Who do you think is the greatest Irish person ever?

[luther]

I'll be your friend Mousey.................

Giss a tenner eh............

[whiteknight111]

I think its valid to include the Diaspora.

Argentina
Admiral William Brown -> Born in Ireland -> founder of Agrentina Navy and war hero
Che Guevara Lynch -> Grandfather Irish -> international communist insurgent

Candana
Brian Mulroney -> Parents Irish -> Canada Prime minister

Chile
Bernardo O'Higgins -> father Irish -> Chile Founding father

Mexico
William Lamport -> Born in Ireland -> precursor of the Independence movement and author of the first proclamation of
independence in the New World Some authorities claim he was the inspiration for Zorro

USA
JFK -> Grandfather Irish -> 35th President of the United States
Henry Ford -> Father from Cork -> was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass
production

Just a snapshot

[westcorklad]

Ronnie Whelan
Mark Lawrenson
Steve Staunton
John Aldridge
Ray Houghton
Michael Robinson
Steve Heighway
Irish and members of the great Liverpool teams of the 70s and 80s

[thehighwayman]

Michael Collins
Padraig Pearce
WB Yeats
Bob Geldof
Bono
James Joyce
Ruby Walsh
Liam Brady
Stephen Roche
Padraig Harrington

[Ric Hardgear]

Its typical us [Irish] the country is circling the drain,we are being roasted by the banks and politicians on one side and the civil servants using the other orifice,so what do we do we look to nostalgia,the greatest irish person ever , wtf where are they now??? where are our balls ,do not ask what your country can do do for you ..but what YOU can do for your country

[Mousey]

..but what YOU can do for your country

We can burn it the fuck down and start all over again!

Nah, too much hassle...

[Forrest]

Ronnie Whelan
Mark Lawrenson
Steve Staunton
John Aldridge
Ray Houghton
Michael Robinson
Steve Heighway
Irish and members of the great Liverpool teams of the 70s and 80s

Ah come on WCL, are you having a laugh.

Most of whom often failed to turn up to play for Ireland, but were magically fit to play for the ultimate scum on the following Saturday.

[El Gordo]

Milfminx
Donegalangel
Kelly Curvybabe
Sexy Kerryann

[Forrest]

Jedward

Sorry, that's two become one.

[westcorklad]

Ronnie Whelan
Mark Lawrenson
Steve Staunton
John Aldridge
Ray Houghton
Michael Robinson
Steve Heighway
Irish and members of the great Liverpool teams of the 70s and 80s

Ah come on WCL, are you having a laugh.

Most of whom often failed to turn up to play for Ireland, but were magically fit to play for the ultimate scum on the following Saturday.

Im sure they are not the only Irish players who have done that past or present.

How about these people?
Daniel O Connell
Michael Collins
Patrick Pearse
John O Shea (of Goal not the footballer)