Re: Greatest living Irish person....Nominations thread..

**patrique** Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:07 pm

Boxtyeater wrote:
patrique wrote:Eamon McCann.

See rules.....invalid....

Give us back the 26 counties and he will be valid.

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:28 pm

George Lee ......

**Real Kerry Fan** Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:48 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:George Lee ......

Living? Lee?

I nominate Con Houlihan. Greatest living Irish person....Nominations thread.. - Page 2 Icon_biggrin

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:00 pm

T.K. Whitaker .......

**Boxtyeater** Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:36 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:T.K. Whitaker .......

...I was saving that one.

**Jayo Cluxton** Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:20 am

Boxtyeater wrote:
Jayo Cluxton wrote:T.K. Whitaker .......

...I was saving that one.

Yaw Boxty ........... but I am always one step ahead of you Greatest living Irish person....Nominations thread.. - Page 2 Icon_lol

**Boxtyeater** Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:34 pm

Nominations closing shortly..I'll nominate Liam Mulvihill under whose tenure the GAA made huge strides..
Polling sometime next week, 'twill be a 2 day affair...

**JimWexford** Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:42 pm

hard to disagree with that one all right, probably would get my vote as well

**GAA-Fan** Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:29 pm

Brian O'Driscoll.

Why: He is someone pretty much all rugby teams in the world would want on their team. He is an inspirational leader and captained Ireland to their first 6 nations grand slam. He was also the Lions captain. He was named on the Rugby worlds team of the decade and not only that he was also named player of the decade. He has won the 6 nations championship and European Champions with Leinster. However the biggest prize in World Rugby is the one he has not achieved.

**Boxtyeater** Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:30 am

GAA-Fan wrote:Brian O'Driscoll.

Why: He is someone pretty much all rugby teams in the world would want on their team. He is an inspirational leader and captained Ireland to their first 6 nations grand slam. He was also the Lions captain. He was named on the Rugby worlds team of the decade and not only that he was also named player of the decade. He has won the 6 nations championship and European Champions with Leinster. However the biggest prize in World Rugby is the one he has not achieved.

Straw-grasping B&W.....Pat Malone from Croghan (where the bog meets the river, and a first cousin of the ultimate Biffo) retained his World title of Bog Warrior of the year last week....Bog-snorkelling, turf-cutting (breast spade mode) turf footing and stooking and general turbary maintenance were the criteria...

BOD, while having a bitéén of rogbee skill would pale in Malone's wake...

**Boxtyeater** Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:00 pm

10 valid contenders (meeting nomination criteria as set out) for this title......Geldof, Cassidy, Reynolds, O'Leary, Roche, Murphy, Moore, Gunning, Mulvihill and O'Driscoll.

Of others mentioned, some were described as musings and some were just lobbed in without substantiation. This is a pity as there were some worthy candidates mentioned and hence we have a poor quality field.
Deadline extended till 23.00 hrs for additional runners, otherwise a straight shoot out....

**mossbags** Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:36 pm

Arthur Guinness

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:10 pm

Boxtyeater wrote:Of others mentioned, some were described as musings and some were just lobbed in without substantiation. This is a pity as there were some worthy candidates mentioned and hence we have a poor quality field.
Deadline extended till 23.00 hrs

I wish to substantiate my earlier nomination of TK Whitaker. Many may not know of him but his resume is quite awesome. After a meteoric rise in his early civil service career he became top man in the Dept of Finance at 39 - youngest man to ever hold that position. This was a time when economic growth here was non existent and we were (again!) in deep depression - shocking times. Whitaker and his team came up with the First Programme for Economic Expansion. Basically it changed the dynamic of the Irish economy away from agriculture to industry, manufacture, services etc. The change of emphasis was the catalyst for future foreign direct investment and under Whitaker's guidance there was huge structural reform and free trade flourished. He went on to become the Governor of the Central Bank, was influential in advising on Northern Ireland matters and was instrumental in the birth of the ESRI. There are also many other strings to his bow and at 93 his opinion is regularly sought out. An awesome man no doubt.

**mossbags** Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:20 pm

I wish to substaniate my nomination of Arthur Guinness.

He is alive inside.

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:34 pm

mossbags wrote:I wish to substaniate my nomination of Arthur Guinness.

He is alive inside.

Aye - when the bottom fell out of many a man's world - they turned to Arthur - and the world fell out of their bottom!

**mossbags** Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:04 pm

TK on the telly now, without himself Lemass and Arthur, shur we'd have been better off in her majesty's bosum. Dev hadn't a clue about the modern world in fairness to him. A bit like Boxty in that regard.

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:24 pm

mossbags wrote:Dev hadn't a clue about the modern world in fairness to him. A bit like Boxty in that regard.

Jayo grabs the few stitches of clothes he has left, a few tins of corned beef and some light reading and headers for the nuclear bunker in anticipation of a vicious revenge attack! Greatest living Irish person....Nominations thread.. - Page 2 Affraid

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**JimWexford** Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:33 am

Jayo Cluxton wrote:
mossbags wrote:Dev hadn't a clue about the modern world in fairness to him. A bit like Boxty in that regard.

Jayo grabs the few stitches of clothes he has left, a few tins of corned beef and some light reading and headers for the nuclear bunker in anticipation of a vicious revenge attack!

Sorry Dev = Asshole
Lemass = genius, free education organise a country etc, etc, etc, other one was a bitter **** born in America(when it suited)to save his bony arse, sorry my least favourite non Irish person of all time he wasn't even born here. On some boat.

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