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Rinty Monaghan documentary

  • 03-08-2015 1:21pm
    #1
    dandandann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi. I am a filmmaker based in Belfast and I am currently working on a documentary about Rinty Monaghan. The plan is to detail Rinty's boxing career and personal life through the use of archive footage, re-enactments and interviews with his friends and family. Would anyone have any personal memories of seeing Rinty fight or funny antidotes about Rinty that they would like to share on camera? I am making this documentary not only to share the fascinating story of one of Belfast's greatest boxers to a younger generation but also to capture the stories about Rinty and Belfast during that era as if they are not documented now, they may be lost forever.


    If anyone is willing to involved in the making of this documentary, please get in touch


    Thanks


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  • #2
    megadodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭megadodge


    Delighted to hear of this. Best of luck to you and I hope you get all the help you require.

    My only contribution is hearing when I was a youngster that Rinty's 'roadwork' used to consist of running through ploughed fields wearing Army boots. Plus the very well-known singing 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling' into the microphone from the ring after his bouts.


  • #3
    ah,sure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭ah,sure


    He must be one of the longest-reigning champs in history - long even after his death!

    https://twitter.com/KevooByrne/status/625368926617214976


  • #4
    barney4001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭barney4001


    I REMEMBER BEING AT THE RINTY V PATTERSON AND V MAURICE SANDERON FIGHTS I ALWAYS LOOKED ON RINTY AS IRELANDS LAST REAL WORLD CHAMPION, HE ALSO HELD WORLD, EUROPEAN BRITISH EMPIRE AND IRISH TITLES AT SAME TIME HE MAY HAVE HELD BRITISH TITLE ALSO THEN JUST NOT SURE. AND FINALLY A MONUMENT IS BEING ERECTED TO RINTY IN CATHEDRAL QUARTER I HAVE HEARD, HE USED TO SING ROUND VARIOUS CONCERT HALLS FIRST TIME I EVER SPOKE WITH HIM WAS IN ST JOSEPHS HALL IN LISBURN I JUST LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BIG HALL AS IT KNOWN POPULARLY, THEN THAT WAS WAY AFTER HE HAD RETIRED


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