Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Famous Irish people who inspire you

  • 28-11-2014 09:58PM
    #1
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭


    Ok, after completing a leaders course at work recently that outlined leadership qualities. I would have Brian o driscoll. Humble, passionate, works hard, confident, down to earth.

    I don't know the guy personally, but he comes across as someone who resonates with me and who I'd like to aspire to.

    This is probably sacrelig' coming from a man from Munster :pac:


«1345

Comments

  • #2
    conorh91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    Denis O'Brien. Not all there, ethically speaking, but I think he has an inspirational sense of drive and ambition, and he does a huge amount of philanthropic work that everyone likes to ignore, and many of us would not bother with if we were in his position.

    We shouldn't ignore the Tribunal findings made against him either by the way, but he is absolutely vilified in a way that seems totally extreme.


  • #3
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    Christina Noble. Absolutely amazing altruistic woman


  • #4
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    Salomon Kane


  • #5
    Tokyo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,655 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Tom Crean. Probably one of the most understated men in the history of exploration.


  • #6
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    wandatowell wrote: »
    Salomon Kane


    Don't get above your station..show off :D


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    Michael O'Leary - he inspires me not to be a c**t.


  • #8
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    Dev...no better man for inspiration when you're looking to pass the buck onto someone else.


  • #9
    junospider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭junospider


    Jp. Mcmanus
    Michael o leary


  • #10
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    conorh91 wrote: »
    Denis O'Brien. Not all there, ethically speaking, but I think he has an inspirational sense of drive and ambition, and he does a huge amount of philanthropic work that everyone likes to ignore, and many of us would not bother with if we were in his position.

    We shouldn't ignore the Tribunal findings made against him either by the way, but he is absolutely vilified in a way that seems totally extreme.


    I agree, partly inspiring....but by jesus he does the polar opposite too :rolleyes:


  • #11
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Mr Tom Crean


  • Advertisement
  • #12
    MRnotlob606
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,642 ✭✭✭MRnotlob606


    Eamon De Valera.


  • #13
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    K4t wrote: »
    Michael O'Leary - he inspires me not to be a c**t.

    But But...Didn't he recently found humility :D


  • #14
    TheBeardedLady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭TheBeardedLady


    Michael D Higgins.


  • #15
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    James Connolly.
    Michael Collins (crazy how much he achieved at such a young age).


  • #16
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭hfallada


    K4t wrote: »
    Michael O'Leary - he inspires me not to be a c**t.

    I think plays a character in the media for publicist like Simon Cowell. Ryanair basically spent nothing on advertising for years, but constantly in the media thanks to Michael "views" and 'opinions' on controversial matters. AFAIK every year he speaks to Trinity students for free, as he went there.

    Regardless of whether you like his character or not. He has turned a ****ty Irish airlines, into one of the largest airlines in the world. He supports thousands of jobs directly and makes Ireland affordable to get to for millions of tourists. He did it without bribing anyone like another famous Irish Business man. But he did it through hard work and determination.


  • #17
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Michael Collins.
    Brave, patriotic, clever, charismatic, unselfish and caring. Great qualities. Great man.


  • #18
    mountsky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭mountsky


    Charles J.Haughey "we are living away beyond our means", ohhhhh the irony!!


  • #19
    Cantremember
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭Cantremember


    Kevin O'Higgins. A thoroughgoing bastard when we needed one.


  • #20
    zanador
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭zanador


    Mary Robinson


  • #21
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Musically-wise, Kevin Shields.


  • Advertisement
  • #22
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,086 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    Michael Collins
    Sean Lemass
    Thomas Davis
    Thomas Russell

    Much can be said of the four but I think their drive an determination to make Ireland a better place for their respective generations was inspiring.


  • #23
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Barack Obama.


  • #24
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Robert Boyle, ernest walton and James Joyce.


  • #25
    Einhard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Einhard


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Robert Boyle, Michael Faraday and James Joyce.

    Micahel Faraday was English.


  • #26
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    Eamon De Valera.

    Helped to divide the country when we needed unity most.

    A backward leader also
    I love the quote when the Ardnacrusha Hydroelectricity project was first proposed
    "what would we need all that electricity for"

    Wasn't he American anyway?


  • #27
    twinytwo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,612 ✭✭✭twinytwo


    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    Eamon De Valera.


    Not gonna even bother opening that can of worms


  • #28
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    Theobald Wolfe Tone and more recently TK Whitaker.


  • #29
    Notorious97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭Notorious97


    Trigger Happy wrote: »
    Michael Collins.
    Brave, patriotic, clever, charismatic, unselfish and caring. Great qualities. Great man.

    Could not have said it better myself, pity there is not more around like him in current times.


  • #30
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,365 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Michael O' Leary has to be considered the bible for people looking to be entrepeneurs really.


  • Advertisement
  • #31
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭uch


    Alan Moore, when it comes to Coarse Fishing the man knows how to inspire you

    22/25



Advertisement
Advertisement