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Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

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    #1052
    umop episdn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭umop episdn


    L1011 wrote: »
    Still definitely going and having top 40 singles etc.

    300 copies got David O'Doherty to number 30 some years ago...


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    #1053
    RabbleRouser2k
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    umop episdn wrote: »
    300 copies got David O'Doherty to number 30 some years ago...

    Less than that-I think it was 30 copies or so. And it got him to number 29 or so. (He wanted to get to number 27).


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    #1054
    umop episdn
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    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Less than that-I think it was 30 copies or so. And it got him to number 29 or so. (He wanted to get to number 27).

    I genuinely can't remember, I know he picked a lull time after the new year to give him a good chance... but always thought it was a couple of hundred.


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    #1055
    RabbleRouser2k
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    umop episdn wrote: »
    I genuinely can't remember, I know he picked a lull time after the new year to give him a good chance... but always thought it was a couple of hundred.

    This is bizarre-it has a wiki entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(song)

    You were right-312 singles.


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    #1056
    L1011
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    umop episdn wrote: »
    300 copies got David O'Doherty to number 30 some years ago...

    Top 40 in the UK still requires a bit more than that.

    Not much though!

    Used Top 40 as I'd always take that to refer to the UK, Top 30 being here. That's basically from what the TV chart shows used to cover when I was a kid - Top 30 Hits here and all the various UK ones going to 40.


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    #1057
    jace_da_face
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    Ray Darcy ... oops sorry. Thought this was the "Wishful thinking" thread


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    #1058
    The Crowman
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    Here's a couple of good examples. The guy who played Jimmy Rabbitte in the Commitments, he disappeared into total obscurity once the hype died down. Andrew Strong seemed to do well for a while with his solo singing career but he faded out of view eventually.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBOBF0JDHJU


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    #1059
    odyssey06
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    Here's a couple of good examples. The guy who played Jimmy Rabbitte in the Commitments, he disappeared into total obscurity once the hype died down. Andrew Strong seemed to do well for a while with his solo singing career but he faded out of view eventually.

    He doesn't seem to have any connection to this...
    http://publin.ie/2017/jimmy-rabbittes-the-new-pub-on-camden-street/

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #1060
    AndrewJRenko
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    odyssey06 wrote: »
    He doesn't seem to have any connection to this...
    http://publin.ie/2017/jimmy-rabbittes-the-new-pub-on-camden-street/

    Here's his story, and updates on the other stars:

    https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/he-said-it-once-and-said-it-loud-so-what-became-of-jimmy-rabbitte-35086004.html


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    #1061
    Skid X
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    The band Ash.

    Seriously, the thread isn't about people/bands who have a slightly lower profile than they had at their peak.

    Ash are still doing sell out concerts and releasing music. They didn't "suddenly vanish out of the spotlight"


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    #1062
    the_pen_turner
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    what happened to all those people that were on those talent shows a decade ago. like 6ix etc


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    #1063
    RabbleRouser2k
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    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    what happened to all those people that were on those talent shows a decade ago. like 6ix etc

    Liam McKenna became Jedward's publicist, and then moved into PR, I think.

    The wan who replaced Nadine Coyle has a kid and is still doing music.

    One guy went into tech and got married.

    The Kyle guy got married (to a woman, he was often thought to be gay).

    The Cork wan became a politician, also married.

    And Emma O'Driscoll - well, a friend worked with her on a Panto in Limerick, as well as another worked on Graphic Design for the similar panto. She used to be presenting (the Den, and then later kids tv before RTE shut it down). She got married, set up her own production company, and it was revealed in the news papers in March that she's expecting her first child.

    Emma is a genuinely nice person, from what I've heard.

    All stayed in touch, often meeting up at each others weddings.


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    #1064
    the purple tin
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    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Liam McKenna became Jedward's publicist, and then moved into PR, I think.

    The wan who replaced Nadine Coyle has a kid and is still doing music.

    One guy went into tech and got married.

    The Kyle guy got married (to a woman, he was often thought to be gay).

    The Cork wan became a politician, also married.

    And Emma O'Driscoll - well, a friend worked with her on a Panto in Limerick, as well as another worked on Graphic Design for the similar panto. She used to be presenting (the Den, and then later kids tv before RTE shut it down). She got married, set up her own production company, and it was revealed in the news papers in March that she's expecting her first child.

    Emma is a genuinely nice person, from what I've heard.

    All stayed in touch, often meeting up at each others weddings.


    How come there are so many production companies in Ireland? For such a small country, would the bulk of them not be priced out of the market? It seems like everyone connected with showbiz in Ireland has one.

    Are they really just a tax fiddle or something?


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    #1065
    skooterblue2
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    Here's a couple of good examples. The guy who played Jimmy Rabbitte in the Commitments, he disappeared into total obscurity once the hype died down. Andrew Strong seemed to do well for a while with his solo singing career but he faded out of view eventually.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBOBF0JDHJU

    Didnt Andrew Strong do a Coca Cola ad? I thought he did


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    #1066
    George White
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    Yes, Robert Arkins. He wasn't an actor, but a musician. Has continued in the industry.


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    #1067
    The Crowman
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    The Late Late Show creepy head turn staring man, there seems to be no footage of him out there, quite literally vanished. RTE hit it all with copyright strikes.


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    #1068
    RabbleRouser2k
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    The Late Late Show creepy head turn staring man, there seems to be no footage of him out there, quite literally vanished. RTE hit it all with copyright strikes.

    You've kind of lost me. What creepy head turn man?


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    #1069
    ButtersSuki
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    The Late Late Show creepy head turn staring man, there seems to be no footage of him out there, quite literally vanished. RTE hit it all with copyright strikes.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuwBv60hYuQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cjaGYFp-YU


    Le Tigre & Blue Steel. :)


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    #1070
    The Crowman
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuwBv60hYuQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cjaGYFp-YU


    Le Tigre & Blue Steel. :)

    No, those guys were just copying him. Original head turn man was a Dave McSavage lookalike with glasses and he was creepy as fcuk when he did his head turn thing. I think it was while Richard Dreyfuss was being interviewed that he appeared. The weird thing is that the clip of him was all over the place for a while, on Youtube, a gif etc but in the space of a month or so it all seemed to be gone, in the case of YT it was through RTE having it removed via copyright.

    Edit: Found a few still images of him and Broadsheet link.

    https://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/12/07/scary-late-late-audience-guy/


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    #1071
    The Crowman
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    Lol! Found the gif.


    IMG_1365.gif


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    #1072
    ButtersSuki
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    Missed that completely, not sure how he qualifies as a "celeb" though!


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    #1073
    The Crowman
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Missed that completely, not sure how he qualifies as a "celeb" though!

    Well he was briefly a cleb of sorts, like the guy slipping on the ice.


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    #1074
    the purple tin
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    Lol! Found the gif.


    IMG_1365.gif
    ... Mr Bond, I've been expecting you.


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    #1075
    odyssey06
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    Well he was briefly a cleb of sorts, like the guy slipping on the ice.

    I think such celebrities have an in-built short shelf life, it wasn't so much that they vanished out of the spotlight, rather the spotlight went elsewhere :)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #1076
    The Crowman
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    Jason O Callaghan formerly of the Sindo seems to have dropped off the radar. I remember his main thing was celebrity gossip in the vein of Barry Egan.


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    #1077
    RabbleRouser2k
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    Jason O Callaghan formerly of the Sindo seems to have dropped off the radar. I remember his main thing was celebrity gossip in the vein of Barry Egan.

    He's a hypnotherapist now-not even joking.

    https://www.d4clinic.ie/hypnotherapist-dublin/


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    #1078
    The Crowman
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    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    He's a hypnotherapist now-not even joking.

    https://www.d4clinic.ie/hypnotherapist-dublin/

    In Brendan O Connors early days in the Sindo I used to sometimes get the two of them mixed up.


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    #1079
    sligojoek
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    In Brendan O Connors early days in the Sindo I used to sometimes get the two of them mixed up.

    It's easy to mix up Sindo hacks . They all spout the same sh1te from the same hymnsheet.


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    #1080
    rmorrissey63
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    Jedward


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    #1081
    ButtersSuki
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    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    He's a hypnotherapist now-not even joking.

    https://www.d4clinic.ie/hypnotherapist-dublin/


    Giving it full on Blue Steel in that pic.



    Wasn't he in some Sinatra Tribute show for a while too?


    The bio from that website is amusing, esp. the part I've highlighted in red:
    Jason O’Callaghan is a trained psychologist.
    He holds a honors degree is Psychology and a Masters degree in Applied Psychology from Trinity College Dublin.
    For his Masters research he was named in the 2012 Trinity College Roll of Honor after he developed a stress reduction program for cancer patients.
    He is the only known practicing hypnotherapist in Ireland to hold a Masters in Psychology from Trinity College. He is also one of only three known hypnotists in Ireland to have an Honors degree in Psychology accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland.
    He is also one of only three hypnotherapists in Ireland trained in America as a Certified Instructor by the world famous National Guild of Hypnotists.
    He is also qualified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) receiving his training from The Institute of Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy (IICP).
    He holds qualifications in Counselling from National University of Ireland in Maynooth and is a certified member of the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH).
    He also holds a Higher National Diploma in Media and worked for ten years interviewing world leaders, celebrities and international businessmen as part of his role as a journalist for Ireland’s biggest newspaper The Sunday Independent.


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