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The most popular person in Ireland.

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    #212
    confusedguy1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 27 ✭confusedguy1


    More a popular couple than a person but I vote for Alan Hughes and Karl Broderick.

    Alan never fails to brighten up my mornings with his chirpy and, at times, boisterous humour.
    Karl's music is simply magic.

    They are the perfect couple in my eyes.


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    #213
    Motivator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,751 ✭✭✭Motivator


    confusedguy1 wrote: »
    More a popular couple than a person but I vote for Alan Hughes and Karl Broderick.

    Alan never fails to brighten up my mornings with his chirpy and, at times, boisterous humour.
    Karl's music is simply magic.

    They are the perfect couple in my eyes.

    Your username goes a long way to explaining your statement


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    #214
    confusedguy1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 27 ✭confusedguy1


    Motivator wrote: »
    Your username goes a long way to explaining your statement

    Sorry, couldn't resist including those creatures to gauge a reaction. ;-)


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    #215
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    The short list ...in no particular order.

    Michael D.Hig
    Bono Hewson
    Brendan O'Carroll

    select one.


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    #216
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Looking at it objectively it has to be Conor McGregor.

    He's a world champion in a sport that's among the most popular among the U40 age bracket.

    He could cause a frenzy in a club or town if he stops by(See Galway before he went to Vegas a few months back).

    He might not be the most respected, but he's definitely the most famous and would find it hard to go anywhere without fans looking for pics etc unlike most other Irish.

    I guess Bono would be a close second, I don't know would he have people hassling him as much but he'd draw attention.

    Fassbender would be up there too, a top of the tree Hollywood actor... Would probably run Conor close.


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    #217
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,290 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    gilberto_eire wrote: »
    Looking at it objectively it has to be Conor McGregor.

    He's a world champion in a sport that's among the most popular among the U40 age bracket.

    He could cause a frenzy in a club or town if he stops by(See Galway before he went to Vegas a few months back).

    He might not be the most respected, but he's definitely the most famous and would find it hard to go anywhere without fans looking for pics etc unlike most other Irish.

    I guess Bono would be a close second, I don't know would he have people hassling him as much but he'd draw attention.

    Fassbender would be up there too, a top of the tree Hollywood actor... Would probably run Conor close.

    kill me now


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    #218
    bottlebrush
    Registered Users Posts: 8,192 ✭✭✭bottlebrush


    Aidan Turner will be very popular in my house when poldark returns to our screens on Sunday night


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    #219
    Lt Dan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭Lt Dan


    The YOPPA wrote: »
    I don't remember anyone asking for a history/political lesson.

    This thread was to suggest popular people in Ireland...maybe we should discuss in depth every 'nominated' person on here?

    "Toddle along" :)

    Why do you bother coming onto discussion forums? If you want to go and have your say, highlight your ignorance, there is always an avenue for people like you, it is called the comment section on Youtube.

    I was discussing, with another poster, the apparent merits of Twee's popularity. That poster brought up his conduct during the Presidential race. He was not impressed, I explained why he did nothing wrong. Another poster raised the point that Twee got over a million votes. That poster neglected to point out how Twee managed to do that.

    You do not wish to discuss the matter in more depth, fine , jog off to Youtube. You do not have to read it. But if you are going to come in with a point, you are going to get called out on your bs

    Do not come on here suggesting what is relevant and not. You clearly are not qualified to do so. As already mentioned about, what was discussed was pretty relevant.Hardly a history lesson either since, it was only a few years ago. Someone suggested a politician (Twee), and make a statement that the "struggle to understand how anyone would have a bad word to say..." (and definitely have no clout about politics), do not be surprised if politics gets discussed briefly

    Go on, the children's section might be more suitable for you


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    #220
    Lt Dan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭Lt Dan


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Michael D Higgins was born during World War Two. Lloyd George and Kaiser Bill were still alive & kicking when Michael D was entered the world. Back then, academics and men in public life were expected to speak a particular way.

    Just look at newscasts from the 1960s, or right up to the 1980s. Plenty of people spoke in a type of Hiberno-RP, perhaps even your own grandparents did. You still hear that way of speaking among some elderly people (as, despite his energy and politics, Michael D is, too).

    Michael D is very much a product of that time, but his progressive views certainly are not, and that is what matters.

    And by the way, Michael D is in no way reluctant to talk about his humble upbringing. He references it repeatedly in his poetry and public speech, sometimes celebrating it, sometimes using it to expose the evils of poverty; but always with brutal honesty. Anyone accusing Michael D of affectation might have heard his voice, but has seemingly never listened to him.

    Spot on

    I have no time for what one expects a person to be and how they should conform with stereotypes . Ie Socialist and working class= cranky, inarticulate, dirt poor but intelligent , bitter .................... (well, most are) Frankly, I am all for people who know better, to stop dumbing themselves down by the way they talk or act. You compare Brian Lenihan Senior and Junior. Brian Senior was seen to many as a loveable and loyal politician. A bit a of clown (entertainer) someone who did not take themselves too seriously. They forgot that he was a damn good politician with a brain. He was a very good Foreign Affairs Minister, when that role was important. Brian Junior had no interest dumbing himself down, he would even quote Shakespehere in the Dáil. The difference is, when Brian Senior threw a funny antiode , people were laughing and slapping the back, when Junior highlighted his intelligence people were pulling faces and going Wtf?

    But the other poster made a fair point about the bs that Twee comes out with and the lack of following it up or being expected to do so. There most certainly is, among the arts luvies , an unquestionable gra for Mickey D. I think he is a spoofer. A complete champagne socialist. Likeable all the same. But do not be fooled by that cuddly side to him. He has not been a politician of over 40 years and learned nothing in the dark arts (they all have to)


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    #221
    The YOPPA
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭The YOPPA


    Lt Dan wrote:
    Why do you bother coming onto discussion forums? If you want to go and have your say, highlight your ignorance, there is always an avenue for people like you, it is called the comment section on Youtube.


    I did have my say....you just didn't like it.


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    #222
    pudzey101
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    Michael D or McGregor


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    #223
    hairyslug
    Registered Users Posts: 2,589 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    what about Damien Duff, Ive never heard anyone say a bad word about him


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    #224
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Is Michael D Higgins popular? :confused:


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    #225
    MeatTwoVeg
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    gilberto_eire wrote:
    Looking at it objectively it has to be Conor McGregor.


    And I've stopped reading.


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    #226
    [Deleted User]
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    Many people have said Katie Taylor and while I'm sure most lads would like to give her a hug and some more, as a completely random stranger and a father of girls my heart went out to her there after that fight in the Olympics. I just wanted to give her a huge hug when watching her interview afterwards alluding to the very tough year she has had in personal terms. She was so dignified even though it was clear she wanted to get away from the camera. Although I wouldn't be religious myself, I also have huge meas for her independence of mind and character on that issue.

    She just seems so real and down-to-earth amid her clearly huge sense of ambition and motivation. I hope she has a successful and happy career and life after boxing. I can't see her having the duplicitousness to become a career politician, but I could easily see her getting elected in any constituency if she chose to stand.


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    #227
    Lt Dan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭Lt Dan


    The YOPPA wrote: »
    I did have my say....you just didn't like it.

    No , all you did was assume the role of a moderator, one that clearly would not know what is relevant or not if it smacked them in the face. Don't worry , even many of the actual mods suffer from that problem. Powa goes to their head. You got called out for it.


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    #228
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    Colin Farrell


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    #229
    Water John
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    Just see Phil Hogan on the News. Maybe we should open a separate thread on the most disliked person in Ireland.


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    #230
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    Water John wrote: »
    Just see Phil Hogan on the News. Maybe we should open a separate thread on the most disliked person in Ireland.

    Hardly a soul there to meet him.


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    #231
    Lt Dan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭Lt Dan


    Water John wrote: »
    Just see Phil Hogan on the News. Maybe we should open a separate thread on the most disliked person in Ireland.

    That would be most people, even people in this list, who will be mentioned in your thread

    Funny enough, there would be arguments as to whether person x is remotely in the "most disliked person in Ireland" category

    Would such a list be allowed? A lot of Snow Flakes would be angry. We can't let them get angry:D


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    #232
    nice_guy80
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    Fassbender?


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