Is it just me - or are the numbers of northern irish people disproportionally generally more successful than people from the south ?
By successful, I mean more in the public eye be it movies, music, sport etc.
It could be a golf thing, McIlroy, McDowell, Clarke. In general though I'm not so sure. What's the ratio, about 3.5M south to 1.5M north?, so are there more than twice the people you're thinking of in the south??, probably tbh. Can't say I've ever found myself envying the north for any reason at all, including disproportionately successful people.
ooh, sounds like a challenge, nerd who watches too much tv alert!!
off the top of my head
NI
Jamie Dornan (creepy guy out of the Fall, and prob going to be massive after 50 Shades of Grey)
Kenneth Brannagh
Liam Neeson
Paddy Kielty
Him out of snow patrol
James Nesbitt
van morrison
Half the cast of Game of Thrones
ROI
The other half of the cast of Game of Thrones
U2
westlife (boke!)
boyzone (extra boke!)
Imelda May
Colin Farrell
Michael Fassbender
saoirse ronan
Chris O'Dowd
dara o'briain
ed byrne
Terry Wogan
Graham Norton
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan gleesons son (don't know his name but he was in harry potter)
brian o'driscoll
richard harris
pierce brosnan
there's probably far more in sport & music that other people could think of, but the aul irish aren't doing too bad...