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Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

George White

Damien McCaul from the Den
Geri Maye
Bibi Baskin

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topmanamillion

I remember reading years ago about Dustin the turkey that the puppeteer was worth crazy money something close to 10 million from all the CDs and TV appearances and other stuff he did with him.
By all accounts he's not short a few bob and all for sticking his hand up a toys hole.

C.K Dexter Haven

Ray D'arcy

Oh, wait, maybe not:pac:

Capt'n Midnight

Rory from Wanderly Wagon , didn't he go off to save the moon from cheese eating mice or something ?

The Princess Bride

Bill Golding played Rory.
He had the most amazing voice ever.
I think I fell in love with it when I was a toddler!

nc19

George White wrote:

Damien McCaul from the Den Geri Maye Bibi Baskin

these people are celebrities????

nc19

FonE wrote:

Simon Young Ciana Campbell Shauna Lowry Cliona NÃ Bhuachalla Dave Heffernan

genuinely never heard of any of them

thegreatgonzo

George White wrote: »

There was another one who did the Den for about a month - big launch, her name was BT or Brid Treasna, and seemingly then vanished...

She's actually a very good friend of mine and she is a now a teacher. She deferred college to do that stint on the den if I remember rightly. She is also the voice of Dora the explorer on TG4. A really nice person she is and very witty and great craic too.

thegreatgonzo

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Bill Golding played Rory.
He had the most amazing voice ever.
I think I fell in love with it when I was a toddler!

Is he the voice of auld Mr Brennan too?

[Deleted User]

RTÉ's Kevin - Ireland's "coolest kid".

Andrew Flexing

what was the name of his show on a sat morning?

Call Me Jimmy

Samantha Mumba times infinity

athtrasna

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Samantha Mumba times infinity

Saw her on a transatlantic flight a few years ago. Not only was she in economy but she was in the (loser) middle seat of the middle section :O

L1011

nc19 wrote: »

these people are celebrities????

Bibi was huge. Ditto Simon Young and Ciana Campbell in your second post. Are you very young?

topmanamillion

athtrasna wrote: »

Saw her on a transatlantic flight a few years ago. Not only was she in economy but she was in the (loser) middle seat of the middle section :O

She really was a one hit wonder. I was reading her Wiki there and its a very depressing read.
"On 23 October 2006, a compilation album, The Collection, was released. The album features songs from Gotta Tell You, B-Sides and two new tracks including her single "I'm Right Here". The singer sold just a handful of tickets for a highly publicised comeback concert in Dublin, which led to it being cancelled in February 2007.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Mumba[8][/URL]

darkdubh

nc19 wrote: »

genuinely never heard of any of them

You do realise this is All Things Retro?

George White

Andrew Flexing wrote: »

what was the name of his show on a sat morning?

Scratch Saturday...

Radio5

Theresa Lowe married Frank McNamara, the guy who played the piano on the Late Late in Gaybo's time. He was involved with the PD's at some stage, maybe ran for election for them. There was a feature on their family in the Sindo a few weeks back.

Cynthia Ni Mhurchu became a barrister and is still one as far as I know.

Bibi Baskin went to India and has been running a hotel there for many years.

Pat O'Mahony is an independent radio producer, you'd hear lots of his stuff on Doc on One on Radio One.

Carrie Crowley is an actress now, has been on a lot of things on TG4 over the years and was in FC lately.

Samantha Mumba was the next big thing in 2000's, I think she did really well in America where many other acts failed. Her songs weren't bad for the time. Maybe she was badly advised on the direction to take with her career or something bus she fairly sank without trace.

zetalambda

Brendan Kilkenny

xabi

Keith Barry, but unfortunately he re-appeared again, some kind of 'illusion'

daheff

FonE wrote: »

Simon Young
Ciana Campbell
Shauna Lowry
Cliona Ní Bhuachalla
Dave Heffernan

dunno bout the rest, but Dave Heffernan is a hooker now

(he plays rugby ya dirty minded degenerate)

http://coresports.ie/players/david-heffernan/

Maliboo Stacey

Radio5 wrote: »

Theresa Lowe married Frank McNamara, the guy who played the piano on the Late Late in Gaybo's time. He was involved with the PD's at some stage, maybe ran for election for them. There was a feature on their family in the Sindo a few weeks back.

"In 1997, Theresa left R.T.E to work as a Barrister at Dublin & Eastern Circuit courts. She specialises in Criminal practice and also covers personal injury. She continues to work as a Barrister to this day".

Can't post the URL but it's from The Daily Show page on RTE website (from 2012).

nc19

L1011 wrote:

Bibi was huge. Ditto Simon Young and Ciana Campbell in your second post. Are you very young?

no.

Probably more to do with me not being a mulchie!!!!

nc19

darkdubh wrote:

You do realise this is All Things Retro?

does that mean I should have heard of them or that I'm not allowed say I haven't?

crazygeryy

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Thelma is still famous but for something different now:
http://www.thelmamansfield.ie/

I think Derek Davis might be still on radio, not sure. He was interviewed last year after weight-loss surgery.

no no no youve got it all wrong. derek davis ATE thelma mansfield.

AnonoBoy

FonE wrote: »

Dave Heffernan

He's a producer now.

L1011

nc19 wrote: »

no.

Probably more to do with me not being a mulchie!!!!

Simon Young would have been known no matter where in the country you lived, ditto Bibi.

nc19

L1011 wrote:

Simon Young would have been known no matter where in the country you lived, ditto Bibi.

never heard of them

what were they known for

bc dub

I heard Bibi was involved with an unsavoury character who has since fled to America and is currently the subject of an extradition campaign to have him returned. While she done nothing wrong herself, it doesn't sound too odd that she decided to take a step back from the lime light.

L1011

nc19 wrote: »

never heard of them

what were they known for

Simon Young was a 2FM DJ

Bibi Baskin was a general-format TV presenter, who someone once expressed a desire to be buried balls-deep in.

tayto lover

George White wrote: »

Is his plastic-faced love doll with the false accent still about?

I heard she stayed out in the sun too long and melted.