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Philomena Lynott RIP

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A larger than life character. RIP


  • #3
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Read her book many years ago, great read, an amazing woman. She'll be missed at rock gigs too as she would often attend them and have some big name acknowledge her presence. Vibe for Philo gigs too of course.

    RIP


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-p003NkXxw


  • #4
    .......
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,057 ✭✭✭.......


    RIP - she sure lived to a good age. Fabulous looking woman - she must have been a knockout in her youth.


  • #5
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Finally she is with Phil again. RIP.


  • #6
    Fiftyfilthy
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭Fiftyfilthy


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Finally she is with Phil again. RIP.

    I don’t think that really happens


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  • #7
    RMAOK
    Registered Users Posts: 11,223 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    RIP


  • #8
    TheBigEvil
    Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭TheBigEvil


    RIP - She was an amazing woman and gave us (IMHO) our greatest front man !. She always had time for fans of Phil and the band. Shes rocking with Phil now !


  • #9
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,123 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    One of a kind for sure


  • #10
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Great song.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mnVpjrB9Jk

    Well I've been the wild wild rover
    Sailed all over the sea
    But this thing that makes me wonder
    Has made a fool of me

    For it took me from my childhood
    Underneath the stars and skies
    And I hear the wind Whistling through the wild wood,
    Whispering goodbye

    It's home, boys, home
    Home, boys, home
    Home, boys, home
    When your far across the foam

    And if you see my mother
    Tell her I'm keeping fine
    Will you tell her that I love her
    And I'll try to write sometime

    And if you see my mother
    Give her all of my love
    For she has a heart of gold there
    As good as God above

    And she's home, boys, home
    Home, boys, home
    Home, boys, home
    When your far across the foam

    Oh there's no place like home

    And if you see my ole one
    Will you tell her I'm keeping fine
    Will you tell her that I love her
    And I'll try to write sometime

    And she's home, boys, home
    Home, boys, home
    Home, boys, home
    When your far across the foam

    Oh there's no place...


  • #11
    Immortal Starlight
    Registered Users Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭Immortal Starlight


    So sorry to hear this. Lovely lady who was rightfully proud of her hugely talented son. May she Rest In Peace.


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  • #12
    Steviewinger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭Steviewinger


    Rest well x


  • #13
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Very sorry to hear this. I met her 10 or maybe more years ago at one of her book signings. A lovely lady, she was happy to sign another book I had brought along with me too and had photos taken with everyone. RIP, Philomena.


  • #14
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I do remember a period where she seemed to be on radio and TV banging on about her son constantly probably plugging a book or something which I found a bit strange. She always seemed to be milking the whole thing to death to me.


  • #15
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    A true Lady.

    RIP Philomena.


  • #16
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Seemed to be a lovely woman who lived the latter half of her life through Phil. I never knew whether that was a good or a bad thing. RIP


  • #17
    dasdog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭dasdog


    A wonderful lady with more energy than most half her age. She'll be greatly missed.


  • #18
    decky1
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭decky1


    Met her a year or so ago in a antique+vintage shop on the North wall road, i have always been a fan of Thin Lizzy , what a pleasure to have the chance to talk to her , got a photo and a good few laughs with her , a real lady, RIP.


  • #19
    NoviGlitzko
    Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭NoviGlitzko


    She was a great character. Met her in Tullamore some years ago. RIP Philomena.


  • #20
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,782 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I do remember a period where she seemed to be on radio and TV banging on about her son constantly probably plugging a book or something which I found a bit strange. She always seemed to be milking the whole thing to death to me.

    She had a strong dislike of Gary Moore too for some reason which I found unnecessary.

    Maybe it was because he was a far superior musician to Phil.
    Jealousy can be a cruel bedfellow.

    May she rest in peace.


  • #21
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,013 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    Lovely woman


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  • #22
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,013 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    She had a strong dislike of Gary Moore too for some reason which I found unnecessary.

    Maybe it was because he was a far superior musician to Phil.
    Jealousy can be a cruel bedfellow.

    May she rest in peace.

    Jaysus....nice dig for the day that's in it.


  • #23
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,782 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Matt Barrett wrote: »
    Jaysus....nice dig for the day that's in it.

    Not really, there wasn't a peep out of her when Gary Moore passed.


  • #24
    Outlaw Pete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭Outlaw Pete


    Real Irish funeral vibe in here :p


  • #25
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,013 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Not really, there wasn't a peep out of her when Gary Moore passed.

    His Ma too?

    Anyway be happy in your thoughts.


  • #26
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,647 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    RIP. That's going to be one huge funeral


  • #27
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    RIP. That's going to be one huge funeral

    Has Metallica gone home yet? Sure the removal will probably be tomorrow evening, they might hang around for it!


  • #28
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,359 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    I gotta be honest (and I hope folks'll be honest too when I go into the earth too) but I thought she was a horrible person.

    She always promoted Phil, and for many, many years she spoke of being a single mother to Phil, and how difficult it was...

    Never mentioned she had 2 other children who are still alive, a boy and a girl. Nor did she mention Phil was only told of one sibling, and not the other. (Phil's Sister shares a father with him, but the son is from a different relationship). Nor did she mention she never visited her grandkids, and didn't have a relationship with them.

    And there was no mention of her other children in many obituaries... all about Phil. Probably the way she wanted it.

    Cruel woman.


  • #29
    NoviGlitzko
    Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭NoviGlitzko


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I do remember a period where she seemed to be on radio and TV banging on about her son constantly probably plugging a book or something which I found a bit strange. She always seemed to be milking the whole thing to death to me.
    What a ridiculous comment this is. God help that the poor woman reminisced about a son she adored was taken from her too early.


  • #30
    Rothko
    Registered Users Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    R.I.P.

    A bit of a coincidence but I just bought a biography on Phil Lynott today.


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  • #31
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    NoviGlitzko wrote: »
    What a ridiculous comment this is. God help that the poor woman reminisced about a son she adored was taken from her too early.

    I couldn’t care less about who she is or if she’s dead or not I just found it odd that the woman was all over the place going on about her son. No other dead pop stars mother did the same to me it seemed like she craved attention. Why do any of us even know who she is?


  • #32
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I couldn’t care less about who she is or if she’s dead or not I just found it odd that the woman was all over the place going on about her son. No other dead pop stars mother did the same to me it seemed like she craved attention. Why do any of us even know who she is?

    Well I presume it's how she made her living, royalties off the estate.

    It's not that uncommon, Rory Gallagher's brother does the same thing.

    It's a good thing for fans, it means we get loads of re issues, unreleased material, greatest hits, books etc.

    It keeps the artist's memory alive.


  • #33
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Well I presume it's how she made her living, royalties off the estate.

    It's not that uncommon, Rory Gallagher's brother does the same thing.

    It's a good thing for fans, it means we get loads of re issues, unreleased material, greatest hits, books etc.

    It keeps the artist's memory alive.

    I wouldn’t be comfortable doing it myself. Amy Winehouses Da was milking it too.


  • #34
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,016 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    It's not that uncommon, Rory Gallagher's brother does the same thing.

    I believe Rory Gallagher’s brother was his manager, there’s a bit of a difference in him giving interviews.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #35
    SirGerryAdams
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 499 ✭✭SirGerryAdams


    Fiftyfilthy wrote: »
    I don’t think that really happens

    Maybe they mean in the urn (or grave)


  • #36
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    People handle grief differently. Maybe living her life though Phil's legacy was what kept her going. Never having met the woman or knowing much about her or her family, I wouldn't like to say whether she was lovely or a right rip. Things aren't always how they seem.


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  • #37
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I hope there's a thread about me when I die


  • #38
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Close relative of mine works in TV production and dealt with her several times, daft as a brush but charming


  • #39
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,333 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    I gotta be honest (and I hope folks'll be honest too when I go into the earth too) but I thought she was a horrible person.

    She always promoted Phil, and for many, many years she spoke of being a single mother to Phil, and how difficult it was...

    Never mentioned she had 2 other children who are still alive, a boy and a girl. Nor did she mention Phil was only told of one sibling, and not the other. (Phil's Sister shares a father with him, but the son is from a different relationship). Nor did she mention she never visited her grandkids, and didn't have a relationship with them.

    And there was no mention of her other children in many obituaries... all about Phil. Probably the way she wanted it.

    Cruel woman.

    She had all 3 in England, as a single mother. Phil was sent home to be raised by her parents and the other two were put up for adoption?
    Sounds messed up in today's world but a much different time back then for a single mother.

    There's a history there that could lead to plenty of reasons for not mentioning them, not seeing grandkids etc. Maybe they didn't want her involved?


  • #40
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,153 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    People handle grief differently. Maybe living her life though Phil's legacy was what kept her going. Never having met the woman or knowing much about her or her family, I wouldn't like to say whether she was lovely or a right rip. Things aren't always how they seem.

    She did say in the recent RTE documentary she was very angry with Phil for the way he departed the world, I found that telling - a lot of mixed emotions.


  • #41
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Strazdas wrote: »
    She did say in the recent RTE documentary she was very angry with Phil for the way he departed the world, I found that telling - a lot of mixed emotions.

    I get the feeling she'd have said anything to get more air time.


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  • #42
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I hope there's a thread about me when I die
    Why would there be? Whatever reservations you have about Philomena Lynott (and I understand some, but I'd keep an open mind, personally) she was known and liked. We don't know who you are... unless you're actually Thelonious Monk risen from the dead?! :eek:


  • #43
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,359 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    PARlance wrote: »
    She had all 3 in England, as a single mother. Phil was sent home to be raised by her parents and the other two were put up for adoption?
    Sounds messed up in today's world but a much different time back then for a single mother.

    There's a history there that could lead to plenty of reasons for not mentioning them, not seeing grandkids etc. Maybe they didn't want her involved?

    Well, she spun a far different story. Even in the VH1 Behind the Music series on Thin Lizzy, she stated 'he was her only child'.
    To me, that's horrible.

    And no, they tried to get her to talk to and meet her grandkids-she didn't want to. That's absolutely horrible. She didn't even want to talk to them, and some didn't find out they had siblings, or that Phil was their brother.


  • #44
    Grid.
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    R.I.P Philomena.....lovely lady.


  • #45
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,477 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Roy Squeaking Ice wrote: »
    Why would there be? Whatever reservations you have about Philomena Lynott (and I understand some, but I'd keep an open mind, personally) she was known and liked. We don't know who you are... unless you're actually Thelonious Monk risen from the dead?! :eek:

    I never died baby


  • #46
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,359 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I never died baby

    If you did die, and returned-then that makes you our new saviour...

    So if you could like, turn this water into wine...that would be greaaaaattt...


  • #47
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,647 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    As always, all the weirdos come out to play in AH.


  • #48
    Mental Mickey
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    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Close relative of mine works in TV production and dealt with her several times, daft as a brush but charming

    What's that got to do with anything


  • #49
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    What's that got to do with anything
    A description of the person in question. If their friend said she was a lovely woman, it would be the same kinda thing. They did say she was charming.

    Which weirdos? The critics?


  • #50
    NoviGlitzko
    Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭NoviGlitzko


    Roy Squeaking Ice wrote: »
    Which weirdos? The critics?
    More like a few miserable feckers. Remind me of Norris from Coronation Street.


  • #51
    SirGerryAdams
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 499 ✭✭SirGerryAdams


    Was Phil Lynott that good? Or was it just that he died early?


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