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Vote for best/worst Irish people list

The outlaw · 2012-03-21 01:15:21

Since the British voted for 100 best Britons and later had a list for the 100 worst Britons, it has got me thinking – who would you want listed on the 100 Best Irish people and/or 100 Worst Irish people? (living or dead). Like the British lists I expect some Irish people would end up on both lists – (de Valera being the…

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21-03-2012 2:15am

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The outlaw

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Since the British voted for 100 best Britons and later had a list for the 100 worst Britons, it has got me thinking – who would you want listed on the 100 Best Irish people and/or 100 Worst Irish people? (living or dead).
Like the British lists I expect some Irish people would end up on both lists – (de Valera being the first to come my mind).
AFAIK this has never been done. Perhaps us Irish would find it easier to think of people for the Worst list!

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#2 21-03-2012 5:32pm
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Define 'best' and 'worst'.

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#3 21-03-2012 5:36pm
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They have a population ten times ours, why would we also get 100 best/worst? We should only get 10, oh and Roy Keane would finish atop both.

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