Pic: It's just the Reverend Al Sharpton posing with the Phil Lynott statue in Dublin

If you happened to be walking down Harry Street in Dublin the other day and looked up as you passed the statue of Phil Lynott outside Bruxelles, you might have thought 'That guy looks... is it...? Nahhhhh.'

Chances are that you wouldn't have considered there to be any reason why civil rights activist, Baptist minister and TV personality Reverend Al Sharpton would be in Dublin and/or posing with the Thin Lizzy frontman's statue - but yes, it really was him.

Sharpton was in Dublin to receive honours from two universities - the James Joyce Award from UCD and the Gold Medal from Trinity's Historical Society - and while staying in the Westbury Hotel, took the time to wander over to pose with Philo.

See the pics via WENN below:

Phil Lynott

Phillip Parris Lynott was an Irish singer, musician, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and… more