The great people in Leinster house have always been and still are ashamed of the general Irish population. That’s why they built airports to get millions of them out and quickly.
Wow. This was before my time but a fantastic preservation of Galway in the 90s. It feels quite different now, for both good and bad. It seems to me that characters such as depicted here would find it harder to survive in Galway nowadays. We don't have such an interesting assortment of buskers either. Not as much character in the city.
Why run down these poor unfortunate people every town and city all over the world has them most are dead now I think it’s 1 or 2 of the laffeys and John o loughlin that’s left they were alcohol dependent I’ve been there it’s a hard battle even harder when you have no where to live 1or2 there are distant relatives of mine see what we have today there was no drugs in Galway back then just hash nothing hard no heroin crack coke those poor people as ould biddy says on the tape lord rest the women them old people the only harm they were doing was to them selfs look around Galway today look at the scum we have today getting rich on peoples mi misfortune drug dealing all kinds I don’t hear any talk of clean the streets now rip all those poor souls and millions more who perished from addiction amen
Answer to Greg Lyon’s John o loughlin is still around still drinking it’s a bad addiction rip to all who died Denis Connolly a John oloughlin are the only one s left
“Crusties” destroyed Galway city, never understood the appeal of Galway, grand for a night or two, absolutely nothing to do in it, but go on the pi$$. The so called “culture” kept alive via grants.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for this (sad but strong ) beauty ❤ After the Berlin Wall came down, Galway was my first love; not west- germany…. I was 21 and started my very first days of busking in the shopping street. But first, I had to get brave enough for this with a few pint’s of lager and beautiful musicians support in the cozy walls of Monroe’s pup…. Sleeping on a old forgotten fishing trawler near Spanish Arc….and met a real Galway gilrl …..A few faces I just recognize in this video….after thirty years now….😢 good bless you and all Irish souls ✨🙏🍺🧹 lake of constance / germany
Me and my friend went to Galway for a weekend , went home on the Monday , went back on the Wednesday , i spent a year there , my Friend lasted 8 Years, what a city , the people the place is full of energy
Remember so many of these lads when I lived in Galway in the 90s. Does anyone know what happened to John? the man at the end of the film with his arm around the final speaker
My uncle Gerry mullally is the man featured at the start of this documentary. He was a lovely man that I have very fond memories of. Thank you for keeping his memory and story alive.
Looking for a Djembe player called Andy Clarke from Belfast. He played Djembe drum in Galway in the 90’s . He helped me get a room and gave me money when I was stone broke. I would like to repay his kindness if anyone knows where he is now. Thank you! 🙏
I know him and he wouldn't want thanks. Thanks makes him depressed. He is an odd character does good for some and not for others. It's almost like he sees through peoples souls and judges accordingly. A spooky guy indeed.
17:36 "Excuse me young lady, I want you to tell the people of Galway and of Ireland, and do put it on television, that they should be ashamed of themselves to have men sleeping out, night after night, they refuse them to get a night's lodging and they should be ashamed" Love you Dada
I watched this during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, 2020. As an African when I came to Galway in 2002 I was kind of stranded because I arrived at night and I missed meeting my girlfriend, the next thing was to go in Shop Street and was amazed to see so many buskers with different kinds of music , some juggling etc. For a while I was at peace until it became so late and I didn't know where to go. Fortunately I talked to a guitarist just finished busking and he said "now worries you are going where I'm going". The next thing I'm in a Homelessness home called "Fairgreen". This is where I met or saw some of the men in this video, some where sleeping outside with a given mattress and a blanket because I was told they were bared because of a drinking. Fortunately I was given food and a place to sleep and in the morning I was assisted to meet my girlfriend and sort myself out. Everything went on well and got myself sorted. To cut the long story short I stayed and became resident in Galway and as a musician/saxophonist I would busk and make a lot of money. I worked for a hostel "Keenlay House"??? but I would always go out and volunteer at Fairgreen, they were so helpful but very strict and that's where I would meet and talk to the kind of notorious old man Tom or Tommy who's appearing a lot on this video...he was kind but always drunk. Tourists who come from other EU countries would come to the Keenlay Hostel and some of them would be musicians who had no money to pay fro a couple of nights and I would advise them to go out to Shop Street and busk...and most of them succeeded. Lastly, I saw my friend in this video, Piet Bog, who I later joined his band "Inflatable Side Show" which was popular in Galway at the time, and towards the end of the video I see an old well-dress man(1:033) hugged by one of the notorious drunkards barred from Fairgreen, and that's the man who saw me busking on saxophone and said that I should consider doing a PhD in music, that encouraged me and later I went to study Jazz in Dublin and later MA in Community Music at the University of Limerick, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. All these people made my life in Galway very interesting and vibrant, buskers or drunkards it did not matter, people are people.
I remember a Djembe player called Andy Clarke from Belfast in Galway in the 90’s. He helped a lot of people avoid the homeless shelters and got them rooms in actual houses. I don’t suppose you ever heard of him or know where he is now as I would like to repay him for his kindness to me when I was stone broke. Thanks 🙏
Iam a local grew up in claddagh . I woz talking to Tommy about 10 years ago and he told me a funny story about the security cash 💰 van pulled up outside kings head bar . And Tommy started lifting bags of cash / coins into the bar to help them . Security guy said Tommy ur a awful man and started laughing . Lovely fella Tommy . Actually everyone in the video were lovely . Innocent times . Galway abu
So many characters . Had a few drinks with the bloke and some of the lads featured. My uncle, james jennings is sat on the bench in the eyre square shot of them on the bench. I see Gerry Mullally aswell . He use to live with my uncle Jamesy in camilaun park RIP. Good days back then. I live in uk now but am from galway. Use to live in coogan park. Dennis connolly once asked my mother to marry him 😀I have a couple of galway videos on my youtube
If you could only find a balance of the way things were and now Galway would be the greatest city in the world. Business and Politics have sucked the life out of this country.Become a Curfew State. Been there and witnessed first hand the intolerance
Hi everyone, I uploaded this video on behalf of Mark Kennedy in 2014. I no longer have access to this account. Unfortunately Mark has now passed. All I can say is when I knew him he was a gentleman and helped erect the famine memorial in Galway city in recent times. I am privileged to have known him regardless of what some people say. I don't know what he was like in previous year but for as long as I knew him he was kind. Mark I will see you soon. God bless.
Hi John - I'm creating a theatre piece based on Una Taaffe and I'm really interested on how she helped homeless people. Could you please email me? Thanks a million storiesofuna@gmail.com facebook.com/storiesofuna/
@@DeirdreKennedySFI knew your dad and Tommy, both gentlemen, I'm sorry to hear about your dad, Tommy is still alive and off the drink, but those days were special and the people brilliant. Your dad was a very special guy and ment a lot to all of us. Cheers.
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I knew Mark Kennedy and he was a bum, an alcoholic, a sponger, a trouble maker, a slanderer and a waster who refused to work for many years. He lived for free off state welfare and wasted his money on drink and drugs and going around whinging, complaining and backbiting. He deserted his own wife and children when they were young. He and his bums should have gone out and worked and paid their taxes like other people. Mark Kennedy and his fellow bums and winos in this video were and are a disgrace and have ruined the good name of Galway city.
look at all the damage he did to himself, his family and friends. He should have spent more time healing them instead of mourning celia griffin. During the famine there was plenty of mark kennedy characters around who did nothing for the hungry and ill as they were too busy drinking alcohol.
Ex pat Galwegian living in Brisbane now. I remember a lot of these people from my youth. They added character and I never remember any trouble from them. Good old Dennis!
Some of those guys in the video intimidated me and others for "odds" ie.small change,I remember Galway at the time they were not all innocent homeless people.
Unbelievably sad.
5:40 legendary 😮
The great people in Leinster house have always been and still are ashamed of the general Irish population. That’s why they built airports to get millions of them out and quickly.
crap video
07:08 Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters is a Galwayman.
Wow. This was before my time but a fantastic preservation of Galway in the 90s. It feels quite different now, for both good and bad. It seems to me that characters such as depicted here would find it harder to survive in Galway nowadays. We don't have such an interesting assortment of buskers either. Not as much character in the city.
Why run down these poor unfortunate people every town and city all over the world has them most are dead now I think it’s 1 or 2 of the laffeys and John o loughlin that’s left they were alcohol dependent I’ve been there it’s a hard battle even harder when you have no where to live 1or2 there are distant relatives of mine see what we have today there was no drugs in Galway back then just hash nothing hard no heroin crack coke those poor people as ould biddy says on the tape lord rest the women them old people the only harm they were doing was to them selfs look around Galway today look at the scum we have today getting rich on peoples mi misfortune drug dealing all kinds I don’t hear any talk of clean the streets now rip all those poor souls and millions more who perished from addiction amen
Answer to Greg Lyon’s John o loughlin is still around still drinking it’s a bad addiction rip to all who died Denis Connolly a John oloughlin are the only one s left
Tommy's still alive.
what year was this filmed? late 90s i'm guessing?
92
“Warriors” ??? 😂😂😂😂😂
“Crusties” destroyed Galway city, never understood the appeal of Galway, grand for a night or two, absolutely nothing to do in it, but go on the pi$$. The so called “culture” kept alive via grants.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for this (sad but strong ) beauty ❤ After the Berlin Wall came down, Galway was my first love; not west- germany…. I was 21 and started my very first days of busking in the shopping street. But first, I had to get brave enough for this with a few pint’s of lager and beautiful musicians support in the cozy walls of Monroe’s pup…. Sleeping on a old forgotten fishing trawler near Spanish Arc….and met a real Galway gilrl …..A few faces I just recognize in this video….after thirty years now….😢 good bless you and all Irish souls ✨🙏🍺🧹 lake of constance / germany
🥰
Me and my friend went to Galway for a weekend , went home on the Monday , went back on the Wednesday , i spent a year there , my Friend lasted 8 Years, what a city , the people the place is full of energy
Not alot has changed in Galway, or will ever i suppose,😢
Remember so many of these lads when I lived in Galway in the 90s. Does anyone know what happened to John? the man at the end of the film with his arm around the final speaker
Wasn't this video called something else ?
I bought this on DVD titled: "Clear The Streets".
Put that on Tg4
My husband John laffey Mike laffey rip Charlie and Byrne laffey their xx good days no drugs then John of laugh land last man standing god love h sad
And Tom ladfey
Bubby
Maura Geagan Quinn's son hazed a fresher so bad in st Marys he was hospitalized pissing blood... Kinda ironic
34:40 what is that name of that song?
Was wondering the same, lovely tune.
Thats me playing flute at 40:48 a lost world now :(
What year is this?
1992
It's a bit soft on these guys, some of them were dangerous and used to have no problems robbing young lads of odds
these guys are a privilege to listen to
Neachtains looks the exact same. March 2021
My uncle Gerry mullally is the man featured at the start of this documentary. He was a lovely man that I have very fond memories of. Thank you for keeping his memory and story alive.
Looking for a Djembe player called Andy Clarke from Belfast. He played Djembe drum in Galway in the 90’s . He helped me get a room and gave me money when I was stone broke. I would like to repay his kindness if anyone knows where he is now. Thank you! 🙏
I know him and he wouldn't want thanks. Thanks makes him depressed. He is an odd character does good for some and not for others. It's almost like he sees through peoples souls and judges accordingly. A spooky guy indeed.
Poor fellas a life on the streets is no way to live and nothings changed in Todays ireland. No one chooses to be an addict or have their life ruined
17:36 "Excuse me young lady, I want you to tell the people of Galway and of Ireland, and do put it on television, that they should be ashamed of themselves to have men sleeping out, night after night, they refuse them to get a night's lodging and they should be ashamed" Love you Dada
Thanks, Elaine, for sharing. I've met some of these very interesting people in this video.
I watched this during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, 2020. As an African when I came to Galway in 2002 I was kind of stranded because I arrived at night and I missed meeting my girlfriend, the next thing was to go in Shop Street and was amazed to see so many buskers with different kinds of music , some juggling etc. For a while I was at peace until it became so late and I didn't know where to go. Fortunately I talked to a guitarist just finished busking and he said "now worries you are going where I'm going". The next thing I'm in a Homelessness home called "Fairgreen". This is where I met or saw some of the men in this video, some where sleeping outside with a given mattress and a blanket because I was told they were bared because of a drinking. Fortunately I was given food and a place to sleep and in the morning I was assisted to meet my girlfriend and sort myself out. Everything went on well and got myself sorted. To cut the long story short I stayed and became resident in Galway and as a musician/saxophonist I would busk and make a lot of money. I worked for a hostel "Keenlay House"??? but I would always go out and volunteer at Fairgreen, they were so helpful but very strict and that's where I would meet and talk to the kind of notorious old man Tom or Tommy who's appearing a lot on this video...he was kind but always drunk. Tourists who come from other EU countries would come to the Keenlay Hostel and some of them would be musicians who had no money to pay fro a couple of nights and I would advise them to go out to Shop Street and busk...and most of them succeeded. Lastly, I saw my friend in this video, Piet Bog, who I later joined his band "Inflatable Side Show" which was popular in Galway at the time, and towards the end of the video I see an old well-dress man(1:033) hugged by one of the notorious drunkards barred from Fairgreen, and that's the man who saw me busking on saxophone and said that I should consider doing a PhD in music, that encouraged me and later I went to study Jazz in Dublin and later MA in Community Music at the University of Limerick, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. All these people made my life in Galway very interesting and vibrant, buskers or drunkards it did not matter, people are people.
I remember a Djembe player called Andy Clarke from Belfast in Galway in the 90’s. He helped a lot of people avoid the homeless shelters and got them rooms in actual houses. I don’t suppose you ever heard of him or know where he is now as I would like to repay him for his kindness to me when I was stone broke. Thanks 🙏
Awesome story, hope all is good my friend
Iam a local grew up in claddagh . I woz talking to Tommy about 10 years ago and he told me a funny story about the security cash 💰 van pulled up outside kings head bar . And Tommy started lifting bags of cash / coins into the bar to help them . Security guy said Tommy ur a awful man and started laughing . Lovely fella Tommy . Actually everyone in the video were lovely . Innocent times . Galway abu
R.I.P TO ALL THAT PASSED AWAY 🙏🙏🙏
So many characters . Had a few drinks with the bloke and some of the lads featured. My uncle, james jennings is sat on the bench in the eyre square shot of them on the bench. I see Gerry Mullally aswell . He use to live with my uncle Jamesy in camilaun park RIP. Good days back then. I live in uk now but am from galway. Use to live in coogan park. Dennis connolly once asked my mother to marry him 😀I have a couple of galway videos on my youtube
Sad to see that John is still drinking alone on Quay Street. Hes some survivor. RIP. Sad but a great documentary.
Is john the guy who hangs out in the doorways looking from left to right ?? He's still around.
@@daviddolan3195 yep that's him. Usually shouts bursts of incoherent sentences looking left to right.
Love this to remember Niall rivers a lovely person xxx
Nice documentary a lot of good footage
Thanks God
If you could only find a balance of the way things were and now Galway would be the greatest city in the world. Business and Politics have sucked the life out of this country.Become a Curfew State. Been there and witnessed first hand the intolerance
That’s my dad with his brothers around the half way mark
The lad at 5:24 , isn't he the lad in the painting in the train station? I remember me ould one telling me about him!
Love you dada
You wouldn't have one of Nialls old films of the rainbow gathering in the wicklow mountains?
Hi everyone, I uploaded this video on behalf of Mark Kennedy in 2014. I no longer have access to this account. Unfortunately Mark has now passed. All I can say is when I knew him he was a gentleman and helped erect the famine memorial in Galway city in recent times. I am privileged to have known him regardless of what some people say. I don't know what he was like in previous year but for as long as I knew him he was kind. Mark I will see you soon. God bless.
Hi John - I'm creating a theatre piece based on Una Taaffe and I'm really interested on how she helped homeless people. Could you please email me? Thanks a million storiesofuna@gmail.com facebook.com/storiesofuna/
Hi John - Mark was my father. He got sober again. Loads of people came to his funeral, He was much loved.
Oops I didn’t read your whole post about Mark. So I guess you knew Sober Mark.
@@DeirdreKennedySFI knew your dad and Tommy, both gentlemen, I'm sorry to hear about your dad, Tommy is still alive and off the drink, but those days were special and the people brilliant. Your dad was a very special guy and ment a lot to all of us. Cheers.
how about you stop selling drinks in shops, then there wont be, any winos, ho no, we cant do that,we would lose money, they want it both ways
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I knew Mark Kennedy and he was a bum, an alcoholic, a sponger, a trouble maker, a slanderer and a waster who refused to work for many years. He lived for free off state welfare and wasted his money on drink and drugs and going around whinging, complaining and backbiting. He deserted his own wife and children when they were young. He and his bums should have gone out and worked and paid their taxes like other people. Mark Kennedy and his fellow bums and winos in this video were and are a disgrace and have ruined the good name of Galway city.
look at all the damage he did to himself, his family and friends. He should have spent more time healing them instead of mourning celia griffin. During the famine there was plenty of mark kennedy characters around who did nothing for the hungry and ill as they were too busy drinking alcohol.
I enjoyed that a lot
Ex pat Galwegian living in Brisbane now. I remember a lot of these people from my youth. They added character and I never remember any trouble from them. Good old Dennis!
Some of those guys in the video intimidated me and others for "odds" ie.small change,I remember Galway at the time they were not all innocent homeless people.