Have you ever met anybody famous?

**paul_oshea** · 11/04/2008, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Wolfie

Yeah, very close Paul - Bono lived on Cedarwood Rd which is only a stones throw from Sycamore.

My Da was still far more impressed the he'd met Jimmy!!!!

Good man, id like to meet your Da then!!

Ah i know that place well, i just on the corner there of sycamore and his house was about 10 yards down the way. I used to know the neighbours there right on the corner, the father was from elphin, the other neighbours were not so nice.....

**ForzaWexford** · 11/04/2008, 1:19 PM

Originally Posted by biscuit

Paul McGrath

Forgot all about him!

Last summer he played with a group of 40-somethings (including my oul lad) on the floodlit pitches out at Ferrycarrig Park practically every Friday evening. The first few times he played grown men actually fought over bibs to be on the same team as him! After a few weeks though he was just one of the lads, which I think he liked. He can still play a bit aswell. Doesn't cover much (ie any) ground mind, but his touch came back quick enough.

He's an absolute gentelman too. He must have posed for photos with, and signed books for, half of Wexford town - always with a laugh or a smile.

Top bloke.

**Block G Raptor** · 11/04/2008, 2:00 PM

Originally Posted by ForzaWexford

He's an absolute gentelman too. He must have posed for photos with, and signed books for, half of Wexford town - always with a laugh or a smile.

Top bloke.

I think Legend status is bandied around all to freely in this media hyped era but after everything that man went through in his life the fact that he was able to function on any coherent level let alone become a wold class professional footballer is beyond comprehension . the man is a Legend FACT

**smellyfeet** · 11/04/2008, 2:36 PM

Paul McGrath(He trained are Football team when we were younger)
Paul McStay same as above.
Packie Bonner same again.
Richard Sadlier ( Played with him under 16)
Met a load of Man Utd team few years ago in Old Trafford.
Gareth Farrelly "Is he famous"??, Went for pints with him while at Rotherham UTD.
Fernando Couto,Luis Figo,Jao Pinto. At Ireland V Croatia few years back.
Ricky Tomlinson (The Royal Family) in Liverpool last year.

**Block G Raptor** · 11/04/2008, 2:43 PM

Jaysus I forgot I was in the same class as Glen Crowe in school
Richie Forans Mother and My Mother were best friends when we lived in Darndale so I knew Richie really well when we were about 5 or 6 years old

**smellyfeet** · 11/04/2008, 3:05 PM

Originally Posted by Block G Raptor

Jaysus I forgot I was in the same class as Glen Crowe in school
Richie Forans Mother and My Mother were best friends when we lived in Darndale so I knew Richie really well when we were about 5 or 6 years old

Forgot about him, Met him over in Carlisle while on trial there

**paul_oshea** · 11/04/2008, 4:01 PM

Originally Posted by Block G Raptor

I think Legend status is bandied around all to freely in this media hyped era but after everything that man went through in his life the fact that he was able to function on any coherent level let alone become a wold class professional footballer is beyond comprehension . the man is a Legend FACT

I think the word "bandied" is used to freely in this media hype era too.

**Terry** · 11/04/2008, 5:42 PM

Originally Posted by shakermaker1982

A list to Z list it (doesn't matter) have you got any good stories to tell?!

Met Clint Eastwood on hollywood boulevard when he was making "million dollar baby". Six weeks later we found out that the wife was pregnant !

**Babysis** · 11/04/2008, 8:38 PM

I met Jack Charlton and his wife in Duty Free at Dublin airport. He couldnt find a pen to sign my boarding pass, so she tipped out her handbag on the counter to find one. This was the Christmas of 1994 and the Ryanair staff were a damn sight friendlier then - They ripped just enough of my boarding pass so as to leave the sig in tact.

The night that Ireland played Georgia at Lansdown, I met Paul McGrath in town. I got a hug and kiss from him and he signed the green sheets they used to give out at the game with the song words on it. It made my night becasue I had actually been snuck into the game without a ticket. Happy days

**oldyouth** · 11/04/2008, 9:52 PM

Originally Posted by Terry

Met Clint Eastwood on hollywood boulevard when he was making "million dollar baby". Six weeks later we found out that the wife was pregnant !

I heard that Clint never missed a shot

**Raheny Red** · 13/04/2008, 9:31 PM

Grew up with Paddy McCarthy.

Met Lawrence McKeown (SP??), the hunger striker, a few weeks back.

Also, when I was younger one of my mate's older sister was pals with the blondie wan out of the first ever Irish porno

- she's always been filth

**thischarmingman** · 14/04/2008, 3:52 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I think the word "bandied" is used to freely in this media hype era too.

Personally, I find the phrase 'media hype' bandied about too freely in this media hype era.

**ken foree** · 17/04/2008, 8:07 PM

i grew up friends with deirdre gogarty. does she count?? she knocked half my front tooth out with a shovel. and my mum worked for her dad, a dentist. you couldn't make this sh!t up hehee

**sligoman** · 18/04/2008, 6:28 PM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Next date is Thursday

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Going to head down to the book shop and get 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' and just leave it on the back seat. We'll see if you're right or not.

No response yet...did you?

**strangeirish** · 18/04/2008, 6:34 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

No response yet...did you?

Ha Ha Ha...Not likely. Had a good time though and she did autograph the book to the Missus and myself.(Missus was in serious ***kblocking mode)

**R�iteoir** · 19/04/2008, 2:51 PM

I've met Frank Kelly and Mr Tayto at the same time: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...oir/1024fk.jpg

Adrian Chiles at Wembley a couple of weeks ago: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/reiteoir/w3.jpg

Pat Fenlon and Stephen Kenny (when Kenny was Bohs manager and Fenlon was in charge of Shels): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...25472_6939.jpg

And ex-Premiership and World Cup referee Graham Poll: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...06099_7185.jpg

**Bluebeard** · 21/04/2008, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by R�iteoir

I've met Frank Kelly and Mr Tayto at the same time: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...oir/1024fk.jpg

Adrian Chiles at Wembley a couple of weeks ago: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/reiteoir/w3.jpg

Pat Fenlon and Stephen Kenny (when Kenny was Bohs manager and Fenlon was in charge of Shels): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...25472_6939.jpg

And ex-Premiership and World Cup referee Graham Poll: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...06099_7185.jpg

Cool collection of shots.

But am I the only one who looked at all those photos and instead of going "Look, it's Frank Kelly", etc, instead went "Ah! So that's what R�iteoir looks like, he is a lot taller/ shorter/ younger/ older/ etc. than I had thought"?

**Block G Raptor** · 21/04/2008, 2:08 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

Cool collection of shots.

But am I the only one who looked at all those photos and instead of going "Look, it's Frank Kelly", etc, instead went "Ah! So that's what R�iteoir looks like he is a lot taller/ shorter/ younger/ older/ etc. than I had thought"?

Yeah me too

**MojoPin** · 21/04/2008, 2:24 PM

me too ha ha ha ha

**Flawless** · 21/04/2008, 9:27 PM

Met the whole Liverpool Team in 1996, met a load of snooker players in the citywest a few years back, ran into Shay Given in Marbella, Served an "eerish cooffeee" to Gerard D�pardieu and even met Colin Hendry in Glasgow Prestwick airport!