Crazy lady on Dublins O'Connell Street with the bibles??

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 10:49PM #1

Does anyone here remember that whacky white haired lady who used to walk around in circles singing and preeching about the bible and god??

She would be there everyday beside the Annalivia fountain,allways with her sunday best clothes on,and would be holding up 2 bibles while singing out loud.

The day that DCC removed the fountain,that lady disappeared too.

So anyone know what ever happened to her???

seven_eleven · 26-11-2012 10:51PM

ah yeah! yer wan with the grey hair! shur i know her well! But which o'connel st are we talking about here op?

Lumbo · 26-11-2012 10:51PM

She dances in the park at Wolf Tone quay.

Here's a facebook page dedicated to her.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WHO-REMEMBERS-THE-WOMAN-THAT-DANCED-ON-O-CONNELL-ST-BESIDE-THE-ANNA-LIVIA/345527055568

Jesus Shaves · 26-11-2012 10:53PM

She's off hiding in a bunker stockpiled full of aldi beans waiting for the end of the world

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 10:53PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

ah yeah! yer wan with the grey hair! shur i know her well! But which o'connel st are we talking about here op?

Dublin.:)

She would walk around in circles between the Annalivia fountain and the flower stand.

She was kinda like a bizzare tourist attraction,as I often remember seeing tourists standing there,looking on in amazement and taking pictures of her.

Kylo Ren · 26-11-2012 10:53PM

What do you mean man? She's been dead for 15 years....

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 10:56PM

Keno 92 wrote: »

What do you mean man? She's been dead for 15 years....

Seriously?

Link??

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 10:58PM

Lumbo wrote: »

She dances in the park at Wolf Tone quay.

Here's a facebook page dedicated to her.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/WHO-REMEMBERS-THE-WOMAN-THAT-DANCED-ON-O-CONNELL-ST-BESIDE-THE-ANNA-LIVIA/345527055568

According to one person,shes still alive but in a nursing home.

Smidge · 26-11-2012 10:59PM

Her name was(is?) Mary Margaret Dunne

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 11:01PM

Smidge wrote: »

Her name was(is?) Mary Margaret Dunne

Thanks.:)

http://themorningstrut.blogspot.ie/2011/02/style-swoon-mary-margaret-dunne.html

ToddyDoody · 26-11-2012 11:03PM

O'Connell Street where?

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 11:05PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

O'Connell Street where?

says it in post 5.

Andy-Pandy · 26-11-2012 11:07PM

Mad Mary is what I new her by. She lived on Pottery Road with her son. By all accounts she had a horrific life.

Amalgam · 26-11-2012 11:08PM

Joe Duffy followed up on her a year or three back. Lives in a care home in South County Dublin.

She would wear, or hold, Easter Lillies.

Bumped into her a few times coming and going. (school) Polite.

Her 'evil twin', on the other hand, dressed in black, cross over her shoulder with the 'Provo beret' and tricolour ribbons. The bang off her..

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 11:09PM

So is she still alive then?

One person here says shes dead,yet others on that facebook page claim she is alive and in a nursing home.

Faith+1 · 26-11-2012 11:10PM

Jasus I remember as a kid seeing her dancing with not a care in the world. Harmless woman and god be good to her.

paddy147 · 26-11-2012 11:10PM

Amalgam wrote: »

Joe Duffy followed up on her a year or three back. Lives in a care home in South County Dublin.

She would wear, or hold, Easter Lillies.

Bumped into her a few times coming and going. (school) Polite.

Her 'evil twin', on the other hand, dressed in black, cross over her shoulder with the 'Provo beret' and tricolour ribbons. The bang off her..

Thanks,that answers my post above so.:)

o1s1n · 26-11-2012 11:11PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

ah yeah! yer wan with the grey hair! shur i know her well! But which o'connel st are we talking about here op?

ToddyDoody wrote: »

O'Connell Street where?

The culchies had an Anna Livia fountain too?

NegativeCreep · 26-11-2012 11:12PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

ah yeah! yer wan with the grey hair! shur i know her well! But which o'connel st are we talking about here op?

I'm not sure but maybe the OP was talking about the one that used to have the annalivia fountain on it? Just a wild guess there.

ktm · 26-11-2012 11:14PM

Amalgam wrote: »

Joe Duffy followed up on her a year or three back. Lives in a care home in South County Dublin.

She would wear, or hold, Easter Lillies.

Bumped into her a few times coming and going. (school) Polite.

Her 'evil twin', on the other hand, dressed in black, cross over her shoulder with the 'Provo beret' and tricolour ribbons. The bang off her..

I once witnessed her attacking three priest's, called them every name under the sun, shouting that they were only in it for the money, they were cornered , and a bit of a crowd were gathering so they legged it into clearys to escape, she followed. It was truly like a father ted sketch, the three lads didnt know what to do.

vicwatson · 26-11-2012 11:15PM

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_AqwYZ7E6nus/S4v2XAnvmwI/AAAAAAAAABk/hYo9Hyj27BI/s1024/mary1.jpg

Here's the new Mad Mary !!

Smidge · 26-11-2012 11:15PM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Mad Mary is what I new her by. She lived on Pottery Road with her son. By all accounts she had a horrific life.

Is there a story about her life?

Gillo · 26-11-2012 11:18PM

o1s1n wrote: »

The culchies had an Anna Livia fountain too?

The government of the day installed one of them in every town west of the Shannon, only way to make the locals wash.

james142 · 26-11-2012 11:25PM

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0308/1224265794572.html?via=mr

admiralofthefleet · 26-11-2012 11:28PM

she lives just up a bit from bakers corner pub in monkstown, very pleasant woman

vicwatson · 26-11-2012 11:43PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

she lives just up a bit from bakers corner pub in monkstown, very pleasant woman

Yeh that's the last I heard too

vicwatson · 26-11-2012 11:44PM

Smidge wrote: »

Is there a story about her life?

She was in the daily mail about 2/3 year ago and it was an article all about her life, tried to find it online(that's legible) but couldn't

edit - Heres a low qual one

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_AqwYZ7E6nus/S4v2XYhqbmI/AAAAAAAAACU/XEPWl2hsxTE/mary2.jpg

admiralofthefleet · 26-11-2012 11:45PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Yeh that's the last I heard too

i walked by her a lot when i worked on pottery road, she was always tending her garden and always said hello

Smidge · 26-11-2012 11:46PM

vicwatson wrote: »

She was in the daily mail about 2/3 year ago and it was an article all about her life, tried to find it online(that's legible) but couldn't

Was it something about her past etc?
Just curious I guess

Rigol · 26-11-2012 11:46PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

she lives just up a bit from bakers corner pub in monkstown, very pleasant woman

Take it those bibles sold pretty well then.

Whos the mad one now she said, as she looked out on the sea from her monkstown condo, the smell of fresh bread wafting from the corner bakers.

admiralofthefleet · 26-11-2012 11:50PM

Rigol wrote: »

Take it those bibles sold pretty well then.

Whos the mad one now she said, as she looked out on the sea from her monkstown condo, the smell of fresh bread wafting from the corner bakers.

are you talking about monkstown in south dublin or monkstown in cork? because the monkstown in south dublin is 90% dog rough

Crazy lady on Dublins O'Connell Street with the bibles??

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