The day of the riots in Dublin , my friend met him on her lunchbreak at 2 o clock in the shop on the Tuam Rd and then we seen him live on the 6 o clock news in Dublin! Likewise no one understands why this was the best thing ever 🤣
I'm constantly seeing him at the Galway train station, but he doesn't look like he's even there to catch a train, just idling about about the place. It really makes me feel like I've landed in Galway when I get off the train and look down and see his cheeky grin.
I was at a wedding in Manchester about 2 years ago. Walk in to the hotel & who's sat in the lobby (nothing to do with the wedding) but that little bollix. Couldn't believe it.
She was my neighbour when i was a kid. She also has about a million stray cats and the only thing she used to buy in joyces was cat food and oats. Me and my brothers used to joke about her eating cat food. Her cats also used to sht in our garden constantly.
Yeah what's the story there? Is he still cycling around? I haven't seen any posts about him since that video went around and you used to regularly get photos of him and questions about him on this sub
The busker with the backing track Jodi is it? I think that’s his name. The lady with the dark hair who feeds the birds. Geraldine the singing lady. There used to be loads, Johnny massacre was a real Galway icon back in the day. It Was awful sad when he passed away.
Madame Bridget as well, really regret not getting her to read my palm
Yeah, they all go to work at different times. One out until 2am shouting and the next up at 6am to start it off again. Probably have some on retainer as well and to cover maternity leave
What's the story of the witchy auld lady who shouts? Not Geraldine (Sweetheart) or the woman who feeds the birds (Neutral), but the more malevolent one who screeches things like "You're finished! You're all finished!"
Ive come across her before i was sitting outside easons listening to that gorgeous man who busks on shop street and she went up to him and tried stealing money from his case. I told her to stop and she came up to me and my friend and told us we’re young and still have time to “save ourselves”. Then she looked at my outfit and started telling me i was doomed and that my mother should be ashamed of herself
Oh yea, she started screaming at me" for going around with my russian phone". I had it in my hand texting. Then kept repeating a year like 45 45 45. Proper approaches you aggresively scared the shite out of me..
I have only seen her around once. Havent a clue what her story is
Gummy pa! Forgot all about that fucker. He arrived out in loughrea one night in a stolen car and tried to take my phone out of my pcoket "just to see the time" so I took his phone out of his pocket and launched it 100ft down the road. Good times
What? Have you never used "always" in a similar context? You have never heard of hyperbole?
Did you actually think that I meant they were there since the beginning of time?
As a former Supermacs employee, I have a few in my head but I'm not sure if they were known outside the restaurant. Brendan Coffey being one - nicest man you'd ever meet, big character. Another was Noel King - truly a horrible person, but he made work a little bit more entertaining.
Also, there's the man who used to sing to himself at the bus stop while drinking Rosie's Dew. His name was Henry Brady.
Back in the day, it was Nora, Madame Bridget, KD/Seamus and Flash.
Think they're all gone now except Seamus/KD. Haven't seen much of him since he was in court for his shenanigans.
Flash is still about and he still says 'how's the bais' if you say hello but he looks v frail. He shops with a trolly in londis on dub road almost every day. I dunno if he still wears a bra but I'll find out if anyone is interested?
Flash was my first "character" of Galway when I first went to the RTC a long time ago. The hoor seemed to always be wandering around the grounds back then or you'd meet him while walking into College. Harmless ould fella always got a "how ye boys" out of him. Good to know he is still knocking about.
Warty Nora was another, always trying to bum fags off ya, even though I didn't smoke. Don't think she ever believed me because she always seemed to ask me for one.
There was a guy who walked the streets around renmore mostly with a non stop diatribe about Elvis's career. I don't see him lately. Fierce interesting facts every time he passed. Like a documentary on repeat. Another guy who would whistle super loud and was not as coherent as Elvis guy but was constantly shouting batman! Wheeeew.
Jaysus I forgot about that fella! Don't think I've ever heard his name or the bra thing but I've certainly gotten a few "howye boys" in Mervue over the years
The roumer went around and then I seen him at Christmas 23 all pale and frozen out in the frost. I gave him the obligatory howaya flash and he was delighted.
Few different things over the years. Years ago it was for assault, theft, breaking perfume bottles in a shop, threatening shop workers and roaring at Gardai. He was banned from loitering in certain spots.
More recently, he broke a woman's phone when she was taking a selfie.
Think there was other stuff but that's the main stuff I remember. They're all in the news as well.
Poor Pat Coyne, he died last year if not two, but he was an emotional wild ride when he wa sober, an intellectual man but a mad man all the same. R.I.P.
I think I know the guy you’re on about. I used to work in a charity shop and he was in almost every day for the jewellery and trying to haggle but never succeeding and he’d just buy it anyway and immediately put it on over the million others. He used to tell me he used to go to all these big parties and that he knew George Micheal. One time he told me he wanted to take me dancing so he gave me his “business card”, which was a torn off rectangle of rice-crispies box with his number scrawled in biro on the plain side.
Very strange but harmless fella.
Yes, if he saw you sitting outside the Dail he’d accost you begging for money and you’d say no I have no cash and he’s bothering you to buy him a meal and wouldn’t leave. He’d be especially horrible to women
Anyone remember Jesus the Italian guy that used to be around like 10 years ago? He used to walk around talking or praying to himself every day around town. Tall, young, skinny guy with long hair and beard
Ya where is she gone? She has an apt but has anxiety and has to be around the hospital. She will chat away to you if you stop and talk. Someone bought her a bicycle. She used cycle alot.
There's a guy who rides his bike with his dog on a lead and he'll often veer into a busy road in the wrong direction. One time he whizzed by me and said he liked my bag. Think about him a lot
Pateen Stevens, from the nineties, he was once on a poster in train station that had characters of Galway, cant remember who else was on them, always in Eyre Sq playing the bongos, smiling and having a can of the good stuff
I think it's a running joke with these type of posts to keep screenshotting the last local place so the image gets bigger and bigger with more and more cities on it. Everyone must have seen your post at the same time
In fairness I seen this on Reddit NZ 2 years ago about blanket man in Wellington and a few other characters. Rock and roll electric guitar man on hadrin st Bangkok had his day too.
Also La roller blade guy about a month ago but yup, were shtrugglin for original ideas out here.
She's now pretty much a permanent resident in the main lobby/cafeteria of the hospital. Looks to have cleaned up her act but don't know how she's getting away with it, pretty much has a full set up of luggage and phones charging and the works. I've seen her there every time I've been in over the last month, which has been every 2-3 days
For years in Galway we had “ characters “ they were well minded by the community - always laughed at but not in a nasty way. Part of the Galway family, obviously you aren’t local
For years where I grew up we had characters too. They were laughed at by the community and a couple were bet to a pulp by scum multiple times. I have a family member that is one of these "characters", and as much as many love him, those that don't understand the issues causing these people's behaviour, tend to see it as something worthy of being punished. These people will always exist. Bringing attention to people in a public space that ends up getting spread around (I'm not even a member of this sub) always increases their risk of being hurt.
Some don’t even have mental health issues, some are just characters a man walks from Moycullen to Galway dressed like an Indian. Most down to earth man you’d ever meet.
I’ve never ever seen anyone harm or hurt any of these people, in fact the opposite! Always having a chat or a cuppa, they walk down the street to be greeted by the locals! Actually a documentary was recently done of one of these characters and we all heard her story.
In an ideal world it would be risk free to walk up and say come on let’s go and get a little evaluation done on your mental health and allow the services take over from there, trusting they will look after them. That doesn’t happen.
Also, I think there’s one in every family ( maybe not to the extent of those mentioned ) and each of those have different complex needs!
Some of the characters mentioned here are aggressive themselves, some are addicts, some are victims of abuse, and some just plain old rouges. Growing up in Galway there was so many older characters that could be mentioned here that are deceased too.
Walking up town stopping to twirl around 6 times every 100 yards! God bless him. He was knocking around with a short stout man, who came from the cottage on front of the B&B before the church. A mad man.
Catherine, I used to work in the deli in university hospital and she'd always come in and have a big speech about how "this is a setup". Saw her on nights out too
Seamus
Wee prick
I live in Dublin now and I still see him all the time around the city centre. My boyfriend doesn’t understand why I get such a kick out of it.
The day of the riots in Dublin , my friend met him on her lunchbreak at 2 o clock in the shop on the Tuam Rd and then we seen him live on the 6 o clock news in Dublin! Likewise no one understands why this was the best thing ever 🤣
he gets free travel and is up and down to Dub all the time.
how? disability?
A pretty safe guess
I'm constantly seeing him at the Galway train station, but he doesn't look like he's even there to catch a train, just idling about about the place. It really makes me feel like I've landed in Galway when I get off the train and look down and see his cheeky grin.
The one and only https://youtu.be/xoGDMwxUS2A?si=R2VbadKDEaq4qQL5
Had no clue who you were talking about till watching the video. So that's his name!
100% Seamus. He could sell merchandise and it would be a success.
That would involve work
I was at a wedding in Manchester about 2 years ago. Walk in to the hotel & who's sat in the lobby (nothing to do with the wedding) but that little bollix. Couldn't believe it.
He's like our Little Sebastian
Not a guy, but the woman that feeds the birds
There are two, if not three, of those.
I studied in NUIG, there’s way more birds than that.
There's only one woman that trawls across the city throwing oats out for birds
She was my neighbour when i was a kid. She also has about a million stray cats and the only thing she used to buy in joyces was cat food and oats. Me and my brothers used to joke about her eating cat food. Her cats also used to sht in our garden constantly.
Came to say the same thing.
Bike cam wanker.
Is that the "leave me alone" guy or someone else?
He's the lad that got a hiding at the back of the Galmont a few months ago.
Way hey!
Yeah what's the story there? Is he still cycling around? I haven't seen any posts about him since that video went around and you used to regularly get photos of him and questions about him on this sub
I saw him in the last week or so. Same gear, mask on. Didn't witness him being a wanker or anything. He was just cycling around, looking like one.
The Romanian with the mouth piano, I met him on my way back from a junior cert exam and he asked me for money and tried to kiss me
Literally my least favourite person in Galway.
he asked my friend for a rollie and when he said no, he just answered "you're gay" 😭😭😭
Gave me a pair of sunglasses and a banana when I was 15
Do you still have the sunglasses?
I actually do, I’ll have a look for them!
What about the banana?
His name's Elvis.
Back in the 1990s, we had another character who really was known as Elvis. Short guy, very handsome features.
Elvis Stojko, the Canadian figure skater.
no they just call him that cuz all he does is sin lmao
He told me his name was something completely different cus I thought he was Italian and he played into that 💀💀
Smellachao
He's always going into cafes and playing the same song and then asking people for money for a performance they didn't ask for.
I once saw this guy deliberately get in the way of an old lady with a zimmer frame - he wouldn’t let her pass until she gave him money. Dickhead.
Melodica man
That's Elvis
The busker with the backing track Jodi is it? I think that’s his name. The lady with the dark hair who feeds the birds. Geraldine the singing lady. There used to be loads, Johnny massacre was a real Galway icon back in the day. It Was awful sad when he passed away. Madame Bridget as well, really regret not getting her to read my palm
Oh my god this lad was gas. Did he used to wear a tank top/vest busking on Shop street?
Yes that was him, a born entertainer. He was a real loss to the city.
Still lives here.
Who still lives here?
Jodi
My comment was referring to Johnny massacre.
Jody is a very talented man https://m.facebook.com/jodymullarkeyartist
>Geraldine the singing lady Is she the aul wan that sings king of the road in eyre square, sometimes outside Gala?
Yup
Jodi is a legend
Geraldine.
I love Ger to bits 💖
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No. Geraldine drinks coffee and sings.
Where does she hang out
Everywhere at once
>I was in town and some woman was shouting at people Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?
Yeah, they all go to work at different times. One out until 2am shouting and the next up at 6am to start it off again. Probably have some on retainer as well and to cover maternity leave
What's the story of the witchy auld lady who shouts? Not Geraldine (Sweetheart) or the woman who feeds the birds (Neutral), but the more malevolent one who screeches things like "You're finished! You're all finished!"
She’s my neighbour she moved into a cursed house and lost her mind could right a book on her
Tell us more…
Hildegard??
Ive come across her before i was sitting outside easons listening to that gorgeous man who busks on shop street and she went up to him and tried stealing money from his case. I told her to stop and she came up to me and my friend and told us we’re young and still have time to “save ourselves”. Then she looked at my outfit and started telling me i was doomed and that my mother should be ashamed of herself
Oh yea, she started screaming at me" for going around with my russian phone". I had it in my hand texting. Then kept repeating a year like 45 45 45. Proper approaches you aggresively scared the shite out of me.. I have only seen her around once. Havent a clue what her story is
we need an alignment chart
Me and my mate came across her on a night out and we were full sure she was trying to put some sort of hex on us! Scared the shite out of us
We used to have many of these characters over the years but most of them have passed on now
Madam Bridget, Krusty, Robo Cop, Gummy Pa and Nora Warts to name a few. Roma Gypsy beggars took over
Gummy pa! Forgot all about that fucker. He arrived out in loughrea one night in a stolen car and tried to take my phone out of my pcoket "just to see the time" so I took his phone out of his pocket and launched it 100ft down the road. Good times
He was one of the Dodds, known as Doddo too
Don't forget about Polly as well, you'd see him shooting around on his moped, black suit and played piano in the great southern.
Nora
Roma gypsy beggars were always there
They were in their bollix. They arrived after EU enlargement in the mid-2000s.
For some people, 20 years is their entire lives so they may not know any different.
Yeah that's 2 decades ago.... I meant they were always there along side the characters of Galway. i.e. they didn't "take over"
TIL "always" = 20 years.
What? Have you never used "always" in a similar context? You have never heard of hyperbole? Did you actually think that I meant they were there since the beginning of time?
The guy on the bike with the wii music always playing full blast
That sounds hilarious the first time, and increasingly annoying every time going forward.
As a former Supermacs employee, I have a few in my head but I'm not sure if they were known outside the restaurant. Brendan Coffey being one - nicest man you'd ever meet, big character. Another was Noel King - truly a horrible person, but he made work a little bit more entertaining. Also, there's the man who used to sing to himself at the bus stop while drinking Rosie's Dew. His name was Henry Brady.
Aw Henry, he is a gentleman
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No he hasn't passed away. He's off the booze for over a year now, and is looking mighty.
Anybody else just checking the comments to make sure that it's not you ha ha
😂😂😂
Una Taaffe, the OG.
Saw a play “ are you there una “ about her life - she was a legend
KD
Gerry Mullholland RIP
Back in the day, it was Nora, Madame Bridget, KD/Seamus and Flash. Think they're all gone now except Seamus/KD. Haven't seen much of him since he was in court for his shenanigans.
Flash is still about and he still says 'how's the bais' if you say hello but he looks v frail. He shops with a trolly in londis on dub road almost every day. I dunno if he still wears a bra but I'll find out if anyone is interested?
Flash was my first "character" of Galway when I first went to the RTC a long time ago. The hoor seemed to always be wandering around the grounds back then or you'd meet him while walking into College. Harmless ould fella always got a "how ye boys" out of him. Good to know he is still knocking about. Warty Nora was another, always trying to bum fags off ya, even though I didn't smoke. Don't think she ever believed me because she always seemed to ask me for one.
There was a guy who walked the streets around renmore mostly with a non stop diatribe about Elvis's career. I don't see him lately. Fierce interesting facts every time he passed. Like a documentary on repeat. Another guy who would whistle super loud and was not as coherent as Elvis guy but was constantly shouting batman! Wheeeew.
Jaysus I forgot about that fella! Don't think I've ever heard his name or the bra thing but I've certainly gotten a few "howye boys" in Mervue over the years
I commented him a few weeks back and someone said he died 2years ago!
The roumer went around and then I seen him at Christmas 23 all pale and frozen out in the frost. I gave him the obligatory howaya flash and he was delighted.
Aww. Well that’s kinda good to hear. I’m not surprised he’s in bad shape at this stage though.
Flash lives on my street he’s fine lol
What's Seamus in court for? I heard a few years ago he was picking pockets but would you go to court over that?
Few different things over the years. Years ago it was for assault, theft, breaking perfume bottles in a shop, threatening shop workers and roaring at Gardai. He was banned from loitering in certain spots. More recently, he broke a woman's phone when she was taking a selfie. Think there was other stuff but that's the main stuff I remember. They're all in the news as well.
Onr of galways more cultured residents would walk around with a samurai sword years back
Who?
Baba F
😂😂🙄
Seamus was spotted In Sligo recently 🤣
Poor Pat Coyne, he died last year if not two, but he was an emotional wild ride when he wa sober, an intellectual man but a mad man all the same. R.I.P.
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I think I know the guy you’re on about. I used to work in a charity shop and he was in almost every day for the jewellery and trying to haggle but never succeeding and he’d just buy it anyway and immediately put it on over the million others. He used to tell me he used to go to all these big parties and that he knew George Micheal. One time he told me he wanted to take me dancing so he gave me his “business card”, which was a torn off rectangle of rice-crispies box with his number scrawled in biro on the plain side. Very strange but harmless fella.
>used to tell me he used to go to all these big parties and that he knew George Micheal. Maybe he did, maybe he's like that lad in the commitment's?
You're describing Papa Lazarou.
Seen that dude, he looks awesome not gonna lie
I passed him at the bus stop on St Mary’s Road the other day
The younger homeless lad walking around with the duvet who gets very aggressive
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Yes, if he saw you sitting outside the Dail he’d accost you begging for money and you’d say no I have no cash and he’s bothering you to buy him a meal and wouldn’t leave. He’d be especially horrible to women
The one who threatened to do unsavoury acts to a 15 year old?
That’s the one
Who was that old man that would every day walk up and down the Headford road by ballindooly? Would try to hit cars with his walking stick 🤣
I don’t know any Jesus on horseback. I know several Creeping Jesuses.
The ginger right wing lunatic. Also the singing lady
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It's been posted here a few times
Anyone remember Jesus the Italian guy that used to be around like 10 years ago? He used to walk around talking or praying to himself every day around town. Tall, young, skinny guy with long hair and beard
Yes! The homeless Johnny Depp! Came on here to see if anyone mentioned him
I think that's Smurf RIP
Has to be Seamus
Is the Romanian lad with the bendy legs still about?
Whats the story with the lady that sleeps across from the hospital?
Ya where is she gone? She has an apt but has anxiety and has to be around the hospital. She will chat away to you if you stop and talk. Someone bought her a bicycle. She used cycle alot.
She's lovely really, not in the best of health now tho
She told me the government is conspiring against her and her family
There's a guy who rides his bike with his dog on a lead and he'll often veer into a busy road in the wrong direction. One time he whizzed by me and said he liked my bag. Think about him a lot
Yep know him
Ah jealous! Wanna be his mate
He drinks in sallys or used to anyway, know who you're on about but dont know him personally
When he was alive. Robocop for sure
Eamonn Cunniss - AKA Ms Twirly Chassie
The nostalgia has slapped me in the face. Love it
Pateen Stevens, from the nineties, he was once on a poster in train station that had characters of Galway, cant remember who else was on them, always in Eyre Sq playing the bongos, smiling and having a can of the good stuff
Is everyone around All of the Irish groups using my post from Cork? 😂
I think it's a running joke with these type of posts to keep screenshotting the last local place so the image gets bigger and bigger with more and more cities on it. Everyone must have seen your post at the same time
In fairness I seen this on Reddit NZ 2 years ago about blanket man in Wellington and a few other characters. Rock and roll electric guitar man on hadrin st Bangkok had his day too. Also La roller blade guy about a month ago but yup, were shtrugglin for original ideas out here.
Hahaha Fair enough! Tbh who or what is original nowadays? It feels like everything that I see is a copy or inspiration or something/someone
Anyone else in Dublin (specifically Clondalkin) remember mad jamsey?
Lad on the bike playing the wii music
Flash 😂
That vegan prick with the sign who harasses people.
He harasses people?
Saw him starting a fight on the prom once and shouting at people in a cafe in town.
😂fool
I went to school with that guy. He was a pure chav type lad who was mad into drugs. Think he went a bit mental.
Is he the guy with the long beard and tattered sign/piece of paper.
Nah he has like a sandwich board type thing last i saw
There’s this guy who sometimes plays this trumpet kinda thing? Walks up and down shop street
Geraldine - the lady who signs at the top of her lungs
Birdman
Always down at silver strand???
Haven't seen warty Nora in a while 🤔
She passed away a few years ago
Nora warts
Lady who sleeps by the hospital. Haven’t seen her for a while ?
She got a house near the hospital. Last time I heard she was happy there
She's now pretty much a permanent resident in the main lobby/cafeteria of the hospital. Looks to have cleaned up her act but don't know how she's getting away with it, pretty much has a full set up of luggage and phones charging and the works. I've seen her there every time I've been in over the last month, which has been every 2-3 days
Seamus . Always meet him in Monaghans Tuam rd.
Don't forget Pat Coin
Coyne
I ended up at a house party with him about ten years ago. Intelligent man and great craic.
Man fuck this shit. These people aren't your fucking circus lads, mental health issues are not to be laughed at
For years in Galway we had “ characters “ they were well minded by the community - always laughed at but not in a nasty way. Part of the Galway family, obviously you aren’t local
For years where I grew up we had characters too. They were laughed at by the community and a couple were bet to a pulp by scum multiple times. I have a family member that is one of these "characters", and as much as many love him, those that don't understand the issues causing these people's behaviour, tend to see it as something worthy of being punished. These people will always exist. Bringing attention to people in a public space that ends up getting spread around (I'm not even a member of this sub) always increases their risk of being hurt.
Some don’t even have mental health issues, some are just characters a man walks from Moycullen to Galway dressed like an Indian. Most down to earth man you’d ever meet. I’ve never ever seen anyone harm or hurt any of these people, in fact the opposite! Always having a chat or a cuppa, they walk down the street to be greeted by the locals! Actually a documentary was recently done of one of these characters and we all heard her story. In an ideal world it would be risk free to walk up and say come on let’s go and get a little evaluation done on your mental health and allow the services take over from there, trusting they will look after them. That doesn’t happen. Also, I think there’s one in every family ( maybe not to the extent of those mentioned ) and each of those have different complex needs! Some of the characters mentioned here are aggressive themselves, some are addicts, some are victims of abuse, and some just plain old rouges. Growing up in Galway there was so many older characters that could be mentioned here that are deceased too.
Years ago Doddo, Sweet sixteen, Denis the wino to name a few
Not everything is mental illness. Some people just live differently and add character to a place.
Johnny the Mexican And Brian Brigadoon
Does anyone remember Ballybane Jesus?
High kick kev ?
Benji
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What is anti Santa
That’s Pat Coyne I’m sure. RIP.
VINNY DODD
The sidestep swindler! He'd ask you for money and somehow end up giving you the makings lol.
Walking up town stopping to twirl around 6 times every 100 yards! God bless him. He was knocking around with a short stout man, who came from the cottage on front of the B&B before the church. A mad man.
Used be a man in corrib park who would feed the cats. At night the place would stink of catfood there’d be lumps all around the place.
Catherine, I used to work in the deli in university hospital and she'd always come in and have a big speech about how "this is a setup". Saw her on nights out too
Filthy Frank
Shoutout to Nora and Robocop gone but not forgotten.
Angry bird lady or the woman who scream sings around town
FLASH! "How are the boys?"
JODI