Who's the most famous person you've ever met?

besty

Well there I was yesterday in the queue in the cinema in IMC Dun Laoighre getting a ticket for the 4.20 showing of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I was asking about getting a student discount and then it happened...

I turned around and saw THE EDGE! He was there with his kids so I was conscious of not swamping him. I just went up and shook his hand and he was really cool about it.

Just wanted to know who is the most famous person my fellow Boardsters has met. Mine is most certainly The Edge - I couldnt believe it.

RuggieBear

i reckon if you searched afterhours you will see that this has been answered various times....

airetam_storm

That guy with the trophy for something

Ken Doherty, hes far too serious :cool:

adox

I once played a gig and none other than Phil Lynott was in attendance.
We had a couple of drinks and a chat with him afterwards.

Diarmsquid

About 2 years ago I met Bono. My Mam is his cousins friend and there was a family funeral on that i was brought along to, when we were leaving he was leaving to and i went up to him and said "Sorry bout your uncle" or whoever it was and he said thanks and asked me my name and stuff.
That's the most famous person i've met.
I've met DJ Carey too, that was cool too.

scojones

Fatboy Slim, Zoe Ball, Dave Clarke, Josh Ritter, Shane McGowan, all of The Dublin City Ramblers, all of The Frames, Damien Dempsey, Chris Evans and Billie Piper, Mary Robinson (when she was the president), Stephan Hendry, Jimmy White, I'm sure there's more. If I think of more later I'll add them.

thatkindofgirl

Christy Moore and Sinead O'Connor. I think they're the ONLY two famous people I've ever met.

RefulgentGnomon

Roman Abramovich or Henrik Larsson I'd say. I've met loads of famous Irish people but I think the other two are more famous...

RVN10

The lads from dream team that about it

grimloch

Ate in the same place as Ryan Tubridy and saw Bono in his car, never actually met anyone famous though.

Sarky

John Kovalic, legendary comic strip writer.

Ro: maaan!

DeVore.

RVN10

oh ya met ryan tubridy he was at my school once

Chong

Chubb76 wrote:

The lads from dream team that about it

LOL Dream Team LOL

RVN10

Hey its someone

Chong

Gordon Ramsey walked by me a college.

xzanti

I was sitting next to Ray D'Arcy one night in the Fitzwilliam Hotel... Out with bf and his family for dinner and he was out with his clique... Thats about it :rolleyes:

whiskeyman

Bill Clinton and Mohammad Ali.
I also met the Edge like the OP once - coming out of a pub in Stillorgan. Just said hello and good luck on the Vertigo tour (was just before the American leg kicked off I think).
Met a lot of "famous" Irish people... mostly sports people and a good few TV personalities when working in PR and marketing.

Le Rack

Half the Fair City cast, Daniel Bernhardt, J.F.K's neice?grand-daughter? Not sure, some close female relative of his, I think I met Mary McAlees, I was like 12 and didn't really know what was happening. Grandmaster Cho is pretty famous in the TKD world... oh oh Ray Darcy!

Chong

Le Rack wrote:

Half the Fair City cast, Daniel Bernhardt, J.F.K's neice?grand-daughter? Not sure, some close female relative of his, I think I met Mary McAlees, I was like 12 and didn't really know what was happening. Grandmaster Cho is pretty famous in the TKD world... oh oh Ray Darcy!

Ya well your posh so mix in different circles than us. Lol

Space Coyote

I bumped into The Edge once too in a pub. He gets around. Who else...Charlie McCreevy and a few other politicians. Jerzy Dudek, Didi Hamann in airport in Liverpool. Oh yeah Peter Reid & Kevin Rathcliffe (both ex-Everton players) slightly tired and emotional on a street in Manchester last year. Class!

Macka

I met Francois Piennar, he was the captain of the Springbok team that won the Rugby World Cup in 1995. That and Victor Costello, Matt Williams, all rugby people really.

Mossy Monk

i nearly met Paul McGrath through his windscreen in waterford last year as he was driving out of the Superquinn carpark. that man should watch where he's driving

-ADREN-

Peter Gallagher.
Sinead O'Connor
Norin Ni Rinn
Michael O'Suilleabhain
John Hurt

dahamsta

besty wrote:

Just wanted to know who is the most famous person my fellow Boardsters has met.

"...solely because I wanted to boast about my own experience."

Kingp35

besty wrote:

Well there I was yesterday in the queue in the cinema in IMC Dun Laoighre getting a ticket for the 4.20 showing of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I was asking about getting a student discount and then it happened...

I turned around and saw THE EDGE! He was there with his kids so I was conscious of not swamping him. I just went up and shook his hand and he was really cool about it.

Just wanted to know who is the most famous person my fellow Boardsters has met. Mine is most certainly The Edge - I couldnt believe it.

I live in Dalkey so I have seen both the Edge and Bono and have spoken to them in the pub before. I have seen them so many times they are just average joes at this stage.

There are always big name celebrities around my place so I have seen loads of them not including the ones that actually live in Dalkey.

Hasnt this thread not been done before? I remember writing this before

Funk Daddy

Mick Foley.
Steven Adler.

tinka

Kingp35 wrote:

I live in Dalkey

Snap!

and yes, this thread has been done before

simu

Um... do other boards moderators count?

Sparky

elisha
chris pontius aka partyboy

i seem to remember saying this about a month ago.

djmarkus

Bertie and Mary Mcaleese, not really that famous actually

Creamy Goodness

i tend not to go and meet celebrities if i see them on the street don't know why but i just don't but anyway here's the celebrities that i have seen.

the lead singer dude from REM in da pino restaurant in dublin.
Colm Meanie (the irish actor in star trek).
Ben & James Johnston (from the band biffy clyro) in a macdonalds in dublin.
Johnny Giles when he visited my primary school about 10 years ago.
that woman mechanic from fair city.
Jack Charlton he is one i actually met at a book signing.
David Beckham got his autograph while he was warming up when Man Utd played Shels years ago.

that's about it.

Sparky

Cremo wrote:

that woman mechanic from fair city.

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Zaph

Was at a charity table quiz about 8 or 10 years ago and all the teams had a "celebrity" at their table. We got Colm O'Rourke, the former Meath captain. None of us on the team were GAA fans so we had no idea who he was until we asked one of the organisers, which only barely enlightened us. for a teacher he was pretty crap at quizzes.

Met Donall Farmer who used to play Father Devereaux in Glenroe in my old local loads of times. Nice guy. I also met William Gibson at a book signing. That's it, I think.

Third_Echelon

Living in the city centre I tend to see a good few famous people such as Ryan Tubridy, Caroline Morahan, Hilary Woods, George Hook, Brent Pope and some other rte actors/presenters..

Probably the 2 most famous people that I have acutally met have been Dermot Morgan and Sarah Jessica Parker...

Actually I was physically struck by SJP. When I was living in New York she accidentally smacked a door into my face coming out of a shop... When I opened my eyes lying on the ground with little tweety birds flying around my head, SJP was staring into my eyes freaking out thinking that she had killed me or something... She was very apologetic about it. I thought it was rather cool at the time. I had my SJP scar on my nose for a while, which helped with scoring chicks and stuff, but it has dissapeared now... bummer.

I jokingly said I wouldn't sue if she got me a part in Sex and the City, but that never materialised.... the hussy

gregos

I once sat next to Van Morrison in an Indian restaurant. He was with two model-looking women, but he wasn't interested in them and he wasn't interested in me. He only had eyes for the huge plate of grub he was holding in front of his face and pushing down his throat with the side of a knife.

Nidge

Kingp35 wrote:

Hasnt this thread not been done before? I remember writing this before

Double negative...fair play.

Third_Echelon

oh yeah.. forgot about my 4th july drinking session with the fun lovin criminals in new york... that was truly legendary stuff.. mad as hatters that lot...

jrey1981

Sat across from Noel Gallagher of Oasis in business class on flight from Heathrow to Manchester

Thom Yorke of Radiohead - interviewed him in Westminster

Ray Darcy - was in my local Xtra Vision once

Kathryn Thomas - was in Dublin

Julia Roberts - was making a movie nearby

Tony Benn - UK politician at anti-war protest in London
Peter Mandelson - smiled at me (made me feel rather uneasy) in Westminster

DawnMc

Cillian Murphy
Miley from Glenroe

gregos

RTE people don't really count as famous. They're just kinda faces on the telly in a small country.

PHB

Salman Rushdi

chillywilly

mary mcaleese, dermot morgan, kerry macfadden, dream team, ray darcy.....

i can die now....

Lump

Ray Darcy

Pierce Brosnan

The Burd that was in laws of Attracton with him.

All of U2 (They were in the bar at work, when they played their new album in the car park.)

All of the "NewsRound" Presenters.

Jools Holland

The bloke that presents MOTD2 and Working Lunch (Adrian Something)

Gordon Strachen (Celtic Manager, works on MOTD)

The Bloke that does the walkers ads, used to be a footballer

A few other sports personalities (They come to do MOTD)

Always bump into news readers and say hello.

The chick that does London news, and the questions on National Lottery, Come and have a go.

Met Andrea Corr when I was in work experience in Ardmore

Rob, the breckfast sports news reader, said hello to him this morning.

Oh Kerry McFadden was in the airport one time I was, sat beside me with her Sprog, she was rather nice, the kid was annoying.

Girls Aloud, didn't so much meet them, but walked next to them at Comic Relief, they walked out of their dressing rooms and stood next to me when I was wandering down a corrider in a drunken state. Everyone else stood aside and bowed down. I was on the hunt for more beer

Remembered more! Ian Dempsey and his family sat next to me about a month ago in Dublin airport. I made small talk, as you would with anyone in an airport situation.

Met Lots of Kilkenny hurlers. I don't think they are famous though, are they. Lots of them shop in Statoil. When i worked there, I'd talk to them. A few of them are arseholes. Some are alright.

Lots of other random people round and about work. Too many to remember.

John

cournioni

The Man United team in 1999
Dave Mustaine
Slayer (the whole band)

Can't really think of many more...

galwaydude

john thats a long list, fair play to ya

have seen a few famous faces but afterall there only people, nothing special, dont count ppl working for RTE as famous though.

In saying that my gf saw one of the lead guys in CSI new york in stephens green on monday, he was with his kids and wife browsing around.

Lump

Meh Long list, I bump into lots of people here. They're just like other people, you tend not to notice. Everyone's just working!

John

galwaydude

the best person i met was rob jones as him and his family were staying in the same hotel when we went on a family holiday to jersey nearly 10 years ago. He was england right back at the time and playing for liverpool at the time and alos my favourate play at the time so as well chuffed

Funk Daddy

Lump wrote:

Meh Long list, I bump into lots of people here. They're just like other people, you tend not to notice. Everyone's just working!

John

Where do you work?

garthv

Billy Corgan ( Coolest guy I've ever met)
Atomic Kitten (Don't Ask)
Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Used to drink in a pub I worked in)

I know Ive met more but i just cant remember....

joejoem

Britney spears
Christina Richi
Tatyana Ali
Gweneth Paltrow
Bono
The Edge
Larry Mullen Jr
Adam Clayton
Donald Trump
Paris Hilton
Michael Kors
The creators of Baby Phat & Phat(cant remember there names)
The kid from the sopranos
David Copperfield
Sinead O Conner
Shaq
Wyclef Jean
Sharon Corr
Brian McFathead
Hurrican Higgins (charged me €20 for a game of snooker, I got one shot)

And a few of others I cant think of right now.