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Famous Sligo People

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    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"."


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,657 ✭✭✭magnumlady


    If it was him (I took a sneaky pick but from a distance), he was sitting in a Jag opposite the Quayside.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    magnumlady wrote: »
    If it was him (I took a sneaky pick but from a distance), he was sitting in a Jag opposite the Quayside.

    That was probably him so - he was talking about owning a Jag when he was talking on Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭CountingCrows


    magnumlady wrote: »
    If it was him (I took a sneaky pick but from a distance), he was sitting in a Jag opposite the Quayside.

    Saw him in a Jag in Dublin a while back


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭sligobhoy67


    magnumlady wrote: »
    If it was him (I took a sneaky pick but from a distance), he was sitting in a Jag opposite the Quayside.

    careful - thats off topic - mufflator will have you for that!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    careful - thats off topic - mufflator will have you for that!

    :rolleyes:
    Give it a f*ckin rest man! please!!:(


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    magnumlady wrote: »
    If it was him (I took a sneaky pick but from a distance), he was sitting in a Jag opposite the Quayside.

    You should totally sell it to one of the local rags.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    Xiney wrote: »
    You should totally sell it to one of the local rags.

    Yeah. Since the "dogging" article it's clear they'll print anything!:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 45,759 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Gillie wrote: »
    :rolleyes:
    Give it a f*ckin rest man! please!!:(
    Its your lucky night ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    Had a feeling alright...


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭tuppence


    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. :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    Well, pfft.

    They don't call Dublin "Yeats County".




    I call it all sorts of things (a kip, for example) but not that :D


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭tuppence


    Xiney wrote: »
    Well, pfft.

    They don't call Dublin "Yeats County".




    I call it all sorts of things (a kip, for example) but not that :D

    Hey Xiney you can hide in my house in Leitrim if you need to get away from Starbelgrade for saying that! :eek:




    but you're right! ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭elshambo


    Im pretty sure Jack Yeats was!?

    Conor O'Farrell aka Kid Sligo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFMRqdEL24


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭tuppence


    elshambo wrote: »
    Im pretty sure Jack Yeats was!?

    Conor O'Farrell aka Kid Sligo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feFMRqdEL24
    Thats classic! :D
    Is there a reason he sounds like a Cavan man? :eek::D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    tuppence wrote: »
    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. :):):)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,640 ✭✭✭Gillie


    Oh Yeah. And he's buried in Sligo


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    I was being sarcastic.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭TequilaMockingBird


    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)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭bobcar61


    Nice spiel 'sueme'

    I can't think of anyone else famous from Sligo and I don't know my history so I cant say who is linked with Sligo or not.
    I'm quite surprised in myself that I can't think of anyone,think ye have named them all:mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    sueme wrote: »
    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. :confused::cool::pac::p:D:mad: (just to take the sting out)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭TequilaMockingBird


    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. :confused::cool::pac::p:D:mad: (just to take the sting out)

    Touche.

    Will you shut up about it now though? :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    sueme wrote: »
    Touche.

    Will you shut up about it now though? :D

    Only if I can start talking about dogging+ or sausages+ again.

    (+ = Sligo's most famous exports!)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,392 ✭✭✭TequilaMockingBird


    Knock yourself out.

    dachshund.gif

    A sausage dog.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    sueme wrote: »
    Knock yourself out.

    dachshund.gif

    A sausage dog.


    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Funniest post I've read in ages!


  • Registered Users Posts: 45,759 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Im glad to see an injection of humour here to diffuse things.

    Would people just have a wee think of what they are posting and how it will be read or perceived by others.

    Now enjoy the rest of the thread.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    Essexboy wrote: »

    What about Alderman John Jinks who saved the 1927 government from collapse by not turning up to vote? Its supporters got him plastered, then poured him onto a train back home.

    I have been trying to find out a bit more about Alderman Jinks after seeing him mentioned in a footnote and started a thread on him in the history forum.

    I hope it isnt to cheeky to ask if anyone knows stuff about him to contribute as he does seem to get a bad rap.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68600122&utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=notify#post68600122

    (It isn't an overly serious thread but there does seem to be a bit more substance to him than a boozer who did not turn up for a vote)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭Truley


    I don't think anyone here has mentioned Eugene Lambert, the famous puppeteer (Bosco, Wanderly Wagon.) He was born in Sligo.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭saywhatyousee


    michael fingelton he is pretty famous now


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