Greatest Living Irishman ?

Patri · 02-12-2010 12:15am

blahblah1234 wrote: »

You should pick people that made an impact on Ireland to improve it greatly, the best ones of those are :

1. Eamonn De Valera ( Considered Irish )
2. Michael Collins
3. Sean Lemass

eamonn de valera are you serious? He was nothing but a coward, otherwise Collins and Lemass are great choices.

thetonynator · 02-12-2010 1:31am

Heard Bono only got something like 2.5% of the votes in the Irelands Greatest TV show, derek mooney said it on the radio, not that surprising really i suppose, not a lot of people really like him!!!

acoc100 · 08-12-2010 1:03pm

opa01_2000 wrote: »

My top three would be :

(1) Paul McGrath

(2) Christy Moore

(3) Keith Wood

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Excellent chooses OP especially Paul McGrath - truly a black emerald

Ones I might add is
Shane McGowan
Brendan Behan
Luke Kelly

mathepac · 12-12-2010 11:01pm

acoc100 wrote: »

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Shane McGowan
Brendan Behan
Luke Kelly

Possibly good choices except :

Shane McGowan is English (born in London)

Brendan Behan & Luke Kelly are both dead unfortunately.

acoc100 · 13-12-2010 12:47pm

mathepac wrote: »

Possibly good choices except :

Shane McGowan is English (born in London)

Brendan Behan & Luke Kelly are both dead unfortunately.

Thanks for Schooling me:)
I made a few rookie mistakes.

edolan · 17-02-2011 1:36am

Bertie Ahern

Brian Cowen

Seanie Fitzpatrick

No one can deny these fellas have had a big impact on Ireland.

thetonynator · 19-02-2011 5:56pm

edolan wrote: »

Bertie Ahern

Brian Cowen

Seanie Fitzpatrick

No one can deny these fellas have had a big impact on Ireland.

A big negative impact. It's greatest living irishman, not worst living irishman.

Adrian009 · 22-02-2011 6:40pm

deftdony wrote: »

Gerry Adams...the uncrowned king of irland:D

But he is at least Lord Adams of Northup or something nowadays:D

thetonynator · 22-02-2011 11:38pm

Adrian009 wrote: »

But he is at least Lord Adams of Northup or something nowadays:D

How dare you insult Baron Adams by calling him lord . . .:P

Adrian009 · 23-02-2011 5:22am

thetonynator wrote: »

How dare you insult Baron Adams by calling him lord . . .:P

Christ, I'm sorry! I should have said YOUR LORDSHIP!

Demosthenes · 23-02-2011 5:43am

Pádraig Nally - Great man with a shotgun

jimbob86 · 23-02-2011 5:48am

Johny Logan...what a class act

edolan · 27-02-2011 5:58pm

Demosthenes wrote: »

Pádraig Nally - Great man with a shotgun

I agree their should be a statue built of that man in Castlebar.

shanec1928 · 27-02-2011 11:03pm

edolan wrote: »

Bertie Ahern

Brian Cowen

Seanie Fitzpatrick

No one can deny these fellas have had a big impact on Ireland.

king bertie that is:D

HazyLazy · 14-03-2011 5:16pm

thetonynator wrote: »

Heard Bono only got something like 2.5% of the votes in the Irelands Greatest TV show, derek mooney said it on the radio, not that surprising really i suppose, not a lot of people really like him!!!

Can I ask you why do you think lots of people don't like him?

I live in Italy and here he's idolized, someone could not love U2 and their music but I don't know anybody who doubt his greatness.

John Sugrue · 15-03-2011 5:17pm

HazyLazy wrote: »

Can I ask you why do you think lots of people don't like him?

I live in Italy and here he's idolized, someone could not love U2 and their music but I don't know anybody who doubt his greatness.

It's a thing we have in Ireland where we hate anybody successful. Michael O'Leary, Gerry Ryan RIP, Ryan Tubridy, Pat Kenny, Enda Kenny, Robbie Keane, Bono.... the list goes on. They are all hated by a large number of people. Jealousy and spite are part of our make-up apparently.

I'm glad to say Im not like most of my compatriots. I love U2 too by the way. Their music is still the best there is.

sensormatic · 15-03-2011 10:52pm

what about a certain french footballer a total legend he is t. h. ur the man

eco2live · 15-03-2011 11:06pm

Bob Geldof

Michael D Higgins

Liam Neeson

thetonynator · 17-03-2011 9:07pm

HazyLazy wrote: »

Can I ask you why do you think lots of people don't like him?

I live in Italy and here he's idolized, someone could not love U2 and their music but I don't know anybody who doubt his greatness.

Honestly, I have no problem with him, but I do think that a lot of people are jealous (of his fame etc.) or guilty that he actually does attempt charity work etc when most people don't bother. Also, he didn't exactly help his popularity ratings when U2 moved out to avoid paying tax.

tonysea · 02-04-2011 4:53pm

mathepac wrote: »

Possibly good choices except :

Shane McGowan is English (born in London)

Brendan Behan & Luke Kelly are both dead unfortunately.

Shane McGowan is from Tipp, he was born in England but only because his mother was on holiday there.

So I ask, if a dog is born in a stable, does that make him a horse?

barry711 · 03-07-2011 8:48pm

I'd disagree with thetonynator saying that a lot of people are jealous (of his fame etc.) by this reasoning are the same people jealous of Ronan Keating? or for that matter are the English people jealous of Mick Jagger because of his fame? Your assuming this because you think we all have aspirations to be famous and because we don't fulfill these "goals" we somehow resent the people that did?

I cant speak for every single person in Ireland as to why so many people dislike him but my reason is because he never did a thing to help his own and if he did he never made it a long term comment like he has done with the poorer countries around the world.

John Sugrue fallacy about The Irish hating anybody successful...I hope he is being sarcastic.