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Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

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    #242
    syklops
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    Radio5 wrote: »
    Brian O'Connell. RTE news.London. Must be the first UK General Election coverage without him in many years.

    I know they've a new London correspondent now. I just wonder what Brian is doing now.

    He went to Sky News.


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    #243
    endacl
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    Cuchullain and the Fianna.


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    #244
    syklops
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    endacl wrote: »
    Cuchullain and the Fianna.

    Are you telling me you don't know what happened to Oisin from the Fianna?


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    #245
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    What was the name of that bloke with the silver hair who used to be on RTE and teach painting? Not Don Conroy. Someone else. Wizened features IIRC.


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    #246
    branie2
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    George White wrote: »
    What was the name of that bloke with the silver hair who used to be on RTE and teach painting? Not Don Conroy. Someone else. Wizened features IIRC.

    It was Frank Clarke


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    #247
    nick1959
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    George White wrote: »
    Whatever happened to his organist Norman off Quicksilver? He was some cousin of my mother's father.
    Stop The Lights!


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    #248
    Summer wind
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    What about Alison Doody. She was in one of the Indiana Jones movies and was never heard of again.


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    #249
    George White
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    Summer wind wrote: »
    What about Alison Doody. She was in one of the Indiana Jones movies and was never heard of again.
    She's one of those people who appeared in Spielberg films who never had much of a career after like Brad Johnson in Always or Joey the Horse.


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    #250
    Radio5
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    Summer wind wrote: »
    What about Alison Doody. She was in one of the Indiana Jones movies and was never heard of again.

    I last remember her in The Clinic on RTE a few years back.

    What about Deirdre O'Kane's sister? She used to do some kind of show about buying houses abroad few years back?


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    #251
    branie2
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    She was also in Taffin with Pierce Brosnan


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    #252
    darkdubh
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    Diden't she marry a property developer or something like that and more or less retire from acting.


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    #253
    ronan45
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    Summer wind wrote: »
    What about Alison Doody. She was in one of the Indiana Jones movies and was never heard of again.

    Looks like shes on her third tycoon according to Wiki lol

    Doody married Gavin O'Reilly, CEO of the Independent News & Media on 25 June 1994, at the O'Reilly family residence Castlemartin. The couple made their home at Bartra House,[4] a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) home overlooking the sea in Dalkey; at the time of purchase, the most expensive house in Ireland.[5] The marriage produced two daughters (Alanna in 1996; Lauren in 1999). She separated from O'Reilly in 2004, and divorced him in 2006.[6]

    During the 2011 filming of comedy-drama Beaver Falls in South Africa, Doody met Douglas De Jager, a packaging tycoon from Cape Town. The couple had been keeping their relationship low-key, before De Jager died of a heart attack in July 2012.[7]

    She was engaged in October 2014 to food tycoon Tadhg Geary.[8]


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    #254
    DopeTech
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    Anyone who took a job at utv ireland!


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    #255
    darkdubh
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    FrostyJim wrote: »
    Anyone who took a job at utv ireland!

    Seeing as no one watches that channel I don't think they've any spotlight to disappear from.


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    #256
    George White
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭George White


    FrostyJim wrote: »
    Anyone who took a job at utv ireland!
    Aren't they still on the air??


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    #257
    RadioRetro
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    George White wrote: »
    Don Conroy from the Den - he was on Moone Boy a few weeks ago.
    Living in Wexford where he does a radio series each year with two partners on birdlife and other nature topics for broadcast on local radio stations.

    Here's their website profile page.


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    #258
    darkdubh
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    Who was that Dublin comedian who was kidnapped and held to ransom by criminals in the early 90s?They had a Late Late Show special dedicated to him shortly afterwards,he was painfully unfunny.I don't think I'd ever heard of him before that whole thing and thankfully he seemed to pretty much disappear afterwards.


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    #259
    L1011
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Who was that Dublin comedian who was kidnapped and held to ransom by criminals in the early 90s?They had a Late Late Show special dedicated to him shortly afterwards,he was painfully unfunny.I don't think I'd ever heard of him before that whole thing and thankfully he seemed to pretty much disappear afterwards.

    Ben Dunne? :pac:

    No mention of a comedian in the synopsis of Paul Howard's book on the 80s/90s IRA kidnappings. I doubt it even claims to be comprehensive though.


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    #260
    Aglomerado
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    George Murphy. About 10 years ago he won a talent competition. Amazing voice, like a young Luke Kelly. I'd forgotten about him until I saw an old tape at home with a couple of his songs on it.
    I got his CD off Amazon a couple of weeks ago, and it's excellent. Shame his fame didn't last very long.


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    #261
    amdublin
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Who was that Dublin comedian who was kidnapped and held to ransom by criminals in the early 90s?They had a Late Late Show special dedicated to him shortly afterwards,he was painfully unfunny.I don't think I'd ever heard of him before that whole thing and thankfully he seemed to pretty much disappear afterwards.

    No clue who this is??????

    Anyone know them?


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    #262
    George White
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    Noel V. Ginnity, was it? He still plays pubs and charity galas.
    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/two-decades-of-high-profile-kidnappings-1.1095684


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    #263
    George White
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    George Murphy. About 10 years ago he won a talent competition. Amazing voice, like a young Luke Kelly. I'd forgotten about him until I saw an old tape at home with a couple of his songs on it.
    I got his CD off Amazon a couple of weeks ago, and it's excellent. Shame his fame didn't last very long.

    I actually think he came second or third in You're A Star.
    Every person who wins You're A Star/The Voice since the Eurovision angle was dropped has disappeared within six months of winning.
    No Eurovision overlook show to briefly give them a spot of minor sub-recognition each year...


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    #264
    darkdubh
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    George White wrote: »
    Noel V. Ginnity, was it? He still plays pubs and charity galas.
    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/two-decades-of-high-profile-kidnappings-1.1095684

    Yes thats the guy.I'd never heard of him before the kidnapping case,but he got an entire Late Late Show special dedicated to him not long afterwards where he did several stand up routines.Sweet Jesus,he was the most painfully unfunny so called "comedian" I've ever seen on TV and thats saying a lot.


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    #265
    Ash.J.Williams
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Who was that Dublin comedian who was kidnapped and held to ransom by criminals in the early 90s?They had a Late Late Show special dedicated to him shortly afterwards,he was painfully unfunny.I don't think I'd ever heard of him before that whole thing and thankfully he seemed to pretty much disappear afterwards.
    was it Noel V Ginnity? I'm a huge comedy fan but i know his name as his brother was chairman of the meath co. GAA board in the 80's!! I would deffo not know him from "comedy" :)


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    #266
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    George Murphy. About 10 years ago he won a talent competition. Amazing voice, like a young Luke Kelly. I'd forgotten about him until I saw an old tape at home with a couple of his songs on it.
    I got his CD off Amazon a couple of weeks ago, and it's excellent. Shame his fame didn't last very long.
    think the poor chap was gettin awful crap from jealous locals...think he got arrested for defending himself at one point.


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    #267
    OU812
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    BOHtox wrote: »
    Clare Tully

    Gave up everything, closed her websites/social media, changed her hair colour & style & moved to the UK to continue her education.

    I think she may have changed her name also.


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    #268
    Aglomerado
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    think the poor chap was gettin awful crap from jealous locals...think he got arrested for defending himself at one point.

    Really? That's sad. Feck the begrudgers. :mad:


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    #269
    ruskin
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    BOHtox wrote: »
    Clare Tully

    I used to really like Clare's nice...eyes.


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    #270
    JP Liz V1
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    George White wrote: »
    I actually think he came second or third in You're A Star.
    Every person who wins You're A Star/The Voice since the Eurovision angle was dropped has disappeared within six months of winning.
    No Eurovision overlook show to briefly give them a spot of minor sub-recognition each year...



    YAS winners or contestants do better than TVOI winners or contestants :p
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #271
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    Back in the 90s 2fm had a female DJ that went by the name of Suzanne Duffy. Left radio to write a book and hasn't been seen since.


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