Irelands Greatest Figures

[mylestheslasher]

Caught a bit of the Hume one there.

Miriam was telling a great story about how  Hume was to meet the IRA so they "picked him up bungled him into a car blindfolded him and drove across the border to the meeting place. Hume noticed the meeting was being recoreded and walked out, he wasn't going to be part of a propaganda campaign".ENDS

What happened when he walked out? Why all the bundleing and blindfolding and smuggling across the border (checkpoints were very secure then) just to let the guy walk out? Did he grab a taxi or something?

Don't let little details like that get in the way of a good story! Maybe he walked back in again and asked to be bungled into the car and drove home?

[Tony Baloney]

A blindfold over your eyes leaves everyone blind.

[Hardy]

IRA bungling gave birth to the peace process.

[Doogie Browser]

Miriam's accent is getting worse!

[Hardy]

Miriam's accent is getting worse!

Yes - almost unlistenable-to at this stage. More cringe-making than Hardy Bucks and Jedward combined, directed by Marty Morrissey doing impressions of Ryle Nugent.

[Nally Stand]

In 1979, Irish diplomat David Nelligan, stated that John Hume supported the introduction of internment. Nelligan wrote that Hume's thoughts "were evidently running towards the idea of internment as a solution to the IRA violence".
Nelligan said that Hume suggested: "The authorities could publish names of suspected members of illegal organisations and require them to announce publicly that they had severed all connections with those bodies, or alternatively be interned."

While I agree that the Peace Process only came about with the hard work of the Hume/Adams talks; considering his initial support for the idea of internment, and his very own idea/concept of Irish post-nationalism which all but intimated an indifference to british involvement in Ireland, then for me, John Hume as the greatest ever Irishman?

Not a chance.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

For me I would vote

Hume 1. Collins 2.

But sure there was many not on the list, I'd have a Mayopeople on that list, Grace O'Malley or Micheal Davitt. One of the Ulster Earls (despite my slagging earlier in the year). if I took a Unionist perspective (not my own, but they Irish too) then you could look at the Duke of Wellington. How about St. Colmcille (I am an Atheist) but his work kickstarted the respread of learning throughout Europe and beyond. Is Irish just restricted to Ireland or Irish born, because there is great men like Bernardo O'Higgins, Admiral Brown, the men of the San Padros or Che Guvera. Or are we talking about powerful people like U.S. presidents or the Marshal of France and later their President.

[muppet]

For me I would vote

Hume 1. Collins 2.

But sure there was many not on the list, I'd have a Mayopeople on that list, Grace O'Malley or Micheal Davitt. One of the Ulster Earls (despite my slagging earlier in the year). if I took a Unionist perspective (not my own, but they Irish too) then you could look at the Duke of Wellington. How about St. Colmcille (I am an Atheist) but his work kickstarted the respread of learning throughout Europe and beyond. Is Irish just restricted to Ireland or Irish born, because there is great men like Bernardo O'Higgins, Admiral Brown, the men of the San Padros or Che Guvera. Or are we talking about powerful people like U.S. presidents or the Marshal of France and later their President.

Really? Hume never paid any taxes in Ireland.

[Hardy]

 

[armaghniac]

I knew a girl from Lurgan once. She had one of Ireland's greatest figures, I greatly regret becoming more familiar with her figure.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

For me I would vote

Hume 1. Collins 2.

But sure there was many not on the list, I'd have a Mayopeople on that list, Grace O'Malley or Micheal Davitt. One of the Ulster Earls (despite my slagging earlier in the year). if I took a Unionist perspective (not my own, but they Irish too) then you could look at the Duke of Wellington. How about St. Colmcille (I am an Atheist) but his work kickstarted the respread of learning throughout Europe and beyond. Is Irish just restricted to Ireland or Irish born, because there is great men like Bernardo O'Higgins, Admiral Brown, the men of the San Padros or Che Guvera. Or are we talking about powerful people like U.S. presidents or the Marshal of France and later their President.

Really? Hume never paid any taxes in Ireland.

I'm sure he paid them in Northern Ireland, which is part of the Island of IRELAND.

Bono is still a dick btw.

[ross4life]

I would vote for Hume if it meant we never seen Miriam on TV ever again!

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

I would vote for Hume if it meant we never seen Miriam on TV ever again!

You don't like Miriam! Ross.

[ross4life]

For me I would vote

Hume 1. Collins 2.

But sure there was many not on the list, I'd have a Mayopeople on that list, Grace O'Malley or Micheal Davitt. One of the Ulster Earls (despite my slagging earlier in the year). if I took a Unionist perspective (not my own, but they Irish too) then you could look at the Duke of Wellington. How about St. Colmcille (I am an Atheist) but his work kickstarted the respread of learning throughout Europe and beyond. Is Irish just restricted to Ireland or Irish born, because there is great men like Bernardo O'Higgins, Admiral Brown, the men of the San Padros or Che Guvera. Or are we talking about powerful people like U.S. presidents or the Marshal of France and later their President.

Really? Hume never paid any taxes in Ireland.

I'm sure he paid them in Northern Ireland, which is part of the Island of IRELAND.

Bono is still a dick btw.

Have you seen the Southpark episode about Bono? he's probably a decent guy & Fair play to him he's done loads for charity.. though Bob Geldorf influenced him a lot 

[ross4life]

The USA did a similar thing 5 years ago

Top 10 greatest Americans
1 Ronald Reagan
2 Abraham Lincoln
3 Martin Luther King
4 George Washington
5 Benjamin Franklin
6 George W Bush
7 Bill Clinton
8 Elvis Presley
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Franklin D Roosevelt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4631421.stm

Strange choices in that list don't you think?