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Are there any universally loved Irish people

  • 05-09-2020 9:39pm
    #1
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Are there any Irish people who are loved by everybody, or practically everybody anyway?
    The only 1 I can think of to even come close to it is Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
    Any others?


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  • #2
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Are there any Irish people who are loved by everybody, or practically everybody anyway?
    The only 1 I can think of to even come close to it is Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
    Any others?

    My opinion of him went down when he failed to laugh off the ludicrous suggestion that he could run for the presidency. Bit self-important.


  • #3
    I see sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭I see sheep


    Paul Mcgrath


  • #4
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    I don't think there's anyone in the world that is universally loved.


  • #5
    Man with broke phone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭Man with broke phone


    Niall Quinn.

    Dennis Irwin


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mother Teresa


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  • #7
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Man with broke phone wrote: »
    Niall Quinn.

    https://twitter.com/NoContextDunphy/status/1198231856677838848


  • #8
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    John Creedon seems to be very popular.

    Shane Lowry as well.


  • #9
    Loveinapril
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Loveinapril


    Imelda May seems pretty sound. I don't know anyone who doesn't like her.


  • #10
    Bullocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Bullocks


    Luke Kelly


  • #11
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh?

    Can't stand him, not a GAA head so find his bogger warbling very annoying.


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  • #12
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Packie Bonnar. Never heard anything bad about him.

    Larry Gogan.

    Katie Taylor

    Maybe Bill O Herlihy.

    My favourite but not sure what others think Brendan Grace


  • #13
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Loveinapril wrote: »
    Imelda May seems pretty sound. I don't know anyone who doesn't like her.

    She's a woman though, so you can be guaranteed there'll be lads on Boards who don't like her.


  • #14
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Are there any Irish people who are loved by everybody, or practically everybody anyway?
    The only 1 I can think of to even come close to it is Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
    Any others?

    Not to be cantankerous but I don't like him. Don't know him personally, am basing it on his public persona.


  • #15
    Notmything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Notmything


    Mr. Feg, Oh how we miss him


  • #16
    HartsHat
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭HartsHat


    TK Whitaker.


  • #17
    interlocked
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 503 ✭✭✭interlocked


    John Sheehan


  • #18
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    In the sporting arena...Joe Schmidt seems to be a likeable sort?


  • #19
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    interlocked wrote: »
    John Sheehan

    Good call. I second that.


  • #20
    StevenToast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Enda Kenny was loved by all

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



  • #21
    JoeA3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,450 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    KaneToad wrote: »
    In the sporting arena...Joe Schmidt seems to be a likeable sort?

    He’s a Kiwi.

    I think he lost a lot on his bandwagon after the last World Cup performance.


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  • #22
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,153 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Vicky Phelan . Deservedly loved by everyone


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    StevenToast wrote: »
    Enda Kenny was loved by all

    Especially Travellers after he designated the rest of us as "racist". The great liberator from responsibility.


  • #24
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Colm Meaney.


  • #25
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    .anon. wrote: »
    She's a woman though, so you can be guaranteed there'll be lads on Boards who don't like her.
    Women are people but I know what your saying and your dead right. I lived abroad for a fair while and I never got this your from there or vice versa. We do have our traits but in general all countries behave the same. Some people are sound and some are not so sound. That's life and we deal with it.


  • #26
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,495 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Mother Teresa
    She was Albanian, afaik.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #27
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    I see sheep wrote: »
    Paul Mcgrath

    You mean God?


  • #28
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    StevenToast wrote: »
    Enda Kenny was loved by all

    Not I.


  • #29
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Esel wrote: »
    She was Albanian, afaik.

    She was also no saint. Apart from literally.


  • #30
    Upforthematch
    Registered Users Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭Upforthematch


    Diarmaid Ferriter, Anne Doyle, Ardal O'Hanlon, Celine Byrne


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  • #31
    soiseztomabel
    Registered Users Posts: 401 ✭✭soiseztomabel


    Colm Meeney


  • #32
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    Upforthematch wrote: »
    Diarmaid Ferriter, Anne Doyle, Ardal O'Hanlon, Celine Byrne

    Ferriter is a bore. Arrogant too. Not even the best historian in UCD - not by a long shot.


  • #33
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Katie Taylor

    I can’t stand her. The voice and the holy joe ****e.


  • #34
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Sir Robert Walpole


  • #35
    StackSteevens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭StackSteevens


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Are there any Irish people who are loved by everybody, or practically everybody anyway?
    The only 1 I can think of to even come close to it is Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
    Any others?

    Two pals of mine was taught by him in O'Connell Schools many years ago - and they always maintained that he was a nasty teacher (in fairness, they were diehard soccer players and, according to them, MO'M absolutely hated soccer!)

    He's a huge greyhound fan too and I don't have much time for the greyhound racing/coursing fraternity.


  • #36
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    Is Michael D. Higgins not rather well regarded?


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  • #37
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Packie Bonnar. Never heard anything bad about him.

    Larry Gogan.

    Katie Taylor

    Maybe Bill O Herlihy.

    My favourite but not sure what others think Brendan Grace

    It's well known that Bonnar is a prick.


  • #38
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Is Michael D. Higgins not rather well regarded?

    Dunno about him.....but I reckon his dogs are universally loved...


  • #39
    StackSteevens
    Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭StackSteevens


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Is Michael D. Higgins not rather well regarded?

    Well, he certainly thinks very highly of himself.


  • #40
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,480 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Dermot Morgan seemed well regarded by all.


  • #41
    Sac O Spuds
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Sac O Spuds


    I'd nominate Enya. Not one for the limelight and her music has a nice quality. Have never heard anyone complaining about her. Not here even so that's saying something.


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  • #42
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,512 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Mike Murphy.


  • #43
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Sac O Spuds wrote: »
    I'd nominate Enya. Not one for the limelight and her music has a nice quality. Have never heard anyone complaining about her. Not here even so that's saying something.

    But she's a woman so she doesn't count apparently :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


  • #44
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Julio Famous Armpit wrote: »
    I can’t stand her. The voice and the holy joe ****e.

    Is there a list of acceptable accents before we look at achievements such as Olympic gold medal and undisputed champion of the world holding all belts, never done by anyone. And even though I hate religion, I never formed an opinion based on someone having a personal faith.


  • #45
    boardise
    Registered Users Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭boardise


    Seamus Heaney.


  • #46
    ExMachina1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭ExMachina1000


    Conor McGregor


  • #47
    JasonStatham
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭JasonStatham


    There's too much begrudgery out there for that. Sorry.


  • #48
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Is Michael D. Higgins not rather well regarded?

    Mostly, but there's a cohort of people who really don't like him - they're usually the kind of people who'd use his height and voice against him. Cunts, essentially.


  • #49
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    James Corden


  • #50
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,099 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    John Hume.


  • #51
    bureau2009
    Registered Users Posts: 637 ✭✭✭bureau2009


    Dr Tony Holohan.


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