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Famous Sligo People

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  • #102
    shellyriver
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭shellyriver


    I thought Mr Colleran was a native of the environs of Ballisodare.

    I do recall seeing his sulky head around Summerhill -- maybe it was in town.

    Best of British to him (well it seems to work for Andrew Maxwell):D He's flying the flag for Sligo wit (that's a rare commodity on this site):D

    Timber


  • #103
    Vintagekits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Vintagekits


    Isnt he from Thornhill near Scoil Ursula in town?


  • #104
    North West
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭North West


    Hi Truely

    I thought the same well remembered. Got a few photos of those times. ENJOY

    North West


  • #105
    thebuzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭thebuzz


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    both Tubbercurry men maybe they are related
    shellyriver wrote: »
    I thought Mr Colleran was a native of the environs of Ballisodare.
    Just discovered this thread. It's Colleary not Colleran and he is from Ballisodare not Tubbercurry.

    As for Mark MacSharry being famous :D


  • #106
    FREDNISMO
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭FREDNISMO


    Christopher Columbos, didnt he build a hospital there?


  • #107
    red sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    As for Mark MacSharry being famous

    He is now, for being a loser!!!!


  • #108
    proon4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭proon4


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Michael Coleman (trad musician)
    Liam Kelly & Seamie O'Dowd (Dervish)
    Dermot Mannion (CEO Aer Lingus)
    Martin Savage (Irish Republican Army)
    Mark Scanlon (Cyclist)
    Ray Mac Sharry (Politician)
    Marc Mac Sharry (Politician)

    Marc Mc Sharry.....Famous ?...Jesus your scrapping the barrell. If been a son of Charley Haughey's bagman makes you famous I give up..


  • #109
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,612 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    Lola Montez from Grange County Sligo little known in her native land but had a very interesting life.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Montez

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #110
    numbskull20
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭numbskull20


    Vin Diesel is a Sligo man.


  • #111
    FirstinLastout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭FirstinLastout


    StraightBack was a legend!!


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  • #112
    red sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    numbskull20 wrote: »
    Vin Diesel is a Sligo man.
    Thought he was a New Yorker.
    Any link to prove otherwise?


  • #113
    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    FirstinLastout wrote: »
    StraightBack was a legend!!
    Remember him well....Can't think of his surname,there was a photo of him floating about boards a few years ago,can't see to find it now...


  • #114
    northknife
    Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭northknife


    FREDNISMO wrote: »
    Christopher Columbos, didnt he build a hospital there?


    Ahh yes, the lovely Leitrim Hotel.
    :D


  • #115
    TheQ47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭TheQ47


    IrishLad2012 wrote: »
    Remember him well....Can't think of his surname,there was a photo of him floating about boards a few years ago,can't see to find it now...
    I think Straightback's name was Joe Carroll, wasn't it? I believe he had what we used to call "shell shock" or now commonly called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I don't know if he's rightly famous outside of Sligo though.


  • #116
    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    TheQ47 wrote: »
    I think Straightback's name was Joe Carroll, wasn't it? I believe he had what we used to call "shell shock" or now commonly called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I don't know if he's rightly famous outside of Sligo though.
    I think so,I was always told he was in WWII,don't know how accurate that is.


  • #117
    Lemon3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭Lemon3


    Here is Joe Carroll, AKA Straightback, in action in 2001 JoeCarroll2JC_zps83a717d8.jpg


  • #118
    Carson10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Carson10


    Lemon3 wrote: »
    Here is Joe Carroll, AKA Straightback, in action in 2001

    Gee, he was definitely a face of Sligo. Is he still about or passed away.?


  • #119
    TheQ47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭TheQ47


    Carson10 wrote: »
    Lemon3 wrote: »
    Here is Joe Carroll, AKA Straightback, in action in 2001

    Gee, he was definitely a face of Sligo. Is he still about or passed away.?

    NO, Joe passed away a few years ago, in February 2008, if I remember correctly. He was an institution, alright, as long as you didn't actually follow his "instructions" when driving your car!!


  • #120
    duckie80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭duckie80


    ah wow this actually gave me a giggle, great to see gud old straight back again.

    Famous sligo person :George Gabriel Stokes born in skreen

    http://www.cmde.dcu.ie/Stokes/GGStokes.html


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  • #121
    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    TheQ47 wrote: »
    Carson10 wrote: »

    NO, Joe passed away a few years ago, in February 2008, if I remember correctly. He was an institution, alright, as long as you didn't actually follow his "instructions" when driving your car!!
    Where the stories of him being in a war true?I was always told that he has been near a landmine when it went off during one of the wars,think Vietnam or one of them.


  • #122
    FirstinLastout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭FirstinLastout


    There was the guy for whom Staten Island was named after.


  • #123
    TheQ47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭TheQ47


    FirstinLastout wrote: »
    There was the guy for whom Staten Island was named after.

    Em, ...
    Staaten is a Dutch name; the Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in New York City. They named it Staaten Eylandt, after the Staten Generaal, the Dutch Parliament. That literally translates to, "State's Island."

    Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Staten_Island_get_its_name#ixzz27xqxAMhG


  • #124
    FirstinLastout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭FirstinLastout


    TheQ47 wrote: »
    Em, ...
    Staaten is a Dutch name; the Dutch were the first Europeans to settle in New York City. They named it Staaten Eylandt, after the Staten Generaal, the Dutch Parliament. That literally translates to, "State's Island."

    Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_Staten_Island_get_its_name#ixzz27xqxAMhG

    Incorrect, there was a young Sligo man whom travelled with Dutch traders to New Amsterdam while the area was still a Dutch colony.
    I don't have the time to elaborate right now as I'm on the phone but can do so later if necessary?

    :)


  • #125
    TheQ47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭TheQ47


    FirstinLastout wrote: »
    Incorrect, there was a young Sligo man whom travelled with Dutch traders to New Amsterdam while the area was still a Dutch colony.
    I don't have the time to elaborate right now as I'm on the phone but can do so later if necessary?

    :)

    Go for it, I'd love to hear it, with citations/evidence of course. :) And before anyone asks, here's my reference for my explanation:
    • Staten Island Historian, official website for Staten Island History; "First sighted by Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524, the Island remained mostly populated by the Raritans and Unamis Indians until about 1630 when the Dutch attempted to establish settlements there. Called Staaten Eylandt by the Dutch,"


  • #126
    orlaxxx
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭orlaxxx


    all sligo gaa players are famous :O


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