Scotstown Dance Band - Shawfield Greyhound Stadium (Official Video) 

Official video for our debut single, 'Shawfield Greyhound Stadium', OUT NOW.
When we were students, we would sometimes visit Shawfield Greyhound Stadium on a Friday or Saturday night. We stuck tiny bets on dogs with good names, very rarely winning a penny back. Standing trackside with a roll-up between your lips, waving a racing timetable around, your collar turned against the wind. However, it is also a cruel sport, and we would read things in the newspapers which made it very difficult for us to pretend otherwise. Growing up, our household had a rescue greyhound called Dandy. Our sister once tried to feed him a handful of grass, mistaking him for horse when she was tiny. I remember thinking that the dogs looked happy enough as they sprinted down the track, but to rescue a creature is surely to save it from something. After a while we stopped going.
Directed by Méabh Ní Dhoibhlin.
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