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Talented Irish People Who Deserve More Respect

  • 09-11-2017 7:36pm
    #1
    theclovenson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2 ✭theclovenson


    Brendan Grace. Consistently funny since the 1970s. An excellent singing voice and who will forget his role on Fr Ted.

    We don't love him enough, but considering the tsunami of lame Irish 'comedy' in the dacades since, we should.

    anyone else?


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  • #2
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    theclovenson wrote: »
    Brendan Grace. Consistently funny since the 1970s.
    Well, his jokes have been consistent since the 70s, aye...


  • #3
    Hitman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    theclovenson wrote:
    We don't love him enough, but considering the tsunami of lame Irish 'comedy' in the dacades since, we should.


    It would be nice if he updated his material, I'm 45 even his 'new stuff' is old.


  • #4
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    He was great in Father Ted, but if people don't "love him enough" it's because he's been telling the same old jokes for over forty years.

    Mike Murphy is someone who doesn't seem to get the recognition he deserves. He was easily as good as Wogan, and should probably have got the Late Late gig when Gay Byrne retired.


  • #5
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,653 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Ronan Keating!


    Classic lyrics like

    You shay it besht when you shay nothing at alllllll

    Is there a more romantic way to tell your girlfriend to shut the fcuk up?


  • #6
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Eamonn dunphy....imagine what he couldve achieved if he hadn't spend the last 20 years locked


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  • #7
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    There are many talented people in Ireland who have been performing, writing, creating for years.. and who remain 'undiscovered'.. I know a good few of them.


  • #8
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,040 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Jonathan Rea, triple world champion and never a mention in the press


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Rea


  • #9
    ngunners
    Registered Users Posts: 640 ✭✭✭ngunners


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    There are many talented people in Ireland who have been performing, writing, creating for years.. and who remain 'undiscovered'.. I know a good few of them.

    Care to share who they are? Might help them get discovered.


  • #10
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    Finbar Furey. Always loved his voice. Fantastic writer too.


  • #11
    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    I don't know his name but that Irish impressionist on Facebook is the best I've ever heard. You see a lot of impressionists who just cycle through the same four or five impressions but he has an abundance of truly outstanding ones in his arsenal. Even still, he gets a lot of stick, but I'd be hugely surprised if he didn't go on to really big things somewhere down the line.


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  • #12
    Gerrup Outta Dat!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 492 ✭✭Gerrup Outta Dat!


    theclovenson wrote: »
    Brendan Grace. Consistently funny since the 1970s. An excellent singing voice and who will forget his role on Fr Ted.

    We don't love him enough, but considering the tsunami of lame Irish 'comedy' in the dacades since, we should.

    anyone else?

    Michael O’Leary.


  • #13
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    ngunners wrote: »
    Care to share who they are? Might help them get discovered.

    Nah, then they'll have gone mainstream and sold out.


  • #14
    debok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 814 ✭✭✭debok


    Mick Flannery good singer songwriter. Lorcan reidy and Susan o Neill very good musicians in Waterford .


  • #15
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    Larry gogan. No outstanding talent, just a very pleasant and entertaining presenter.


  • #16
    ...And Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭...And Justice


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Ronan Keating!


    Classic lyrics like

    You shay it besht when you shay nothing at alllllll

    Is there a more romantic way to tell your girlfriend to shut the fcuk up?

    Nope, he's a nob jockey, I can't believe people wanted him to run for president at one stage? Jesus Christ!!!!


  • #17
    RocketRaccoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,542 ✭✭✭RocketRaccoon


    Conor McGregor.


  • #18
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,295 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Jake Stevens


  • #19
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,214 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Because the OP mentioned him. Brendan Grace - Legend. Deserves tonnes of respect. May be repeating an old act these days, but remains an under rated guy. I have met people from timbuktu to tipperary who find this hilarious.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUHS2_y1xLk


  • #20
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    Paul Brady, the handball player from Cavan made it on to the 15 greatest athletes of all time list compiled by ESPN.

    http://theskinny365.com/2016/02/17/15-greatest-athletes-of-all-time/


  • #21
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,558 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    I don't know his name but that Irish impressionist on Facebook is the best I've ever heard. You see a lot of impressionists who just cycle through the same four or five impressions but he has an abundance of truly outstanding ones in his arsenal. Even still, he gets a lot of stick, but I'd be hugely surprised if he didn't go on to really big things somewhere down the line.
    Anyone know who the poster is refereeing to?


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  • #22
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,214 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Paul McGrath!

    Seriously showing my age.


  • #23
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Oops!


    Conor's Sketches?


  • #24
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Oops!


    yabadabado wrote: »
    Anyone know who the poster is refereeing to?
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6MM35YgiqOrOjPKN1HOiA


  • #25
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,148 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    Paul Howard - Ireland’s funniest man and a gifted writer.


  • #26
    glenfieldman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭glenfieldman


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Jonathan Rea, triple world champion and never a mention in the press


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Rea

    Yes, yes and yes.
    He will never get the sportsman of the year here or cross the pond because the general public think these men are Kamikaze morons, but we know better
    Micky D too is an unsung hero


  • #27
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    mr_edge_to_you wrote: »
    Paul Howard - Ireland’s funniest man and a gifted writer.

    Working class as curry sauce, though!


  • #28
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,348 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Jonathan Rea, triple world champion and never a mention in the press


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Rea

    He's British


  • #29
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Bono.
    He's a brilliant tax planner.


  • #30
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    Bobby Sands


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  • #31
    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    Oops! wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6MM35YgiqOrOjPKN1HOiA

    No!

    This bloke:



  • #32
    washman3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3


    Bundee Aki...


  • #33
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    Gay Byrne. He's kind of annoying and sanctimonious now but he was a really good, intuitive interviewer in his heyday. Not afraid to jump off-script, good instincts. I love watching old interviews of his on Youtube.


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    donegaLroad wrote: »
    There are many talented people in Ireland who have been performing, writing, creating for years.. and who remain 'undiscovered'.. I know a good few of them.

    Very true. Two weeks ago a neighbour's 14-year-old child was flown over to Carnegie Hall in New York to play a concert as he is, by all accounts, an incredibly gifted cellist. He was listed as an "International Shining Star" and played with 8 other teenagers invited from around the world. 14 years of age and playing in Carnegie Hall!

    Not a word in the media about it so I surmise there are similar feats going unacknowledgrd in other parts of Ireland.


  • #35
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    It would be nice if he updated his material, I'm 45 even his 'new stuff' is old.

    Ever heard the phrase “Don’t fix what isn’t broken”. He lives in Florida 6 months a year, comes home, promotes his show on the LLS and sells out countrywide. Why change a winning formula??


  • #36
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,558 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Oops! wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6MM35YgiqOrOjPKN1HOiA

    he's rubbish .


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  • #37
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    washman3 wrote: »
    Bundee Aki...

    “Gets popcorn”.....


  • #38
    _Dara_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    I was going to say Graham Norton but I think his talents are well recognised. Never hear a bad word said about him.


  • #39
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    No!

    This bloke:


    He is woeful.


  • #40
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,808 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Gay Byrne's finest moment was when he left P Flynn off on his stream of conciousness and aided him with the slightest of promptings.
    Easy on the pedal.


  • #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    In terms of musical talent in the Irish tradition, Martin Hayes from Clare is still extraordinary, over 20 after I first heard him. He isn't just technically fantastic; he feels his music. This is the first tune I ever heard of his. I still remember exactly where I was when I heard it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKgA8uvRt4


    And Iarla Ó Lionáird from Cúil Aodha, still the most refreshing and creative sound where trad and world music meet.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJt18WYjI7U


    And then there's these UCD students - if this doesn't rouse you, nothing will:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxjvNUNXhkU


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  • #42
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,808 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Can we make Chris Hadfield an honorary citizen and put him in here?

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/astronaut-chris-hadfield-returns-to-ireland-813473.html


  • #43
    miss flutter ups
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭miss flutter ups


    Sinead O'Connor, She's had her problems but what a voice !


  • #44
    Los Lobos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭Los Lobos


    Aidan Walsh, the Master of the Universe, an absolute legend of the 90's

    Community games what a tune


  • #45
    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    miss flutter ups wrote: »
    Sinead O'Connor, She's had her problems but what a voice !

    What a face too. I know that doesn't really add anything to her talent, but I stumbled across old pictures of her recently and couldn't believe how beautiful she was, especially without hair.


  • #46
    rossie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,365 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    Stephen Farrelly and Rebecca Quin.

    They entertain millions of viewers in the states weekly and yet are probably only known to a tiny percentage of the Irish population.


  • #47
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,354 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Bono.


    *runs away*

    :D


  • #48
    Hercule Poirot
    Registered Users Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Graham Linehan, writer of three TV shows that are in my top ten comedies


  • #49
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    El presidente Michael D. A cool cat if there ever was one.


  • #50
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    El presidente Michael D. A cool cat if there ever was one.

    He belongs at the end of a rainbow with a pot of gold


  • #51
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    My mother loved Brendan Grace. When I was about eight or nine I went with her to see one of his shows. He was doing a routine in which he's a drunk trying and failing to light a cigarette. Some weirdo came out of the audience, got on stage and 'helpfully' lit his cigarette for him even though Brendan Grace kept gesturing at him to sit back down. He seemed to genuinely believe that Brendan Grace was having trouble lighting his cigarette and didn't think it was part of a comedy act. I always wondered about this man and what was going on in his head.


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