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

besty · 02-08-2005 08:29PM #1

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 · 02-08-2005 08:32PM

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

airetam_storm · 02-08-2005 08:32PM

That guy with the trophy for something

Ken Doherty, hes far too serious :cool:

adox · 02-08-2005 08:33PM

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 · 02-08-2005 08:35PM

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 · 02-08-2005 08:37PM

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 · 02-08-2005 08:40PM

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

RefulgentGnomon · 02-08-2005 08:42PM

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 · 02-08-2005 10:06PM

The lads from dream team that about it

grimloch · 02-08-2005 10:08PM

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

Sarky · 02-08-2005 10:09PM

John Kovalic, legendary comic strip writer.

Ro: maaan! · 02-08-2005 10:11PM

DeVore.

RVN10 · 02-08-2005 10:11PM

oh ya met ryan tubridy he was at my school once

Chong · 02-08-2005 10:11PM

Chubb76 wrote:

The lads from dream team that about it

LOL Dream Team LOL

RVN10 · 02-08-2005 10:13PM

Hey its someone

Chong · 02-08-2005 10:14PM

Gordon Ramsey walked by me a college.

xzanti · 02-08-2005 10:19PM

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 · 02-08-2005 10:20PM

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 · 02-08-2005 10:29PM

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 · 02-08-2005 10:32PM

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 · 02-08-2005 10:34PM

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 · 02-08-2005 10:40PM

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 · 02-08-2005 10:40PM

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- · 02-08-2005 10:51PM

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

dahamsta · 02-08-2005 10:53PM

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 · 02-08-2005 11:01PM

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 · 02-08-2005 11:08PM

Mick Foley.
Steven Adler.

tinka · 03-08-2005 12:19AM

Kingp35 wrote:

I live in Dalkey

Snap!

and yes, this thread has been done before

simu · 03-08-2005 12:21AM

Um... do other boards moderators count?

Sparky · 03-08-2005 12:22AM

elisha

chris pontius aka partyboy

i seem to remember saying this about a month ago.

djmarkus · 03-08-2005 12:25AM

Bertie and Mary Mcaleese, not really that famous actually

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

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