Claim to Fame

kfallon

Was just wondering what all you AH'ers 'claims to fame' are (if you have any at all)

Was thinking about this and the best I can prob come up with is that I played football against Ireland & Sunderland defender John O'Shea a couple of times and I shared a few drinks with Shane Macgowan (I'm sure he recalls the night with great fondness :rolleyes:) Both pretty piss poor I know but if you start a thread you need to contribute.

I'm sure some of ye have some real good ones so lets be hearing them plz and no retorts of "OP my claim to fame is I did yore ma" eetc etc

Oh, oh I thought of another one, Biggins once thanked a post of mine :pac:

Dravokivich

So... you don't claim the "Sneaky Finger" eh?

Was dragged into a VIP party at an anime convention in Chicago once. most of the american voice actors from full metal alchimist were there. was also opening bottles of beer with various pieces of furniture for japanese pop bands.

Storminateacup

My cousin reads the weather on rte.
Can't tell you who she is though - the shame of it.

:cool:

westendgirlie

Brenda Fricker had dinner with my family

OutlawPete

My clip of Bono busking was shown on CNN and NBC.

They never asked for it either, tea leafs.

senorwipesalot

Sonny Knowles asked me for directions to carrick on suir once.

Biggins

LOL

Temptamperu

I once ate 6 dry cream crackers in a minute.

John Doe1

Justin Bieber got me pregnant:(

OutlawPete

Frank Carson once asked me could he use the staff toilets at a garage I was working at and not a word of a lie, when he came back down he said: "Thanks, that was a cracker"

Biggins

John Doe1 wrote: »

****** ****** got me pregnant:(

You should have installed this then on Chrome!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hohkcfiapflpfbfpjeahdfbmhpmbhcod

I have. Saves me seeing his sicking face and name all the time.

WoollyRedHat

OutlawPete wrote: »

My clip of Bono busking was shown on CNN and NBC.

They never asked for it either, tea leafs.

You should have sued them for millions!

kfallon

OutlawPete wrote: »

Frank Carson once asked me could he use the staff toilets at a garage I was working at and not a word of a lie, when he came back down he said: "Thanks, that was a cracker"

I'd love to thank that post a hundred times

MugMugs

John Doe1 wrote: »

Justin Bieber got me pregnant:(

He got me too...... and I don't have a womb.

Ilyana

Michael Collins was apparently my fourth cousin :cool:

Ghandee

I featured in an RTE news clip once.
You could say I landed on my feet..

hondasam

I met Hugh Grant once, just for a quick chat in his car.

Cicero

I'm Spartacus !

LizT

I performed at Wembely Arena.

Ghandee

hondasam wrote: »

I met Hugh Grant once, just for a quick chat in his car.

He said it was devine too.

kfallon

Cicero wrote: »

I'm Spartacus !

Ok who had post no.19 in the "How long before someone posts 'I'm Spartacus'" sweep :P

Tubsandtiles

I'm cousins with yer man that presents the late late show

gemma188

Not exactly a claim to fame for me but I've a cousin who's called Jack Bower

hondasam

Ghandee wrote: »

He said it was devine too.

You get what you pay for

holystungun9

SuBo sang her way into my heart!

John Doe1

MugMugs wrote: »

He got me too...... and I don't have a womb.

me too he is a very fertile boy:P

Ghandee

holystungun9 wrote: »

SuBo sang her his/its way into my heart!

FYP....

FinnLizzy

My God mother minds Shane Filan's (lead singer of Westlife) son. I was in the house when he was picked up, and had no idea why that prick from Westlife was there!

I also appear in this video at 1:09

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dpqGe6tt50

I also met Mary Robinson without wearing a t-shirt (hot day).

Pawpad666

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

I'm cousins with yer man that presents the late late show

Good on ya Tiles.

CatFromHue

I know a family where the son has the same name as my father and the father has the same name as me!!

The IRA, or their followers, burnt out a truck of ours in the north once.

I used to see Ryan Tubridy about, before he did the Late Late. As he'd be walking down the street I'd be staring at him as he passed me with a big confused head on me wondering where I knew him while he'd be staring right back at me wondering why I was staring at him! It happened at least twice!

Da Shins Kelly

My Dad knew Paul Hill (of the Guilford Four) back in the day, and when I was born, he and his wife Courtney Kennedy (Bobby Kennedy's daughter) came to our house and I was held by both of them.

Yep, that's about it. I've never met anyone famous that I can recall.

WoollyRedHat

I met Brendan Gleeson in Dublin Airport once, he was sitting next to my Mum but I wasn't sure it was him, so I went online on the computers nearby and on to IMDB and compared photos of him there with photos of him in the airport.

Then we got on the plane and who was sitting in front of us, but Brendan.
Got his autograph ( on a napkin:P), this at a time when I was huge into Harry Potter.,, That and he is a great actor.

I was also in a short film on tv.

Sunnyisland

At the chinese circus in 1992 in the rds and bono and family where there got his autograph.
Being on the team bus with the dublin gaelic football team back in the early eighties coming back from a match in tuam.
Have met numerous politicians from all parties.
In lanzarote in 09 our now president was on the beach beside us,lovely man.

Many more small episodes like that cant remember them all,

kfallon

hondasam wrote: »

I met Hugh Grant once, just for a quick chat in his car.

Hang on if memory serves me right didn't you make a porno after that based on your 'encounter'?

Hmmmm.......brb.......

*puts 'hondasam hugh grant back seat undy-grundy' into xvideos search engine* :pac:

Washington Irving

I was on RTE News when I 9 during the snow.
My great grandmother taught Douglas Hyde Irish

holystungun9

Tubsandtiles wrote: »

I'm cousins with yer man that presents the late late show

Are you any relation to KnobsandKnockers ?

AnonoBoy

I wrote the feature film Fame.

Macken200

Was walking by St Paul's cathedral in London and getting ready to cross the road by one of those zebra crossing yolks when I spotted one of those vintage Rolls Royce cars with the little flags on the bonnet that the Royals use coming down the road,so I stood there to see if there was anyone in the back.
The Queens mother was sitting in the back and as she was passing she spotted me and leant forward on her seat and gave me a big olde wink and a wave.I liked her after that.

krudler

I invented the question mark.

Sunnyisland

krudler wrote: »

I invented the question mark.

Why ???????????????

Ghandee

Macken200 wrote: »

Was walking by St Paul's cathedral in London and getting ready to cross the road by one of those zebra crossing yolks when I spotted one of those vintage Rolls Royce cars with the little flags on the bonnet that the Royals use coming down the road,so I stood there to see if there was anyone in the back.
The Queens mother was sitting in the back and as she was passing she spotted me and leant forward on her seat and gave me a big olde wànk and a wave.I liked her after that.

eurgh.....



:pac:

Biggins

* Was interviewed a number of times on TV/Radio over a number of years.
* Met many a politician, Irish and international. Orally tackled quite a few of them!
* Went for a meal with U2 (Met them thru a Dublin accountancy firm)
* Know many a famous singer and TV/Film star.
* Addressed local and national rally's/protests.
...There's a good few reasons.

Then there is a few people over three days of our wedding (cast of Star Trek, Buffy, Angel, Leverage, Bands, Stargate, Terminator films, etc):


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Gandalph

Colm Meaney walked by my mam and my dad and goes to his wife "Jesus look theres *my dads name* honey", my da just smiled and walked on until my mother had to tell him who it was! My dad was a decent jockey at the time and Meaney was an avid racing fan!

My grandad also trained Arkle for any of you old enough to remember that far back in racing days!

Helix

a relation was instrumental in the release of the birmingham six

bodhrandude

Met author Edna OBrien in Galway, she spotted me doing Christy Moores greatest hits with the bodhran, whilst busking on High Street. She based a busking character on me for her book Down By The River. Also TG4 based one of the Postcard programmes on me from a postcard I participated in during the mid 90s, John Spillane presented the programme.

Macken200

Ghandee wrote: »

eurgh.....



:pac:

Haha ..I walked into that one..

Birdie086

Micheal Manning, the last man to be hanged in ireland, was a distant cousin

Lady Chatterton

OP, I've met the real Kieran Fallon, he is from a neighbouring parish








Ah, Kfallon, I think I prefer you though

Dudess

Worked in national radio along with a few well known-ish personalities. The divas aren't always who you'd expect. And the down to earth are often not who you'd expect either.

hondasam

MrsD007 wrote: »

OP, I've met the real Kieran Fallon, he is from a neighbouring parish








Ah, Kfallon, I think I prefer you though

Hey mrsD, I hear he is a bit of a fraud but nice with it and he is from one of the nicer counties of Ireland.:p

I would prefer kfallon as well.

Birdie086

Dudess wrote: »

Worked in national radio along with a few well known-ish personalities. The divas aren't always who you'd expect. And the down to earth are often not who you'd expect either.

Very true, worked for two years as front of House in a theatre and the above statement is very true. Actually forgot all the famous peoples I met while working there, you stop taking notice after a while.