Minor complaints thread (16 Viewers)

[ernesto]

Ronnie Wood's kids were in primary school with me; a daughter a year older than me and a son about 5 years younger. Thinking back it did cause a bit of jealousy when he took them out of school to go on tour in Japan.

It was a bit weird seeing him in his rock star outfit picking the kids up with all the other 80's Irish mums.

He’s a knob, that fellah

 

[Unicron]

He’s a knob, that fellah

Probably, I saw him in the local Londis a few years back, he was in the queue ahead of me.

 

[ernesto]

Probably, I saw him in the local Londis a few years back, he was in the queue ahead of me.

I found him to be rather rude when I met him many years ago. Maybe he was just having a bad day, I don’t know, but felt like it was par for the course for him

 

[hermie]

Ronnie Wood's kids were in primary school with me; a daughter a year older than me and a son about 5 years younger. Thinking back it did cause a bit of jealousy when he took them out of school to go on tour in Japan.

It was a bit weird seeing him in his rock star outfit picking the kids up with all the other 80's Irish mums.

He was a bit of an 80s Irish mum himself though no?

 

[hermie]

Think the closest thing to a celeb in our school was Joe Duffy's nephew! Can't think of anyone else @ernesto ??

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Mine had a few:

• Niall Williams author and Man Booker Prize nominee 2014
• Richard Barry, International Director with National College of Ireland
• Brian Brennan, author and journalist
• Paddy Carr, GAA manager
• Kenny Carroll, Irish cricketer
• Michael Carwood, Irish press journalist
• Don Conroy, artist and RTÉ Television presenter
• Paul Griffin, Gaelic footballer
• Dermot Moran, philosophy professor
• Dermot Morgan, comedian, star as Father Ted
• Paddy Kavanagh, footballer
• Ross O'Carroll, hurler
• Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Fianna Fáil party politician and former cabinet minister
• Stephen Collins, political editor of the Irish Times
• Danny Kane, footballer

Dunno who most of these lads are, mind

 

[Unicron]

Mine had a few:

• Niall Williams author and Man Booker Prize nominee 2014
• Richard Barry, International Director with National College of Ireland
• Brian Brennan, author and journalist
• Paddy Carr, GAA manager
• Kenny Carroll, Irish cricketer
• Michael Carwood, Irish press journalist
• Don Conroy, artist and RTÉ Television presenter
• Paul Griffin, Gaelic footballer
• Dermot Moran, philosophy professor
• Dermot Morgan, comedian, star as Father Ted
• Paddy Kavanagh, footballer
• Ross O'Carroll, hurler
• Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Fianna Fáil party politician and former cabinet minister
• Stephen Collins, political editor of the Irish Times
• Danny Kane, footballer

Dunno who most of these lads are, mind

My secondary school's allumni include a notorious loyalist killer, and also Leo.

 

[Anthony]

Not the same as them being famous while at school. Sure Dylan Moran was in my year (he says on thumped for the millionth time). I shared a desk with him during free classes.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Vivan Campbell went to my school,but he'd left before I started.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Niall Horan
Bressie
John Joe Nevin
Willie Penrose

That seems to be it for my school

 

[ernesto]

Think the closest thing to a celeb in our school was Joe Duffy's nephew! Can't think of anyone else @ernesto ??

Not a one

 

[Burgerbarbaby]

This feller:



He's a couple of years younger than me, so I don't remember much about him. But by all accounts a really nice dude. Lodda good work for charidee etc.

Speaking of Ron Wood: my da met him at a neighbour's house one time. Wood wanted to buy a horse from the neighbour. The way my da tells it he rolled up one morning in this stretch limo, door opens, he falls out of it out among clouds of smoke. My da says they could have sold him a three-legged donkey and he wouldn't have noticed. On balance, I'd say about 90% of this is untrue.


Edit: And this feller
John MacKenna - Wikipedia

 

[Unknown Convict]

Remember that ForeverPresents promoter lad

looks like he took the soup: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-bradley-9aa6255a/?originalSubdomain=ie

there was another guy, simon johnston, who i think worked with bradley/forever (and booked the national in the cobblestone way back when, as import promotions, as well as loads of other gigs e.g. jim o'rourke/loren connors, john fahey are two that spring to mind) who's now an antiques dealer.

 

[hermie]

Not a one

Actually:

• Johnny McCaffery - ex-captain of the Dublin hurling team.
• Derek McGrath (footballer) - ex-footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
• Bryan McMahon - drummer with Future Kings of Spain
• Darragh Markey - footballer with St. Patrick's Athletic, winner of Centenary Shield with Ireland.

Ha, what a list

 

[therealjohnny]

The river dancer that took over from Michael Flatley in the live show went to my school. My sister went out with him for a little while.

Ronnie Wood was really sound to my missus when she met him. She was a young punk with dyed hair and loads of piercings etc. working in a hotel. She was folding the breakfast napkins while fighting a raging hangover. Ronnie saw her struggling and went over and helped her and was really nice to her, cracking jokes and being a bit of a dirty old man, but in a funny way.

 

[rettucs]

The river dancer that took over from Michael Flatley in the live show went to my school. My sister went out with him for a little while.

the one that took over from Jean Butler was in my year in college. She dropped out in first year to go be a full time riverdancer.

 

[rettucs]

Mine had a few:

• Niall Williams author and Man Booker Prize nominee 2014
• Richard Barry, International Director with National College of Ireland
• Brian Brennan, author and journalist
• Paddy Carr, GAA manager
• Kenny Carroll, Irish cricketer
• Michael Carwood, Irish press journalist
• Don Conroy, artist and RTÉ Television presenter
• Paul Griffin, Gaelic footballer
• Dermot Moran, philosophy professor
• Dermot Morgan, comedian, star as Father Ted
• Paddy Kavanagh, footballer
• Ross O'Carroll, hurler
• Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Fianna Fáil party politician and former cabinet minister
• Stephen Collins, political editor of the Irish Times
• Danny Kane, footballer

Dunno who most of these lads are, mind

is that colaiste eoin? Didn't Dara O'Briain go there too?

 

[jonah]

I don't think anyone famous went to my school, but seeing as it was a convent in Navan, that's no surprise.

 

[rettucs]

The only people I can think of from mine.

Sinead Gleeson - journalist
Lance Daly - film lad
Kevin McManamon - Dublin Gah player
The one that played Amber in the TV series, Amber
John McMahon - not really famous but he was the head of RTE radio 1 at one point.
Aidan Power - kids TV presenter.
most of Mainline
the drummer from Mexican Pets

and there was a notorious murderer lad in the area but he might have gone to a different school.

 

[ernesto]

Actually:

• Johnny McCaffery - ex-captain of the Dublin hurling team.
• Derek McGrath (footballer) - ex-footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
• Bryan McMahon - drummer with Future Kings of Spain
• Darragh Markey - footballer with St. Patrick's Athletic, winner of Centenary Shield with Ireland.

Ha, what a list

Yeah I found the same list on wiki and decided not to post it coz it was so shite