Famous Irish person

McGregor if you are under the age of 25 and into that rubbish.

A few years ago a guy over here (England) went on about McGregor to me and I genuinely had no idea who he was on about.

Homelander wrote: »

McGregor has completely transcended the sport he's in and is just a global name/brand. Bit like Ronaldo in Soccer, or the way Schumacher was in F1, Tiger Woods in golf, etc.

When people that become that big, they generally cross all borders, age brackets and interest groups. People generally know of them, even if they've no interest in the sport in which they compete.

There are very few 70 years old who don't know who Conor McGregor is, even if they've never watched him fight, or have no interest in ever doing so, because he's just such commanded such a global reach now.

No-one has to like him but he's easily the most famous Irish people on the planet at the moment, even if the height of his fame stems from infamy rather than achievements.

People tend to often get irritated when McGregor is mentioned, as if his perceived lack of worthiness in having achieved that fame renders it invalid, but it doesn't.

Like really, making claims like Robbie Keane being the most famous Irish man in the world are plain absurd.

Bull****, if he was another nationality, very few in Ireland would even know who he is. Up there with Ronaldo and Tiger Woods?? :pac::pac::pac:

Homelander wrote: »

McGregor has completely transcended the sport he's in and is just a global name/brand. Bit like Ronaldo in Soccer, or the way Schumacher was in F1, Tiger Woods in golf, etc.

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A few people I can think of that have transcended their sport (relatively recent):-

- Roger Federer
- Le Bron James (maybe)
- Messi & Ronaldo
- Tiger Woods
- Venus Williams
- Usain Bolt

Conor McTapper ain't on my list personally.

I completely agree and he has global reach like no other MMA fighter's ever had before, which he's deliberately cultivated since day one.

He's a bit like the "Hulk Hogan" of the MMA world - a face that even people who have zero interest or, or any knowledge of, MMA, recognize and associate with it.

You could mention pretty much any current UFC division champion to a room of average, off-the-street people and they wouldn't know who you were talking about in most cases.

99% of people on the street in Ireland know who McGregor is. Most people in the world have heard of McGregor. Particularly in North America, South America, and Europe, he's extremely well known, but he's well known globally.

Claims of "he's not known by people over 25" or "if he wasn't Irish we'd never have heard of him" are just really strange manifestations of such blind hatred for the man that they can't accept facts.

You see the usual guff over on the MMA forum from certain posters as well - he's a big fraud, crap fighter, his record of 22-4 with 19 KO's is all fake, etc.

They'll perform olympic level mental gymnastics to discredit the man. Like, fine, he's a massive tool, but facts are facts.

Homelander wrote: »

You don't have to like him, but to actually pretend like he's not globally well known is just farcical.

It's actually a weird form of delusion to be honest.

Boxing match with Floyd Mayweather 2nd highest PPV of all-time, his various scandals were carried on news-desks all over the world, but sure, no-one's really heard of him.



To be honest I'm not claiming he'll have a lasting legacy or continue to be famous, more in this moment of time he's certainly up there.

Nothing to do with not liking him tbh, hey maybe im wrong on this score and he is widely known globally but comparing him to Ronaldo and Woods, come on?

Deleted User wrote: »

LeBron - No chance. I'd wager that if you asked everyone on the planet more people would know McGregor.
Venus - Serena is way more famous.

Maybe I meant Serena- the more famous one anyway.

FVP3 wrote: »

U2 arent that famous anymore. So not Bono. Probably in terms of total countries in the world who know his name, McGregor might be there.

Eoin Morgan is known by billions.

Who?

Henry Sellers.

He made the BBC

I'd agree with a previous poster and say Enya must be up there. I'm not into her spooky warbling but she is one of the best selling musical artists of all time.

Michael O’Leary

Shane Macgowan

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Golf is huge in the US, China, Japan etc. And McIlroy is the world no 1 player. Extremely well known.

It's not huge in China though, but I suppose he wouldn't be a bad shout given that he's the number one in the world at his sport, so I'd say most sports fans would have at least been familiar with the name.

Bono and U2 are generally not well known in Asia. I'd say Ronan Keating is better known to be honest and that Niall ? fellow who is a singer.

ewc78 wrote: »

She died about 30 years ago when I was 10.

Well then ask Google.

Homelander wrote: »

McGregor has completely transcended the sport he's in and is just a global name/brand. Bit like Ronaldo in Soccer, or the way Schumacher was in F1, Tiger Woods in golf, etc.

When people that become that big, they generally cross all borders, age brackets and interest groups. People generally know of them, even if they've no interest in the sport in which they compete.

There are very few 70 years old who don't know who Conor McGregor is, even if they've never watched him fight, or have no interest in ever doing so, because he's just such commanded such a global reach now.

No-one has to like him but he's easily the most famous Irish people on the planet at the moment, even if the height of his fame stems from infamy rather than achievements.

People tend to often get irritated when McGregor is mentioned, as if his perceived lack of worthiness in having achieved that fame renders it invalid, but it doesn't.

Like really, making claims like Robbie Keane being the most famous Irish man in the world are plain absurd.

People get irritated when that bloke is mentioned because a lot of people don’t really like him. They see him as quite arrogant, quick to criticize others but slow to acknowledge his own failings. He is constantly seeking the camera and a microphone to spout off about anything... he’s been extremely successful in his sport, but weekly he is just spouting off about people, situations he doesn't like, people he doesn’t agree with. Most intelligent people just find that boring. To be honest, it looks like somebody should take away his iPad and give him the number of a psychologist. If he pops up on tv unless it’s in relation to MMA which even I’ve only a mildish interest in I’m just changing the channel.

I wouldn’t knock him for his success, in sport, in business but the whole attitude and side show is just meh...

Being famous isn’t an achievement... usually it’s a bi-product of success, not always, but usually... it’s often too a bi-product of being ‘notorious’.

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Topically probably McGregor, but year on year it's probably Daniel o Donnell. Lot of posters saying Arthur Guinness but I think he was English.

Arthur Guinness was born in Kildare, also found out he had 21 kids!

FVP3 wrote: »

Basketball is nowhere near the top after soccer, or as I call it football. Its well known that it is big in parts of eastern europe though. Table Tennis is bigger.

Here is the list ( in terms of self declared fans of the game).

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-most-popular-sports-in-the-world.html

10. Golf - 450 Million Fans
9. Rugby - 475 Million Fans
8. Baseball - 500 Million Fans
7. Basketball - 825 Million Fans
6. Table Tennis - 875 Million Fans
5. Volleyball - 900 Million Fans
4. Tennis - 1 Billion Fans
3. Field Hockey - 2 Billion Fans
2. Cricket - 2.5 Billion Fans
1. Association Football (Soccer) - 4 Billion Fans

That must have been some survey to get that many responses.