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The most popular person in Ireland.

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  • #52
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Fruhstuck wrote: »
    Conor McGregor is possibly Ireland's most talented athlete of all time. I would have him on a similar level to Muhammad Ali.

    What has this thread for to do with talent?

    Fcuk me...


  • #53
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Fruhstuck wrote: »
    Conor McGregor is possibly Ireland's most talented athlete of all time. I would have him on a similar level to Muhammad Ali.

    Ah here, that McGregor chap isn't fit to be even mentioned in the same sentence as Ali.

    But seeing as the great man had roots in Ennis he's a good shout for being the winner of this particular contest.


  • #54
    BuilderPlumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭BuilderPlumber


    Tubridy of course!


  • #55
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,309 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    mfceiling wrote: »
    The Viper

    /thread

    Never knew House Martell was Irish.


  • #56
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Motivator wrote: »
    Padraig Harrington surely must be number 1 in sporting terms.

    Ach, Paudge is a great to be sure, but a minor great in the greater sphere of things.

    The ability of His Bodness to warp the fabric of space time, create, innovate, in the smallest fraction of a second, something new and unimagined by mere mortals, yet so perfect, and of such artistry, that one can only gasp in awe, and worship the ground he walks on, mark him out of being from an entirely different plane of existence.
    He will remain the most popular person in Ireland for as long as there is an Ireland.


  • #57
    jose_doyle
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭jose_doyle


    retalivity wrote: »
    Nope, from having to deal with him a number of times in the service industry a number of years back. Not a nice guy.

    my sister works in tv production and has worked with countless well known personalities , her description of BOD

    real gent

    this from a woman who hates rugby with a passion

    she has also worked with george hook several times , despises him


  • #58
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,497 ✭✭✭cml387


    It would be great if people could at least give reason for their nomination, rather that spit out "ENDA" (got no likes by the way).

    I would suggest a man who:

    wrote for The Fast Show, Alan Partridge, Big Train
    creator of Fr. Ted,The IT Crowd, Black Books

    Ireland greatest ever comedy writer I give you:

    Brendan O' Carroll

    SORRY!!!!

    Graham Linehan


  • #59
    jose_doyle
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭jose_doyle


    my nominee for most popular person in ireland

    mary kennedy


  • #60
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,784 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    This. Enormously respected. In terms of both popularity and influence he was truly incomparable. The 1973 Sunningdale, 1985 A-I Agreement, the 1998 GFA, fair employment legislation/McBride Principles/Sullivan Principles and of course the Peace Process - it is John Hume who pushed all these despite a sustained campaign against him by Independent Newspapers for years because he talked with Gerry Adams. Nobody else had the popular support among all sections of nationalist opinion. His word and judgement was trusted in Washington and Dublin about republican intentions.

    He has not been well for years now and when his time comes is certain to have the largest funeral in our living memory.

    A little too cosy with the Shinners for my liking.

    I always thought his colleague Seamus Mallon had a little more integrity about him, but wasn't really into schmoozing with millionaire rock stars all that much.


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  • #61
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    A little too cosy with the Shinners for my liking.

    I always thought his colleague Seamus Mallon had a little more integrity about him, but wasn't really into schmoozing with millionaire rock stars all that much.

    Well Hume realised without the shinners peace was impossible so integrity is great but politics is about finding solutions to problems.


  • #62
    bur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭bur


    Michael Fassbender.


  • #63
    R P McMurphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭R P McMurphy


    Gerald Keane: women want to be him and men want to be with him, a real class act


  • #64
    Micky8728
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭Micky8728


    Conor McGregor


  • #65
    Micky8728
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭Micky8728


    Conor McGregor


  • #66
    Giacomo McGubbin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Giacomo McGubbin


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    A little too cosy with the Shinners for my liking.

    I always thought his colleague Seamus Mallon had a little more integrity about him, but wasn't really into schmoozing with millionaire rock stars all that much.

    Your ignorance of Hume is astounding.


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  • #67
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Fruhstuck wrote: »
    Conor McGregor is possibly Ireland's most talented athlete of all time. I would have him on a similar level to Muhammad Ali.

    Good Lord.

    I think someone doesn't really get Ali's legacy...


  • #68
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Liam O wrote: »
    Probably our only (somewhat) world champion mainstream sports star. That being McGregor.

    Seamus, the wrestling guy.

    Though neither are actually in sport. More...entertainment...


  • #69
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,497 ✭✭✭cml387


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Good Lord.

    I think someone doesn't really get Ali's legacy...

    That annoyingly smelly piece of dogsh!t that's stuck to your shoe that you just can't clean off...that's Colm McGregor.


  • #70
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    cml387 wrote: »
    That annoyingly smelly piece of dogsh!t that's stuck to your shoe that you just can't clean off...that's Colm McGregor.

    Conor's brother?


  • #71
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Joanne O'Riordan.

    She must be the most inspirational public figure anyway.

    She can also be very annoying.


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  • #72
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Peter McVerry SJ must be the most respected - the word "popular" seems out of place - advocate for social justice in Ireland during the past few decades. Amid the huge role the Jesuits have in providing education to the privileged in Ireland, it is refreshing that there is that one single Jesuit who is helping Dublin's poor.

    Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh - has anybody ever heard a bad word about that much-loved man? An absolute gentleman, a scholar and a wordsmith who makes poetry out of sports commentary. 86 years old and still regaling us.


  • #73
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    Marty Morrissey


  • #74
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    Bill o herlihy

    We'll leave the thread there so..


  • #75
    irishfeen
    Registered Users Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    Michael D. Higgins by a landslide I would think, certainly the most popular politician in modern times .. Very rare if ever I have found someone who dislikes the man.


  • #76
    thesultan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,700 ✭✭✭thesultan


    Shefflin


  • #77
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    She can also be very annoying.

    I disagree...but I can kinda see what you mean. She's very upbeat...but she is still very young.


  • #78
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Daniel o Donnell :D


  • #79
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    cml387 wrote: »
    That annoyingly smelly piece of dogsh!t that's stuck to your shoe that you just can't clean off...that's Conor McGregor.

    The nasty pice of chewing gum that sticks to your arse on the bus, that's Conor Mc Gregor!


  • #80
    The YOPPA
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭The YOPPA


    How about, the one & only...

    Oooh aaah...

    see, I don't even have to type his name!!


  • #81
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Francis Brennan must be up there and though I'm not a fan, many are, what about Miriam?


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  • #82
    jose_doyle
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭jose_doyle


    irishfeen wrote: »
    Michael D. Higgins by a landslide I would think, certainly the most popular politician in modern times .. Very rare if ever I have found someone who dislikes the man.

    i cant stand him and know plenty who share my view , he is the quintesential champagne socialist


  • #83
    Moo Moo Land
    Closed Accounts Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Moo Moo Land


    Michael Lyster


  • #84
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,424 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    John Hume, on the 26 county side of Ireland anyway and half the North.

    A real hero in my opinion. I wish all our politicians had his grace


  • #85
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Hitler.


  • #86
    Flippyfloppy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭Flippyfloppy


    Graham norton




    Or



    Liam Neeson




    Or actually Katie Taylor




    No wait, Roy Keane


    Or your man from bridesmaids who wrote moon boy


  • #87
    LorMal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭LorMal


    irishfeen wrote: »
    Michael D. Higgins by a landslide I would think, certainly the most popular politician in modern times .. Very rare if ever I have found someone who dislikes the man.

    He's a boring, sanctimonious, pseudo windbag. How's that.


  • #88
    LorMal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,372 ✭✭✭LorMal


    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    Francis Brennan must be up there and though I'm not a fan, many are, what about Miriam?

    Who is Francis Brennan?


  • #89
    EICVD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭EICVD


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    The Notorious.

    F*** him, & the 2 rugger buggers in the OP


  • #90
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,228 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Dermot Morgan.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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  • #91
    captbarnacles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭captbarnacles


    Flippyfloppy wrote: »
    Graham norton




    Or



    Liam Neeson




    Or actually Katie Taylor




    No wait, Roy Keane


    Or your man from bridesmaids who wrote moon boy

    I like none of those people :,


  • #92
    Stealthfins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Stealthfins


    The Leprechaun.


  • #93
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Paul McGrath.


  • #94
    Patser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,084 ✭✭✭Patser


    Ann Doyle
    Jean Byrne
    Larry Mullen.


  • #95
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Paul O'Connell or Brian O'Driscoll


  • #96
    EICVD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭EICVD


    There's no answer to this!


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  • #97
    Yer Aul One
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Yer Aul One


    Barry McGuigan was always fairly well liked.

    But Bill O'Herlihy for me, miss him greatly!


  • #98
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,463 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I think leinster fans greatly over estimate the popularity of o driscoll.
    He really is a hateful yoke with that permanent smirk that shouts ' I'm superior to everyone here'. A close friend also rented a property he owned. While he didn't meet him personally, they were tighter than a ducks arse in dealing with maintenance etc.
    Most popular person in Ireland. He is not the most popular person in his own house.


  • #99
    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    Yer ma is the most popular person in Ireland.


  • #100
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    Ah here it's got to be Ronnie Drew or Luke Kelly from Dubalin in the rare auld times.


  • #101
    Liam O
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,344 ✭✭✭✭Liam O


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Seamus, the wrestling guy.

    Though neither are actually in sport. More...entertainment...

    Actually Ireland's world champion WWE guy the majority of people haven't heard of. This guy:

    Cqbgj4PUEAAujBe.jpg

    To not call what McGregor does a sport is a decent attempt at a wind up but too obvious.


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