Famous Tipp people

Casinoking

Gerry O'Connor, formerly of Four Men and a Dog and currently playing with the Dubliners, and widely regarded as probably the best banjo player in the country, is from Portroe

FunkForYourAss

J.D. Bernal - well-known scientist, born in Nenagh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Desmond_Bernal

tipptom

Carrick on suir man Mick Lynch sold his business to Hewlett Packard for 10 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!Thats famous enough for me and if your reading this Mick will you shoot me an auld pm.

Xenophile

Tommy O'Brien, Clonmel, presented a much listened to classical and opera programme in RTE for many years called "Your choice and Mine"

Andy O'Mahony, Clonmel, many years now on RTE presenting "Off the shelf" which is still current.

John Skeahan, Clonmel, general broadcaster.

Niall Carroll, T.V newreader and now presenter on Lyric FM


Shane O’Donoghue, Clonmel, joined CNN in 2011 as the host of monthly programme, ‘Living Golf’.

Hailing from Tipperary in Ireland, O’Donoghue worked as a presenter and commentator for the national broadcaster RTE for fifteen years.


From 2004-2010, he was part of the BBC TV Golf Commentary team, reporting, commentating and interviewing at key events such as The Masters, Open Championships, BMW PGA Championships, Barclays Scottish Open Championships in addition to the Ryder and Walker Cups.


As a TV commentator he has worked with European Tour Productions “World Feed” at a variety of European Tour events since 2005 and several Ladies European Tour events for Ark Productions.


O’Donoghue has a lifelong passion for golf, both amateur and professional and has written an acclaimed book about the men and women who paved the way for today’s Irish golfing stars called, “Legends in their Spare Time”.

Xenophile

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

Born 1950 Clonmel

Occupations Composer
Pianist

Irish traditional
Folk

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin is an Irish musician. As a pianist, composer, recording artist and academic, he holds the Professorship of Music at the Irish World Music Academy of Music and Dance which he founded at the University of Limerick. His sons are known as Irish pop group size2shoes and his former wife is Irish chant singer Nóirín Ní Riain, with whom he has collaborated. He was awarded an honorary D.Mus from the National University of Ireland at his alma mater University College Cork in 2004. He has recorded extensively with the Irish Chamber Orchestra.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

There's another young fellow Michael Rafter from nearby Glengoole who was at Colchester United up to last year but things didnt quite work out for him. Think he is at Waterford United now?

The aforementioned Michael Rafter scored a brace to keep Dundalk in the LOI against his old club and got himself a move to Derry before Christmas

http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/ireland/2012/12/08/3587417/michael-rafter-joins-derry-city-from-dundalk

Best of luck Michael and also to Daryl Kavanagh who has since left for pastures new at Cork City

Another young man, Jack Doherty from Gregg lawn in Carrick on Suir (Mór) signed up by Mick McCarthy recently for Ipswich. Best of luck to the lad

http://www.nationalist.ie/sport/young-carrick-united-soccer-stars-joins-ipswich-town-1-5364873

Paddico

Casinoking wrote: »

Gerry O'Connor, formerly of Four Men and a Dog and currently playing with the Dubliners, and widely regarded as probably the best banjo player in the country, is from Portroe

Never knew that.
Gerry O Connor is class, totally underated

hawkwing

Brian Guidera--Ex Mr Ireland

Vizzy

Thomas Chamney -Runner.
and while we are at it Sean Tobin and Michael Carey who are also runners.

Did anyone mention Sam Bennett(Cyclist) yet.