Seamus Flanagan (the hitcher) dies

magnumlady

I used to often see this fella leaping out in front of cars. He died on Friday:
http://www.sligotoday.ie/detail.php?id=3177

TequilaMockingBird

RIP

He did look younger than 62 alright.







He poked me in the a*rse with his umbrella once..:eek:

Basq

Was bound to happen...

Always was rotten and shouting at people - it was inevitable!

TradeSecrets

Poor fella....Was a harmless aul divil. He will be missed at all the club football games. He lived for football !! RIP !!

magnumlady

I feel sorry for the driver that hit him...he was always jumping in front of cars.

seanybiker

fecking plonker if he used to jump out in front of people.

AlmightyCushion

TradeSecrets wrote: »

Was a harmless aul divil.

I'd have to disagree with you there. He was always jumping out in front of cars. I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one who caused the accident and has left some poor person to deal with the fact they've just taken a life which can't be easy to come to terms with.

TequilaMockingBird

I was told today it was a hit and run. No idea if its true or not.

Ironic, if its the one car fatality that you couldn't be blamed for, if they drove off.

dardevle

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weird one this...friday afternoon in work i was asked about "characters"
from around the town, so i proceeded to tell all about the imaginary
ball playing all- star that was james flanagan....few hours later he was dead!:eek: creeped me out a bit when i heard saturday morning.
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hope he's at peace.



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bobcar61

It's sad to see that he's gone:(

Certainly was a character alright.About 6 or more years ago my mothers co-worker gave him a lift to boyle and he pi***d in the passenger seat. I would have killed him(not literally) if that had been my car.

genie

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I was told today it was a hit and run. No idea if its true or not.

Ironic, if its the one car fatality that you couldn't be blamed for, if they drove off.

All I heard was that a "boy racer" hit him but it could have happened to anyone - good driver or bad. Whatever happened, Flanagan was an accident waiting to happen unfortunately. He used to leap out of nowhere all the time. Had a tiny cottage near Sooey but never used to spend any time there.

Slidey

A few years ago I was coming out of Riverstown very late at night/early in the morning.

Around the first corner outside the town and all of a sudden a head appears off the surface of the road.

This gobshyte had fallen asleep at the side of the road in the grass verge.

God help the person that hit him. They will have this death on their conscience and probably through no fault of their own.

blackiebest

RIP. Was a lovely article in the Weekender about him. Sure he may have been a danger on the roads but there was no bad in that man, as attested to by the very large turnout for his funeral.