Bizarre Stories from around the Country

JohnnyBananas

Hi All,

I’m putting together a list of bizarre stories from around the country. So far, I have heard of the below two (true by all accounts). If anyone has any others of interest (or knows of a previous thread with similar information), feel free to share.

Thanks In Advance For All Responses.


In Co Clare there is/was a fully grown man still being breast fed by his mother. Apparently, he gets called into the house to be breast fed just like a child being called in for his tea.

In Co Roscommon in the early 20th century, a pregnant woman went into labour while picking potatoes. She walked to the side of the field, had the child delivered (either by herself or with the help of others) and then went back picking potatoes.

Twin-go

Limerick City was founded in 1916 by non other than King Limerick when he famously defeated the British with the wrong end of a sword!

jimthemental

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

In Co Clare there is/was a fully grown man still being breast fed by his mother. Apparently, he gets called into the house to be breast fed just like a child being called in for his tea.

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AH response: I wouldn't count Marty Morrissey as a full grown man.

Real story: There's a cable car out to Dursey Island in Kerry for passengers cattle.

orourkeda

Some of us have drinking water.

Fire, electricity and the wheel expected to arrive soon.

Cookie_Monster

The exterior white stones of Newgrange is a Victorian addition and has no basis as per the original tomb

super_furry

There's a man in Cork who is both humble and modest.

orourkeda

super_furry wrote: »

There's a man in Cork who is both humble and modest.

He's from waterford

gbee

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

Hi All, I.

I'd double check the adult being breast fed. I've heard of children at aged 12 still getting some breast milk, but about this time the body changes and breast milk is no longer palatable [as I understand].

Women giving birth at the side of field and going back to work is very common. An Irish woman doing this today would be unthinkable, but that's because of the nature of our medical system and not a NECESSITY in fact.

Many foreign workers would still practice their old ways and not go to hospital at all, it would not be considered unusual.

zuroph

In b4 "horse it into me boss"/ "but then who was phone" / "only get this infection from having sex with corpses" etc etc.

Abelloid

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

(true by all accounts)

Aren't they all?

How about the South American puppy that turned out to be a very large sewer rat? True, by all accounts...

phill106

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

In Co Clare there is/was a fully grown man still being breast fed by his mother. Apparently, he gets called into the house to be breast fed just like a child being called in for his tea.

Would you by any chance have a source for this?
Surely if it was actually happening, by now she would have thought to express it into a bottle or something. Could add it into his tae!
ewwww

Duggy747

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

In Co Roscommon in the early 20th century, a pregnant woman went into labour while picking potatoes. She walked to the side of the field, had the child delivered (either by herself or with the help of others) and then went back picking potatoes.

Being from Co. Roscommon I can confirm that's not true....


























It was 1985 and my Mammy was picking carrots :pac:

bonerm

Twin-go wrote: »

Limerick City was founded in 1916 by non other than King Limerick when he famously defeated the British with the wrong end of a sword!

When he wasn't founding cities Limerick also enjoyed developing his 5-line style of poetry.

phill106

Twin-go wrote: »

Limerick City was founded in 1916 by non other than King Limerick when he famously defeated the British with the wrong end of a sword!

And now he dedicates his days to declaring war on supermacs
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o259/limerickblogger/limerickblogger-2/P9070020.jpg

biko

The seaside resort of Ballyshades was created by Sir Flynn Mills in 1743 when he wanted an outhouse on the beach.
Other aristocrats followed suit and suddenly a small town had been erected.

Cookie_Monster

biko wrote: »

The seaside resort of Ballyshades was created by Sir Flynn Mills in 1743 when he wanted an outhouse on the beach.
Other aristocrats followed suit and suddenly a small town had been erected.

Sounds eerily similar to Bray

dilallio

During Victorian times, the Irish Naval Base was located in the seaside town of Ballybutton.

cherryghost

Ireland was founded by the crab people in 1994

Dan133269

zuroph wrote: »

In b4 "horse it into me boss"/ "but then who was phone" / "only get this infection from having sex with corpses" etc etc.

hahaha what is the middle 1 "but then who was phone"? I never heard that one.

saywhatyousee

there is supposted to be some sort of magic road in sligo somewhere where if you leave your handbrake your car will roll up the hill

flyton5

Michael Collins was a latent homosexual who fell out with Eamon DeValera because he didn't want to sleep top to toe in the safe house but preferred to cuddle...

cherryghost

saywhatyousee wrote: »

there is supposted to be some sort of magic road in sligo somewhere where if you leave your handbrake your car will roll up the hill

Coincidentally, the entire county of Sligo was convicted in 2006 after it was revealed that numerous tourist locations around Ireland were stolen

Professey Chin

saywhatyousee wrote: »

there is supposted to be some sort of magic road in sligo somewhere where if you leave your handbrake your car will roll up the hill

Theres a part in the Comeragh mountains in Waterford that gives this impression.
Cant remember exactly how it gives the impression (something about the surrounding landscape I think) but it always freaked the fcuk outta me as a kid :pac:

NothingMan

Every 4th leap year in Leitrim they sacrafice one towns person to their god Alahamash in hopes for a fruitful 16 years of anonymity and questionable existence.

cherryghost

NothingMan wrote: »

Every 4th leap year in Leitrim they sacrafice one towns person to their god Alahamash in hopes for a fruitful 16 years of anonymity and questionable existence.

It worked last time. They got their first set of traffic lights.

/fact

Super-Rush

There actually is a place called Carlow.

jimthemental

In the 1970's a coordinated strike by the Christian Brothers, Munster Council and the ICA removed many of the most skillful sportsmen from Irish culture. These men were relocated to a maximum security stockade from which they promptly escaped. Today they operate in the country's gaa grounds as the KK team:D

dave 27

in 1919 Limerick became a seperate state from ireland (the Limerick soviet) as they didnt want to be associated with britain, they had their own currency and were totally self sufficient.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js0FR8GkBEo

jimthemental

dave 27 wrote: »

in 1919 Limerick became a seperate state from ireland (the Limerick soviet) as they didnt want to be associated with britain, they had their own currency and were totally self sufficient.

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The currency was of course heroin.

gbee

dave 27 wrote: »

in 1919 Limerick became a seperate state from ireland ]

Fantastic. Something new for me! Brilliant.

MrMcLegend

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Theres a part in the Comeragh mountains in Waterford that gives this impression.
Cant remember exactly how it gives the impression (something about the surrounding landscape I think) but it always freaked the fcuk outta me as a kid :pac:

yeah i was at this last year, on the way to mahon falls i think its called! good craic, is it not somethin to do with the magic gypsy tree??

up for anything

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

In Co Roscommon in the early 20th century, a pregnant woman went into labour while picking potatoes. She walked to the side of the field, had the child delivered (either by herself or with the help of others) and then went back picking potatoes.

I'm not sure why you are covering this as a strange story. It has happened for centuries and is still happening in lots of countries throughout the world. Women work or they don't eat and regardless of labour or a newborn baby these women have to earn enough to eat.

up for anything

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

In Co Roscommon in the early 20th century, a pregnant woman went into labour while picking potatoes. She walked to the side of the field, had the child delivered (either by herself or with the help of others) and then went back picking potatoes.

Found the link I was looking for.

GOAL - India, Brick Kilns Programme

prinz

jimthemental wrote: »

Real story: There's a cable car out to Dursey Island in Kerry for passengers cattle.

It's in west Cork young man, and can carry 6 people or a cow every crossing. Only cable car in the Republic. Fun trip too.

SprostonGreen

saywhatyousee wrote: »

there is supposted to be some sort of magic road in sligo somewhere where if you leave your handbrake your car will roll up the hill

Ballintrillick, on the way up to Benbulben.

phill106

jimthemental wrote: »

AH response: I wouldn't count Marty Morrissey as a full grown man.

Real story: There's a cable car out to Dursey Island in Kerry for passengers cattle.

prinz wrote: »

It's in west Cork young man, and can carry 6 people or a cow every crossing. Only cable car in the Republic. Fun trip too.

Mad stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cWU1M2GmRY

mconigol

I've heard about this island off the west coast that's roamed by a sheep eating beast......

They say it's as big as four cats! And it's got a retractable leg so it can leap up at you better! And it lights up at night, and it's got four ears - two of them are for listening and the other two are just kind of backup ears. And its claws are as big as cups, and for some reason it's got a tremendous fear of stamps! Mrs Doyle was telling me it's got magnets on its tail, so if you're made out of metal it can attach it to you! And instead of a mouth it's got four arses!''

RockinRolla

In 2011, marijuana is still illegal.

Bizarre.

AntiMatter

saywhatyousee wrote: »

there is supposted to be some sort of magic road in sligo somewhere where if you leave your handbrake your car will roll up the hill

There's one in the Cooley Mountains somewhere, also.

biko

Windmills around the world always turn in a counter-clockwise direction except for the windmills in Ireland which turn clockwise.

According to Irish legend, Ireland's St. Brendan discovered America 1,000 years before Christopher Columbus.

talla10

biko wrote: »

According to Irish legend, Ireland's St. Brendan discovered America 1,000 years before Christopher Columbus.

He feckin did too the eejit just forgot to bring something sharp to write Bren woz ere on a big rock!

twinytwo

biko wrote: »

Windmills around the world always turn in a counter-clockwise direction except for the windmills in Ireland which turn clockwise.

According to Irish legend, Ireland's St. Brendan discovered America 1,000 years before Christopher Columbus.

that more or less sums the country up:pac:

kincsem

Fianna Fail can't be killed. Zombies.

jimthemental

prinz wrote: »

It's in west Cork young man, and can carry 6 people or a cow every crossing. Only cable car in the Republic. Fun trip too.

Thanks for the correction. I should've remembered that I was on holiday in Cork when I went on it. Christ it was surreal being up there and it swinging away in the wind. One of my oldest memories I think.:)

aDeener

RockinRolla wrote: »

In 2011, marijuana is still illegal.

Bizarre.

bizarre? :rolleyes:

hardly, considering it's illegal in many, many other countries

the purple tin

Did anyone ever hear about the mad woman who kept her son locked in a chicken house since he was a baby? He was feral when he was finally discovered. It was in Armagh I think, There was a film about it years ago.

mikemac

Captain Bligh, famous for the Bounty mutiny was responsible for building the North Bull Wall in Dublin Bay

Before this, Dublin Bay was treacherous for ships. Local pilots would meet the ships on the Irish sea and bring them in.

There were so many accidents that King Henry VIII issued a law that if you ran a boat aground, the punishment was your eyes would be put out :eek:

I can't see SIPTU standing for that nowadays

mikemac

One for the table quiz
Got asked it once so know it now

The longest placename in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia in Co. Galway

Funkfield

jimthemental wrote: »

In the 1970's a coordinated strike by the Christian Brothers, Munster Council and the ICA removed many of the most skillful sportsmen from Irish culture. These men were relocated to a maximum security stockade from which they promptly escaped. Today they operate in the country's gaa grounds as the Tipperary team:D

fyp :cool:

Meteoric

feelingstressed wrote: »

One for the table quiz
Got asked it once so know it now

The longest placename in Ireland is Muckanaghederdauhaulia in Co. Galway

Off topic I know but I used to work for the Family history Society in Galway west and found ancestors of an American who were from there, got a plaintive phone call from them when they got the report asking "But how do you pronounce it?" Half an hour later they were still going "Could you please repeat that?" I'm still not sure I had it right (which I told them) I pronounced it as per the Irish words of the name.

mikemac

Pronouncing it as Irish is a good idea

Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile

Tbh, it's easier to pronounce in Irish though not for the Americans.
After all, some surveyor a few centuries ago took the Irish name and bastardized it into English.