Nice and not so nice famous people that you have either met or heard stories about

Don Conroy.

Drew me a class picture of a seal.

I don't think I have actually met anybody "famous, well not compared to the previous comments. Considering they are all Irish, but one (and he is Irish descendant I believe)

Walking down Grafton Street, my friend and I noticed Gabriel Byrne, I said something along the lines of "Hey, there's Gaybriel Byrne" to my friend, not very loud or anything, but he heard me and just glared at us. Not sure if he is nice or not, but he was wearing a very nice coat.

Played football with Damien Duff when we were all kids (He lived in Moyville in Ballyboden). He was a couple of years older than me so he was considered a "large fry", he was very good and also very humble I thought, a quiet lad. A couple of the older lads gave him shít because he had all the gear (irish kit) and most of use barely had a pair of boots, some lucky sod would have shin guards :P Nice bloke.

Met Gay Byrne on the Dart one evening after work. Nobody really bothered him but he did pose for what was supposedly a stealth photo by another commuter. There were some smiles exchanged regarding that incident :P Seemed incredibly nice, talking to the wife about normal every day stuff.

Marty Whelan lived up the road from us too (in Ballyboden). Mad as a hatter that lad. Said hi to everybody, even when he was "famous". Imagine that... :P

Met Mark Coyle a couple of times. Producer of Oasis and involved with Super Furry Animals I believe. The nicest bloke you'll ever meet. A very normal, down to earth, everyday guy. Incredibly humble.

Met Rosanna Davidson through a friend at a birthday bash. She's a very nice person, from reading threads here (when she popped up) I thought she was going to be a battle axe, but not at all. She an absolute stunner in the flesh too. Wow...

At the Chinese circus in the Rds back in 1994 ,I met Bono his wife and children, all very nice and very happy talking away with everyone around them, still have the autograph :-) met the dubliners, fury brothers, Wolfe tones and lots of that type years ago on many occasions, it all seemed simpler then, and yes they were celebrities in them days.

kingtiger wrote: »

Nick Faldo, met the egotistical prick a few times over the years

just the way he treated people makes my blood boil

the good

Robert Plant, met him in Freebird records in Dublin, I was looking at a Muddy Waters album and heard a whisper behind me "buy it"

Spoke to him for a good 20 mins, sound lad and very welcoming

Did you? (Buy it)

ShiftStorm wrote: »

.. Glen Hansard doesn't deserve the shtick he gets IMO.

Not even 1% of it..

Met / drank with him many times down the years, from the early 90s and on, and he has to be one of the nicest chaps I have ever met, but yet, there's this absolute nonsense going around that he's a royal dickhead. I've heard it said of him more even than I've heard it said of Bono. It's almost like an urban myth at this stage. Some guy actually stopped a gig in Vicar St last year to hurl abuse at him. It was a quiet enough song and so there was no ignoring him. The band stopped and Glen said let him speak. Well the guy just starting ranting and roaring about how Hansard was a boring bastard and few other things. He got fcuked out eventually but around 90 minutes later, well past midnight (unheard of length of an encore for Vicar St) Glen suddenly goes really quiet and starts saying that he feels bad for the the guy that got thrown out cause he was only saying what he thought. That's what he's like. Even though that this arse hat was a thundering cnut, who thought nothing of ruining a show for everyone just so he could have his drunken say, Glen was still yet bothered by it.

The whole of The Frames are sound actually. They do a lot of charity work and also a lot of stuff for people that you wouldn't really hear too much about unless you knew the people personally, helping fans of theirs with medical costs through illnesses etc.

Bless and lucky enough to have shaken hands with Al Pacino a few years back. Was recorded but I wiped the damn memory card. Brendan Gleeson is sound. Briefly met him to do with work and witnessed him being approached by many many people and he was sound to them all. Cracking jokes and engaging with all of them. Martin Sheen, Emilo Estevez same. Tbh any I have met or witnessed engaging with strangers have been sound.. bar one or two. Tarnatino was a bit off but that's to be expected. He sound in that he gives groups of people his undivided attention, but otherwise he can be harsh with people. Seen a few ask for autographs at a screening and he never answered them, but on the other hand he skipped the Late Late Show so he could stay and watch the screening with the crowd.

Biggest twatish behavior I've witnessed was a certain boxer from Dublin (Dunne) that had his 15 mins awhile back and right around that time was openly rude to people right in front of them. Talking about them as if they weren't there. When he left in a limo people around were all laughing at what a knob he was. Maybe he was just having off day. Happens I guess.