Hi everyone, I uploaded this video on behalf of Mark Kennedy in 2014. I no longer have access to this account. Unfortunately Mark has now passed. All I can say is when I knew him he was a gentleman and helped erect the famine memorial in Galway city in recent times. I am privileged to have known him regardless of what some people say. I don't know what he was like in previous year but for as long as I knew him he was kind. Mark I will see you soon. God bless.
Hi John - I'm creating a theatre piece based on Una Taaffe and I'm really interested on how she helped homeless people. Could you please email me? Thanks a million storiesofuna@gmail.com facebook.com/storiesofuna/
My uncle Gerry mullally is the man featured at the start of this documentary. He was a lovely man that I have very fond memories of. Thank you for keeping his memory and story alive.
Ex pat Galwegian living in Brisbane now. I remember a lot of these people from my youth. They added character and I never remember any trouble from them. Good old Dennis!
Yhankyou for sharing this, many old friends and amazing people in this historical gem of galway.. we must never let them regulate the streets.. never x
Me and my friend went to Galway for a weekend , went home on the Monday , went back on the Wednesday , i spent a year there , my Friend lasted 8 Years, what a city , the people the place is full of energy
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for this (sad but strong ) beauty ❤ After the Berlin Wall came down, Galway was my first love; not west- germany…. I was 21 and started my very first days of busking in the shopping street. But first, I had to get brave enough for this with a few pint’s of lager and beautiful musicians support in the cozy walls of Monroe’s pup…. Sleeping on a old forgotten fishing trawler near Spanish Arc….and met a real Galway gilrl …..A few faces I just recognize in this video….after thirty years now….😢 good bless you and all Irish souls ✨🙏🍺🧹 lake of constance / germany
Absolutely brilliant , this captures a very particular time in Galway and the wonderful characters of the city that will be missed . This is the Galway of my youth. Brilliant work.
I knew Mark Kennedy and he was a bum, an alcoholic, a sponger, a trouble maker, a slanderer and a waster who refused to work for many years. He lived for free off state welfare and wasted his money on drink and drugs and going around whinging, complaining and backbiting. He deserted his own wife and children when they were young. He and his bums should have gone out and worked and paid their taxes like other people. Mark Kennedy and his fellow bums and winos in this video were and are a disgrace and have ruined the good name of Galway city.
Kathleen O'Connor. For as long as I knew him he was a very nice man. What's your problem?, did he hurt you? Can you explain. He is no longer here to defend himself so you can say what you like but everyone know its one side of a story...
he knew me and many others. He was a sly cowardly scumbag who slandered, defamed and lied about people in Galway and hung around with similar scumbags. He is no loss to Galway.
Remember so many of these lads when I lived in Galway in the 90s. Does anyone know what happened to John? the man at the end of the film with his arm around the final speaker
I knew Mark Kennedy and he was a bum, an alcoholic, a sponger, a trouble maker, a slanderer and a waster who refused to work for many years. He lived for free off state welfare and wasted his money on drink and drugs and going around whinging, complaining and backbiting. He deserted his own wife and children when they were young. He and his bums should have gone out and worked and paid their taxes like other people. Mark Kennedy and his fellow bums and winos in this video were and are a disgrace and have ruined the good name of Galway city.
Looking for a Djembe player called Andy Clarke from Belfast. He played Djembe drum in Galway in the 90’s . He helped me get a room and gave me money when I was stone broke. I would like to repay his kindness if anyone knows where he is now. Thank you! 🙏
I know him and he wouldn't want thanks. Thanks makes him depressed. He is an odd character does good for some and not for others. It's almost like he sees through peoples souls and judges accordingly. A spooky guy indeed.
Wow. This was before my time but a fantastic preservation of Galway in the 90s. It feels quite different now, for both good and bad. It seems to me that characters such as depicted here would find it harder to survive in Galway nowadays. We don't have such an interesting assortment of buskers either. Not as much character in the city.
Well done lads, Provocative local story with a message that needs to be heard by everyone and a particular thanks for the last 10 minutes, a very poignant and profound message.
I knew Mark Kennedy and he was a bum, an alcoholic, a sponger, a trouble maker, a slanderer and a waster who refused to work for many years. He lived for free off state welfare and wasted his money on drink and drugs and going around whinging, complaining and backbiting. He deserted his own wife and children when they were young. He and his bums should have gone out and worked and paid their taxes like other people. Mark Kennedy and his fellow bums and winos in this video were and are a disgrace and have ruined the good name of Galway city.
he knew me and many others. He was a sly cowardly scumbag who slandered, defamed and lied about people in Galway and hung around with similar scumbags. He is no loss to Galway.
So many characters . Had a few drinks with the bloke and some of the lads featured. My uncle, james jennings is sat on the bench in the eyre square shot of them on the bench. I see Gerry Mullally aswell . He use to live with my uncle Jamesy in camilaun park RIP. Good days back then. I live in uk now but am from galway. Use to live in coogan park. Dennis connolly once asked my mother to marry him 😀I have a couple of galway videos on my youtube
I knew Mark Kennedy and he was a bum, an alcoholic, a trouble maker, a slanderer and a waster who refused to work for many years. He lived free off the state and wasted his money on drink and drugs and going around whinging and complaining and backbiting other people. He and his bums should go and out and work and pay their taxes like other people. Mark Kennedy and his fellow bums and winos in this video were and are a disgrace and have ruined the good name of Galway city.
Does anyone remember Mick Duffy from Liverpool? He used to busk with his banjo around Galway at the time. Many years ago I used to live in a night shelter in Galway, as a young man I stayed in a lot of night shelters. I was learning the banjo at the time and I used to busk, this video was shot around the time, some of the guys in the video used to scare me but at the same time I felt sorry for them. Many of them, like me, had been victims of systematic abuse. There was no effort made at the Fairgreen night shelter to help those with psychiatric problems, I have since been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The night shelter was next to an slaughter house, in the morning we woke up to the sound of pigs screaming.
I see Tommy, I remember him and I recognise a few of the others and wee Robbie the busker, he's dead now as are most of the drunks. Very few buskers left from that era, the exception being Pete the Jiggy.
I was there in those days too, busking. I remember Mark and Tommy well. I can't believe Robbie is dead, do you remember when his wee dog Rasta died? It's like another life now.
I went down there first in 1995. The head busker was Pete the Jiggy who's still there. There was Nutty Niall and Anders. Pat Power and others I can't remember now. Lots came and went but Pete the Jiggy is till there.
Answer to Greg Lyon’s John o loughlin is still around still drinking it’s a bad addiction rip to all who died Denis Connolly a John oloughlin are the only one s left
they were all old gypsy from shantalla. treated like shit all their lives some of them in christian brothers homes from age of 6 to 16. where they were sexually abused and beaten my priests and nuns. then we expect them to live "normal" lives. great to see this old footage i knew most of these people through my dad. i think there is a few more rips to add to the end. nail rivers what a man true gent. band members from big bag of sticks around 42 mins. big joe Murphy with the mustache, love it
+errol kim unfortunately the truth hurts, you obviously know little about it. i would say i have a better understanding as my dad went to the brothers in salthill it left him broken and shattered for his entire life. personally i think galway would be a better place if you went and jumped in the corrib.
Some of those guys in the video intimidated me and others for "odds" ie.small change,I remember Galway at the time they were not all innocent homeless people.
If you could only find a balance of the way things were and now Galway would be the greatest city in the world. Business and Politics have sucked the life out of this country.Become a Curfew State. Been there and witnessed first hand the intolerance
17:36 "Excuse me young lady, I want you to tell the people of Galway and of Ireland, and do put it on television, that they should be ashamed of themselves to have men sleeping out, night after night, they refuse them to get a night's lodging and they should be ashamed" Love you Dada
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I knew Mark Kennedy and he was a bum, an alcoholic, a sponger, a trouble maker, a slanderer and a waster who refused to work for many years. He lived for free off state welfare and wasted his money on drink and drugs and going around whinging, complaining and backbiting. He deserted his own wife and children when they were young. He and his bums should have gone out and worked and paid their taxes like other people. Mark Kennedy and his fellow bums and winos in this video were and are a disgrace and have ruined the good name of Galway city.
@@spudmurphy1732 lived there for 6 years and used to bump into these guys on a regular basis and most were as harmless as the day was long.We will pay tax whether people like this work or not.Chill out.
