grainne somehow convinced the English Queen to (at least temporarily) withdraw from Connaught.

The English governor of Connaught called her "the nurse to all the rebellions in the province for these 40 years". While not on the scale of later rebellions, she was certainly a force to be reckoned with.:)

SEPT 23 1989

too many to list

Dublin

K4t

Mayo - Michael Davitt. (Inspired Ghandi's non-violent campaign against the British Empire and is often regarded as one of the founders of the British Labour Party).

Zamboni

Edward Carson...oh wait

Talib Fiasco

Christy Ring

connundrum

Barack O'Bama

.. and otherwise, according to Wiki:

• Ged Corcoran, rugby league player, former Halifax RLFC of Super League, currently playing for Toulouse Olympique
• Brian Cowen, former Taoiseach, born in Clara, 10 January 1960 and now living on the outskirts of Tullamore
• Neil Delamere, comedian
• Barry Glendenning, journalist
• John Joly, scientist, born at Bracknagh in 1857
• Shane Lowry, golfer
• Mundy, musician
• William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer

So, nobody really

Dirty Dingus McGee

Brian Cowen

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Barry Fitzgerald (...Oscar Wilde a close second).

Would love to have had a pint with either.

Bit of trivia: Barry is one of the few people in the world to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Backstreet Moyes

John Delaney.

osarusan

Biddy Early. Or Ger Loughnane.

DazMarz

Wicklow:

-Leo Cullen (Leinster Rugby captain)
-Éamon de Buitléar (Ireland's Attenborough)
-Katie Taylor (Olympic gold medallist)
-Eddie Jordan (Formula 1 driver)
-Cearbhaill O'Dalaigh (former President of Ireland)
-Anne Enright (Booker Prize winning author)
-Dara O'Briain (BBC television host)
-Ronnie Delaney (Olympic gold medallist)
-Shane Byrne (Irish rugby player)
-Paul Heffernan (professional footballer)
-Clive Clarke (professional footballer)
-Johnny Fox (TD)
-Catherine Nevin (the Black Widow)
-Elaine Cassidy (actress)
-Fionnuala Britton (athlete)
-Paul McShane (professional footballer)
-Barry Corr (professional footballer)
-St. Kevin of Glendalough

in addition, a lot of famous people live in Wicklow (Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul McGuinness, etc.) or have strong connections to the county (Erskine Childers, Sean T. O'Kelly, etc.)/

Arthur Beesley

DazMarz wrote: »

Wicklow:
...
-Eddie Jordan (Formula 1 driver)
...

Team owner, yes.

Formula one driver? Not so sure about that.

Arthur Beesley

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Brian Cowen

Clutching at straws with that one. Unless great meaning great big f*****g b*****d?

Dyr

Chance The Rapper wrote: »

Graham Geraghty

Tommy Tiernan

both bollixes

Along with that witch doctor out in dunboyne

Galwayguy35

Eamonn Ceannt.

These days I would say Joe Canning.
Sound man.

RayM

DazMarz wrote: »

Wicklow:

-Leo Cullen (Leinster Rugby captain)
-Éamon de Buitléar (Ireland's Attenborough)
-Katie Taylor (Olympic gold medallist)
-Eddie Jordan (Formula 1 driver)
-Cearbhaill O'Dalaigh (former President of Ireland)
-Anne Enright (Booker Prize winning author)
-Dara O'Briain (BBC television host)
-Ronnie Delaney (Olympic gold medallist)
-Shane Byrne (Irish rugby player)
-Paul Heffernan (professional footballer)
-Clive Clarke (professional footballer)
-Johnny Fox (TD)
-Catherine Nevin (the Black Widow)
-Elaine Cassidy (actress)
-Fionnuala Britton (athlete)
-Paul McShane (professional footballer)
-Barry Corr (professional footballer)
-St. Kevin of Glendalough

in addition, a lot of famous people live in Wicklow (Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul McGuinness, etc.) or have strong connections to the county (Erskine Childers, Sean T. O'Kelly, etc.)/

Charles Stewart Parnell is another one. And I think Garret FitzGerald grew up in Bray. Oh, and Dustin the Turkey is from Greystones. Also, J.P. Donleavy wrote The Ginger Man in Kilcoole, where he lived for a few years.