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Irish kids who skipped school - ended up in NYC

  • 22-07-2013 02:25PM
    #1
    the_monkey
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    Hi,
    Someone told me a story about some Irish kids in the 1980's that skipped school one day and managed to get themselves from Dublin to NYC.

    I don't know if this is a myth or a true story, if it is a true story they must have had balls of steel ... can anyone shed some light on this ?

    myth or not ?


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  • #2
    Sam Crow
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    Never heard that one. I know that every year Trinity holds a competition for who can get as far away from Ireland by whatever means possible without spending a penny in 48hrs. People have got to Argentina, Australia, Indonesia and other mad places. How they do it without spending a penny is nuts!


  • #3
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    tis true alright, read about it a while back


  • #4
    TeddyTedson
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    Sam Crow wrote: »
    Never heard that one. I know that every year Trinity holds a competition for who can get as far away from Ireland by whatever means possible without spending a penny in 48hrs. People have got to Argentina, Australia, Indonesia and other mad places. How they do it without spending a penny is nuts!

    They use Daddy's credit card :D


  • #5
    Dyr
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    http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dont-go-far.html think thats it


  • #6
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    the_monkey wrote: »
    Hi,
    Someone told me a story about some Irish kids in the 1980's that skipped school one day and managed to get themselves from Dublin to NYC.

    I don't know if this is a myth or a true story, if it is a true story they must have had balls of steel ... can anyone shed some light on this ?

    myth or not ?

    It's true, RTE produced a documentary about it a few years ago.

    http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dont-go-far.html


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  • #7
    BurnsCarpenter
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    Heard a good radio documentary about it on Radio 1 a while back. It's probably up on the RTE site still.


  • #8
    1ZRed
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    Makes me wish I did something far more exciting whenever I mitched from school


  • #9
    Stojkovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Stojkovic


    the_monkey wrote: »
    Hi,
    Someone told me a story about some Irish kids in the 1980's that skipped school one day and managed to get themselves from Dublin to NYC.

    I don't know if this is a myth or a true story, if it is a true story they must have had balls of steel ... can anyone shed some light on this ?

    myth or not ?
    Very very true story.

    Saw NYC out of the terminal window and asked a copper "what city is that" and got rumbled.


  • #10
    Faith+1
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    If it's in a book it's gotta be true!


  • #11
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    Awesome story,



    Now to try this again in 2013......


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  • #12
    Stojkovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Stojkovic


    Faith+1 wrote: »
    If it's in a book it's gotta be true!
    Have faith.


  • #13
    3rd Ferguson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭3rd Ferguson


    I once mitched of school and wound up in a field defensively kicking a goat


  • #14
    2Mad2BeMad
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    i once skipped school and found 230 quid in a wallet :P i think the wallet was worth more the money :L haha


  • #15
    RossyG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭RossyG


    Sam Crow wrote: »
    How they do it without spending a penny is nuts!

    They must've kept their legs crossed. ;)


  • #16
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    Great !!!

    I'll listen to the doc, thanks all !!


  • #17
    krudler
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    Stojkovic wrote: »
    Very very true story.

    Saw NYC out of the terminal window and asked a copper "what city is that" and got rumbled.

    Isn't that from Home Alone 2?


  • #18
    The Backwards Man
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    I ended up in KFC.


  • #19
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,057 ✭✭✭✭josip


    For those who can't listen.

    http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/dublin-boys-peerless-feat-202004.html

    Great adventure but their poor parents must have been going nuts until they were found.


  • #20
    jetsonx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭jetsonx


    In my school, all the mitchers ending up working in the recruitment industry.

    Its says a lot about the recruitment industry me thinks...


  • #21
    Stojkovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Stojkovic


    krudler wrote: »
    Isn't that from Home Alone 2?
    Yes, the film copied the line.


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  • #22
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    This doc is amazin' !!!!!


    legendery story ...


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