Did any famous people attend your school?

busyliving

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

that unfunny cunt of a comedian off the panel. cant think of the twat's name

Ed Byrne?

Kylo Ren

Jesus. He preferred we all called him 'Brian' for some reason. Was some messer.

thee glitz

Malcolm MacArthur, Noel Dempsey and a rake of Meath footballers incl. Darren Fay

44leto

It seems to me no-one really famous went to any Irish schools.

saa

Well my boyfriend was in college with Cecily Ahern who barely passed the creative writing module Lulz, well passed but nothing to write home about.

gerrybbadd

Chris O'Dowd was 2 years ahead of me in school.

For Forks Sake

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

just westlife, so nobody really.

saywhatyousee wrote: »

3 Members of westlife
John Mc Cormack(famous tenor)
Albert Reynolds(Taoiseach)
Ray Mac Sharry(Tanaiste and Mep)

Same as. Like how the vast majority of famous alumni are 'former' whatever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_College#Selected_alumni

crosstownk

seamus wrote: »

It's a big rugby school, so there's a long list of rugby players. But having never had any interest in rugby, I've never heard of any of them, except the one muppet who was in my year.

The best-known alumni are probably Dave Allen (comedian), The Coronas, Mike Murphy and Peter Lawrie.

No super-famous people and nobody notable really except for the above 4. Even the Coronas just barely make it into the "notable" category.

You forgot Donal McCann

Conor O'Shea and Girvan Dempsey are two of the rugby folk that spring to mind but there may be more. Like you I wasn't into the rugby either.

EDIT: I forgot to mention Dublin GAA player (football & hurling) Conal Keaney (maybe not quite 'famous' though).

bruschi

Ledger wrote: »

Maverick Sabre (AKA Michael Stafford)

Kevin Doyle

Dermot Desmond (dunno if he counts tbh)

John Paul Phelan TD

TJ O'Brien (Jockey)




EDIT: Feck ya Trevor, ya got there first! ha

Trevor Kent wrote: »

lol.

Did Kevin Doyle not go to the Good Council??? Michael went to the C.B.S or am I off the ball here altoghther?

he went to Good Counsel alright.

as did horse trainer Aidan O Brien, jockey Tom Doyle, and a load of Kilkenny hurlers and Wexford footballers and hurlers.

stovelid

Mariana Thankful Sty wrote: »

Grainne Seoige and the other, less famous Seoige went to my school. About ten years before I was there though.

Probably too late to smell the jacks seats.

EarlERizer

stovelid wrote: »

I think Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne went to mine. So I'm told.

Not unless they joined St Aidans (Robbie Keane -and Jason Gavin (another footballer) in Brookfield with KCS (Richard Dunne) in Killinarden

I went to Aidan's but long before Keane,and the Hyland brothers (Pro Boxers) attended the same primary school I attended -again ,a looooong time before them.

........and so did that little 'Kevin' guy who used to be on 'The Den' on RTE2 lol

Kevin Duffy

I just checked the website of my school for famous past pupils. What a bunch of ****ing nobodies. I know one of them, he's a nice fella and has done well in life, but isn't famous. I might genuinely be the most famous past pupil. That's píss poor.

Karona

Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter) went to my school, although she was a few years behind me. Her dad is a teacher there too.

iwasonbwh

Shay Given is a past student of my school

Lia_lia

Doubt it.


Michael Fassbender attended my brother's school. I went to after-school study there! That so counts.

stovelid

EarlERizer wrote: »

Not unless they joined St Aidans (Robbie Keane -and Jason Gavin (another footballer) in Brookfield with KCS (Richard Dunne) in Killinarden

I went to Aidan's but long before Keane,and the Hyland brothers (Pro Boxers) attended the same primary school I attended -again ,a looooong time before them.

........and so did that little 'Kevin' guy who used to be on 'The Den' on RTE2 lol

Ah right. It was only Dunne so. Bit after my time.

LH Pathe

Eamon Coughlan .. in it for the long run. Niall Quinn ... great business acumen there. n the most useful beanpole in football ever.. Kevin Moran; first man to be sent off in an FA cup final.

Richard Hillman

Georgia Salpa was in the girls part of my primary school.

Rovi

Jack Boothman - former President of the GAA
Tommy Carr - Dublin footballer/manager
Declan Carr - All-Ireland winning Tipperary hurler
Kathryn Thomas - television presenter
Leo Varadkar - politician






...and...







...wait for it...







Jedward! :D:D

XxMCRxBabyxX

Karona wrote: »

Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter) went to my school, although she was a few years behind me. Her dad is a teacher there too.

My aunt taught her in Greenhills

From my school we had:
Eileen Whelan (RTE Newscaster)
Mary Banotti and Nora Owen ( Politicians and Michael Collin's grandneices)
Fionnuala Britton (Athlete)
Darina Allen (chef)

Nothing too crazy really. There was a rumour that Terry Wogan boarded in my school as a kid but that was disproved by my yearbook committee a couple of years ago

XxMCRxBabyxX

Rovi wrote: »

Jack Boothman - former President of the GAA
Tommy Carr - Dublin footballer/manager
Declan Carr - All-Ireland winning Tipperary hurler
Kathryn Thomas - television presenter
Leo Varadkar - politician






...and...







...wait for it...







Jedward! :D:D

Who got top of the famous alumni in the yearbook this year :-P

Iang87

probably the most famous

Professor Albus Dumbledore
Marcus Aurelius
The Bull McCabe

Go on The Richard Harris, I win

HovaBaby

Gerry Adams >_>

daysleeper

Darren Sutherland went to my school. I think that's all!

Lollipops23

busyliving wrote: »

Ed Byrne?

He went to my school!

El Weirdo

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Georgia Salpa was in the girls part of my primary school.

Your primary school had a fanny?

Anyway, the only one of any note that I could think of is Siobhán Donaghy who was in the original line-up of the Sugarbabes.

The headmistress also had a TV drama written about her and was played by Julie Walters in it.

Useless.

refusetolose

Jack Lynch
Thomas MacCurtin
Terence McSwiney
Rory Gallagher
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Sean Og O Hailpin
Dinny from Glenroe
Niall Tóibín
Frank O’Connor
John Creedon
Matt Cooper
Mark Carroll

Karona

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

My aunt taught her in Greenhills

Who is your aunt?

XxMCRxBabyxX

Karona wrote: »

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

My aunt taught her in Greenhills

Who is your aunt?

PM sent

WatchWolf

elPadrino wrote: »

Roddy Doyle
Ronan Keating:mad:

Fintan's?

Richard

Journalists Dermot Murnaghan and Mark Simpson. Mark McClelland (formally of Snow Patrol).

And, after I left, Rory McIllroy.

oranbhoy67

The 80s band Simple Minds, Fran Healy lead singer of travis, & Frankie Boyle comedian

Darkglasses

Des Bishop, Colm Toibin and Pat from Eggheads.

El Weirdo

Darkglasses wrote: »

...Pat from Eggheads.

We have a new champion, ladies and gentlemen.

stoneill

No -
But yer man from Bell X-1's Dad was the principal.
Does that count?

Darkglasses

El Weirdo wrote: »

We have a new champion, ladies and gentlemen.

Suppose I shouldn't mention Daniel Furlong from All Ireland Talent Show either then...

John Doe1

iwasonbwh wrote: »

Shay Given is a past student of my school

St columbas?

theteal

LH Pathe wrote: »

Eamon Coughlan .. in it for the long run. Niall Quinn ... great business acumen there. n the most useful beanpole in football ever.. Kevin Moran; first man to be sent off in an FA cup final.

Ah another Castle man!

Erica<3

Jedward :rolleyes:

tolosenc

Nicky Byrne out of Westlife,
Bertie's daughter what he was ridin',
Bertie's other daughter that writes the books,
and a young lad named Robbie Brady who plays for Man United.

Sirsok

Ralph fienes for a short period apparently

d.anthony

James McAvoy went to mine... Bit before my time tho...

antodeco

Dermot Morgan went to mine. Went to his funeral.

Solair

Everyone who is anyone.

danniemcq

Enya,

well until she was expelled!

xzanti

Not that I know of.. My year were the 2nd batch of students to enter the school as it was pretty much being built.. so maybe after I left..

I did however go to the Gaelteacht with one of the girls from Bewitched..

I know, I know.. starstruck!!!!!!!

Colonel_McCoy

Denis Irwin
Eddie Hobbs!

Galway K9

Tommy Tiernan and Hector (The gob****e!)

Orando Broom

Eazy-E and MC Ren from NWA. They were gone by the time I got there.

http://www.hw.com/

This is the part of thier upbringing they don't sing about. MC Ren's father was an Endocrinologist.

Jay D

Pat Kenny, Colm Meaney, James Joyce, most notably, few others there too.
https://sites.google.com/a/oconnellprimary.ie/o-connell-cbs-primary-school/home/past-pupils