Listening to the bbc coverage of the derry match they were talking about famous people from derry and monaghan, whos the most famous people from your town or county? Mary McAleese is from our town, probably the most famous i can think of!
Kyle Lafferty. A proud Fermanagh man
Datsun Donaghy
Me
Quote from: noeldebrun on May 24, 2009, 04:31:28 PM
Dec from Ant and Dec his grandmother is from Draperstown and he visits every summer as well
Dec's granny isn't famous
The IFA president is from my town
Speaking of the Derry Monaghan game today I seen Martin McGuinness,Mark Durcan,Peter Quinn,Mickey Harte,Joe Kernan and BrianMc Eniff all walking in-- holding hands ;D ;D ;D
Must be the most famous people Iv ever seen in a day.Which is suprising because Im from Cavan!
bbc commentator Mark Sidebottom is from our village and hurled for us for years. That would be as famous as it gets . . . . .
Quote from: Minder on May 24, 2009, 06:38:19 PM
bbc commentator Mark Sidebottom is from our village and hurled for us for years. That would be as famous as it gets . . . . .
Harry Diamond. Wiki him.
Pat Jennings
Rory Best
The Bob The Crow
Quote from: Minder on May 24, 2009, 09:07:31 PM
The Bob The Crow
Personal plumber to Saddam Hussein.
Don Johnson. (not the Holywood actor, the wine-bag)
Neil Lennon
John Daly (not the golfer)
Seamus Hefferon (not an official Lurganite, but he lives here)
Me
Quote from: Minder on May 24, 2009, 09:07:31 PM
The Bob The Crow
know him as well Minder, I have had the pleasure of his company quite a few times over the years
Enda Kenny
Padraig Flynn
Charles J Haughey
Tyrone Tom ;)
Micky Austin
Martin O'Neill.
Bellaghy will have three or four more, c'mon hoof
Wikipedia famous Sligo people,
Music
• Perry Blake, award-winning singer and songwriter
• Tabby Callaghan, musician, 'The X Factor' finalist
• Kian Egan, member of Westlife
• Mark Feehily, member of Westlife
• Shane Filan, member of Westlife
• Carmel Gunning, traditional Irish musician and singer
• Liam Kelly, flute player and founding member of Dervish
• Seamie O'Dowd, multi-instrumentalist and former member of Dervish
• Mary O'Hara, singer & harpist
• Oisín Mac Diarmada, fiddler & member of Téada
Arts and Literature
• William Butler Yeats, poet • Nick Miller, artist
Historical and/or political figures
• Declan Bree, Politician & social campaigner Former Labour TD for Sligo/Leitrim
• Kevin Coen, Irish republican
• Luke J. Duffy, Trade unionist and politician
• John Jinks, Politician
• Constance Markievicz (née Gore-Booth), Revolutionary and first female MP in the UK Parliament, first Irish senior cabinet minister
• Joseph MacManus, Irish republican
• Seán MacManus, Irish republican and first Sinn Féin Mayor in the Republic of Ireland since The Troubles began. Father of Cllr. Chris MacManus and Joseph MacManus
• Ray MacSharry, former Government Minister & EU Commissioner
• Martin Moffat, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno, Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru, during the Spanish domination of the Americas.
• Volunteer Martin Savage, Irish Republican
Medicine
• William Cunningham Blest, creator of the first Chilean School of Medicine
Sports
• Sean Fallon, former Republic of Ireland and Celtic F.C. footballer
• Paul McGee, Sligo Rovers F.C. and Ireland international soccer player
• Leo McMorrow, National Hunt jockey - winner of 1949 Aintree Grand National (Russian Hero: 66/1)
• Mark Scanlon, cyclist
• Brother Walfrid, (aka Andrew Kerins), Marist Brother, and founder of Celtic F.C. in Glasgow
Film and Entertainment
• Pauline Flanagan, Irish movie and television actress and republican
• Scott Fredericks, movie and television actor, radio producer
• Neil Jordan, director, The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Michael Collins • Eugene Lambert, puppeteer and children's entertainer
• Pauline McLynn, actress, comedienne and author. Best know for her role as Mrs Doyle in the sitcom Father Ted. • Lola Montez, actress, exotic dancer, courtesan and the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
• Joan O'Hara, Irish movie and television actress
• Louise Heraghty, Dublin's 98FM radio broadcaster & journalist
Business
• Dermot Mannion, CEO of Aer Lingus
• Niall FitzGerald, Chairman of Reuters Group plc, former Chairman and CEO of Unilever plc
Suprised im not on it :o, I know Michael Flately father was a Sligoman, and Ronan O Garas father and grandmother are from Sligo aswell.
Caitriona McKiernan from the same parish
The Gallant John Joe was born about 1 mile from where I live.
Eamonn Owens - star of the butcher boy film
Paul Brady
John Dunlop (Printer of the American declaration of independance)
Cecil Francis Alexander (Wrote all creatures great and small the hymn)
Woodrow Wilson's grand da
Shugo Duncan
Flann O'Brien
Declan Curry (BBC Presenter)
Quote from: Square Ball on May 24, 2009, 11:26:51 PM
Quote from: Minder on May 24, 2009, 09:07:31 PM
The Bob The Crow
know him as well Minder, I have had the pleasure of his company quite a few times over the years
Did he ask you for "a lend of an auld fiver?"
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 25, 2009, 10:23:45 AM
Quote from: Square Ball on May 24, 2009, 11:26:51 PM
Quote from: Minder on May 24, 2009, 09:07:31 PM
The Bob The Crow
know him as well Minder, I have had the pleasure of his company quite a few times over the years
Did he ask you for "a lend of an auld fiver?"
he most certinally did, and this was after we had bought him a few beers!!
This Lurgan denizen even had his own song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVSd74XdZ_E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVSd74XdZ_E)
QuotePaul Brady
John Dunlop (Printer of the American declaration of independance)
Cecil Francis Alexander (Wrote all creatures great and small the hymn)
Woodrow Wilson's grand da
Shugo Duncan
Flann O'Brien
Declan Curry (BBC Presenter)
Great town, and if you believe the ITV teletext Stephen O'Neill and Brian Dooher could be stuck to that list.
Quote from: nrico2006 on May 25, 2009, 01:44:10 PM
QuotePaul Brady
John Dunlop (Printer of the American declaration of independance)
Cecil Francis Alexander (Wrote all creatures great and small the hymn)
Woodrow Wilson's grand da
Shugo Duncan
Flann O'Brien
Declan Curry (BBC Presenter)
Great town, and if you believe the ITV teletext Stephen O'Neill and Brian Dooher could be stuck to that list.
Surely district not just town. ;)
Quote from: nrico2006 on May 25, 2009, 01:44:10 PM
QuotePaul Brady
John Dunlop (Printer of the American declaration of independance)
Cecil Francis Alexander (Wrote all creatures great and small the hymn)
Woodrow Wilson's grand da
Shugo Duncan
Flann O'Brien
Declan Curry (BBC Presenter)
Great town, and if you believe the ITV teletext Stephen O'Neill and Brian Dooher could be stuck to that list.
Aye WIKI has O'Neill and Dooher too.
Out of the list, I'd think Wilson's grand da is district. The rest town. I think.
john lynch the actor is also from around about newry!
Quote from: supersub on May 25, 2009, 06:00:30 PM
john lynch the actor is also from around about newry!
and Rose Marie :)