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Who is the greatest Dubliner of all time?!

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    #32
    coyote6
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    Chuck Norris


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    #33
    humberklog
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    spurious wrote: »
    Iris Murdoch - they'd probably have to look her up.

    With her sexual appetite shouldn't that read.."lock her up"? In fairness she didn't really live her long. Place of birth sure but person's input into city or the city's influence on them has gotta be relevant. If not then I'd put Francis Bacon as my greatest Dub. But that wouldn't really sit right because, although born here, he really was a Lodoner. They'd probably have to "lock" him up too.

    The Duke gets my vote too.


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    #34
    Esel
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    Jonathan Swift.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #35
    Tannylan
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    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)


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    #36
    Latchy
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    Nobodys mentioned Bram Stroker .....oh i have now


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    #37
    BraziliaNZ
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    is Oscar Wilde actually Irish at all?


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    #38
    boneless
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    Ah come on people! We all know that Dustin should win this... :p

    Or Bertie..... wan turkey is as good as another....:p


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    #39
    DublinerTiff
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    Epic Tissue wrote: »
    Where's the link gone?

    Someone edited it out. Just go to thedubliner.ie, there's a link to the survey on the homepage. Cheers.


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    #40
    Rashers
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    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    is Oscar Wilde actually Irish at all?

    Born 21 Westland Row Dublin.


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    #41
    the boss of me
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    2917729279_2c501527c7_o.jpg

    The best Dub is a Rabbite...


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    #42
    Latchy
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    Brendan Gleeson - The way he might say '' for jazzsis sake '' , now thats a real dubliner


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    #43
    AnonoBoy
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    As anyone voted for Dave McSavage yet?

    No?

    Hmmmmm...... that's odd.


    I vote for Ronnie Drew or Pat Ingoldsby.


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    #44
    BraziliaNZ
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    Ronnie Drew sucks. I vote for myself.


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    #45
    [Deleted User]
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    Des wrote: »
    Luke Kelly.

    Any of the 1916 Risers who were from Dublin.
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    +1 or Ronnie


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    #46
    AnonoBoy
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    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Ronnie Drew sucks. I vote for myself.

    Controversial opinion there. Be careful or they may not let you back to Dublin at all! :eek:


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    #47
    Lauder
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    Arthur Wellsley, The Iron Duke. The Duke of Wellington. Went to school in modern day Bewleys, Grafton Steet.

    A great Dubliner


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    #48
    MarchDub
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    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    is Oscar Wilde actually Irish at all?

    Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin - as another poster has said - but he also was the son of two people who were very prominent personalties in the Ireland of their day. His father, William Wilde, was an antiquarian and is considered to be the father of modern day Irish archaeological research. He also founded St James Hospital in Dublin. He was an ear surgeon.

    Oscar's mother, Jane Wilde - wrote under the name "Speranza" and was one of the Young Irelanders and wrote inflammatory anti-English verse and articles. She wrote for The Nation.

    GB Shaw said of Wilde - "Oscar Wilde is a very Irish Irishman and as such a foreigner everywhere but in Ireland". Gets my number one vote.


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