Forgotten Irish personalities

Sgt Hartman

Do you know any Irish celebrities or personalities that were quite famous for a while before fading into obscurity?

I'll start with Limerick's Concy Ryan. He was reasonably popular back in 2011 as part of an Irish short movie competition ran by RTE (which was eventually won by Hardy Bucks). His character was that of a stereotypical council estate boyo from Moyross who was concerned that the Limerick Regeneration project was going to affect his lifestyle. The actor playing Concy even appeared in character on the Irish version of Come Dine with Me as well as appearing in a tv ad as Naked Gym Changing Room guy.

The Concy Ryan character has since faded into obscurity, as well as the guy playing him Francis Ryan. A Google search brought up his LinkedIn page. His LinkedIn profile was full of barely comprehensible corporate style bollocks however.

Can anyone else remember similar characters that have faded into obscurity in recent years?

Beechwoodspark

I have no recollection of your example.

Dr Mark Hamilton - long haired doctor who fronted a health show. Northern Irish.

Was fairly well known while the show was on air.

Seth Brundle

There used to be this lad on the telly and radio, Ryan something or other...

tesla_newbie

Conrad Gallagher , pre crash celebrity chef

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058309649/forgotten-irish-personalities

Can't agree that your example works as they were never quite famous to begin with and if you remember them then they are not forgotten.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058309649/forgotten-irish-personalities

Never heard of this guy.

AMKC

There was this singer that was fairly big for a while. She had a huge hit then disappeared.

Sam Mumba I think was her name. Anyone remember her. Never here her any more.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989146#Comment_120989146

I disagree. If one person in 1000 remembers someone who used to be famous well then they are not really famous anymore are they?

Now if that person mentions the person they were thinking of and everyone else in the thread remembers them then they obviously still are famous and doing OK but if only the person that mentioned that person remember them then they obviously are not famous anymore.

Sgt Hartman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989146#Comment_120989146

To be fair, I doubt many people outside Limerick know who he is but there's still plenty of videos and stuff online about him dating back to around 2011. Concy is probably reading this delighted with himself that someone remembers him 😁

Another one I can think of is Buffalo G. They were a female pop duo from around 20 years ago who released a cover of Bananarama's "Really saying something". I believe one of them was related to Shane Lynch from Boyzone in some way or another.

Micky Joe Harte

Gavin Lambe Murphy

Bernard McHugh

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989239#Comment_120989239

Well I saw him shopping in Brown Thomas and he was spending a fcukin $hit load of cash so make sure you tell people that ok? 😡

Viscount Aggro

Tom Humphries, rugby correspondent.

LambshankRedemption

Emma Leddon.

Was it true her and Ray D'arcy had a thing back in the day?

Viscount Aggro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989795#Comment_120989795

Theres no way he could pull a bird like her.

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989787#Comment_120989787

erm, good?

kravmaga

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989134#Comment_120989134

Is that the lad from Donegal who owed his creditors a fortune , ripped suppliers off, then fled the country to South Africa?

Think he then went to Dubai as it didn't work out for him in South Africa either, met him once, complete d1ck, lol

tesla_newbie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120990257#Comment_120990257

He’s a celebrity chef , being a cock goes with the territory

Photobox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989787#Comment_120989787

I think there is a valid reason for that

Tinter Box

Eoghan McDermott.

Fionne

Joe McKinney - the dancing Guinness ad guy

brokenbad

Brendan Kilkenny

Strumms

Thelma Mansfield…

she did Live at 3 and other stuff …. Now a respected artist and apparently no longer involved in any media work…. Unless it involves her art…

always seemed like a nice lady, more here….

http://www.thelmamansfield.ie/

The mind boggles people who were briefly in the media up to 25 years ago and posters still remember them what are ye doing with your lives how can anyone remember such trivia?

Beechwoodspark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989787#Comment_120989787

TH was soccer and GAA.

Thornley has the rugby beat.

Westernyelp

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120992589#Comment_120992589

Knowledge is no great burden for most people

silliussoddius

Dove, Kerri-Ann

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989134#Comment_120989134

Good chef, dreadful businessman

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989787#Comment_120989787

Tom Humphries, convicted child abuser to give him his correct title.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Humphries#Sexual_abuse_conviction

Hangdogroad

Rashers, the artist who was a big deal for a while during the Celtic Tiger.

northknife

Ryan erm.. ahem....

Can't think of his surname....

😉

ThePentagon

Kevo from Scratch Saturday

Sgt Hartman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120992671#Comment_120992671

I remember Dove with their RnB cover of that Hey now don't dream it's over song.

tesla_newbie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120993402#Comment_120993402

The original professional Dub

Westernyelp

The Carter twins

Curse These Metal Hands

Caroline Morahan

PropJoe10

Mary Kingston.

boombang

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989659#Comment_120989659

Re GLM, thank Christ.

Hangdogroad

The 03 Girls from the Sindo, or 04 Girls, whatever they were called.

Sgt Hartman

I don’t see much of Paul Rankin anymore on the tv. I remember he had his own brand of products in the supermarkets at one stage. I used to buy Paul Rankin Ginger & Scallion sausages in my local Tesco, they were delicious.

Kimbot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120992671#Comment_120992671

just came in to say Kerri-Ann...... a couple of hits and then nothing.

TinyMuffin

Georgia salpa. (•)(•)

Quiet Achiever

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120989795#Comment_120989795

She does corporate training now. O had a session with her and she's very good. Left me exhausted but satisfied as my performance improved immensely.

brokenbad

Bill Cullen

KevMayo88

Eoghan McDermott

Bob Marley Park

Aonghus McAnally

The Heffernan twins, (RTE nepotism on full display).

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121848104#Comment_121848104

for all practical purposes went bust in 2009

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/irish-daily-mail/20130404/282183648515179

always like the international airport cafe when it was a rankin cafe.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121848246#Comment_121848246

Emma is the niece of one of my mothers best pals. That lady in question is in long term care and my mother a couple of times over the years has bumped into her visiting her friend in that facility, a nice person apparently.

she seems to defy the aging process, she’s around 46 I’m reading, looks around 35…..

Vita nova

Eddie Hobbs

During the Celtic Tiger years he was all over TV, radio and the print media giving out financial advice but I haven't heard or seen him on the mainstream media for about 10 years.

Brussels Sprout

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121848188#Comment_121848188

She basically married a millionaire hedge fund guy and retired (much like Holly Valance)

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121853734#Comment_121853734

The debacle with "Brendan Investments" and Renua having a lot to do with that e.g. as Wikipedia describes it:

Brendan Investments, a fund co-founded by Hobbs in 2007 from which he resigned as non-executive director in early 2015, was subject to media scrutiny after he left the company in 2017 when it was reported the fund had lost 90% of its investor's money

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121849665#Comment_121849665

Fungus comes out to play a parody version of Christie Hennessy around various venues where Ireland’s Own readers gather, eg Killarney

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121853734#Comment_121853734

He was promoting purchase of property in Cape Verde Islands during the Tiger, when there was a single season of direct flights from Dublin. I met somebody who bought in, however very rarely got near the gaff as it took flights Dublin - Lisbon (overnight) - Sal (overnight) unscheduled ferry to small island where property was. Several days commute each way. Worthless, but of value to locals who build their own houses brick by brick over years of hard work abroad, money sent home.