1. John Creedon has presented multiple television series on RTE of him road tripping across Ireland showcasing Ireland's history, geography, along with some lesser known stories of the areas he visits.
17 Facts About John Creedon
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John Creedon's career began with an initial failed audition for a job on RTE 2fm, but he went on to twice top the Irish Singles Chart with his character, Terence the Cork hairdresser.
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John Creedon won a Jacob's Award in 1992 for his RTE Radio 1 morning show, Risin' Time.
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The John Creedon Show was replaced by a programme hosted by Ronan Collins in 2006.
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John Creedon hosted Late Date on RTE Radio 1 for some time prior to his move to the current 8 to 10pm slot.
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John Creedon was proclaimed winner of the show on 17 August 2008.
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John Creedon selected Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin as his charity for the show due to his personal involvement with the hospital in the past.
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John Creedon was then a judge on The All Ireland Talent Show, representing the south of the country alongside Michael Healy-Rae and Sinead Sheppard.
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Judge John Creedon warned fellow judge Daithi O Se to stop stealing acts from Munster, alleging that he invaded County Clare in series one and that he would be "answerable to me and to my gang" if he continued to persist.
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In 2011, John Creedon hosted a television series called 'John Creedon's Retro Road Trip' in which he retraces the route of the only holiday his entire family ever took.
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John Creedon recreated the trip over forty years later and explored how the country had changed.
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In March 2008, it was to John Creedon's radio show that befuddled Irish listeners turned when RTE shut down its 82-year-old medium wave service.
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John Creedon claimed in a 2008 Late Late Show interview that he once worked in a Penneys branch.
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John Creedon previously lived in Goatstown, Dublin, but now resides in Cork on a hill overlooking the city centre.
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An avid Irish language speaker, John Creedon appeared on the first series of No Bearla, broadcast in 2007.
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John Creedon has spoken to the BBC about his search for his nation's favourite Irish word.
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John Creedon described the Pope "landing that helicopter by himself in Phoenix Park in 1979" as "truly memorable".