LIVING IN PORTLAOISE (4)
WHO PORTLAOISE PEOPLE MOST ADMIRE
This sample survey was conducted via the internet and notices in local newspapers. The survey was open to Portlaoise natives and
anyone currently living in the town and environs.
TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONDENTS: 67
Two 'comedians' (one aged 164, the other 15-50) were disqualified.
All percentages rounded to nearest unit.
AGE PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS
| AGE | <20 | 20 - 29
| 30 - 39 | 40 - 49 | 50 - 59 | 60 - 69
| 70 - 79 |
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| % | 3% | 10% |
24% | 18% |
18% | 15% |
12% |
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APART FROM FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO IS THE LIVING PORTLAOISE PERSON YOU MOST ADMIRE?
TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 55*
| MSGR. JOHN BYRNE P.P. | 13% |
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| KATHLEEN O'BRIEN | 9% |
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| PAT CRITCHLEY | 9% |
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| PAT RYAN | 4% |
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| JOHNNY O'BRIEN | 4% |
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| BRIAN STANLEY | 4% |
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| PAT BORAN | 4% |
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| LOUISE DONLON | 4% |
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| JACK NOLAN | 4% |
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| FINTAN KENNEDY | 4% |
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| ANNE KEENAN BUCKLEY | 4% |
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| OTHER+ | 40% |
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*Twelve respondents skipped this question
+ OTHER (Each received a single vote): Willie Aird, Mary Ryan, Eileen Hayes, Orlagh McCrory, Joe 'Hesh' McCormack, Eamonn Dunne, Nano Carroll,
Mary Lillis, Jerry Lodge, Meagan Walshe, Robert Sheehan, Dr. Gillane, Mark Conroy, Alison Browne, Mr. Naughton (Surgeon),
Bob Flavin, Any of the active Tidy Town workers, John Dunne, Colm Browne, Ros O'Meara, John Ging, Frank Meehan,
Click here to read what respondents said about their choices.
THE LIVING IRISH PUBLIC FIGURE YOU MOST ADMIRE
TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 70**
| MARY McALEESE | 27% |
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| MICHAEL O'LEARY | 11% |
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| MARY ROBINSON | 10% |
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| JOHN HUME | 9% |
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| SONIA O'SULLIVAN | 7% |
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| KATIE TAYLOR | 7% |
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| MICHEÁL ?MUIRCHEARTAIGH | 4% |
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| PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS | 4% |
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| BOB GELDOF | 4% |
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| OTHER++ | 16% |
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** The apparent discrepancy is explained by the fact that four respondents skipped this question and seven votes cast
for living people
were moved here from the next category below.
++ OTHER (Each received a single vote): Tommy Tiernan, Mary O'Rourke, Seamus Heaney, David McWilliams,
Dylan Moran, Liam Neeson, Lelia Doolin, Louis Le Brocquy, Miriam O'Callaghan, David Norris, Brian Cody.
THE IRISH HISTORICAL FIGURE YOU MOST ADMIRE
TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 53***
| MICHAEL COLLINS | 36% |
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| EAMON De VALERA | 8% |
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| DANIEL O'CONNELL | 6% |
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| JIM LARKIN | 6% |
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| BRIAN BORU | 4% |
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| PADRAIG PEARSE | 4% |
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| DR. NOEL BROWNE | 4% |
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| SEAN LEMASS | 4% |
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| OTHER+++ | 30% |
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*** Seven respondents skipped this question. Seven votes cast for living people were moved from this category to the one above.
+++ OTHER (Each received a single vote): Arthur Griffith, James Fintan Lalor, James Joyce, Jim Stynes, Philip Lynott, Wolfe Tone, Tom Crean,
Hugh O'Neill, Countess Markievicz, Liam Clancy, Mary Rosse, W.B. Yeats, James Connolly, Nano Nagle, Charles Stewart Parnell, Kevin O'Higgins.
THE LIVING INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC FIGURE YOU MOST ADMIRE
TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID RESPONSES: 64****
| THE DALAI LAMA | 16% |
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| BARACK OBAMA | 13% |
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| BILL GATES | 9% |
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| LIONEL MESSI | 8% |
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| BOB DYLAN | 8% |
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| QUEEN ELIZABETH II | 6% |
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| NELSON MANDELA | 5% |
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| OPRAH WINFREY | 3% |
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| J.K. ROWLING | 3% |
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| BOB GELDOF | 3% |
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| MARY ROBINSON | 3% |
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| HILARY CLINTON | 3% |
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| OTHER++++ | 20% |
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**** Two respondents skipped this question. Another picked a person no longer living.
++++ OTHER (Each received a single vote): Sir Alex Ferguson, Meryl Streep, Pope Benedict XVI, Kofi Annan, David Bowie,
Dave Grohl, Leonard Cohen, Bono, Seth Godin, Bruce Springsteen, David Hockney, Grace Dent, Muhammad Ali,
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Thanks to: Jean O'Brien, Eugene McDonough, Denise Dunne, Stewart Quinn, Sharon Byrne, Richard Connell, Gerard Mulhall, Lal Curtin,
Mick Morrissey, Ann Casey, Noel Tuohy, Sarah McNeill, Mel McCarthy, David Grant, Seán Brophy, Frank Parker, Pat Whelan, Vincent O'Brien,
Adrian Robinson, Noel McCarthy, Seán Cahill, Christy Bannon, Tom Dunne, Michael Larkin, Joan McCarthy, Thomas Fenlon, T. Carroll, John Casey,
Roger Young, Bridie Healy, Jim Healy, Eamon, Francis, Seán, Mary, Gary, Joe, Noreen, John, Fran, Stu, Deirdre, Kav,
and all those who wished to remain anonymous.
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