i never knew they were irish..

[Estimator]

I read somewhere ages ago that Martin Short (Actor) and Clare Short (politician) were cousins and both hailed from Crossmaglen.  Any truth in this?

[Hardy]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Martin+Short+actor+born

[Lar Naparka]

The Gallaghers (Oasis) have strong Mayo connections.
The mum's mum lived in Charlestown but was born in my own village.

[Clown]

Martin Keown
Paul Scholes
Brian McDermott Reading manager

[Estimator]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Martin+Short+actor+born

Cheers Hardy,
Quick Wiki check shows that they are cousins, their fathers are brothers and emigrated from Crossmaglen. They were born in Canada and Birmingham respectively.

[Bogball XV]

The Gallaghers (Oasis) have strong Mayo connections.
The mum's mum lived in Charlestown but was born in my own village.

and their father was a meath man, one of them used to run about with a meath jersey on.

[Hardy]

I don't like to admit this, but the Gallaghers are distant relatives of mine by marriage. Their aunt from Duleek was married to my first cousin. I think that's distant enough to be able to disclaim any negative associations, musical, sociological, yobical ...

The Duleek Gallaghers, funnily enough, are decent people.

[brokencrossbar1]

Xabi Alonso used to be a Meath man. He has the auld traaaan look about him too sometimes!

[laoislad]

Sam Allardyce

dont think so

he managed in the league of ireland years ago, think it was sligo rovers, he's English though

Thought it was Limerick. Maybe both?

[BarryBreensBandage]

Graham mc Dowell

- Nadine Coyle

[johnneycool]

The quintessential Englishman that is Piers Morgan father hails from Meath I read somewhere very recently.

Got that wrong there, he was actually born Piers O'Meara in the land of the Biffo's.

[Billys Boots]

Osama Bin Laden is actually from Longford.

This it true

Played minor for the Connollys in 1974 but after a torrid encounter agin Granard in the Minor semi final of that year - the same day that Mostrim bate Clonguish to qualify for the senior final versus Ardagh - decided that football was too rough and fecked off to Pakistan.

The rest, as they say, is infamy.

Yeah, was at it - one of the Kellys from the Terrace hit him a slap and told him he'd find him later in Heraty's.  Osama never darkened the door of any hostelries in Ballinalee since.  And no loss either.

[laoislad]

The quintessential Englishman that is Piers Morgan father hails from Meath I read somewhere very recently.

Another reason not to like him so..

[Billys Boots]

The Gallaghers (Oasis) have strong Mayo connections.
The mum's mum lived in Charlestown but was born in my own village.

Isn't Kevin Rowland (Dexys Midnight Runners) from Crossmolina?

[AZOffaly]

Allardyce managed Limerick United (or City) back in the day. There's tales of him going around with buckets looking for money to keep the club going, in fairness to him.