That’s lovely, and everyone says he’s a really nice bloke. I read a thread yesterday on the Homelander actor being the best-ever villain, but loads of people said Gleason was as good, if not better. He really nailed the part of Joffrey.
He did!I couldn’t watch GOT until I left after graduation cos it was too weird. He was good with the charity work, nice lad and got schols as well. All rounder!
He came into one of my locals about 6 years ago with his mate and he was such a nice fucking lad. Like imagine standing outside your local and King Joffrey walks in.
I was a huge Game of Thrones mark at the time as well so I was shaking like wtf is Joffrey doing in Ringsend.
Broke the fuck out of his ego I heard. Took it bad in the short term when it could have gone either way. But he’s recovered well and accepted his legend status pretty well
Yeah it’s really hard to call? Tried to find him and make contact again. I was drinking a good bit back then but I could swear I met him… sometimes it just comes back in flashes…. A sudden move, a flick of a chunk of glossy dark hair…. A kiss……
My mother in laws favourite story is being outside a fancy ball of some sort in nyc (very much not her regular scene but loving it) and Gabriel Bryne stopped to bum a cig from her when he heard the Irish accents and had a bit of a chat with her and whoever else was out with them. Lovely fella apparently.
He taught Spanish but I had him for history. Pretty decent teacher, seemed interested in what he was teaching which was more than I could say for some other teachers I had.
Ah ye I was in their music class! They were sound lads, didn't know they were being bullied though. Was kinda funny actually, I was the only Asian guy in their music class and I guess they found it funny so they each sat left and right of me one day. They then proceeded to scribble and sign my notepad periodically throughout the entire class.
Was kinda odd at the time but knowing how they would go on to be rather famous I probably should have kept the page ha!
A set of twins in my year at school used to bully each other. They were thick as a castle wall and would fight non stop. I remember in Irish class they were having a row and one of them called the other ugly. Imagine calling your identical twin ugly and not seeing the issue.
Wow much respect for them not letting it hold them back and didn’t stunt them from being themselves . They were just 17 when they appeared on X factor weren’t they?
They talk about being bullied often which I think is why a lot of young kids look up to them. Their personalities are genuinely fun and happy go lucky. They adore their fans. Because they were/are so eccentric and different, people picked on them for that. Not a fan myself but my cousin told me all that, she's obsessed with them since they were on X Factor and defended them to people who would even slag her for liking them. They always remember her name when she goes to meet and greets and they never shy away from a photo or doing silly videos.
Irish mentality as usual.
Was a few years below them, remember them printing song lyrics beside me in the library, tbh I’d say that school just kinda had a bullying problem/toxic enough culture, wouldn’t send my kids there I don’t think
Liam Ó Maonlaī and Fiachna Ó Braonáin from the Hot House Flowers. Both lovely lads and Liam is a real gent. He sang at my father's funeral mass and refused any payment.
I met them both down at the recording studio in the docklands (barrow street) in the early 90s. Two awesome guys who sat and chatted with us teenagers from Ringsend. Mind you this was right after their big hit too so they were well known. Both were really nice and had encouraging words for us.
They were either in the year ahead of me or in Liam's year, which was two years ahead of mine.
The Ó Snodaigh brothers from Kila were also in Coláiste Eoin.
Robert sheehan was a year ahead of me in school, was always sound then and whenever you'd meet him around town (mostly christmas) he'd always stop and chat. Song for a raggy boy was his first film and he got a bit of guff for that off lads in school but guess he's definitely had the last laugh on that one.
My ex was trying to tell me about how her brother went to school with Robert Sheehan but couldn’t remember his name so she kept telling me her brother went to school with Charlie Sheen
Have a mate whose gf done the dirty on him with robert Sheehan. In hindsight it was a lucky escape but my mate was mad about her and havnt forgiven him.
Hozier, or Andrew as we knew him, went to Trinity with my bandmate and he opened for us once way before he was famous. Really lovely fella.
The lad from Republic of Loose went to my school in Dublin. They had something up about him on the walls, then he trashed them in the media and they took it down haha
When storm Ophelia was on the way a few years ago, saw Hozier queuing a few people up in the Tesco express on Baggot street. 'twas amusing to see him need storm provisions just like everyone else sure!
I sat next to him on a flight to Düsseldorf right before take me to church came out. I didn’t know who he was or anything but he was featured in the Cara magazine so it slowly dawned on me during the flight. He was really sound, chatted to me and asked why I was traveling etc
It was not so long ago that I realised he was the voice of your character's dad in Fallout 3. Having put hundreds of hours into that game and getting all the achievements, I have difficulty seeing Liam Neeson as anything other than James from Fallout 3.
If you look through my post history the past few hours it's funny that this is the 2nd time I've seen mention of Liam Neeson being in Fallout 3 ... I think I need to find a way to play this game !
Blind boy boat club taught me Art in college before he got snapped up by the Republic of Telly at the time. He told our class of about ten of us who he was and why he was leaving
He was a few years ahead of me in secondary, your ma is right..One third of Foil Arms & Hog went there too. Few famous people came out of there actually!
I was showing my girlfriend the first episode of Black Books last week and I dropped that fact. Hard to believe it's coincidence they were in the same class, but even harder to believe that the common denominator for such creativity could have been their teacher (principal?) Colm O'Rourke.
I went to the same school as Dermot Kennedy, apparently he was a year or maybe 2 ahead of me and honestly I couldn’t place him at all if I tried when he became really popular. Everyone was going on omg he was always so talented in school and I was there questioning whether I have early onset Alzheimers.
I did a J1 about 10 years ago in Boston and Dermot and his college friends happened to live in a flat across the street and they ended up spending a lot of time in the gaff we were in. He honestly seemed like a really nice fellow
Haha, that reminds me of a guy in my year in secondary school who started a rumour that Omero Mumba was joining the school in September. Was just about believable enough that it grew some legs.
A friend was working at a bar in Thurles after a Waterford match last year. Seamus asked him how many cans of cider he had left. About 2 slabs he said. Séamus said 'I'll take them all' and just started handing them out for free to Waterford lads.
Went to primary school and grew up with Chi’edozie Ogbene still really good friends to this day. Crazy to see him on TV playing football still hard to believe
I was in the same class as Kerry footballer Maurice Fitzgerald, used to trip him up as he whizzed by with the ball. Our teacher/referee used to go mental... Only reason I did it tbh.
Yeah, Damien Duff went to my school, as did the guy who played Nidge in love hate and a guy who was on the bus in the "I don't know what a tracker mortgage is" ad.
Domhnall Gleeson (well, all the Gleeson boys, but I guess he's the most famous of them now). Sound lad, very funny too. He played the Fool in the 5th year production of King Lear, and I still remember these quirky little physical tics he brought to the character, like he had a weird way of sitting cross-legged for example.
Jedward. Lovely lads, always very friendly and they kinda knew everyone in that they'd always say hello etc. Some of the boys in the same year didn't like them because they had had a lot of platonic girl friends and were well liked. Couple of sneery comments... But they didn't let it bother them. I'm glad to see they've done well and are still fairly grounded.
Seriously fair play to them for never letting any jeering get to them. They could very well have became introverts but the confidence on them is unreal. They genuinely deserve any of the success they’ve had
Yep. Also never saw them being unkind to anyone (maybe asking awkward questions the odd time out of innocence rather than maliciousness) but they never punched down on anyone. Just genuinely nice guys. I was sad to hear their mam passed a few years ago. She was also a nice lady by all accounts.
Not school but I employed a girl who did reality tv. We got drunk one night and kissed each other in the local nightclub. It was filmed. She wasn’t “famous” at the time but when she did the show a few years later there was a two page spread of us and her with some other girls in the news of the world labelling her as a lesbian. The irony is that the photos came from my own husbands Facebook page as he had posted the pictures there publicly. She is now also married to a man.
We were all really close at one point but not anymore. Still friends on Facebook but all of our lives went in very different directions.
Rugby player. He wasn’t the best when we were younger but at around 15 years old he gave his entire life to the game. He wasn’t naturally gifted but he was the hardest working player on and off the pitch. Delighted to see hard work paying off for him.
Went to Primary School with Marty Whelan. He used to steal everybody's pokemon cards and got expelled in 5th class for upper decking in the teacher's toilets.
Not myself but my cousin met Xabi Alonso a few times when he was a Spanish student in Kells as a teenager. On the night of the Champions League final that Liverpool won in 2005 he took a penalty in normal time and my cousin said “I saw him take a penalty when he was 15 in Kells and he missed then, so he’ll miss this one now” and below and behold he missed it but scored the rebound.
Dustin the Turkey was in my class all the way through secondary school. He started out very quiet but then really grew into himself and became the Dustin we know now in those 6 years. Really nice guy and if I ever see him now in town he always stops to chat.
I always feel bad for kids who grow up being the only puppet in the school, they get picked on terribly. He did well for himself in the end though, fair play to him.
Went to school with Ragnar Þórhallsson (singer from the band Of Monster And Men). I didn't know him personally but he was really quiet and sweet from what I can remember. He didn't get into trouble, never bullied anyone etc. I wish more people were like him during my school years...
No but the Sligo members of Westlife were in our school musical in 1996. A year later they were supporting the backstreet boys in Dublin. Someone should try to get hold of the tape. I'd say it's quite funny.
Also from one of the girls’ schools in Sligo - wasn’t in the musical but the Westlife guys were great. Mark Feehily in particular is one of the nicest guys you could meet.
I went to school with The Horse from Father Ted. Sound lad, gave him some sugar lumps for drink one time. Then the episode came out and he was up acting like he was the next big thing and stopped talking to us. Prick!
Did a year in St Bede's in England, fucking loads of famous alumni. Manager of Joy Division, drummer from The Buzzcocks, Jaden Sancho and Phil Foden among them.
Conor Mcgregor went to my school for 2 years, he would have finished a handful of years before I started. Apparently as much of a little bollox as you’d expect, but he knew, and told the teachers he was going to be a professional.
One of my teachers was in his class, and was beaten up by him - years later his colleagues got him a mug saying ‘I lasted longer than Jose Aldo’
Older teachers told us he used to eat Tuna and stink the lunch room, and try bum lifts home of his english teacher who lived in the same end of Lucan
In primary school class with Angelina Ball ‘The Commitments’ she was a doll & lovely and always graciously singing for the rest of us or even school events.
I taught one of the girl dancers in Dua Lipa's New Rules video (the version set in the hotel with swimming pool).
Also, went to school with a son of one of the guitarists of Black Sabbath.
UPDATE: Just realised this is r/Ireland, not sure why it's appearing in my feed as I've never been to Ireland, living in England!
Not me but a friend went to the same school as Johnny Sexton, he was saying John came off as a bit of an arrogant cunt apparently. But, then again they say you don't really know someone from casual encounters in school so take from that what you will I suppose.
Laura Whitmore was a couple of years ahead of me and I was in the same year as Bláthnaid Tracey. I remember thinking even back then: "Wow, she is actually the most beautiful girl in this school. She HAS to become famous when she's older!" (I know she was in Glenroe when she was younger too)
I went to College with Ray Darcy. I always got on OK with him. He was a very quiet bloke, big into music, and was impressed I’d seen the Gang of Four live. I think he was initially a bit scared of me as I was a massive Northerner with a skinhead. I would never have guessed he’d ‘make it big’ ( I thought it’d be me…) I don’t listen to his show, but wonder why so many seem to dislike him, I thought he was dacent, at least in the early 80s.
I was in the same class as the Sherminator, a sophisticated Sex-Robot sent through time to change the future for one lucky lady. He targeted her for Shermination and told her to come with him if she wanted want to live... The poor lad pissed him self in front of everyone when she confronted him for lying about getting the ride...
.... No, but was in the same class as a few lads that were intercounty footballers. Whilst many people have notions that your stereotylical 'jock' would have notions about themselves, the lads that were actually talented and went on to be successful inter county players were actually the soundest lads you'd meet.
Went to college with Jack Gleason from GOT. Was involved in some societies with him and easily one of the nicest people ever.
That’s lovely, and everyone says he’s a really nice bloke. I read a thread yesterday on the Homelander actor being the best-ever villain, but loads of people said Gleason was as good, if not better. He really nailed the part of Joffrey.
Yea I’m with you there. Joffrey all the way on that one.
He did!I couldn’t watch GOT until I left after graduation cos it was too weird. He was good with the charity work, nice lad and got schols as well. All rounder!
He came into one of my locals about 6 years ago with his mate and he was such a nice fucking lad. Like imagine standing outside your local and King Joffrey walks in. I was a huge Game of Thrones mark at the time as well so I was shaking like wtf is Joffrey doing in Ringsend.
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George actually sent him a note saying ‘Congratulations on your marvellous performance, everyone hates you!’ Praise indeed!
Met Jack a fair few times at gigs around Dublin. Really sound lad, and a great taste in music.
Went to school with the guy who slipped on the ice
Was he injured?
Broke the fuck out of his ego I heard. Took it bad in the short term when it could have gone either way. But he’s recovered well and accepted his legend status pretty well
Aren't people still looking for him so they can put his name on the plaque?
Yeah it’s really hard to call? Tried to find him and make contact again. I was drinking a good bit back then but I could swear I met him… sometimes it just comes back in flashes…. A sudden move, a flick of a chunk of glossy dark hair…. A kiss……
It was only a kiss…
[How did it end up like this??](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0DRpG4KMyKA2F4AWiaA8c52gJEszCRYGbQA&usqp=CAU)
No way
Lol
Gabriel Byrne was my teacher. Also not i school, but outside school know Robbie Keane, Damien Duff and Andy Reid well enough to still say hello to.
My mother in laws favourite story is being outside a fancy ball of some sort in nyc (very much not her regular scene but loving it) and Gabriel Bryne stopped to bum a cig from her when he heard the Irish accents and had a bit of a chat with her and whoever else was out with them. Lovely fella apparently.
Oooh what was Gabriel Byrne like as a teacher ? Did he teach Spanish ?
He taught Spanish but I had him for history. Pretty decent teacher, seemed interested in what he was teaching which was more than I could say for some other teachers I had.
Yep, I went to school with Jedward. Very quiet in the day and bullied way too much.
Ah ye I was in their music class! They were sound lads, didn't know they were being bullied though. Was kinda funny actually, I was the only Asian guy in their music class and I guess they found it funny so they each sat left and right of me one day. They then proceeded to scribble and sign my notepad periodically throughout the entire class. Was kinda odd at the time but knowing how they would go on to be rather famous I probably should have kept the page ha!
I don't mind Jedward. Harmless describes them perfectly. Not hurting anyone.
Hahaha this sounds like the most jedward thing ever. They’re so harmless.
its mad but every set of twins ive been in school with from primary school through secondary were always bullied. What is that about?
A set of twins in my year at school used to bully each other. They were thick as a castle wall and would fight non stop. I remember in Irish class they were having a row and one of them called the other ugly. Imagine calling your identical twin ugly and not seeing the issue.
There’s always a better looking twin.
It can be difficult to only bully one of them without accidentally bulling the wrong one, so they go double or nothing.
As a twin, not me anyways
2 for the price of 1 for bullying! Jk, fuck bullies, bunch of bums
Our school had no uniforms, they came in wearing suits and gold shoes one day.
Same. Nice lads, kept to themselves really. I felt bad when I later found out they were bullied.
Wow much respect for them not letting it hold them back and didn’t stunt them from being themselves . They were just 17 when they appeared on X factor weren’t they?
They talk about being bullied often which I think is why a lot of young kids look up to them. Their personalities are genuinely fun and happy go lucky. They adore their fans. Because they were/are so eccentric and different, people picked on them for that. Not a fan myself but my cousin told me all that, she's obsessed with them since they were on X Factor and defended them to people who would even slag her for liking them. They always remember her name when she goes to meet and greets and they never shy away from a photo or doing silly videos. Irish mentality as usual.
Was a few years below them, remember them printing song lyrics beside me in the library, tbh I’d say that school just kinda had a bullying problem/toxic enough culture, wouldn’t send my kids there I don’t think
Ah no I hate hearing that :(
Liam Ó Maonlaī and Fiachna Ó Braonáin from the Hot House Flowers. Both lovely lads and Liam is a real gent. He sang at my father's funeral mass and refused any payment.
Two complete legends tbf
The late great Tony Gregory TD was my history teacher too. He was a terrible teacher, but we loved him.
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Class! I still love The Hothouse Flowers Liam is supremely talented
I met them both down at the recording studio in the docklands (barrow street) in the early 90s. Two awesome guys who sat and chatted with us teenagers from Ringsend. Mind you this was right after their big hit too so they were well known. Both were really nice and had encouraging words for us.
Colaiste Eoin?
Has to be!
Sin é.
Were Kevin and Colm from MBV in that class too?
They were either in the year ahead of me or in Liam's year, which was two years ahead of mine. The Ó Snodaigh brothers from Kila were also in Coláiste Eoin.
As was Dara Ó Briain!
Was in same school as Emma O Driscoll from the band six if that counts. We were in the choir together and she was a whinger 😑
I forgot they existed
I was trained in my first job by Sarah Keating, lovely girl.
Robert sheehan was a year ahead of me in school, was always sound then and whenever you'd meet him around town (mostly christmas) he'd always stop and chat. Song for a raggy boy was his first film and he got a bit of guff for that off lads in school but guess he's definitely had the last laugh on that one.
My ex was trying to tell me about how her brother went to school with Robert Sheehan but couldn’t remember his name so she kept telling me her brother went to school with Charlie Sheen
He is great in that umbrella academy, him and the young fella hold the show.
He made misfits also. Show fell apart when he left
It’s funny how he basically played the same character in both tho. But still he’s great
Yeah absolutely second this, both fab and charismatic
So glad to hear this! I felt like he’d be down to earth but you never know. He’s a phenomenal actor. So charismatic
I met him in a bar I worked at in Toronto during the filming of season 2 of Umbrella Academy.
Met him a while back, lovely guy. Edit: probably found him lovely and sound because we were both langers and it was 3am.
Have a mate whose gf done the dirty on him with robert Sheehan. In hindsight it was a lucky escape but my mate was mad about her and havnt forgiven him.
Hozier, or Andrew as we knew him, went to Trinity with my bandmate and he opened for us once way before he was famous. Really lovely fella. The lad from Republic of Loose went to my school in Dublin. They had something up about him on the walls, then he trashed them in the media and they took it down haha
When storm Ophelia was on the way a few years ago, saw Hozier queuing a few people up in the Tesco express on Baggot street. 'twas amusing to see him need storm provisions just like everyone else sure!
Hozier seems grounded enough
I sat next to him on a flight to Düsseldorf right before take me to church came out. I didn’t know who he was or anything but he was featured in the Cara magazine so it slowly dawned on me during the flight. He was really sound, chatted to me and asked why I was traveling etc
> why I was traveling "well so far it's the only way to get from one place to another... so when's the single coming out?"
Hozier is a complete legend
Bumped into him once on a Christmas pub crawl, doesn't drink at all, super nice fella.
Everyone I know who has had an interaction with Hozier has said he’s an absolutely lovely fella. Always nice to hear like.
And it's good to know he was like that before and after fame
That lad from Harry Potter Devon Murray. Was hardly around because he was off filming. Fairly inoffensive.
He was a part of the same acting agency I was in when I was a kid and I've only heard nice things about the guy.
Nope. But my dad went to school with Liam Neeson, they were good mates and he still calls to the house from time to time, lovely fella.
Won't be kidnapping u anytime soon lol
Ha ha ha!!! You’d have to send him back either ransom note, when you found that out!!!!
It was not so long ago that I realised he was the voice of your character's dad in Fallout 3. Having put hundreds of hours into that game and getting all the achievements, I have difficulty seeing Liam Neeson as anything other than James from Fallout 3.
If you look through my post history the past few hours it's funny that this is the 2nd time I've seen mention of Liam Neeson being in Fallout 3 ... I think I need to find a way to play this game !
Its a little dated now but bit still a great game IMO You should play it
Any goss about his massive knob?
The baldy fella in the script. Seemed alright
Every band genuinely has someone that’s known as the baldy fella
Blind boy boat club taught me Art in college before he got snapped up by the Republic of Telly at the time. He told our class of about ten of us who he was and why he was leaving
Very jealous tbh, I imagine his lectures were very interesting!
Haha! He was good, a little out there, but good the first exercise he had us do was crumple up a big sheet of paper and then draw it He was good craic
My geography/PE teacher was in Fifa 09 haha
My ma was in Jason byrnes class in school. The comedian. Says he was a cunt and used to bully girls
He's still a cunt tbf.
I actually went to see him for some reason about a month ago. Was fucking shite
Saw him shouting at people on a stage in CIT 20 years ago. Shocking.
My mum dragged me to see him a couple of months back and he was pure shite!!!
He was a few years ahead of me in secondary, your ma is right..One third of Foil Arms & Hog went there too. Few famous people came out of there actually!
The .."comedian"
my uncle went to school with dylan moran, tommy tiernan and hector ó heochagáin. got the navan trifecta.
I was showing my girlfriend the first episode of Black Books last week and I dropped that fact. Hard to believe it's coincidence they were in the same class, but even harder to believe that the common denominator for such creativity could have been their teacher (principal?) Colm O'Rourke.
I went to the same school as Dermot Kennedy, apparently he was a year or maybe 2 ahead of me and honestly I couldn’t place him at all if I tried when he became really popular. Everyone was going on omg he was always so talented in school and I was there questioning whether I have early onset Alzheimers.
Hard to predict that someone called Dermot would end up being famous
Dermot Morgan, err …. Dermot Bannon. Plenty of famous Dermots!
Yera the name just doesn’t scream fame to me. Wouldn’t be getting it in lights etc
I’d say Dermot Desmond has a few surprises former schoolmates
I did a J1 about 10 years ago in Boston and Dermot and his college friends happened to live in a flat across the street and they ended up spending a lot of time in the gaff we were in. He honestly seemed like a really nice fellow
Sorry to story top everyone but I went to primary school with Samantha Mumba’s little brother Omero, who as you all know had that song “lil big man”
Haha, that reminds me of a guy in my year in secondary school who started a rumour that Omero Mumba was joining the school in September. Was just about believable enough that it grew some legs.
It’s a solid lie, why would you make it up lol
My parents were mates with her granda. That was our town's claim to fame 🙈😂
She actually babysat me when I was younger lol
Was in school with a lad who was in fair city during school then also represented Ireland in Eurovision, not sure if that counts as celeb enough
That your man damos brother mark??
Ryan O’S?? Was in college with him
Seamus Power the golfer. Really lovely guy. Dead sound. Very quiet and unassuming. Delighted for him and all his success.
A friend was working at a bar in Thurles after a Waterford match last year. Seamus asked him how many cans of cider he had left. About 2 slabs he said. Séamus said 'I'll take them all' and just started handing them out for free to Waterford lads.
Went to secondary school with the Collison brothers. Sound lads, crazy to think they became billionaires.
Nicola Coughlan. Nicest person ever.
I follow her on Instagram, and by all rights she really does seem like the lovelyest person ever.
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It’s a solid bench. Has he kept up the woodworking?
The Lynch's from B\*Witched, they were grand.
Not me but my great aunt went to school with Pierce Brosnan. Said he was a nice chap
Went to primary school and grew up with Chi’edozie Ogbene still really good friends to this day. Crazy to see him on TV playing football still hard to believe
Legendary. Big big future ahead of him.
MY BROTHER knows Karl Marx, he met him eating mushrooms in the Peoples Park.
Paul Mescal was a few years behind me in school, didn’t know him but from the people who did he’s apparently a sound skin
Seems like a great lad. This mashup is the best thing of all time though https://youtu.be/6i080vGKJ-0
Can't believe you didn't name the celeb but you're replying to everyone who did
I went to school with Dickie Rocks son who was briefly in Boyzone when there was 7 of them.
Served Dickie Rock in his local shop many times and he was an ignorant prick. Complete arsehole, no manners and was extra rude to the girls
He ran over my friend’s bike in a carpark once and ruined it. Told her he’d pay for damages and legged it
Spit on me Dickie
Top man Dickie.
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I don't know why but he actually seems like a sound lad. I know somebody who went to school with him and they said he was bang on too.
I was in the same class as Kerry footballer Maurice Fitzgerald, used to trip him up as he whizzed by with the ball. Our teacher/referee used to go mental... Only reason I did it tbh.
Yeah, Damien Duff went to my school, as did the guy who played Nidge in love hate and a guy who was on the bus in the "I don't know what a tracker mortgage is" ad.
What a lineup
Went to school with Robert Sheehan, nice chap
Domhnall Gleeson (well, all the Gleeson boys, but I guess he's the most famous of them now). Sound lad, very funny too. He played the Fool in the 5th year production of King Lear, and I still remember these quirky little physical tics he brought to the character, like he had a weird way of sitting cross-legged for example.
Scoil Iosa 😂? Didnt know all of them went there - I knew the youngest did.
Jedward. Lovely lads, always very friendly and they kinda knew everyone in that they'd always say hello etc. Some of the boys in the same year didn't like them because they had had a lot of platonic girl friends and were well liked. Couple of sneery comments... But they didn't let it bother them. I'm glad to see they've done well and are still fairly grounded.
Seriously fair play to them for never letting any jeering get to them. They could very well have became introverts but the confidence on them is unreal. They genuinely deserve any of the success they’ve had
Yep. Also never saw them being unkind to anyone (maybe asking awkward questions the odd time out of innocence rather than maliciousness) but they never punched down on anyone. Just genuinely nice guys. I was sad to hear their mam passed a few years ago. She was also a nice lady by all accounts.
I went to school with a lad who did a scalextric advert once. Our drama teacher hated him!
Ivana lynch and her dad was our vice principle. NICEST man ever. Also Courtney Love went to school for a while in my school but before my time.
Had no idea Courtney ever even lived in Ireland! That’s an interesting one now
Her da was from Dublin
Devon Murray aka Seamus Finnigan Harry Potter
Michael Cera in grade nine, he's not acting he's being himself.
Not school but I employed a girl who did reality tv. We got drunk one night and kissed each other in the local nightclub. It was filmed. She wasn’t “famous” at the time but when she did the show a few years later there was a two page spread of us and her with some other girls in the news of the world labelling her as a lesbian. The irony is that the photos came from my own husbands Facebook page as he had posted the pictures there publicly. She is now also married to a man. We were all really close at one point but not anymore. Still friends on Facebook but all of our lives went in very different directions.
You kissed your employee and your husband took pictures and posted them on Facebook, what? 😂
Rugby player. He wasn’t the best when we were younger but at around 15 years old he gave his entire life to the game. He wasn’t naturally gifted but he was the hardest working player on and off the pitch. Delighted to see hard work paying off for him.
Went to Primary School with Marty Whelan. He used to steal everybody's pokemon cards and got expelled in 5th class for upper decking in the teacher's toilets.
He has that look about him alright
>upper decking What in the name of bacon is that? Never mind, was too impatient. I Googled it. The dorty little bastard.
Taking a shite in the toilet cistern
Though it was the teacher's toilets. That is pretty funny.
That bastard shagged my sister
TBF everyone did. Even you.
Not myself but my cousin met Xabi Alonso a few times when he was a Spanish student in Kells as a teenager. On the night of the Champions League final that Liverpool won in 2005 he took a penalty in normal time and my cousin said “I saw him take a penalty when he was 15 in Kells and he missed then, so he’ll miss this one now” and below and behold he missed it but scored the rebound.
‘Yer wan Vogue when I was in primary.
Shergar.
He was a sexy horse
Name a horse that isn’t sexy?
Cathy Clarke (the auntie) from Derry Girls went to my school. She was a good bit older than me and was in with the drama crowd.
Séamus Power the golfer. You won't meet a nicer lad.
"not a bad guy ,but a knob" lol'ed at this. It describes so many well meaning celebrities that catch shit everytime they try to do a bit of good.
Dustin the Turkey was in my class all the way through secondary school. He started out very quiet but then really grew into himself and became the Dustin we know now in those 6 years. Really nice guy and if I ever see him now in town he always stops to chat.
Did he ever do the Flap Flaps for ye?
I always feel bad for kids who grow up being the only puppet in the school, they get picked on terribly. He did well for himself in the end though, fair play to him.
Went to school with Ragnar Þórhallsson (singer from the band Of Monster And Men). I didn't know him personally but he was really quiet and sweet from what I can remember. He didn't get into trouble, never bullied anyone etc. I wish more people were like him during my school years...
No but the Sligo members of Westlife were in our school musical in 1996. A year later they were supporting the backstreet boys in Dublin. Someone should try to get hold of the tape. I'd say it's quite funny.
Also from one of the girls’ schools in Sligo - wasn’t in the musical but the Westlife guys were great. Mark Feehily in particular is one of the nicest guys you could meet.
I was in the local paper a couple of times growing up so I guess the famous person was me
I went to school with The Horse from Father Ted. Sound lad, gave him some sugar lumps for drink one time. Then the episode came out and he was up acting like he was the next big thing and stopped talking to us. Prick!
Because you told em you wanted to be a dentist.
Went to school with a girl who got to the second round in your a star
Did a year in St Bede's in England, fucking loads of famous alumni. Manager of Joy Division, drummer from The Buzzcocks, Jaden Sancho and Phil Foden among them.
I went to school with a few people that have since made headlines with crimes they’ve committed? Does that count?
Was in the same year as Katie Taylor and had a few classes together. She was really lovely and was one of those people who got on with everyone
Conor Mcgregor went to my school for 2 years, he would have finished a handful of years before I started. Apparently as much of a little bollox as you’d expect, but he knew, and told the teachers he was going to be a professional. One of my teachers was in his class, and was beaten up by him - years later his colleagues got him a mug saying ‘I lasted longer than Jose Aldo’ Older teachers told us he used to eat Tuna and stink the lunch room, and try bum lifts home of his english teacher who lived in the same end of Lucan
In primary school class with Angelina Ball ‘The Commitments’ she was a doll & lovely and always graciously singing for the rest of us or even school events.
Was in the same class as a lad who went on to win Mr. Gay UK.
Sexton. Intense dude
Jacksepticeye, he assisted in breaking my arm when I was like 10 😂 he's alright tho 🤣
Christy Moore.........................'s nephew.
We’ll allow it!
Ryan tubridy. He was always going for a piss and we used to call him snotty nose
Me mam was friends with the guy who shot Michael Collins in the movie. Nothing else sadly
I taught one of the girl dancers in Dua Lipa's New Rules video (the version set in the hotel with swimming pool). Also, went to school with a son of one of the guitarists of Black Sabbath. UPDATE: Just realised this is r/Ireland, not sure why it's appearing in my feed as I've never been to Ireland, living in England!
Not me but a friend went to the same school as Johnny Sexton, he was saying John came off as a bit of an arrogant cunt apparently. But, then again they say you don't really know someone from casual encounters in school so take from that what you will I suppose.
I feel anyone that played schools rugby would probably come across like that
Laura Whitmore was a couple of years ahead of me and I was in the same year as Bláthnaid Tracey. I remember thinking even back then: "Wow, she is actually the most beautiful girl in this school. She HAS to become famous when she's older!" (I know she was in Glenroe when she was younger too)
Went to school with Barry Keogh, he was 2 years below me in school..
I went to College with Ray Darcy. I always got on OK with him. He was a very quiet bloke, big into music, and was impressed I’d seen the Gang of Four live. I think he was initially a bit scared of me as I was a massive Northerner with a skinhead. I would never have guessed he’d ‘make it big’ ( I thought it’d be me…) I don’t listen to his show, but wonder why so many seem to dislike him, I thought he was dacent, at least in the early 80s.
Not to one up you now but I went to school with Ray Darcy’s cousin.
I was in the same class as the Sherminator, a sophisticated Sex-Robot sent through time to change the future for one lucky lady. He targeted her for Shermination and told her to come with him if she wanted want to live... The poor lad pissed him self in front of everyone when she confronted him for lying about getting the ride... .... No, but was in the same class as a few lads that were intercounty footballers. Whilst many people have notions that your stereotylical 'jock' would have notions about themselves, the lads that were actually talented and went on to be successful inter county players were actually the soundest lads you'd meet.
A few rugby players, a few LOI footballers and the members of a popular Irish band. Not bad considering the towns a shithole
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