Foreigners who are more famous/acclaimed in Ireland than their home countries

MikeyTaylor

Any examples of notable non-Irish people who are more popular or acclaimed in Ireland than their home country?
Ones I can think of:
*Josh Ritter, American indie folk musician.
*Charlie Landsborough, British musician (although he is quite well known in the UK)
*Jack Charlton, soccer manager.
*Mick McCarthy, soccer manager.
*David Gray was big in Ireland before making it big in the UK and globally.
Any more?

Duckworth_Luas

Oliver "****ing" Cromwell.

AfterLife

Eamon de Valera

Omackeral

That **** pheasant Nathan Carter

Jim Bob Scratcher

Nathan Carter

Try_harder

Dana

Omackeral

Was gonna say Henry Sellers but sure he made the BBC.

justshane

Brent Pope.

Dj Stiggie

Omackeral wrote: »

That **** pheasant Nathan Carter

Didn't know he wasn't born in Ireland so I checked his Wiki

'Nathan Kane Tyrone Carter, birth name Nathan Kane Leitrim Carter'. That has to be a pisstake, right?

TomOnBoard

That awful Bishop fella who pretends to be a comedian..

Ursus Horribilis

Alan Stanford

suicide_circus

dil victimasinghe, you your one who was rejected by her parents and fired from her job in sri lanka due to her sexuality and then moved to ireland and started a career of telling us how discriminatory and intolerant we all are.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Eva Orsmond

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

suicide_circus wrote: »

dil victimasinghe, you your one who was rejected by her parents and fired from her job in sri lanka due to her sexuality and then moved to ireland and started a career of telling us how discriminatory and intolerant we all are.

She was made 'surplus to requirements' soon after the George Hook Twitter frenzy debacle. Have no doubt she can concentrate fully now on her stand up career and be famous the world over though.

She'll be the next Dave Chappelle. Mark. My. Words. <don't>

My vote is for Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher?). Think the majority of Irish people would recognise him,
but as Home and Away is proportionally way less popular down under in his native country wouldn't be nearly as well know in comparison. Flamin' mongrels!!!

suicide_circus

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

My vote is for Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher?). Think the majority of Irish people would recognise him,
but as Home and Away is proportionally way less popular down under in his native country wouldn't be nearly as well know in comparison. Flamin' mongrels!!!

He posts on boards I believe

Duck Soup

Patrick Guilbaud.

Omackeral

Dj Stiggie wrote: »

'Nathan Kane Tyrone Carter, birth name Nathan Kane Leitrim Carter'. That has to be a pisstake, right?

Nathan Carter, his fan base and his appeal in general are all a major p*sstake if you ask me.

freshpopcorn

Dana Rosemary Scallon!

Coco Savage

James McClean

Harry Palmr

Any number of football players esp of a certain generation.

Uncharted

Super Mario and his brother Luigi.

Italians never even heard of them...

LCD

Any number of Olympic Athletes, who once they got dropped from their home federations declared for Ireland.

neris

shane mcgowan

Your Face

Hitler

SEPT 23 1989

Jack Charlton was a World Cup winner

mistersifter

Rodrigo y Gabriela

whisky_galore

Baz whatshisname and that Indian doctor in Clare who was a TD and minor celeb.

seachto7

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Any examples of notable non-Irish people who are more popular or acclaimed in Ireland than their home country?
Ones I can think of:
*Josh Ritter, American indie folk musician.
*Charlie Landsborough, British musician (although he is quite well known in the UK)
*Jack Charlton, soccer manager.
*Mick McCarthy, soccer manager.
*David Gray was big in Ireland before making it big in the UK and globally.
Any more?

Isn't Josh Ritter living back in the states now for years?

Mick McCarthy isn't popular in the UK? Jack Charlton was/is popular in the UK as well.

Red_Wake

Tony Cascarino.

TomOnBoard

Superman

sbsquarepants

Paki Bonner - no one in Pakistan has a clue who he is.

topper75

Fratton Fred

The Backwards Man

St Patrick

Franz Von Peppercorn

Red_Wake wrote: »

Tony Cascarino.

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Any number of football players esp of a certain generation.

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

*Jack Charlton, soccer manager.
*Mick McCarthy, soccer manager.

Naming the English players who played for jack charlton’s Ireland back in the day under the grandparents rule may seem like an easy answer to the question but most of them are now commentators, the rest are managers. So they are well known in Britain.

And jack himself is a World Cup winner. Jack and mick are famous there anyway.

murpho999

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Paki Bonner - no one in Pakistan has a clue who he is.

Sorry but this joke fails as it's "Packie Bonner"

Benjamin Buttons

Argentinian born warbler Chris de Burgh, pretty sure his name doesn't ring out in
the barrios of Buenos Aires with the same frequency as Messi and Maradona.

jmayo

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Any examples of notable non-Irish people who are more popular or acclaimed in Ireland than their home country?
Ones I can think of:
*Josh Ritter, American indie folk musician.
*Charlie Landsborough, British musician (although he is quite well known in the UK)
*Jack Charlton, soccer manager.
*Mick McCarthy, soccer manager.
*David Gray was big in Ireland before making it big in the UK and globally.
Any more?

Ahh come on most English football fans would know Charlton and big Mick.

Chris Rea was far more popular in Ireland and Europe than Britain probably until Road to Hell.

Nathan Carter is a prime example because country music is not really a British thing whereas over on this island it's massive in some areas.

whisky_galore wrote: »

Baz whatshisname and that Indian doctor in Clare who was a TD and minor celeb.

Baz's mammy is Irish and he has lived here since he was 8.
So really he is Irish for jaysus sake.

Grayson

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

She was made 'surplus to requirements' soon after the George Hook Twitter frenzy debacle. Have no doubt she can concentrate fully now on her stand up career and be famous the world over though.

Never heard of her so looked her up. To be fair her parents who were jehovah's witnesses rejected her because she was gay. Only yesterday I passed the JW's in my town on the way to work.

Water John

Ronan O'Gara
Marty Morrissey

YFlyer

LCD wrote: »

Any number of Olympic Athletes, who once they got dropped from their home federations declared for Ireland.

South African guy?

TomOnBoard

Manuel from Barcelona...

tonycascarino

Daniel Day-Lewis

whisky_galore

jmayo wrote: »

Baz's mammy is Irish and he has lived here since he was 8.
So really he is Irish for jaysus sake.

Born in Libya though.

lawred2

Omackeral wrote: »

That **** pheasant Nathan Carter

Water John

Wonder if Lewis qualifies as an A List actor known throughout the world.

RobertKK

Katherine Zappone.

Omackeral

Uncharted wrote: »

Super Mario and his brother Luigi.

Italians never even heard of them...

If they're the Super Mario Bros then am I right in saying their full names are Luigi Mario and Mario Mario?

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Cans of Foster's

murpho999

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Manuel from Barcelona...

Not real and also very famous in UK.

dd972

How can Mick McCarthy be described as foreign?, he's an Irish national born in England.

Liam McPoyle

murpho999 wrote: »

Sorry but this joke fails as it's "Packie Bonner"

I recall a time when he used to do punditry on Sky Sports, think it was around the world cup in 2002. They called him Paddy Bonner, had his name on screen as Paddy etc. One has to assume it was due to the racist connotations that Packie would have in the UK.

The name that is, not Packie himself.