I used to own and run a small restaurant in the south of Ireland, (CO. Waterford in fact) Because of it I've met, (over some 10years) Liam Clancy, Paddy Clancy RIP, Tom Clancy RIP, Tommy Makem, Finbarr Furey, Paddy Reilly, Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna, John Sheehan, Mick Moloney, Jimmy Crowley,Diarmuid O'Leary(of the "Bards") and Cyril Tawney, the great "Shanty man" from Devonshire in England. I have also had Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio the Movie actress and her Director husband Pat O'Connor in my establishment, and have had the pleasure of a chat with Anthony Hopkins when he was filming near by. God , none of them seemed to have been ,in any way, affected by their noteriety. In fact, they seemed to be almost grateful to be accepted and treated as regular people . Many years ago I remember Gregory Peck, Leo Genn and Noel Purcell as well as John Heuston, working on Moby Dick, in Youghal, a nearby town, and they also seemed to merge easily with the local populace . Do we put too great an expectation of self importance on those who have achieved a great measure of fame, when perhaps, they are not really willing to accept the burden that it often brings with it?