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Most Famous Living Galway Person

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  • 26-06-2010 5:01pm
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    The Sparrow
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    I'm hoping all of you can do me a quick favour for a project I'm doing in work.

    Who is the most famous person from Galway City or county that is not a GAA footballer or hurler? Or even the most famous person living person who lives or has lived in Galway City or County?

    I asked the same question in the Kilkenny forum and got a fantastic list of Kilkenny people. Hope the mods don't mind me asking here about Galway too.


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    ronnie3585
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    Denis Furey.


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    padi89
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    Knacker Dwarf


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    carmel27
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    Warty Nora


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    Seaneh
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    Probably Tommy Tiernan?


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    LowOdour
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    the guy who played spock in the last star trek or bon iver...both worked and lived in galway as far as i know


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    muppetkiller
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    Doesn't 'Dido' Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong live out in Connemara for a few months a year ?


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    biko
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    Nora-Jane Noone


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Sharon Shannon.

    Or perhaps just the nameless "Galway Girl"


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    Melty
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭Melty


    Peter O'Toole has a house in Clifden

    edit: perhaps not anymore according to wikipedia


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    mikom
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    biko wrote: »
    Nora-Jane Noone

    Soundest famous Galway person anyway.


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    ErnieBert
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    Rogue Trader Nick Leeson has been living here for a long tome now. He married a local girl and they have a child. He is the CEO of Galway United FC.


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    ErnieBert
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    Michael D Higgins


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    ErnieBert
    Registered Users Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭ErnieBert


    Eamonn Casey is world famous


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    Bosco boy
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    Elvis, he's now shacked up with a bird in rosmuc!


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    Diabhal Beag
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    Julia Roberts stayed in Barna for a week if that counts


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    fergpie
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    Martin Sheen went to NUIG for 1 whole semester. surely that must make him a galwegian?!


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    d-gal
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    Hector!


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    padi89
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    ErnieBert wrote: »
    Rogue Trader Nick Leeson has been living here for a long tome now. He married a local girl and they have a child. He is the CEO of Galway United FC.

    Winner ! :D


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    hairyfairy00
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    Daithi O Se


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    inisboffin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭inisboffin


    Tommy is from Navan
    Sharon from Clare
    and 'the Galway girl' was born in Dublin!:p

    Most famous Galwegian (we are counting the County, right?)

    imo: Peter O'Toole

    Some notables

    Norah Barnacle
    Mary Coughlan
    Siobhán McKenna
    Dolores Keane

    ** sorry, just saw living - obviously a couple aren't!


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    happyoutscan
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    d-gal wrote: »
    Hector!

    No.


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    brainyneuron
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    Tommy and Hector are both from Navan and Dathai o Shea is from Dingle. All adopted Galwegians but don't think thats what the OP is looking for :p


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    padi89
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    brainyneuron wrote: »
    Tommy and Hector are both from Navan and Dathai o Shea is from Dingle. All adopted Galwegians but don't think thats what the OP is looking for :p

    If i were stuck in a room with those three id kill myself ...


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    brainyneuron
    Registered Users Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭brainyneuron


    padi89 wrote: »
    If i were stuck in a room with those three id kill myself ...

    Haha I'd love it, that'd be some party :D:p


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    Seaneh
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    I read this as living in Galway...


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    martyboy48
    Registered Users Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭martyboy48


    I'll come back to this after a think.... (I was listing hurlers/footballers)


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    tonyhiggins
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    fergpie wrote: »
    Martin Sheen went to NUIG for 1 whole semester. surely that must make him a galwegian?!

    Heard a good story about his time here there last week.. he went into some restaurant around Quay St I think for dinner, and realising he would get hassled, he said a quick hello to everyone there, signed any autographs wanted then said, it's my dinner time, me time. Very cool!


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    loser2old4board
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    Stephen Cullinane was one of the founders of both Macra na Feirme and The Farmer's Journal.
    Walter Macken, a well known author from fifties and sixties.
    Liam O'Flaherty (August 28, 1896 – September 7, 1984) was a significant Irish Author
    from way back (Born on Inis Mór, Aran Island.
    John Mc Gahern (Author) lived in Leitrim, but had strong links with NUIG,
    so probably lived in Galway for a while. (I want to list him anyway).
    Steve Earle ( Galway Girl) lived in Galway for a while.
    The Waterboys lived in Spiddal for a while or at least Mike Scott did.

    Not clear from original post if it has to be a living person,
    if so scratch the first four above.


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    The Sparrow
    Registered Users Posts: 3,614 ✭✭✭The Sparrow


    Thanks everyone. Galway county or city is fine and living in either area is grand as well if they are not from Galway originally.

    Cheers.:)


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    doubleglaze
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    Michael D.

    Bishop Casey

    Angelica Huston

    Peter o'Toole

    Sharon Shannon

    Nick Leeson


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