Twitter users react after woman's wish to find Irishman she met on a train goes viral

A woman's Twitter post about a meet-cute with an Irish man on a London train has gone viral after thousands of users became interested in reuniting them. 

Actress Katharine Pearson posted about the encounter yesterday evening (December 12), stating, "If you were the Irish guy on crutches who works in *biochem?* in Stevenage who was on the Peterborough train from Finsbury Park this morning it was lovely to meet you and I should’ve asked for your name and number so I could live out my Christmas miracle romance moment hahahelp." 

If you were the Irish guy on crutches who works in *biochem?* in Stevenage who was on the Peterborough train from Finsbury Park this morning it was lovely to meet you and I should’ve asked for your name and number so I could live out my Christmas miracle romance moment hahahelp

— Katharine Pearson (@katieljpearson) December 12, 2022

Almost nine thousand people liked the tweet (and counting), with over 1,000 retweets and almost two hundred quote tweets, several of which have tagged companies asking if the mysterious man works for them. 

One user posted, "C'mon Twitter - let's help her find the boy!" while another said, "OK my biochemistry loving friends - here’s your chance to take part in a Christmas miracle!" 

Even Irish comedian Dara O'Briain retweeted the link. 

However, Pearson posted again several hours later, stating, "I’m genuinely baffled/obsessed by the commitment to the cause - I’m SCREAMIN people are so invested. This poor man is probably in a relationship like “we spoke for 5 mins on the platform are you ok?""

Me waking up this morning and now questioning whether he even said biochem or biotech or whether he was even Irish at all OH MY GOD THE STRESS https://t.co/B14u8HiUDl pic.twitter.com/aQUu9VInEA

— Katharine Pearson (@katieljpearson) December 13, 2022

Despite this, followers and invested strangers alike continued to theorise his possible whereabouts, with one person stating: "Surely an Irish guy on crutches who works in biochem isn't that hard to find?" 

Surely, an Irish guy on crutches who works in biochem, isn’t that hard to find?
Invested. It’s like The Holiday but trains. https://t.co/aJfd7tYVc8

— Tracey P (@April_1970s) December 13, 2022

You are going to see a queue of irish men in Stevenage in pretend crutches, working in Biochem, looking up and diwn the platform for you

— SRao (@leelamalur) December 13, 2022

The French newspaper Liberation used to have a column, Transports Amoureux, for just this eventuality. Friend of mine was signalled, which delighted her. When she met him tho she was very disappointed. She just kept screaming at him to shut up.https://t.co/7TRCDZO33a

— Big Ron (@RonSerious) December 13, 2022

If only this train journey was in Ireland - he'd be found before he knew he was famous on Twitter.....

— Queen of Nowhere Citizenry #FBPE (@vankeo54) December 13, 2022

Hundreds of people rallied to help Pearson find the man: 

We need to get this trending. #FindKatharinesman

— JO (@neirboeimaj) December 12, 2022

I’m an unashamed romantic so have to retweet this. Please find the Irish guy on crutches (and please pray he is single ) https://t.co/sFKPWz3Jtm

— Robin Meltzer (@robinmeltzer) December 13, 2022

Twitter at it's best...will be shocked if at least half the population of Ireland doesn't at least know someone that knows him #CrutchesIrishBiochemGuy https://t.co/P6EMdQrmXM

— John O'Reilly (@joreilly) December 13, 2022

Can any of my #LondonIrish friends help make a hallmark Christmas movie moment come true? https://t.co/AseIKDdRVg

— Rachael Loftus (@RachaelLoftus) December 13, 2022

And plenty weighed in with their own ideas, theories and suggestions (whether genuine or not!), with some even pledging to keep an eye out: 

Ok I’m an Irish-Scot and I live near Stevenage, I swear if I see a guy on crutches and hear his accent I’m approaching him . He needs to know ❤️. #invested

— ForensicPsychology-Student‍ (@GulliversGirl) December 13, 2022

Ask the station staff to print this and put it up in the station!

— ⭐️ Isa Jingle Belle ⭐️ (@irresponsabelle) December 12, 2022

I've asked my mum and she's sure it's Cassie's boy who went over to England to work after he had that accident with the baler, and couldn't work the farm.
His sister is married to the fella who lives next to the old dairy that's now demolished.
You *do* know him - from school.

— Colm Nugent (@Wigapedia) December 13, 2022

Popped it on a local stev page!

— redblondebonce ❤ (@blondebonce) December 12, 2022

Perhaps he’s busy developing the cure for cancer and hasn’t checked Twitter in the last 24hrs? Or he’s tied up settling in the three golden retriever puppies he’s just rehomed from Battersea?

(Yes the suspense is killing me too…)

— clownsmejokers (@clownsmejokers1) December 13, 2022

Others didn't blame her for posting about him, with many declaring a love of Irish men: 

Can’t go wrong with an Irish man ☘️

— Shamrock avc (@avc33019784) December 13, 2022

Here’s the new Christmas romance movie everyone needs this year. I’m a sucker for an Irish lilt. https://t.co/JcQ3MMIA97

— Becky Salole (@bsalole) December 13, 2022

And some even thought it was pure movie magic: 

#IrishTwitter will find him so that Hollywood can make a movie to wipe the imprint of #wildmountainthyme away, only in a plot twist you can carry him as he is on crutches pic.twitter.com/aySCqUGA2k

— Ciara Nic Ionnraic (@CiaraHendTCD) December 13, 2022

@katieljpearson : Which Irish actor to cast in the Richard Curtis screenplay of this Christmas rom com? the Bloke with the neck chain from Normal People?

— Mary Burke (@DrMaryBurke) December 13, 2022

this is the new Richard Curtis film synopsis right?

— KVTE MVRLVIS (@katemarlais) December 12, 2022

Will she find the man of her dreams and live out that Hallmark movie fantasy? Only time (and plenty of hard grafting by Twitter sleuths) will tell!