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Not Kevin Myers

Biggins wrote: »

Mr Michael Collins.

Why, if I may ask?

samsemtex

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

This post is so full of FAIL I don't know where to start.

Rory Gallagher and Phil Lynott would comfortably p!ss all over ANY mediocre muck u2 ever produced.

Van Morrison is indeed a TW@T of enourmous proportions but Philo and Rory can not be mentioned in the same breath as u pathetic 2.

That is all.

Musically I agree with you about Rory Gallagher. I have Rory albums and I dont have any U2 alnums. I dont particularly like them. That said I dont for a second believe that Rory has had anywhere near the same effect on the world/Ireland as U2. They are the biggest band in the world and for that reason alone they should be on the list.

No Irish musician has ever come close to achieving the success that they have. Fact.

podgemonster

Co45 wrote: »

You really want the man who abadoned his country on the world stage on the Ireland's Greatest Person list?

Ya i do!

Smart Bug

What about Farthy (forty with a Waterford accent) Coats?

He was a great Irish person, what with all his pockets & what not.

podgemonster

Kevin Myers wrote: »

Why, if I may ask?

Did you not see him in taken! he kicked ass!

brianthebard

Winty wrote: »

Can you change it add who ever you think
2 people are in twice

Eh, no I'm not a mod of AH.

sbsquarepants

Biggins wrote: »

Nope. 'Orrible stuff!
Road tar in a glass. Yuck!

Traitor:eek:

Canis Lupus

I vote for Shirley Templebar or whatever he calls himself.

Not Kevin Myers

podgemonster wrote: »

Did you not see him in taken! he kicked ass!

Yes, indeed, he did "kick a lof of ass".

So to call Collins an "icon for peace and reconciliation" is not just idiotic, but is to indulge in the depraved rhetoric of Irish republicanism.

neilthefunkeone

i vote for none of them..

What about the lad from Crystal Swing?? Or better yet John-Joe

Davidius

Kevin Myers wrote: »

Yes, indeed, he did "kick a lof of ass".

So to call Collins an "icon for peace and reconciliation" is not just idiotic, but is to indulge in the depraved rhetoric of Irish republicanism.

I'm fairly sure the name "Kevin Myers" gets thrown around a lot. I don't actually know who that is but I like to think I'm sensing a bit of roleplay here.

Biggins

Kevin Myers wrote: »

Why, if I may ask?

* Co-founder of the state and formidable representative from then on.
* Minister for Finance of a state from its own birth - (what a headache alone to set-up!).
* Ran the country successfully while Dev buggered off to the states for a while.
* Clever, astute and a formidable person inspite of an Empire wishing he be wiped from the face of the earth previously.
To name just a few reasons.

Fighter/founder/financier of a state/Free state leader/formidable and more...

Fizman

Gary Breen.

Jaxxy

All options should be Gary Breen.

podgemonster

"icon for peace and reconciliation"

Quote from the movie

'if the price of freedom, the price of peace means the blackening of my name, then i would gladly pay it"

Also do you really need to be an icon of peace and reconciliation to be great man, just because someone chooses to fight doesnt make them any less of a person. Gandhi was a great man and so was William Wallace.

Also he said this too:
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
:cool:

Not Kevin Myers

Biggins wrote: »

* Co-founder of the state and formidable representative from then on.
* Minister for Finance of a state from its own birth - (what a headache alone to set-up!).
* Ran the country successfully while Dev buggered off to the states for a while.
* Clever, astute and a formidable person inspite of an Empire wishing he be wiped from the face of the earth previously.
To name just a few reasons.

Fighter/founder/financier of a state/Free state leader/formidable and more...

Maybe you should educate yourself, Mr. Biggins. Read this please. http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/to-say-michael-collins-was-a-peacemaker-is-humbug-he-was-a-coldblooded-killer-1062871.html

Biggins

Kevin Myers wrote: »

Maybe you should educate yourself, Mr. Biggins. Read this please. http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/to-say-michael-collins-was-a-peacemaker-is-humbug-he-was-a-coldblooded-killer-1062871.html

With respect, thats opinion.
(and I note, the person writing it didn't even have the decently to put their name to it!)

I also personally never called him a "icon for peace and reconciliation" too!

sbsquarepants

Biggins wrote: »

* Co-founder of the state and formidable representative from then on.
* Minister for Finance of a state from its own birth - (what a headache alone to set-up!).
* Ran the country successfully while Dev buggered off to the states for a while.
* Clever, astute and a formidable person inspite of an Empire wishing he be wiped from the face of the earth previously.
To name just a few reasons.

Fighter/founder/financier of a state/Free state leader/formidable and more...

I bet he liked guinness

Biggins

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I bet he liked guinness

:pac:

I'm sure he did.

pickarooney

phasers wrote: »

How come Oscar Wilde gets a full stop and the others don't?

That's the Victorian period.

fryup

where's bob geldof on the list??

what the hell!! george best that womanising piss artist

mickdw

BOD most likely isnt the greatest person in his own house never mind the rugby pitch on any given day yet some feel he is the greatest Irish person EVER? He comes across as an asshole with that stupid smirk on his face for the last year.

recylingbin

You want me to pick the greatest from your list of favourites?
Why?

Winty

recylingbin wrote: »

You want me to pick the greatest from your list of favourites?
Why?

Dont join in then

Simple

recylingbin

I'll join in when Cromwell goes on the list.
He achieved far more than that langer Collins.

Biggins

recylingbin wrote: »

I'll join in when Cromwell goes on the list.
He achieved far more than that langer Collins.

He couldn't hold himself together though.
In the end he lost his head!

Winty

recylingbin wrote: »

I'll join in when Cromwell goes on the list.
He achieved far more than that langer Collins.

Feel free to start you own greatest Irish person born outside Ireland poll

Krusader

brianthebard wrote: »

Markievicz gets in but Connolly doesn't? Poor form.

Connolly wasn't Irish born

I chose Collins myself

DazMarz

Philo!!!!:D

recylingbin

Winty wrote: »

Feel free to start you own greatest Irish person born outside Ireland poll

If you take the time to find the birthplaces of the people on your list, some of them will bear out the irony in the above statement.

Dr. Feelgood

i voted phil lynnot

Co45

mickdw wrote: »

BOD most likely isnt the greatest person in his own house never mind the rugby pitch on any given day yet some feel he is the greatest Irish person EVER? He comes across as an asshole with that stupid smirk on his face for the last year.

Yeah, I mean what an asshole visiting crumlin hospital to hang out with the kids there and all the charity work he does, the asshole. He likes to smile as well, what a dick.

brianthebard

Crosáidí wrote: »

Connolly wasn't Irish born

Up for debate, and not really the point of the poll surely. Sure half the people on the poll would've seen themselves as Anglo-Irish/British anyways.

DrumSteve

gotta be Noel Browne just for taking on McQuaid.

Winty

recylingbin wrote: »

If you take the time to find the birthplaces of the people on your list, some of them will bear out the irony in the above statement.

Example?

recylingbin

Co45 wrote: »

Yeah, I mean what an asshole visiting crumlin hospital to hang out with the kids there and all the charity work he does, the asshole. He likes to smile as well, what a dick.

Loads of people do charity work. And more than him.
Fair play for doing it, but throwing an inflated egg around and running into people does not an all-time great make.

DrumSteve

i dont get why people are giving grief about the poll choices... your not gonna get everyone in there (although i think some people are mentioned twice...)

recylingbin

Winty wrote: »

Example?

Well, the first one that leapt out was Phil Lynott.

However, when I said Cromwell, I meant Wellington, so

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Winty

DrumSteve wrote: »

i dont get why people are giving grief about the poll choices... your not gonna get everyone in there (although i think some people are mentioned twice...)

Thanks Drum Steve

Sorry about the twice thing, I have asked the Mod to change

Winty

recylingbin wrote: »

However, when I said Cromwell, I meant Wellington

Who is Wellington Cromwell ? thats not an Irish name

InReality

Now I see the reasons for Micheal Collins and Countess Markovic but I can't believe i'm the first and only person who voted for John Hume !

Helping to stop the NI violence was a great thing wasn't it ?

Winty

Thanks to the Zohan we now have Daniel OConnell and James Connolly

Keep Voting

Winty

Some people like Grace O'Malley have got 0 votes, so please submit a replacement and if people vote with thanks I will ask the mods to change so please submit your subs.

Co45

recylingbin wrote: »

Fair play for doing it, but throwing an inflated egg around and running into people does not an all-time great make.

Yet playing an instrument or writting some poetry does? Half the people on that list are musicians or writers. Can I ask what makes them so above a sports person?

minidazzler

The RTE list made me fairly angry actually...I don't usually get angry at such trivial things but I couldn't get over how retarded it was!

This list is better, but it's not exactly a Top list of great Irish men.

Fago!

They all suck.

Brendan Shine FTW!!!!

FearDark

Poll is invalid.

No Jerry Ryan.

fifth

mickdw wrote: »

BOD most likely isnt the greatest person in his own house never mind the rugby pitch on any given day yet some feel he is the greatest Irish person EVER? He comes across as an asshole with that stupid smirk on his face for the last year.

:rolleyes:

Seriously, BOD's not on the list..OP get off your tod and add bod!!

Co45

Where is BOD?

minidazzler

Fago! wrote: »

They all suck.

Brendan Shine FTW!!!!

Who in the name of fcuk is Brendan Shine? Sounds like a serial killer!