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Famous Sligo People
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magnumlady wrote: »Does Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones live in or around Sligo, coz I'm sure I saw him today.
You can put him in the "famous people who've been to Sligo" category.
He lives in Kildare, so he could well be here on a visit - where'd you see him?
(edit) Speaking of Ronnie Woods, I found this on Tabby's Wikipedia;
"In 2005 Tabby performed at the world famous home of The Beatles - The Cavern in Liverpool, England. During the gig Tabby kicked off his boots half way through the gig in order to play in his bare feet, which is Callaghan's trademark; however, his boots were taken from the stage by a fan. The Cavern Club management then provided Tabby had an old pair of boots in their office which had been left behind by Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones."
So maybe Woods is here, looking for his boots back!
However, the following paragraph on the same page, makes me doubt the validity of anything that might be true...
"Some time in 2007 Tabby's brother was in McGarrigles pub on O'Connell St in Sligo town. During the night he used the one and only toilet cubicle - the resulting unflushed, sloppy dump was described as "inhuman"."0 -
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Thats classic!Im pretty sure Jack Yeats was!?
Conor O'Farrell aka Kid Sligo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFMRqdEL24
Is there a reason he sounds like a Cavan man? :eek::D0 -
Conor Mark Cavanagh another RTE journalist is from Sligo. Dunno if he is that famous yet....
What about Jack B Yeats the painter or are the Dublin crew claiming all the family.
Jack B Yeats was born in London. His father, John, was born in Down & his brother William, in Dublin.
So why is Sligo called Yeats Country? If it's to do with birthplaces, maybe it should be called something else... like Westlife Country.:):) 0 -
starbelgrade wrote: »Jack B Yeats was born in London. His father, John, was born in Down & his brother William, in Dublin.
So why is Sligo called Yeats Country? If it's to do with birthplaces, maybe it should be called something else... like Westlife Country.:):)
Cos he spent his summers here and was inspired by Lough Gill, Lissadell etc.0 -
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starbelgrade wrote: »I was being sarcastic.
You wern't being sarcastic. You were continuing your never-ending smug "Yeats is from Dublin" monologue. It got boring a few weeks ago.
We know he's from Dublin. We know your from Dublin. We know you would like to surprise people by pointing out Yeats isn't in fact from Sligo.
Sligo is known as Yeats' County because of Yeats' love for Sligo.
I somehow doubt you will be remembered the for the same. (just to take the sting out) 0 -
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You wern't being sarcastic. You were continuing your never-ending smug "Yeats is from Dublin" monologue. It got boring a few weeks ago.
We know he's from Dublin. We know your from Dublin. We know you would like to surprise people by pointing out Yeats isn't in fact from Sligo.
Sligo is known as Yeats' County because of Yeats' love for Sligo.
I somehow doubt you will be remembered the for the same. (just to take the sting out)
Some people didn't know he was born in Dublin (see start of thread) while others didn't know his brother or father were also not born in Sligo.
Personally, I couldn't give a toss... I just find it amusing to rib about the fact that out of all the people born in Sligo, the county's is named after a Dub (Or a Dublin born) instead of, for example, Marc Mac Sharry Country.
It's called taking the p*ss, in the same way that Xiney says "They don't call Dublin "Yeats County". I call it all sorts of things (a kip, for example) but not that".
It's ribbing in a light-hearted way, the same way I listed Marc Mac Sharry in the famous list & said that you can keep the Dub from Westlife.
If you want to take exception to this, that's your call, but I think most have taken it in the manner it was intended.
:cool::pac::p:D:mad: (just to take the sting out) 0 -
starbelgrade wrote: »Some people didn't know he was born in Dublin (see start of thread) while others didn't know his brother or father were also not born in Sligo.
Personally, I couldn't give a toss... I just find it amusing to rib about the fact that out of all the people born in Sligo, the county's is named after a Dub (Or a Dublin born) instead of, for example, Marc Mac Sharry Country.
It's called taking the p*ss, in the same way that Xiney says "They don't call Dublin "Yeats County". I call it all sorts of things (a kip, for example) but not that".
It's ribbing in a light-hearted way, the same way I listed Marc Mac Sharry in the famous list & said that you can keep the Dub from Westlife.
If you want to take exception to this, that's your call, but I think most have taken it in the manner it was intended.:cool::pac::p:D:mad: (just to take the sting out)
Touche.
Will you shut up about it now though? 0 -
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pappyodaniel wrote: »I suppose this guy's famous now,a stand-up comedian who does a stint on The Savage Eye and he is now a team-member on RTE's The Panel.
Oh and his name is John Colleary
Didn't he MC at the comedy gigs in the Niland? Fair play to him, he was good at getting the crowd going.0 -
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pappyodaniel wrote: »I suppose this guy's famous now,a stand-up comedian who does a stint on The Savage Eye and he is now a team-member on RTE's The Panel.
Oh and his name is John Colleary
he looks like raf cretaro0 -
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