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

fade2black · 03-08-2005 11:54AM

I was working in Waterford Crystal and in one of the shops one of the girls had abba on...before we even knew he was there. He told us to turn it off. I said no. (not for the love of Abba you understand)

Mossy Monk · 03-08-2005 12:01PM

fade2black wrote:

I was working in Waterford Crystal and in one of the shops one of the girls had abba on...before we even knew he was there. He told us to turn it off. I said no. (not for the love of Abba you understand)

even he knows his music is ****. i wouldnt blame him for wanting it turned off

prospect · 03-08-2005 12:02PM

Quoting the OP: "THE most famous PERSON" i.e. singular.....

Larry M Jr.

slumped · 03-08-2005 12:02PM

I've met President Bill Clinton, John Hume and Rudolph Guiliani.

Also met Jack Charlton and most of the famous 1988 Irish Soccer Team.

Rudolph Guiliani is a very nice guy. Met him while playing golf in Ballybunion in 2003.

Aside from that, Gay Byrne and The Corrs.

S

Dub13 · 03-08-2005 12:02PM

Bill & Hillary Clinton would be up there....I have also met loads and loads of heads of state and Royalty.To many to list or remember.

Most Liverpool players over the last 10/12 years.

Tomohawk · 03-08-2005 12:12PM

I spoke to Bono once when I was working in windmill lane in '88.

Lump · 03-08-2005 12:39PM

Funk Daddy wrote:

Where do you work?

A rather large Broadcaster in the Uk, National Broadcaster you might say.

John

Dun · 03-08-2005 12:51PM

John Hume, and that's about it. Not many celebs come to Donegal. Though saying that apparently Liam Gallagher is partial to visitng a town 15 minutes down the road from me, and Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick own a house in Donegal too.

odonaghue · 03-08-2005 02:04PM

Met Craig Bellemy and John Harson out in Glasgow one night and had Jerry Adams stop at the house one day looking for directions!! Met Roy Keane in Glasgow aswell before a celtic match he was also goin to, me and my mate jus really calm about it, like " Hey.... Yes lad wats the craic?", he jus smiled and said not too bad now, sound man!

Kingsize · 03-08-2005 02:28PM

of course I was very very drunk at the time..................

Lump · 03-08-2005 03:11PM

He looks like a lobster LOLOLLOLOLOLZZZZ

John

galwaydude · 03-08-2005 03:16PM

very harsh john lolololol

irlirishkev · 03-08-2005 03:16PM

- Noel Gallagher: after their first Irish gig in the Tivoli in '94 i think
- Liam Gallagher: see above
- Tony something: original Oasis drummer at same gig.
- EMF: Outside the Tivoli years ago
- Ride: Outside the Tivoli years ago
- Inspiral Carpets: Outside the Tivoli years ago
- Elvis Presley's cousin, Norma Presley (famous in the Elvis World)
- Michael Stipe: Upstairs in O'Conners Jeans some years back. He was quite rude. I said 'Hey how's it going Mike', and he said 'sorry I don't sign autographs'
- Erin McKeown: After her Dublin gig earlier this year.

Had I been alive when Elvis was (and not just for 2 months!), I would have made it my business to meet him too.. He was not a difficult man to meet.

K.

McClane · 03-08-2005 03:31PM

Steve Wall - (After a gig in Sligo for the Stunnings paradise tour)
Michael Duignan - (Last sunday after the disgrace that was tipp v galway)

I couldn't care less about meeting most of the "Celebs" other people have posted. Actually i'd probably kick most of them in the head.

Btw who invented Big Brother ? Whoever it is earned the first place on my killing list, So now David Beckham, the Creator of the crazy frog and Donal O'Grady have to wait longer.

grumpytrousers · 03-08-2005 03:47PM

john lennon.

1978. Achill. was rather young and up on the aul fellas shoulders. On front lawn of a hotel there, massive crowd - dad knew *something* was going on...da pushes way to front saying things like "I've a child here"...helicopter lands, geezer with funny hair and sunglasses gets of, followed by ugly japanses bird...makes a beeline for, um, our direction...running cos you do that when getting out of a chopper and the blades ain't stopped...

kinda bumps into me dad and with me atop of him, sending me wobbling.

Bloke stops me from falling, grins at me, grins at me dad and says in that scouse r voice"sorry mate", jumps into waiting limosine with wotserface and away they went...

Dub13 · 03-08-2005 03:59PM

The had a limosine on Achill back in 78.... :eek:

andyman · 03-08-2005 04:00PM

Thierry Henry or David Beckham

grumpytrousers · 03-08-2005 04:06PM

Dub13 wrote:

The had a limosine on Achill back in 78.... :eek:

Well it was actually Mulranny - which isn't *on* achill island - it's a few miles this side. And of course, you know that Achill is connected to us by road anyway, and thus i'm sure they even had the occasional Ford Capri there in '78...

aodh_rua · 03-08-2005 04:08PM

I've met Bono, the Edge, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Christy Moore, Neil & Christine Hamilton, Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon Smith and any number of Irish political types.

MorningStar · 03-08-2005 04:24PM

Kingsize wrote:

of course I was very very drunk at the time..................

That was at the Grove reunion A week or two ago!
I was there too, I tried to organise a lynch mob to kill him on the night. I even got Marty himself to agree to help me! You think you were drunk!

KTRIC · 03-08-2005 04:37PM

I've spoken to Tony Blair and Yoko Ono on the phone. Nice people.

Kingsize · 03-08-2005 04:45PM

Morning star
grove reunion what grove reunion??, that was me in the rose of Tralee!!
it seemed like a good idea at the time, to be fair he seemed to be quite a nice bloke although i always thought he was a twat.
actually who were you trying to kill?
Marty or Cecil or the DJ or ME???

jammie · 03-08-2005 08:18PM

Ive met aload, most famous would have to be BONO, Tom Jones, Colin Farrell & Westlife, theres so many others but they just stand out!!

snorlax · 03-08-2005 10:12PM

Bono- dun laoighaoire pier
Seamus brennan- last Saturday night, nice person
Miley from Glenroe-RTE

Endurance Man · 03-08-2005 10:18PM

I met nelson mandela

. My dad was in charge of setting up the security at one of his homes

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netwhizkid · 03-08-2005 10:44PM

I met Dick Spring, The Norwegian ambassedor to Ireland, Paudi O Sé, Jackie Healy Rae, Michael Francis Russell (the kerry footballer) oh and i saw Johnny Logan at Heathrow Airport once. I have also met Charles J Haughey ex-Taoiseach/Traitor. Thats about all famous people i've met, well excluding myself when i look in the mirror daily

jrey1981 · 04-08-2005 01:20AM

Lump wrote:

A rather large Broadcaster in the Uk, National Broadcaster you might say.

John

Not exactly difficult to figure that one out!

Ravelleman · 04-08-2005 01:22AM

Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca)

Catsmokinpot · 04-08-2005 04:51PM

one of the guys from the bee gees him and his wife were buying futons in my grandmothers furniture shop when i was about 5

Lump · 04-08-2005 05:34PM

Met Taylor James today in work..... he must be famous, he's toured with Mc Fly!!!

John

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