Are there any universally loved Irish people

Pawwed Rig · 11-09-2020 11:56pm

Anyone mention Larry Gogan?
Has to be a contender

Rodney Bathgate · 12-09-2020 12:01am

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Anyone mention Larry Gogan?
Has to be a contender

Anyone who did really badly on his Just a Minute Quiz might disagree.

CatFromHue · 12-09-2020 12:03am

Georgia Salpa

Rodney Bathgate · 12-09-2020 12:07am

Roy Keane has probably already been mentioned.

Mr. Tayto? (The Irish one, not the nordie one.)

Keyman123 · 12-09-2020 10:40am

Richard Harris
Joe Dolan

elperello · 12-09-2020 10:48am

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Anyone mention Larry Gogan?
Has to be a contender

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Anyone who did really badly on his Just a Minute Quiz might disagree.

Maybe he just didn't suit some people

Seriously though he was a national treasure and should head the poll.

petronius · 12-09-2020 11:22am

Paul McGrath
Katie Taylor
Mary Kennedy
Francis Brennan
Anyone who scores a goal or try against england!

Some deceased
Larry Gogan
Bill O'heirlihy
Seamus Heaney

petronius · 12-09-2020 11:51am

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Way I look at is people who few have a bad word to say about. People who try and do the decent thing (some might have failed at times) - but are genuine and are down to earth - despite thier fame.
And if they did say a bad word about them it just means they being nasty for the sake of it.

Sports people:

Padraig Harrington
Naill Quinn
Packie Bonner
Axl Foley
Shane Lowry
Ken Doherty
John Giles
Barry McGuigan
Dennis Taylor
Sonia O'Sullivan
Paul McGrath
O'Donovan brothers (rowing)
Katie Taylor
Ted Walsh
Willie Mullins

Politicians:

John Hume
Patrick Hillary
Douglas Hyde
Mary McAleese
Mary Robinson
Michael D. Higgins

Singers:

Delores O'Riordan
Christy Moore
Imelda May
Barney McKenna
Luke Kelly
Rory Gallagher
Phil Lynott

Actors:

Brendan Gleeson
Richard Harris
Dermot Morgan
Fionnuala Flanagan
Colm Meaney
Mick Lally

Business:

Tony O'Reilly
Michael Smurfit
JP McManus

Broadcasting:

Bill O'Herlihy
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
Michael Lyster
Larry Gogan
Teresa Mannion
Gerald Fleming (weatherman)

Not so sure with your politicians or business people, but one in both camps I would have said was Feargal Quinn

The politicians all have very flaws and broke promises etc. Robinson quitting early and the Big Bird lack of humour, Micheal D running again when he promised he wouldn't

Singers and Performers, Daniel O'Donnell and John Sheehan would have to be there

Pawwed Rig · 12-09-2020 12:52pm

elperello wrote: »

Seriously though he was a national treasure and should head the poll.

This thread need a poll

Hamsterchops · 12-09-2020 2:16pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

This thread need a poll

But only if we can tie down what the OP means by universally. Universally in Ireland, or universally on the world stage? Then we would know who to put in the poll.

Pawwed Rig · 12-09-2020 2:23pm

Hamsterchops wrote: »

But only if we can tie down what the OP means by universally. Universally in Ireland, or universally on the world stage? Then we would know who to put in the poll.

Well we are in Ireland on an Irish website and most posters are Irish

Hamsterchops · 12-09-2020 2:42pm

Ah, ok then so it's a local poll for local people and not universal, fair enough.

Pat the Baker gets my vote so.

elperello · 12-09-2020 3:06pm

petronius wrote: »

Not so sure with your politicians or business people, but one in both camps I would have said was Feargal Quinn

The politicians all have very flaws and broke promises etc. Robinson quitting early and the Big Bird lack of humour, Micheal D running again when he promised he wouldn't

Singers and Performers, Daniel O'Donnell and John Sheehan would have to be there

Feargal Quinn for sure.

Daniel O'Donnell and John Sheahan both have long careers in show biz without blotting their copybooks in any way.

Mojo Hand · 12-09-2020 4:29pm

Rory Gallagher. Not perfect, but never lost the run of himself, and about the only one no-one has made a negative comment about here.

dxhound2005 · 12-09-2020 4:49pm

Mojo Hand wrote: »

Rory Gallagher. Not perfect, but never lost the run of himself, and about the only one no-one has made a negative comment about here.

There are plenty with no negative comments.

AndrewJRenko · 12-09-2020 6:05pm

elperello wrote: »

Feargal Quinn for sure.

The lad who set up a separate company to grab 'hello money' from suppliers despite legislation banning it? And then wanted Dept Social Protection to be searching online commentary for 'holiday' and 'new car' to make sure that welfare recipients weren't getting above their station?

elperello · 12-09-2020 6:41pm

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

The lad who set up a separate company to grab 'hello money' from suppliers despite legislation banning it? And then wanted Dept Social Protection to be searching online commentary for 'holiday' and 'new car' to make sure that welfare recipients weren't getting above their station?

How did he get away with breaking the law?

What had he to do with DSP?

I'm finding out about a lot of well thought of people with feet of clay in this thread.

Ash.J.Williams · 12-09-2020 8:02pm

Mojo Hand wrote: »

Rory Gallagher. Not perfect, but never lost the run of himself, and about the only one no-one has made a negative comment about here.

And he’s international

joeguevara · 14-09-2020 1:28am

dxhound2005 wrote: »

There are plenty with no negative comments.

Very few to be honest.

Only two three I remember are two Dunlop brothers and Rory Gallagher.

Doubt very few under 30 (apart from blues fans and motorbike fans) would have heard of them. (I think they are kings).

Everyone else including Dermot Morgan and Paul McGrath have had numerous negative posts.

blinding · 14-09-2020 4:58am

elperello wrote: »

Bono is not a tax exile, he lives in Dublin.

He probably is a good example of a universally loved Irish person.

Bono is a hypocritical as-hole.

A friend of Jeffrey Epstein.

Ash.J.Williams · 14-09-2020 11:41am

Denis Irwin

i'm not a football fan at all but he strikes me as someone who excelled at the highest level and just got the job down and didn't make a fuss!

Ash.J.Williams · 14-09-2020 11:45am

Kevin Sheilds

Musician Brian Eno said that "Soon" "set a new standard for pop. It's the vaguest music ever to have been a hit."[98] Robert Smith of the Cure discovered Loveless after a period of almost exclusively listening to disco and/or Irish bands such as The Dubliners as a means of avoiding his contemporaries, and said, "[My Bloody Valentine] was the first band I heard who quite clearly pissed all over us, and their album Loveless is certainly one of my all-time three favourite records. It's the sound of someone [Shields] who is so driven that they're demented. And the fact that they spent so much time and money on it is so excellent."[99] Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins told Spin: "It's rare in guitar-based music that somebody does something new [...] At the time, everybody was like, 'How the **** are they doing this?' And, of course, it's way simpler than anybody would imagine."[34][nb 1] Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan named Loveless one of the albums that changed his life, recalling: "When I was younger, I only listened to riffs and vocals and a more traditional style of composition. So when I heard this My Bloody Valentine record it was so abstract and strange in artistic terms that it ended up taking me on other musical paths."[102]

In 2014 for the documentary Beautiful Noise, McGee said about the album, "people were talking about it as if it was Beethoven's 7th or 8th symphony. No. It's some cnt that can't finish a record that took three years ... Loveless is ****ing overrated as f*ck."

elperello · 14-09-2020 1:14pm

blinding wrote: »

Bono is a hypocritical as-hole.

A friend of Jeffrey Epstein.

Your opinion of the man is your own and you are entitled to it.

Your contention that he was a friend of JE is simply untrue.

Rothko · 14-09-2020 1:28pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Kevin Sheilds

I wouldn't pay much attention to anything that Alan McGee has to say.

gormdubhgorm · 14-09-2020 3:29pm

petronius wrote: »

Not so sure with your politicians or business people, but one in both camps I would have said was Feargal Quinn

The politicians all have very flaws and broke promises etc. Robinson quitting early and the Big Bird lack of humour, Micheal D running again when he promised he wouldn't

Singers and Performers, Daniel O'Donnell and John Sheehan would have to be there

Not Daniel he is not a registered gas installer -

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'Big Bird lack humour' made me laugh. Robinson is bit intellectual and dry alright. Well meaning though

skooterblue2 · 15-09-2020 7:51pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Denis Irwin

i'm not a football fan at all but he strikes me as someone who excelled at the highest level and just got the job down and didn't make a fuss!

What you dont hear about it is all the behind the scenes stuff he does.... without needing media attention. Getting Jerseys signed for fundraising and such.

IAMAMORON · 15-09-2020 8:14pm

skooterblue2 wrote: »

What you dont hear about it is all the behind the scenes stuff he does.... without needing media attention. Getting Jerseys signed for fundraising and such.

No complaints when he was knocking in free kicks from 30 yards ? Or all those penos.

dxhound2005 · 15-09-2020 9:57pm

joeguevara wrote: »

Very few to be honest.

Only two three I remember are two Dunlop brothers and Rory Gallagher.

Doubt very few under 30 (apart from blues fans and motorbike fans) would have heard of them. (I think they are kings).

Everyone else including Dermot Morgan and Paul McGrath have had numerous negative posts.

Just from the names on Page 1 find me a negative comment about Niall Quinn, Denis Irwin, Larry Gogan, Shane Lowry, Brendan Grace or John Creedon.

Nigel Fairservice · 15-09-2020 10:16pm

I think Twink definitely thinks she is some kind of national treasure.

Rodney Bathgate · 15-09-2020 10:18pm

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I think Twink definitely thinks she is some kind of national treasure.

If only for her voice mail message.

EmmetSpiceland · 15-09-2020 10:20pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Right up until he sucks the life out a Dubliners gig by reciting one of his "poems".

Jesus, P, no need to tell it like it is.

Pawwed Rig · 15-09-2020 10:37pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Just from the names on Page 1 find me a negative comment about Niall Quinn, Denis Irwin, Larry Gogan, Shane Lowry, Brendan Grace or John Creedon.

Larry Gogan was a friend of a friend. He was apparently the nicest person you could ever hope to meet in public and private.
I met Niall Quinn a couple of times and he was an absolute gentleman. He is still a legend around Sunderland aswell.

Man Vs ManUre · 15-09-2020 10:41pm

Simon Harris. Especially after the performance of his egg headed successor during the past few weeks.

gormdubhgorm · 15-09-2020 11:02pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Just from the names on Page 1 find me a negative comment about Niall Quinn, Denis Irwin, Larry Gogan, Shane Lowry, Brendan Grace or John Creedon.

I think the thing all those lads have in common is that they probably don't see themselves as special because of who they are. Maybe that is what it comes down to Irish people don't like thier celebs to have 'notions'? I would throw Brendan Gleeson/Colm Meaney in that group. Never heard anyone give out about them.

I think that is the difference between American celebs and Irish ones. In America the celebs are expected to have notions and be fawned over.

gormdubhgorm · 15-09-2020 11:04pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Larry Gogan was a friend of a friend. He was apparently the nicest person you could ever hope to meet in public and private.
I met Niall Quinn a couple of times and he was an absolute gentleman. He is still a legend around Sunderland aswell.

Slightly off topic - but is it true Gogan cultivated that voice for radio, and he was not like that originally?

Strumms · 15-09-2020 11:45pm

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Larry Gogan was a friend of a friend. He was apparently the nicest person you could ever hope to meet in public and private.
I met Niall Quinn a couple of times and he was an absolute gentleman. He is still a legend around Sunderland aswell.

Larry just had an immense aura of genuineness and friendliness about him. Seemed like he had an absolute genuine love of his job too. His musical tastes were a bit mainstream pop probably for my own taste , but he was a listenable, watchable and a very likable guy..

Ash.J.Williams · 16-09-2020 1:49am

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Simon Harris. Especially after the performance of his egg headed successor during the past few weeks.

Things got too hot for the successor today

Ash.J.Williams · 16-09-2020 1:51am

Rothko wrote: »

I wouldn't pay much attention to anything that Alan McGee has to say.

I only added Alan’s quote for the laugh

Mad_maxx · 16-09-2020 11:19am

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Larry Gogan was a friend of a friend. He was apparently the nicest person you could ever hope to meet in public and private.
I met Niall Quinn a couple of times and he was an absolute gentleman. He is still a legend around Sunderland aswell.

Larry Gogan was the most inoffensive person to ever walk the earth , thats not necessarily a compliment

Rothko · 16-09-2020 12:32pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I only added Alan’s quote for the laugh

Oh, I know that. It's just that I wouldn't take anything he says seriously. I think him and Kevin Shields had a falling out so that's why he said it.

Ash.J.Williams · 16-09-2020 2:16pm

Rothko wrote: »

Oh, I know that. It's just that I wouldn't take anything he says seriously. I think him and Kevin Shields had a falling out so that's why he said it.

there's an amazing doc from the bbc on primal screams memphis tapes, and how they put their heart and soul into it and hired the best musicians in memphis and then brought it back to alan mcgee who binned it and remixed it!

(however commercially he was possibly right, but musically it was criminal)

Are there any universally loved Irish people

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