Tramps

steveone

I haven't seen one in years. not homeless people now but the beardy fellas that used to wander around town talking to themselves and shouting at people.. you never see them these days...

lord lucan

I remember Mad Mary who used to wander around O'Connell st in Dublin waving her CRUCIFIX and telling everyone they were going to Hell!!:D

xzanti

I saw one in Temple Bar in Saturday afternoon, he was dancing behind the Willie Wonka parade that was passing through.. He was quite funny anyone else catch him??

silverharp

we had "40 coats" around Sandymount, I think he made it on to the late late once

mikedublin

steveone wrote: »

the beardy fellas that used to wander around town talking to themselves and shouting at people.. you never see them these days...

You don't mean Jack O'Connor do you. LOL.

stovelid

Used to be a mad one in Rathmines Dublin. Haven't seen him for a long, long time. Used to sleep on the bench beside the swimming pool.

Degsy

I dimly remember a character called Johnny Fortycoats who lived in a shack made of rubbish in town somewhere..not sure exctly when or where though.
There were two "mad marys" as far as i know..there was the well-bred one that used to do a sort of dance in o'connel st and the other one who wore the beret and carried a crucifix with a tricolour ribbon wrapped around it.
There was also this weird woman who used to write on hoardings around town,yards and yards of ranting about israel and palestine etc..i hear she was a graduate of trinity back in the day and is dead now..as is the one with the crucifix..

asdfgh86

They're stilla round, you're just not looking hard enough.

stovelid

Also a woman that used to drink on the street around Rathmines. She must be dead now. Her face was really mottled and she always looked in a really bad way.

brolly21

I remember many characters around Ranelagh where I grew up in the 50's and 60's, Johnny 40 coats of course, mad Mary who lived around Beaver Row in Donnybrook. the guy with grey hair and beard who always walked with a bicycle with no tires or chain followed by a small dog in the middle of the road, and from time to time stopped for a pee in the same middle of the road. The there was the guy with the long overcoat who was always followed by one, and sometimes two women, both thin and bent almost double and finally, a woman, who used also to walk along the middle of the road, again almost bent double, with long, curly hair. She used to kick her right leg high in the air every few steps. I often wondered as a boy, and still do, who were these people and what were their stories.

kitakyushu

I remember when I was a kid in Swords in the 80s there was this odd looking tramp who had the nickname "Chewbacca" because of his hairy appearance. IIRC he looked a bit like a skinny version of Richie Kavanagh (he was lanky with a big cap and long scraggly hair)

I'd often see him traipsing around the newly built roads and roundabouts near the Airport for some reason.

I can't remember if he was a tramp or a local 'character' but I think it was the former.

Pawwed Rig

There is a guy I see alot with a long beard. I have seen him on Grafton Street, Leeson Street, Harcourt kind of area. He just seems to walk around all day. He never asked me for money or anything. One day I was walking up Baggot Street and he was standing outside Centra. 2.5 hours later I was walking home and he was still in the same spot.

There is still a few around but alot more of the 'spare change bud' brigade

ruadhri44

Then there were the classic "Magic Man" and "Cat man" here in Sligo.

RichieC

silverharp wrote: »

we had "40 coats" around Sandymount, I think he made it on to the late late once

We had a forty coats too in Tallaght! and a worzil gummage iirc..

djflawless

we had forty coats in laois too. .1st started seeing him when i was about 6 while out shoppin with the mother.i got to 10 and we moved to a diff town same county.low and behold 10 years later (last summer) he was in town for a weekend and appeared in his original spot soon after.much loved character by all.landmark at this stage.gaurds often gave him a cosy cell on freezing nights. . now we'v got toll bridge tommy!!!

martinbe

They have been replaced with clean shaven junkies.

Nothingbetter2d

steveone wrote: »

I haven't seen one in years. not homeless people now but the beardy fellas that used to wander around town talking to themselves and shouting at people.. you never see them these days...

there are still a few in carlow town.... usually ya find them near the fountain outside dinn ri