Vote for Irelands Greatest Person

mike65 · 22-03-2010 01:15PM #1

Clicky

40 figures and a more dismally conservative bunch you'll go along way to find - two members of Boyzone‎ on the list, and one of them is still alive! No Van the Man (he'll be glad) or Rory Gallagher. No Robert Boyle, no Francis Beaufort, no Arthur Wellington, no Edmund Burke, no Jonathan Swift.

Be careful not to mix up Daniel O'Connell and Daniel O'Donnell when you vote.

stmol32 · 22-03-2010 01:17PM

Jesus that's pathetic.

Nulty · 22-03-2010 01:19PM

I read this in the Tribune or some such paper yesterday.

How the f*ck did Gately get in there?

No Dustin the Turkey:rolleyes:

Danbo! · 22-03-2010 01:19PM

Clicked link, first person I saw was bono. Then Geldof. Fuck that.

chin_grin · 22-03-2010 01:19PM

I voted for Christy Ring. C'mon Christy Ring! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!

WindSock · 22-03-2010 01:21PM

Louis Walsh is in there, ffs. And Haughey :eek:

zonEEE · 22-03-2010 01:21PM

gotta be collins!

PeterIanStaker · 22-03-2010 01:21PM

That is f**ing dismal indeed. Being the Tubridy Show, I nearly expected to see Inbredward on the list. Urrggghhh:mad:

bette · 22-03-2010 01:24PM

Greatest Irishmen? Well rock stars and boys band warblers do not come into this category!

There are only three decent candidates who are:

Collins
Lemass
Pearse

The rest are not great men. They are entertainers and the odd failed politician!

mikom · 22-03-2010 01:24PM

Some startling ommissions....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FmVopEs9yI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHddpHuEOHI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x60BovWjrk

o1s1n · 22-03-2010 01:25PM

No John-Joe? This list is fail.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-03-2010 01:28PM

No Barack O´bama?

(No Gay Byrne either... that did genuinely rasie an eyebrow)

token56 · 22-03-2010 01:29PM

Idiotic list, none of Ireland's greatest scientific minds, such as Callan, Boole, Stoney, Walton.

But yet you have Danial O Donnell and Louis Walsh, feck sake

Pacing Mule · 22-03-2010 01:29PM

No Feeky ???

mike65 · 22-03-2010 01:29PM

But no Gerry Ryan so its all-square.

Fratton Fred · 22-03-2010 01:30PM

bette wrote: »

Greatest Irishmen? Well rock stars and boys band warblers do not come into this category!

There are only three decent candidates who are:

Collins
Lemass
Pearse

The rest are not great men. They are entertainers and the odd failed politician!

Add Charles Stewart Parnell to that list.

Ash.J.Williams · 22-03-2010 01:31PM

bette wrote: »

Greatest Irishmen? Well rock stars and boys band warblers do not come into this category!

There are only three decent candidates who are:

Collins
Lemass
Pearse

The rest are not great men. They are entertainers and the odd failed politician!

Ah come on Phill Lynnot ie easily superior to those three!!

TPD · 22-03-2010 01:31PM

# Christy Moore, Christy Moore, Christy Moore! #

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-03-2010 01:32PM

Kevin from Galway, anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0S1VmlHb0Y

ScumLord · 22-03-2010 01:34PM

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

That is f**ing dismal indeed. Being the Tubridy Show, I nearly expected to see Inbredward on the list. Urrggghhh:mad:

I didn't notice it was for the Tubridy show, it makes sense now.

ejmaztec · 22-03-2010 01:36PM

A sizeable number of complete crooks and **** on the list.

BongoJuice · 22-03-2010 01:38PM

I didn't click on the link but I would like to vote for King William of Orange. We owe him a great debt as a nation.

Stench Blossoms · 22-03-2010 01:40PM

Joe Dolan FTW !

Min · 22-03-2010 01:41PM

chin_grin wrote: »

I voted for Christy Ring. C'mon Christy Ring! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!

The hurling compensation nominee for Cork since Kilkenny are better and have and had better players than Christy Ring who would be banned if he played the same way now as then.....

Just ask some from Galway....

Sergeant · 22-03-2010 01:42PM

No Flann O'Brien, Ernest Walton, Jonathan Swift.

What a shíte of a survey. Surprised the bould Tubridy didn't appear in the thing himself.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-03-2010 01:43PM

Tom Crean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Crean_%28explorer%29

Min · 22-03-2010 01:45PM

Colin Farrell????

Ireland must be in real trouble going by some of the people they used for the greatest Irish person ever.

gurramok · 22-03-2010 01:45PM

Never heard of Christy Ring before.

Ronan Keating who cannot sing is on the list along with Louis Walsh, are they having a giraffe??

Trashbat · 22-03-2010 01:46PM

I voted for James Connolly, a scotsman.

In fairness this poll seems to be about as scientific and balanced as an episode of family fortunes.

ejmaztec · 22-03-2010 01:47PM

BongoJuice wrote: »

I didn't click on the link but I would like to vote for King William of Orange. We owe him a great debt as a nation.

Are you sure you don't mean King William of Bongo, because your suggestion wasn't Irish?

TheZohanS · 22-03-2010 01:48PM

mike65 wrote: »

Clicky

40 figures and a more dismally conservative bunch you'll go along way to find - two members of Boyzone‎ on the list, and one of them is still alive! No Van the Man (he'll be glad) or Rory Gallagher. No Robert Boyle, no Francis Beaufort, no Arthur Wellington, no Edmund Burke, no Jonathan Swift.

Be careful not to mix up Daniel O'Connell and Daniel O'Donnell when you vote.

Why don't we make our own list?

Boards.ie is bigger than RTE.ie

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