RTÉ has launched an online poll to find Ireland’s Greatest Figure. The top five as selected by the public will be the subject of hour long television documentaries in September followed by another round of voting and the final announcement on the Late Late Show in October.
The complete shortlist is below:
1. Bono (1960)
2. Dr. Noel Browne (1915 – 1997)
3. Michael Collins (1890 – 1922)
4. James Connolly (1868 – 1916)
5. Éamon de Valera (1882-1975)
6. Joe Dolan (1939 – 2007)
7. Ronnie Drew (1934 – 2008)
8. Colin Farrell (1976)
9. Garret Fitzgerald (1926)
10. Stephen Gately (1976 – 2009)
11. Bob Geldof (1951)
12. Pádraig Harrington (1971)
13. Charles Haughey (1925 – 2006)
14. Séamus Heaney (1939)
15. John Hume (1937)
16. James Joyce (1882 – 1941)
17. John B. Keane (1928 – 2002)
18. Roy Keane (1971)
19. Ronan Keating (1977)
20. Seán Lemass ( 1899-1971)
21. Jack Lynch (1917 – 1999)
22. Phil Lynott (1951 – 1986)
23. Paul Mc Grath (1959)
24. Christy Moore (1945)
25. Liam Neeson (1952)
26. Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847)
27. Daniel O’Donnell (1961)
28. Brian O’Driscoll (1979)
29. Michael O’Leary (1961)
30. John O’Shea (1944)
31. Sonia O’Sullivan (1969)
32. Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 – 1891)
33. Pádraig Pearse (1879 – 1916)
34. Christy Ring (1920 – 1979)
35. Mary Robinson (1944)
36. Adi Roche (1955)
37. Wolfe Tone (1763 – 1798)
38. Louis Walsh (1952)
39. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)
40. W.B. Yeats (1865 – 1939)
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Stephen Gately? What about Rory Gallagher, Samuel Beckett, Ernest Shackleton? C’mon. Bit of perspective here.
Yeah. Where is Rory Gallagher? And how about Gary Moore? And why are there only a few women on the list?