mikemac wrote: » Tipp Thread started a few days after the Clare thread and we already have more posts and more famous people You can keep Jean Butler Tipp forum is overflowing with famous people :cool:
MrsD007 wrote: » Welcome to the Clare forum Mikemac , When you start the famous Tipp people thread, we might loan you Jean Butler.
MrsD007 wrote: » David Coleman is living in Ogonnelloe, Crona Byrne lives in Ballina/Killaloe (dual citizenship of Clare and Tipp ) I'm not sure where Peter Kay's house is but I have seen him in Killaloe a few times.
mikemac wrote: » Bit of a notorious one but Brendan O'Donnell. Triple murderer and died in the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum Dublin a number of years ago Edit from Whitegate in East Clare
Taceom wrote: » There was also a rumour that Peter Kaye had bought a house in the area too, not sure how true that is. Did anyone mention David Coleman, not a Clare man but living in Clare, ALSO Crona Byrne -Gay's daughter?
JerryHandbag wrote: » I heard once that Robert De Niro has/had a house in Killaloe....true or false?
golfball37 wrote: » False- local rumour has it that he was outbid for a property in the area by the limerick woman who won the Euromillions- Delores whatshername
policarp wrote: » Pat O'Donnell, sponser of the Clare team.
He is one of Ireland's most noted banjo players (also proficient with fiddle, melodeon and guitar),and is among an elite of Traveller musicians that includes The Fureys. Dunne became known to a wide Irish audience from his regular busking at GAA sporting fixtures, particularly in Munster. Later he played in England, France, Australia and New York, where he appeared with The Dubliners. He also performed alongside Richard Harris and Stephen Rea in the 1996 feature film Trojan Eddie.
mikemac wrote: » Maybe it's like the Lakeside Hotel Clearly in Ballina but somehow gave themselves a Killaloe address???? :rolleyes: WTF?
buck65 wrote: » Guns N Roses got off the plane in Shannon years back and tried to get the duty free open to get whiskey, unfortunately ran into an auld lad who gave them hell and " I don't care who ye are " attitude. They sheepishly apologised and ambled back to their plane.
buck65 wrote: » Could we add Russell Crowe too? He was in Kilkee for a day.
golfball37 wrote: » Is Mrs Doyle [Pauline McLynn] a Clarewoman?
EuroMillions lottery winner Dolores McNamara, the 46-year-old mother of six has splashed out ?1.7m on the 10,000sq ft hill-top property at Ogonnelloe, Co Clare that overlooks the resplendent lower end of Lough Derg. After much speculation as to where the multi-millionaire would plant her flag, the Irish Independent can confirm that two weeks ago she signed contracts for Lough Derg Hall - regarded as one of the finest country-style houses to come on the market in the region. The house had been for sale for three years and Robert DeNiro was reportedly interested in taking it. It was sold by Antigua-based property developer Derek Barrett and his wife Brenda, who built it in the late nineties. The Limerick lady has been true to her stated determination of keeping her feet firmly on the ground. - She snatched the house out of the hands of another bidder, but still at some ?250,000 under the asking price.
Her new home boasts some of the most amazing views in the country and is at the end of a half-mile long private entrance, fronted by electric gates and an eight-foot high wall. Set on a private estate of 38 acres amid the many rolling hills that overlook the famous lake, the home boasts a 6,000 sq ft residence with six en suite bedrooms, each with four-poster beds. There are seven bathrooms and a large kitchen and marble-clad entrance hall. Dolores and her family can also enjoy a hot tub from which they will have stunning views of the lake. The hot tub is located off the rear of the house which is fully decked, along with both gable ends. The half-mile entrance is rail fenced and leads to a cut stone and red-brick Gate House. There is a large water feature to the front of the house and a horse motif on a wall to the side of the property. There is also a 2,500 sq ft Coach House with cobble lock area to the front near the dwelling house. This includes two bedrooms and one en suite guest apartment with double garage and electric up and down doors.
