Mullingar to get a Niall Horan museum

Xavi6 · 22-11-2013 05:04AM #1

Yes AHers, I shit you not.

The Joe Dolan statue is probably fair enough but this? The whole town should hang their heads in shame...unless you think this is a wonderful idea and it's great to see a town supporting "the arts", encouraging tourism etc?

Pilgrimages to the Niall Horan museum, sells itself really.

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Niall Horan museum set for Mullingar

A museum celebrating the career of One Direction star Niall Horan is set to open in his hometown of Mullingar next summer.

Speaking to The Sun newspaper, local councillor Aiden Davitt said: ''Of course we want to honour one of our leading lights. Niall is always promoting Mullingar around the world and has said it's something he would support, as did his mother Maura.''

''Fans come here every day looking for Niall's house - they also go to Tesco looking for his dad Bobby - so it would be great to have somewhere for them to go.''

He added: ''Niall would be the star of the show as our most famous son. We would love to get some of his items to display there for fans, as well as interactive footage of his performances around the town.''

Mullingar already boasts a statue of the late singer Joe Dolan.

Danger781 · 22-11-2013 05:07AM

Two questions come to mind..

Who came up with this idea and who is funding it?

theblaqueguy · 22-11-2013 05:18AM

i deserve a museum more than that clown they have ruined music i want to cut my ears off when i hear their music

brummytom · 22-11-2013 05:21AM

Fucking hell.

Danger781 · 22-11-2013 05:25AM

theblaqueguy wrote: »

i deserve a museum more than that clown they have ruined music i want to cut my ears off when i hear their music

Did you enjoy typing that on your typewriter? With your raybans? Is that scarf keeping you warm?

Stop attempting to be some sort of hipster. Hating conformity.

That's a silly reaction to any sort of music really. Their music is popular for a reason. It's catchy. It's fun. It's nice to listen to. I'm not a fan of theirs by any means, but I see the appeal. Don't be so instantly dismissive of all things popular.

deco nate · 22-11-2013 05:27AM

Oh dear lord! if you are out there, take me... Take me now cos I don't wanna live no more!!

deco nate · 22-11-2013 05:28AM

Danger781 wrote: »

Did you enjoy typing that on your typewriter? With your raybans? Is that scarf keeping you warm?

Stop attempting to be some sort of hipster. Hating conformity.

That's a silly reaction to any sort of music really. Their music is popular for a reason. It's catchy. It's fun. It's nice to listen to. I'm not a fan of theirs by any means, but I see the appeal. Don't be so instantly dismissive of all things popular.

**** that ****! Really.

HighClass · 22-11-2013 05:48AM

Danger781 wrote: »

Did you enjoy typing that on your typewriter? With your raybans? Is that scarf keeping you warm?

Stop attempting to be some sort of hipster. Hating conformity.

That's a silly reaction to any sort of music really. Their music is popular for a reason. It's catchy. It's fun. It's nice to listen to. I'm not a fan of theirs by any means, but I see the appeal. Don't be so instantly dismissive of all things popular.

Only reason it's popular is because they have millions of pre teens and teenage girls buying it, which is only happening because they were on xfactor and drilled into peoples psyches every week on primetime tv for a few months while they were being groomed for fame. Their music really is terrible. I'm not hating on pop music either, I like some pop tracks here and there.

Muahahaha · 22-11-2013 05:50AM

What a dumb idea. Do Mullingar Town Council not realise that in 5 years time everyone will be saying "Niall who"?

Museums are supposed to house things of historical record, not for a flash in the pan.

And as for Bressie being included in the museum too, ffs what has he actually done ? If he was anyway successful in the music business he'd be based in London, not Mullingar.

Tilikum · 22-11-2013 05:50AM

His accent makes me want to vomit.

jill_valentine · 22-11-2013 06:07AM

Oh God no.

Karl Stein · 22-11-2013 08:38AM

Phew! I thought it was going to be a museum dedicated to that priest who disrupts sporting events the mad bastard.

Sunnyisland · 22-11-2013 08:46AM

I think it's great sure did he not build a Airport in Mayo ? .

SV · 22-11-2013 08:54AM

HighClass wrote: »

Only reason it's popular is because they have millions of pre teens and teenage girls buying it, which is only happening because they were on xfactor and drilled into peoples psyches every week on primetime tv for a few months while they were being groomed for fame. Their music really is terrible. I'm not hating on pop music either, I like some pop tracks here and there.

I'm not a fan of them but their music certainly isn't 'terrible'.

gobnaitolunacy · 22-11-2013 08:59AM

One wonders what the exhibits will be...a life size waxwork and maybe pieces of True Toast he had for breakfast?

Fcuk sakes he's a kid, as a 'star' he's a flash in the pan nonentity. There's a lot more worthy things that you could put into a museum imho.

Dicky Pride · 22-11-2013 09:05AM

There's a woman in mullingar, I believe she's a sister/nun...she has dedicated her life to caring for the sick and needy. She has been to Somalia on aid missions also. She is always taking part in fund raisers...giving up her time, always to help others. And all this, while looking after her own sick mother.

Material possessions mean nothing to her, all she cares about is easing the suffering of others and trying to instil a better standard of living on her fellow men and women.

But no..yeah...give niall Horan a museum.

kneemos · 22-11-2013 09:29AM

Danger781 wrote: »

Did you enjoy typing that on your typewriter? With your raybans? Is that scarf keeping you warm?

Stop attempting to be some sort of hipster. Hating conformity.

That's a silly reaction to any sort of music really. Their music is popular for a reason. It's catchy. It's fun. It's nice to listen to. I'm not a fan of theirs by any means, but I see the appeal. Don't be so instantly dismissive of all things popular.

I honestly could not tell you if I've ever heard One Direction.

Bland and generic.

humanji · 22-11-2013 09:53AM

I think it's a brilliant idea. They'll bring in a fortune for the town, and once he disappears into obscurity, they'll replace it with something else.

SV · 22-11-2013 09:54AM

kneemos wrote: »

I honestly could not tell you if I've ever heard One Direction.

Bland and generic.

How do you know they're bland and generic if you don't know whether you've heard them

GLaDOS · 22-11-2013 09:57AM

It'll bring in money, as cringey as it is

thebostoncrab · 22-11-2013 09:58AM

The OP is misleading, it's not a Niall museum, it's a museum dedicated to the music of Mullingar and the midlands, Niall is just a subject of it because he is the town most famous resident today.

Baron Kurtz · 22-11-2013 09:59AM

SV wrote: »

I'm not a fan of them but their music certainly isn't 'terrible'.

Cup of Tea. Enough said.

Wattle · 22-11-2013 10:04AM

Danger781 wrote: »

Did you enjoy typing that on your typewriter? With your raybans? Is that scarf keeping you warm?

Stop attempting to be some sort of hipster. Hating conformity.

That's a silly reaction to any sort of music really. Their music is popular for a reason. It's catchy. It's fun. It's nice to listen to. I'm not a fan of theirs by any means, but I see the appeal. Don't be so instantly dismissive of all things popular.

Why wouldn't you dislike conformity? Just because a few million people like something doesn't mean we all have to fall in line and say it's great.

22-11-2013 10:08AM

What's the obsession with this 'hunk'? He looks like Ellen DeGeneres.

It will bring in screaming girls though, Half who will be mad for all things 1 Direction and half who will have mistaken it for a shrine to middle America's favourite lesbian chat show hostess.

kneemos · 22-11-2013 10:20AM

SV wrote: »

How do you know they're bland and generic if you don't know whether you've heard them

Good point young man,but the chances are I probably have heard them.

golfball37 · 22-11-2013 10:20AM

If they are successful -well then I say well done. If people are into that sort of thing and are willing to spend money its a no brainer for Mullingar.

Of course its embarrassing but I find the Gathering embarrassing too if I'm being honest.

Too Tough To Die · 22-11-2013 10:26AM

Dicky Pride wrote: »

There's a woman in mullingar, I believe she's a sister/nun...she has dedicated her life to caring for the sick and needy. She has been to Somalia on aid missions also. She is always taking part in fund raisers...giving up her time, always to help others. And all this, while looking after her own sick mother.

Material possessions mean nothing to her, all she cares about is easing the suffering of others and trying to instil a better standard of living on her fellow men and women.

But no..yeah...give niall Horan a museum.

Well, sounds like she wouldn't appreciate her own museum, and who would want to go to it anyways?

TomoBhoy · 22-11-2013 10:46AM

Fecking ejits seriously like!

TomCleverly · 22-11-2013 10:51AM

Dicky Pride wrote: »

There's a woman in mullingar, I believe she's a sister/nun...she has dedicated her life to caring for the sick and needy. She has been to Somalia on aid missions also. She is always taking part in fund raisers...giving up her time, always to help others. And all this, while looking after her own sick mother.

Material possessions mean nothing to her, all she cares about is easing the suffering of others and trying to instil a better standard of living on her fellow men and women.

But no..yeah...give niall Horan a museum.

It's not so much what he has accomplished or done, it's more of the fact that a Niall Horan musuem in his home town is bout to rake in a decent amount of cash. No one really cares about what he's done there it's all about $$$$.

diomed · 22-11-2013 10:56AM

I had never heard of Niall Horan, and barely hear about One Direction.
If that level of fame is the benchmark then the country would be covered in statues.

foxyboxer · 22-11-2013 10:59AM

*i don't want to live on this planet any more meme*

Mullingar to get a Niall Horan museum

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