Comments on: DUBLIN OVER 3 DECADES http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/30/dublin-over-3-decades/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 24 May 2012 10:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/30/dublin-over-3-decades/#comment-74028 Donagh Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:26:14 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/30/dublin-over-3-decades/#comment-74028 My Dad never had a good opinion of Brendan Behan. I remember as I was growing up that he scowl whenever he as mentioned, but he only told me why he didn't like him when I was a teenager. He said it was because he used to have to step over him nearly every morning in the doorway of McDaid when he was opening up his small factory (clothing manufacturers) above McDaids. But it might have been also that every time he stepped over him Behan woke up and said “AH YEA AUL BALLICKS”. My Dad never had a good opinion of Brendan Behan. I remember as I was growing up that he scowl whenever he as mentioned, but he only told me why he didn’t like him when I was a teenager. He said it was because he used to have to step over him nearly every morning in the doorway of McDaid when he was opening up his small factory (clothing manufacturers) above McDaids.

But it might have been also that every time he stepped over him Behan woke up and said “AH YEA AUL BALLICKS”.

]]> By: Doctor Báite http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/30/dublin-over-3-decades/#comment-73908 Doctor Báite Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:34:25 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/30/dublin-over-3-decades/#comment-73908 That's probably due to some joker having tied one of his legs to the rail on the bar in the Scotch House using a 100 yard long clothesline sometime in 1951. He didn't notice until 1956. That’s probably due to some joker having tied one of his legs to the rail on the bar in the Scotch House using a 100 yard long clothesline sometime in 1951.
He didn’t notice until 1956.

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/30/dublin-over-3-decades/#comment-73904 Conor McCabe Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:07:15 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/07/30/dublin-over-3-decades/#comment-73904 As you know Seán I've been recording people as part of an oral history archive, and to date three of them have told me roughly the same story. Each was on O'Connell Bridge on whatever day in the 1950s when they heard a shout: "AHHH [INSERT NAME] YEA AUL BALLICKS" and when they looked around it was Brendan Behan. Each worked with Behan at different times in the building trade. I am now convinced that Behan just stood on O'Connell Bridge for the entire 1950s shouting "AH YEA AUL BALLICKS" at people as they walked by and went about their business! As you know Seán I’ve been recording people as part of an oral history archive, and to date three of them have told me roughly the same story. Each was on O’Connell Bridge on whatever day in the 1950s when they heard a shout: “AHHH [INSERT NAME] YEA AUL BALLICKS” and when they looked around it was Brendan Behan. Each worked with Behan at different times in the building trade. I am now convinced that Behan just stood on O’Connell Bridge for the entire 1950s shouting “AH YEA AUL BALLICKS” at people as they walked by and went about their business!

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