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Are there any universally loved Irish people

  • 05-09-2020 09:39PM
    #1
    PhilOssophy
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    Are there any Irish people who are loved by everybody, or practically everybody anyway?
    The only 1 I can think of to even come close to it is Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
    Any others?


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  • #2
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Are there any Irish people who are loved by everybody, or practically everybody anyway?
    The only 1 I can think of to even come close to it is Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
    Any others?

    My opinion of him went down when he failed to laugh off the ludicrous suggestion that he could run for the presidency. Bit self-important.


  • #3
    I see sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    Paul Mcgrath

    "a terrible war imposed by the provisional IRA"

    Our West Brit Taoiseach



  • #4
    Rothko
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    I don't think there's anyone in the world that is universally loved.


  • #5
    Man with broke phone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Man with broke phone


    Niall Quinn.

    Dennis Irwin


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,732 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mother Teresa


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  • #7
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Man with broke phone wrote: »
    Niall Quinn.

    https://twitter.com/NoContextDunphy/status/1198231856677838848


  • #8
    JohnnyFlash
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    John Creedon seems to be very popular.

    Shane Lowry as well.


  • #9
    Bullocks
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    Luke Kelly


  • #10
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,703 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh?

    Can't stand him, not a GAA head so find his bogger warbling very annoying.


  • #11
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,419 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Packie Bonnar. Never heard anything bad about him.

    Larry Gogan.

    Katie Taylor

    Maybe Bill O Herlihy.

    My favourite but not sure what others think Brendan Grace


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  • #12
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Loveinapril wrote: »
    Imelda May seems pretty sound. I don't know anyone who doesn't like her.

    She's a woman though, so you can be guaranteed there'll be lads on Boards who don't like her.


  • #13
    KaneToad
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    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Are there any Irish people who are loved by everybody, or practically everybody anyway?
    The only 1 I can think of to even come close to it is Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
    Any others?

    Not to be cantankerous but I don't like him. Don't know him personally, am basing it on his public persona.


  • #14
    Notmything
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    Mr. Feg, Oh how we miss him


  • #15
    HartsHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭HartsHat


    TK Whitaker.


  • #16
    interlocked
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭interlocked


    John Sheehan


  • #17
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    In the sporting arena...Joe Schmidt seems to be a likeable sort?


  • #18
    KaneToad
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    interlocked wrote: »
    John Sheehan

    Good call. I second that.


  • #19
    StevenToast
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    Enda Kenny was loved by all

    "SUBSCRIBE TO BOARDS YOU TIGHT CÙNT".....Plato 400 B.C



  • #20
    JoeA3
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    KaneToad wrote: »
    In the sporting arena...Joe Schmidt seems to be a likeable sort?

    He’s a Kiwi.

    I think he lost a lot on his bandwagon after the last World Cup performance.


  • #21
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,452 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Vicky Phelan . Deservedly loved by everyone


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    StevenToast wrote: »
    Enda Kenny was loved by all

    Especially Travellers after he designated the rest of us as "racist". The great liberator from responsibility.


  • #23
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,419 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Colm Meaney.


  • #24
    Pauliedragon
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    .anon. wrote: »
    She's a woman though, so you can be guaranteed there'll be lads on Boards who don't like her.
    Women are people but I know what your saying and your dead right. I lived abroad for a fair while and I never got this your from there or vice versa. We do have our traits but in general all countries behave the same. Some people are sound and some are not so sound. That's life and we deal with it.


  • #25
    Esel
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    Not Your Ornery Onager


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Mother Teresa
    She was Albanian, afaik.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #26
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    I see sheep wrote: »
    Paul Mcgrath

    You mean God?


  • #27
    Church on Tuesday
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    StevenToast wrote: »
    Enda Kenny was loved by all

    Not I.


  • #28
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Esel wrote: »
    She was Albanian, afaik.

    She was also no saint. Apart from literally.


  • #29
    Upforthematch
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    Diarmaid Ferriter, Anne Doyle, Ardal O'Hanlon, Celine Byrne


  • #30
    soiseztomabel
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    Colm Meeney


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  • #31
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Upforthematch wrote: »
    Diarmaid Ferriter, Anne Doyle, Ardal O'Hanlon, Celine Byrne

    Ferriter is a bore. Arrogant too. Not even the best historian in UCD - not by a long shot.


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