Limericks Characters - Where have they gone?

DarkJager

I'm talking about people like Willie Three Toes, that crazy guy who used to walk the crescent in a imitation garda uniform, or the guy who swore at people as he cycled through town. Where have they gone to? The city seems a lot duller without their colourful antics

hobie

I remember an old lady that used to walk around town with lots of dogs (small ones) in a big old fashioned baby pram ..... everyone knew her ...

When she passed on Jim Kemmy came up with an idea to create a bronze statue ..... something that could have been placed in Cruises street or the new setup in Bedford row .....

cooperguy

Wasnt it Willie Three Toes the person who cycled around on his bike shouting at people or were they 2 seperate people. Ah iv great memories of him/them!!

ricey

Willlie is gone out the counrty someplace
to live.

Sunn

cooperguy wrote:

Wasnt it Willie Three Toes the person who cycled around on his bike shouting at people or were they 2 seperate people. Ah iv great memories of him/them!!

lol..yea i remember that.. hilarious.

Poxyshamrock

hobie wrote:

I remember an old lady that used to walk around town with lots of dogs (small ones) in a big old fashioned baby pram ..... everyone knew her ...

When she passed on Jim Kemmy came up with an idea to create a bronze statue ..... something that could have been placed in Cruises street or the new setup in Bedford row .....

Yeah, that was Dodo Reddan from Careys Road...as far as i know a statue of her will be commisioned at the new entrance to The People's Park. They want the statue to be along the lines of Molly Malone...ie. a bit of history, culture, humour, character.

talkingclock

I wish we had someone like Galways' Knacker Dwarf (go to the Galway board and enjoy that thread there!)

Amazotheamazing

Dodo Reddan, I really hope they don't cast a statute of her, she was an absolute menace when she was alive and seems to have only gained mythical status since she died. This city should honour it's real heros, not the random nutjobs that make life miserable for people who live near them.

Karmafaerie

I'm still here!

talkingclock

you wish!

Melion

Theres the drunk down by the train station. Always has a can of Linden village in her hand, shouts abuse at randomers by the shop across from the station.

Robbie the homeless guy who used to always be in the crescent, havent seen him in a long time though.

Then the crazy ****ers who just ride the buses around and around town. One guy always has a stick and a plastic bag, ive spotted him around Shannon a lot lately too.

ninty9er

Poxyshamrock wrote:

Yeah, that was Dodo Reddan from Careys Road...as far as i know a statue of her will be commisioned at the new entrance to The People's Park. They want the statue to be along the lines of Molly Malone...ie. a bit of history, culture, humour, character.

Despite Amazo's disputes I think this is a great idea...a few of my parents friends always went to her to get a dog.

Amazotheamazing

ninty9er wrote:

Despite Amazo's disputes I think this is a great idea...a few of my parents friends always went to her to get a dog.

So, she gave your friends a dog so she deserves a monument? We'd be a laughing stock, can you imagine the tourist books, "this is a statue of a local nutcase who gave some of 99'er's friends a few puppies". Honestly, my folks knew her, she wasn't a particularly pleasant person.

SuperWoody101

Melion wrote:

Theres the drunk down by the train station. Always has a can of Linden village in her hand, shouts abuse at randomers by the shop across from the station.

[Mod Edit]

Don't go posting peoples photographs and names here simply because they are fallen on hard times. thank you

limerick_man

Yup, that guy with his umbrella (usually) and his plastic bag, ALWAYS on buses, even today was on my bus, ive seen him on a bus that drove past me full and then we walked further into the city back to Brown Thomas (we had been waiting at the crescent beforehand) so we would definatly get on a bus.. and he walked onto the bus. He must have gotten off half way, picked up another bus back in... and then walked over to our bus!! He usually sticks to the Raheen one but most times Ive taken the UL one hes on that too...

Karmafaerie

limerick_man wrote:

Yup, that guy with his umbrella (usually) and his plastic bag, ALWAYS on buses, even today was on my bus, ive seen him on a bus that drove past me full and then we walked further into the city back to Brown Thomas (we had been waiting at the crescent beforehand) so we would definatly get on a bus.. and he walked onto the bus. He must have gotten off half way, picked up another bus back in... and then walked over to our bus!! He usually sticks to the Raheen one but most times Ive taken the UL one hes on that too...

Nice guy, knows all the bus drivers, and spends his days chatting to them.

talkingclock

is it the one walking like a penguin?
there is one guy walking like a penguin and he always swirls his umbrella like Fred Astaire in his best years.

hobie

Poxyshamrock wrote:

Yeah, that was Dodo Reddan from Careys Road...as far as i know a statue of her will be commisioned at the new entrance to The People's Park. They want the statue to be along the lines of Molly Malone...ie. a bit of history, culture, humour, character.

That's great news .....

MarkR

Was three toes the guy with the shepherds crook?

Damomanye

Karmafaerie wrote:

Nice guy, knows all the bus drivers, and spends his days chatting to them.

He is a nice guy , i worked in dunnes in town for a while and he was always in with our trolleys, not a bad bone in him. Have ye seen the clip of him on Youtube? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39q5i66t9z0

Amazotheamazing

hobie wrote:

That's great news .....

Why?

I genuinely don't get the affection she's held in. great, she was Young Munster's biggest fan, and she was mental, apart from that?

hobie

she was Young Munster's biggest fan, and she was mental, apart from that?

Must have been the 'Puppies in the pram' ....

I can't say I knew her but she seemed to be liked by everyone she stopped to chat to .... she would park the pram outside a shop and pop in and when she came out there would be lots of peeps talking to her dogs ... I remember the pram looked like it was 50 years old .... one of the big old fashioned ones ....:)

Karmafaerie

Damomanye wrote:

He is a nice guy , i worked in dunnes in town for a while and he was always in with our trolleys, not a bad bone in him. Have ye seen the clip of him on Youtube? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39q5i66t9z0

Yeah, I saw that a few weeks ago.:D

He's got a routine, and he gets a bit flustered if he can't follow it.

My father's known him for years, and always offers him a lift if he sees him, but he always prefers to take the buses.

Karmafaerie

MarkR wrote:

Was three toes the guy with the shepherds crook?

Yup.
He still owns some land just inside Clare (not sure if he still owns his old house down d'island), but as was said earlier, he's been out of the country a few years now.

Insect Overlord

What about the guy with the accordian who tells really bad jokes? Think he's called Tom, usually found outside the old Eurosurf off Cruises Street.

trevufc

Patsy Stark. who remembers him?

or Coco?

bazz26

I remember a guy called Mad Monday who used hang around Mulgrave Street up by St Joseph's mental hospital. He used wear a cap and always asking people for fags.

Clare gunner

Coco yup remember him.RIP
Francsis,the big massive bloke who was always begging up in O Connell st RIP as well apprently.
Willie Two toes...Was the bloke with the crook stick wearing two crossed leather belts,or some other odd attire.Was up in court a couple of years ago for a knife incident,got off it as the judge sympathised with him,was in the Limerick Millenium book front page,and was proposed to by some crazy American woman....So now,proably wheeling a large wheel barrow around LA:cool: :eek:

Mad Monday,used to hang around the AIB bank corner of O Connell and Cecil St.Unpredictable,would lash out at passer bys,nutter supreme.Now departed this life as well.
Now we have some fellow in a peaked cap sitting every day on the corner of O Connell and upr Cecil st outside Irvings Jewllers.Whose he?

hobie

Who was the little fella who always wore a cowboy hat and all the gear to go with it ...... I'd say he was 40 + age and always looked immaculate .... haven't seen him for ages ....

adaminho

hobie wrote:

Who was the little fella who always wore a cowboy hat and all the gear to go with it ...... I'd say he was 40 + age and always looked immaculate .... haven't seen him for ages ....

Living near St. Josephs I knew loads of them. Cowboy is dead about 15 years if thats who your thinking of. Used to cary a briefcase everywhere, my mother used to bring him back belts and cap guns from Spain. Mad monday was another one who I used to dee regularly. Then there was to Two Bob who would come up to you and ask for "!Two Bob". Then there was Johnny clap clap who would walk around all day clapping. I can still remeber the day when Dodo Reddan came to Sexton's school like a local celebrity:D I have to admit though that Coco is the one I miss most. Every night he'd come into Mickey Martins looking for " a few pennies" until one christmas Mickey brought him in a fed him a pile of whiskey and a take away coke bottle of it as well:D

DarkJager

Did anyone know that guy who used to sit in the laneway beside O Riadas on Catherine Street?? "Hello my frend, could you spare some dollas for a linden village?"

adaminho

DarkJager wrote:

Did anyone know that guy who used to sit in the laneway beside O Riadas on Catherine Street?? "Hello my frend, could you spare some dollas for a linden village?"

I remember once being accosted on the street by a guy looking for change until he recognised my brother who had been away for a few years and gave him a can of dutch gold for looking after him:D

hobie

Cowboy is dead about 15 years if thats who your thinking of. Used to cary a briefcase

yep .... that might have been him .....

Poxyshamrock

Anyone know Pat Daly? He's a little old dude, kinda arched, very camp, always wears a golf jumper, carries loads of bags for life and loves dancing and prancing around town? Always up for a chat too!

boardsdotie

What about the guy with a beard and dogs that sat outside the george on a Saturday night.

Nice guy, everyone always shared their supermacs with him.

hobie

there used to be a guy who sat on the pavement outside the AIB? at the top of Williams st. a good while ago ...... he had a little dog too .... anytime I saw him I'd throw him a pound coin and he would shout "that's the one .. that's the one" ....

MonsieurD

hobie wrote:

there used to be a guy who sat on the pavement outside the AIB? at the top of Williams st. a good while ago ...... he had a little dog too .... anytime I saw him I'd throw him a pound coin and he would shout "that's the one .. that's the one" ....

Yeah, I used to do the same. I wondered where he had gone???

MonsieurD

bazz26 wrote:

I remember a guy called Mad Monday who used hang around Mulgrave Street up by St Joseph's mental hospital. He used wear a cap and always asking people for fags.

Monday was absolutely mad. I actually saw him walk up to a driver sitting in his car (with window down) on Bedford Row one afternoon and punch him in the face.

Female friends told me that he particularly liked lashing out at pregnant women.

derfen

Sammy - Long crombie coat, longish dark hair, always looked a right old state. Often seen around sarsfield bridge & town, anyone remember him ? Is he still around ?
Willie & Woggie - 2 brothers from Scotland, tall and gawky looking. They were a few years older than me, but seemed to know everyone around town, mad b**tards !

hobie

Of course from now on we can all take mobile photo's and record these characters for posterity ...... :rolleyes:

but on the other hand we might all get killed doing it !!!! .....

trevufc

trevufc wrote:

Patsy Stark. who remembers him?

or Coco?

Patsy Stark was a fell awho used to cycle a bike around with bags of newspapers etc tied to the crossbar. does he ring a bell now?

Karmafaerie

Damn, I just remembered the guy, who used to spend all day walking up and down Mulgrave street.
He was a patient from the hospital, and every time somebody would say something like "Hey Bald Tom", he'd put his hands in the air and mumble something back!
He was fairly old, and always had a cap on, and a cigarette in his mouth.

I remember that everyone in CBS used to believe the story that he had inherited millions in his early twenties, bought a race horse, which kicked him in the head, and he went crazy, and spent the rest of his life in St. Josephs!
All the money was supposed to be in a bank somewhere, cause he didn't have any living relatives!

It's probably a load of crap, but we used to all believe it!
I think he died a few years ago!:(

ninty9er

Coco's the small guy that used to walk the Ennis Road right???

Always directing traffic...looked like a leprechaun??

McSween

who's the guy who looks like mick fleetwood? usually with his bird and his dog around the post office, the dog smells bloody awful.

there is a guy usually sitting on a mobile seat with a cap on on the cecil street corner of fine's jewellers, his picture is also on a corridor wall in the regional hospital

pa daly

ninty9er wrote:

Coco's the small guy that used to walk the Ennis Road right???

Always directing traffic...looked like a leprechaun??

No that was the Shamrock Kid I think he was called. That man was a legend does anybody have any info on him? I heard he passed away a few years ago R.I.P.

He used to always go on about california and was apparantly a brilliant boxer in his day

Amazotheamazing

pa daly wrote:

No that was the Shamrock Kid I think he was called. That man was a legend does anybody have any info on him? I heard he passed away a few years ago R.I.P.

He used to always go on about california and was apparantly a brilliant boxer in his day

Pretty sad story, what I heard he was an orphan (from Roscrea??) who was quite a good boxer, even competed in the Golden Gloves over in America but got badly beaten in one of his last fights and was left "punchy" and with no money. Ended up back in Limerick and working in the Ryan hotel (before it was the Ryan hotel), wasn't really able to do much work but was given free bed and board, when the Ryan took it over they kept him on becuase he'd no where else to go. He was a lovely guy though.

He died a few years ago. RIP

pa daly

He was a lovely man, too good for this world..

Wasnt he conned out of money from his bank account as well before he died??

DarkJager

I remember workin in the Ryan as a chef and he came down 1 morning offering all the kitchen staff chocolate bars. Really sad to hear he's passed on, he was a legend of a man. "The kilkenny cats!!!!"

Poxyshamrock

Clare gunner wrote:

Now we have some fellow in a peaked cap sitting every day on the corner of O Connell and upr Cecil st outside Irvings Jewllers.Whose he?

Oh, he's that dirty dude who always roars at me.

derner wrote:

Willie & Woggie - 2 brothers from Scotland, tall and gawky looking. They were a few years older than me, but seemed to know everyone around town, mad b**tards !

LEGENDS! they once asked me for a fag and my friend goes "i dont have any im trying to give them up" and Willie replied "i tried to give up coleslaw but the shop won't let me" and then mooned us.

Karmafaerie wrote:

I remember that everyone in CBS used to believe the story that he had inherited millions in his early twenties, bought a race horse, which kicked him in the head, and he went crazy, and spent the rest of his life in St. Josephs!

didn't know you were a CBSer Karmafaerie

Karmafaerie

Poxyshamrock wrote:

didn't know you were a CBSer Karmafaerie

Yeah, somethings just scar you for life!:D

yayamark

derfen wrote:

Sammy - Long crombie coat, longish dark hair, always looked a right old state. Often seen around sarsfield bridge & town, anyone remember him ? Is he still around ?
Willie & Woggie - 2 brothers from Scotland, tall and gawky looking. They were a few years older than me, but seemed to know everyone around town, mad b**tards !

ya Sammy Joyce RIP about 2 yrs ago always on Denmark St. Used to see him with a bottle of wine at 8am . Nice fella

RIP Sammy