Dear Peter! Thomas Dudley's life story was fantastic, sad and yet hilarious. He could live freely, although he was not luxuriously rich. Back then, people could still play and honestly enjoy everything. I wonder which church his "pistol" could have been the key to. This is definitely not traceable anymore. Thanks for the experience as always.
Dear Susan. Thank you. Glad you enjoyed Thomas's story, he had such an interesting life. Yes I was wondering about the church to, I'd love to find that out but as you say it will probably stay a mystery. Have a lovely evening. Peter.
Peter ,onother great vidio ,I remember hearing of him although I am a wexford Man,it was a lovely story ,and you ended it beautifully when you noticed the cowboy shape in the key ,and the heart in the handle ,thank you for sharing
Magnificent and a very valuable record of local history that sadly was lost. It is still in living memory nevertheless and this post is a magnificent account of that irreplaceable time. It moves the viewer to tears to think of how this poor man's life was so harsh but through it all his strength to bring fun and joy in a community can never be reproduced today at any level. I remember older relatives speaking about Bang Bang and it is so valuable this history that it warrants protection. I'm glad there is a record now of something that can be cherished in time of those before us who brought joy to all around them dispite for future generations of Dublin and beyond that was part of the life and the real essence of the City not so very long ago. ❤❤
I've known the stories of Forty Coats and Bang Bang for what seems like forever, thanks for keeping these stories of Dublin's characters from the past alive! RIP Eamonn MacThomais
I remember him as a child ,my mam worked in a sweet shop in finglas called macafferys, they used to sell toy guns ,he would often pay a visit to the shop ,i was there one day when he came in with his gun shouting bang bang ,my mam had her toy gun behind the counter and started shouting Bang Bang ,he would hide behind the door with his gun ,no one was afraid as they knew he was a harmless foor devil. My mam got great fun out of that as she had a great heart ❤ every one accepted accepted him as who he was.Lots of love to him .
Peter, I thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to your clip on Bang Bang. I was born in Dublin in 1951 and remember both Hairy Lemon and Johnny Forty Coats. My late dad used to regale us with stories about Bang Bang and other Dublin characters but I never knew Bang Bang’s real name until this evening, having watched your entertaining clip. Thanks for taking time and effort to compile this.
I’m a Bus Driver in Cork and I often heard of Bang Bang. Thank you for a lovely video on this kind gentleman. I’ve subscribed to your channel. We had our own characters in Cork - Slobby Joe, Colonel Mustard, Bernie Murphy, The Duke are the main ones I remember
Wow👏👏👏... I don't remember the key but I do remember being shot by him and me shooting back not knowing or ever seeing him before until my mam told me ,"That's Bang bang"... only now thanks to you I know his name... wonderfully nostalgic, mentioned him in the pub just a few days ago .RIP Bang Bang🥲
I really enjoy watching and listening to the stories of Dublin's interesting history and the people who lived during those times as well as your great narration of them especially Thomas Dudley aka Bang Bang have a nice week and Thank You Peter for your awesome stories of Dublin.🎃👻🇮🇪
I remember Bang Bang in the 1970s....i remember telling my Dad i'd seen him in town and my Dad told me all about him. He was an interesting man. Thanks for the lovely video Peter ❤
An old poem of mine which i wrote many years ago: A Ballad for Bang Bang Down old Mill Lane in Dublin, Aside the onion dome, The fastest draw in Tombstone, Tom Dudley dared to roam. Though born outside the city, He’d been raised to wanderlust, With an itch not eased with scratching, It was Dublin town or bust, He rode into the city, On Shanks mare, he’d no gee-gee, And on that first and faithful day, He found an old church key. Then he spied a skulking hombre, Who was creeping ‘round a bus, And he dropped that shy gunslinger, With two shots straight in the puss. “Bang bang’’ cried our new hero, “Bang bang, you’re dead lie down’’, And thus began a legend, In dear old Dublin town.
Fantastic ,,I met him many a time all the oldies are gone ,what made it brilliant was everyone joined in with him ,no one looking ad if you had 10 heads ,sad and great times that was the real dublin spirit, all gone now .😢
@@adriankelly17 This is beautiful and well researched. Dublin has changed so much it is not safe anymore. But this beautiful city draws many tourists and visitors. Your videos are beautiful and I love them.
dear Peter,first of all............................good to hear you and thanks for another interseting story........Bang Bang was a good man,all the characters like Fourty Coats or dancing Mary,they all are lovely.do nothing to anyone...........................Blessings and Greetings from Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘
I remember my father telling me stories about this guy iconic old Dublin he had a key that he used as his gun was apparently a key for Dublin castle or some other land mark building. Brought back memories for me thanks. Did you do a video on the diceman?
Hi Peter Your film is beyond extraordinary. Now I learned about how "Bang Bang" is originated from. A person's life matters to this city where he loved He was loved by many in Dublin in spite of his living style he chose, I reckon. I would like to believe he enjoyed his life as it was The wrinkles on his face seem to tell every challenges he had in his life. I will send my standing ovations to you for time-consuming research, filming and editing to this production. I truly enjoy your history line. Well done and Bravo! So sorry My comments are disappearing, and I will do my best. I am having difficult time my self away from home for months due to contaminated water. We got back in FL after the US presidential election. Making round trip back and forth.. Apologies, I could not participate on your LS lately. I am not good at finding your notification. Are you still having LS occasionally?
Hi Ms. Kayak! Thanks so much. He was really a great character and it was a lot of fun to tell his story. Thank you for all your kind words. Sorry your comments are disappearing. Also sorry for taking so long to reply. I hope things have improved for you and were able to go back home. I havent been able to livestream lately unfortunately. Take care of yourself and all the best from Dublin. Peter.
I was shown BANG BANG'S grave in the mid 80s while I was working on the Rosmini grounds, there was a wall with many names of members of the Rosmini fathers and his name was among them long before the recent memorial. That area looks very different. RIP 🗝BANG BANG 🗝lord Dudley🕯🙏
I grew up in Dublin in the 60,s and 70,s. I remember Bang Bang vividly. We would look for him when we were in town and enjoyed his shoot outs many a time. A Dublin that no longer exists unfortunately and I am glad I was a part of it back then. Thanks for the great memories.
My uncles used to tell me about Bang Bang -- he'd appear from shop doorways with his huge key pointing at them! He was very popular There was another man called Johnny Forty Coats because of all the coats he wore Winter and Summer 😊
I was born in Dublin in 1979, I remember my Grandmother (Nana) telling me about Bang Bang. I always always wondered his story. Thank you for this biography.
We had a man in our town did the same thing haha, we used to have shootouts in the street with him as kids 😂 God bless them all innocent souls from a better time 🙏
Its amazing to see so many people in the comments that remember him, and that his legacy lives on. Seems like Dublin was a much more special place when people like him and the other Dublin legends were kicking about, it makes me sad as a young man that I will never see Dublin like it was back then
Thanks peter for sharing a very light hearted story of a natinol treasure we could do with these old ways of caring for our fellow man today with all of media hatred in the country again well done 👍
Hi peter do you remember the old lady that walked backwards ,and the other lady that every time she walk she seen imaginary holes on the path ,she got on the bus one day we had to wait 10 or more minutes before she got off as the bus floor had a big hole in it ,every one had great patience eve the good old dublin bus drivers ,would not happen now .Great memories will never see that happening again .❤😊
Thank you for this. I really enjoyed it as it filled in some gaps in my knowledge of the man. I never saw him in his heyday but my parents used to tell me tales whenever we rode on the bus in Dublin City in the 70s. His story contains the raw material for a novel or a play and I hope to see that happen in my lifetime. I sometimes have a drink with the man who took the most famous image of Dudley back in the early 70s, a retired photographer called Harry Molloy. My cousin and I wrote an as yet unrecorded song about Bang Bang a few years back. A children’s song.
God love him and all the POOR souls buried in an unmarked grave 😢 I'm delighted they put up a marker for him POOR bang bang it's the least he deserves for a life of innocence he went through life with an open soft gentle heart 😊 Rip bang bang Dudley
Dublin had some great characters over the years. Anyone remember Jimmy? He used to hang around outside Collins Barracks pretending to direct traffic, sometimes asking drivers for ID etc and getting somewhat irate at times. Some memories of those old innocent days. Sadly Dublin has lost it's character, never to return.
Saw him once walking up Oconnell street. A person in my presence shouted " there's bang bang " and proceeded to start a shoot out with bang bang. Today's Dublin has lost so much of its character, bland and rough ,with no sense of community.
Remember some occasions in Crumlin and Rialto areas A school friend of mine attempted to simulate Bang Bang’s skills jumping on and off bus platforms. Let’s say a lasting experience was learned when my friend was dragged along behind the bus
@@walkingwithpeter There used to be a simple character who rode the buses in Finglas called Billy, mostly around the 1960s. He was basically simple, and would stand on the back platform hanging onto the safety pole and maybe shouting. Similar to Bang Bang, but he didn't 'shoot'. Also, you may recall a character who used to stand on the hill on Infirmary Road, and lean back at an impossible angle, and imitated bird whistles. He stood outside the Phoenix Bed & Breakfast / Hotel near the Parkgate St. end around 1973. Maybe worth looking into, if not already?
I remember my father telling me about bang bang ,my father told me about working in a hospital and he was there doing floor laying he said he still played his shootouts even in the hospital , long live bang bang
He frightened the life out of me when I was in the pram in Meath Street. Me granny had me and me brothers there on a Saturday. Me brothers and others had a full blown shootout with him. I remember the granny telling me that years after. Innocent fun times when Dublin was a safe city.
Fantastic story, congrats...I remember him coming into the bus on O Connell Street around 1977, or I think it was him as I only herd of him years later, would he have been still shooting in 76 or 77 ???
My relative Sam was 'shot' by him. He played along, pretending to fall down. Sam lived in the Coombe. Wouldn't it be nice to have a Statue of Bang Bang ?
The Mero .(Dublin picture house song) And we all went up to the Mero Hey there who's your man It's only Johnny fourty coats Sure he's a dacent man Bang Bang shoots the buses With his golden key Hey hi diddly eye And out goes she
1:47 My father told me a story that two gards asked him to behave himself and to stop causing disruption and bang bang said no problem sir I'll behave myself then he shot the two of them and ran off😂😂😂😂
Vert interesting ::: i just about remember this era of Dublin , child of the late sixties early 70’s ,,,,, Which was now looking back ,, A really wonderful time 💤💤💤🕺🕺🕺🌀🌀🌀😵💫😵💫😵💫😜😜😜💥💥💥🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🎹🎹🎹🎷🎷🎷🎼🎼🎼🎤🎤🎤♟️
I think if he was around today ,his gun(key)would be yanked from his hand and thrown in the liffy,its great that everyone respected bang bang back then.
I shot himself when walking past the Sherbourne Hotel one Sunday afternoon with my father I was about four or five years old he held his chest then fell backwards landing where the luggage was kept on the old RA buses. I always think of that memory each time I pass the Sherbourne Hotel. I also remember Johnny 40 coats he slept under St John of God's School Kilmore Road Artain during school time I would often see him cycling down the Malahide Rd heading towards town early in the morning no doubt to see Bang-Bang. On school holidays he stopped for tea and a wrap-up at the Nuns house then go back under the school prefab for the week 24hrs 5days a week. I'm not sure however I think he was inpeared perhaps deaf or dumb. Strangely enough some years ago whilst walking up Mill Street the builder's were knocking down Bang - Bang's old home I ventured inside to have a look, two pictures were hanging on the wall. I asked the builder could I have them he took them both down from wall & handed them to me, I still have them to this day the last ghostly remains from his home.
I am not from Dublin but I loved your insight and explanation, here in Ennis Co Clare we had our own legends like Michael Tierney ruclips.net/video/DFysUNUHLBY/видео.html who lived true to himself in a very conservative rural Ireland. The most familiar reference to me was forty coats, a character in Wanderly Wagon , an RTE production from the 70’s / 80;s
Dear Peter!
Thomas Dudley's life story was fantastic, sad and yet hilarious. He could live freely, although he was not luxuriously rich. Back then, people could still play and honestly enjoy everything.
I wonder which church his "pistol" could have been the key to.
This is definitely not traceable anymore.
Thanks for the experience as always.
Dear Susan.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed Thomas's story, he had such an interesting life. Yes I was wondering about the church to, I'd love to find that out but as you say it will probably stay a mystery.
Have a lovely evening.
Peter.
Peter ,onother great vidio ,I remember hearing of him although I am a wexford Man,it was a lovely story ,and you ended it beautifully when you noticed the cowboy shape in the key ,and the heart in the handle ,thank you for sharing
Magnificent and a very valuable record of local history that sadly was lost. It is still in living memory nevertheless and this post is a magnificent account of that irreplaceable time. It moves the viewer to tears to think of how this poor man's life was so harsh but through it all his strength to bring fun and joy in a community can never be reproduced today at any level. I remember older relatives speaking about Bang Bang and it is so valuable this history that it warrants protection. I'm glad there is a record now of something that can be cherished in time of those before us who brought joy to all around them dispite for future generations of Dublin and beyond that was part of the life and the real essence of the City not so very long ago. ❤❤
My Dublin born father told me about Bang Bang when I was growing up in regional Victoria, Australia. He adored the man.
Your video reminded me of a Dublin Which I miss and will never see again.
I've known the stories of Forty Coats and Bang Bang for what seems like forever, thanks for keeping these stories of Dublin's characters from the past alive! RIP Eamonn MacThomais
Thank you kindly☘️
I was born in Dublin in the sixties. I heard about bang bang but never saw him. Thanks for posting this interesting video
Thanks so much for watching
I was born in a tenament in North Great Georges Street in the firtys,we seen a lot of Bang Bang,he was always knocking around.
I remember him as a child ,my mam worked in a sweet shop in finglas called macafferys, they used to sell toy guns ,he would often pay a visit to the shop ,i was there one day when he came in with his gun shouting bang bang ,my mam had her toy gun behind the counter and started shouting Bang Bang ,he would hide behind the door with his gun ,no one was afraid as they knew he was a harmless foor devil. My mam got great fun out of that as she had a great heart ❤ every one accepted accepted him as who he was.Lots of love to him .
Thanks so much for watching Eileen and sharing your great memories of Bang Bang!
Heard about him many a time , he was good ole skin by all accounts , good concise work , thank you 😊
Thanks so much for watching
Peter, I thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to your clip on Bang Bang. I was born in Dublin in 1951 and remember both Hairy Lemon and Johnny Forty Coats. My late dad used to regale us with stories about Bang Bang and other Dublin characters but I never knew Bang Bang’s real name until this evening, having watched your entertaining clip. Thanks for taking time and effort to compile this.
Hi Brian. Thank you kindly, so glad you enjoyed the video.
I’m a Bus Driver in Cork and I often heard of Bang Bang. Thank you for a lovely video on this kind gentleman. I’ve subscribed to your channel. We had our own characters in Cork - Slobby Joe, Colonel Mustard, Bernie Murphy, The Duke are the main ones I remember
Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!
A lovely, lovely video. Thank you very much.
Thank you kindly!
Wow👏👏👏... I don't remember the key but I do remember being shot by him and me shooting back not knowing or ever seeing him before until my mam told me ,"That's Bang bang"... only now thanks to you I know his name... wonderfully nostalgic, mentioned him in the pub just a few days ago .RIP Bang Bang🥲
Class. Got to be done. Who won?
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your memories of Bang Bang!
What a great story he certainly was a character. It’s so nice to see the wall plaque ensuring that his name and story will live on forever.
Hi Ian. Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Brilliant to listen to
Thank you.
I really enjoy watching and listening to the stories of Dublin's interesting history and the people who lived during those times as well as your great
narration of them especially Thomas Dudley aka Bang Bang have a nice week and Thank You Peter for your awesome stories of Dublin.🎃👻🇮🇪
Hello Roger. Thanks so much for your kind words. So glad you enjoyed the video. Peter.
I remember Bang Bang in the 1970s....i remember telling my Dad i'd seen him in town and my Dad told me all about him. He was an interesting man. Thanks for the lovely video Peter ❤
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your memories of Bang Bang!
Ah I've always wondered who the man was on Fontaines DC's "Liberty Belle" cover. Really interesting!
An old poem of mine which i wrote many years ago:
A Ballad for Bang Bang
Down old Mill Lane in Dublin,
Aside the onion dome,
The fastest draw in Tombstone,
Tom Dudley dared to roam.
Though born outside the city,
He’d been raised to wanderlust,
With an itch not eased with scratching,
It was Dublin town or bust,
He rode into the city,
On Shanks mare, he’d no gee-gee,
And on that first and faithful day,
He found an old church key.
Then he spied a skulking hombre,
Who was creeping ‘round a bus,
And he dropped that shy gunslinger,
With two shots straight in the puss.
“Bang bang’’ cried our new hero,
“Bang bang, you’re dead lie down’’,
And thus began a legend,
In dear old Dublin town.
Great stuff
Fantastic ,,I met him many a time all the oldies are gone ,what made it brilliant was everyone joined in with him ,no one looking ad if you had 10 heads ,sad and great times that was the real dublin spirit, all gone now .😢
Nice old poem Adrian, well done.
@@adriankelly17
This is beautiful and well researched. Dublin has changed so much it is not safe anymore. But this beautiful city draws many tourists and visitors. Your videos are beautiful and I love them.
Thats fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
dear Peter,first of all............................good to hear you and thanks for another interseting story........Bang Bang was a good man,all the characters like Fourty Coats or dancing Mary,they all are lovely.do nothing to anyone...........................Blessings and Greetings from Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘
Hi Daggy! Thanks so much for watching. Hope you are well and Greetings from Dublin☘☘☘ Peter
@@walkingwithpeter yes I am well.....Hope the Same from you
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
I remember Jonnie Forty coats and Bang Bang, my Grandparents lived in the Liberties. Also remember the smell from O’Keefes knackers yard. 👍
Classic love that .memories ❤
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your memories of Bang Bang!
Wonderful video ...gorgeous memories .Well made and beautifully narrated
Thank you kindly☘
@@walkingwithpeter it made my evening .
Very interesting story Peter.Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Lynn!
I remember my father telling me stories about this guy iconic old Dublin he had a key that he used as his gun was apparently a key for Dublin castle or some other land mark building.
Brought back memories for me thanks.
Did you do a video on the diceman?
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your memories of Bang Bang!
Hi Peter
Your film is beyond extraordinary.
Now I learned about how "Bang Bang" is originated from.
A person's life matters to this city where he loved
He was loved by many in Dublin in spite of his living style he chose, I reckon.
I would like to believe he enjoyed his life as it was
The wrinkles on his face seem to tell every challenges he had in his life.
I will send my standing ovations to you for time-consuming research, filming and editing to this production.
I truly enjoy your history line.
Well done and Bravo!
So sorry My comments are disappearing, and I will do my best.
I am having difficult time my self away from home for months due to contaminated water.
We got back in FL after the US presidential election. Making round trip back and forth..
Apologies, I could not participate on your LS lately. I am not good at finding your notification.
Are you still having LS occasionally?
Hi Ms. Kayak!
Thanks so much. He was really a great character and it was a lot of fun to tell his story. Thank you for all your kind words.
Sorry your comments are disappearing. Also sorry for taking so long to reply. I hope things have improved for you and were able to go back home.
I havent been able to livestream lately unfortunately.
Take care of yourself and all the best from Dublin.
Peter.
Amazing story and journalism vary well done may bang bangs memory live on
Thank you!
I remember him in the 50s. I lived with my aunt in Fumbally Lane.
I was shown BANG BANG'S grave in the mid 80s while I was working on the Rosmini grounds, there was a wall with many names of members of the Rosmini fathers and his name was among them long before the recent memorial. That area looks very different. RIP 🗝BANG BANG 🗝lord Dudley🕯🙏
I remember him. We called him Bang Bang from Inchicore.
Fascinating. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I grew up in Dublin in the 60,s and 70,s. I remember Bang Bang vividly. We would look for him when we were in town and enjoyed his shoot outs many a time. A Dublin that no longer exists unfortunately and I am glad I was a part of it back then. Thanks for the great memories.
Thank you
My uncles used to tell me about Bang Bang -- he'd appear from shop doorways with his huge key pointing at them! He was very popular
There was another man called Johnny Forty Coats because of all the coats he wore Winter and Summer 😊
I was born in Dublin in 1979, I remember my Grandmother (Nana) telling me about Bang Bang. I always always wondered his story. Thank you for this biography.
Thank you!
Keep the videos coming Peter, as a Welshman living in Dublin I’m really enjoying them.
Thank you!
We had a man in our town did the same thing haha, we used to have shootouts in the street with him as kids 😂 God bless them all innocent souls from a better time 🙏
I met Thomas while he was a resident in the Morning Star Hostel in Nth Brunswick street, a real lovely guy gentle and caring.
Wow thats so interesting!
fantastic video
Thanks so much for watching
Its amazing to see so many people in the comments that remember him, and that his legacy lives on.
Seems like Dublin was a much more special place when people like him and the other Dublin legends were kicking about, it makes me sad as a young man that I will never see Dublin like it was back then
Thanks so much!
Thanks peter for sharing a very light hearted story of a natinol treasure we could do with these old ways of caring for our fellow man today with all of media hatred in the country again well done 👍
Hi peter do you remember the old lady that walked backwards ,and the other lady that every time she walk she seen imaginary holes on the path ,she got on the bus one day we had to wait 10 or more minutes before she got off as the bus floor had a big hole in it ,every one had great patience eve the good old dublin bus drivers ,would not happen now .Great memories will never see that happening again .❤😊
Hi Eileen. I don't know of those ladies. Thanks for sharing their stories!
Excellent video, thanks. Even though he was well before my time, I'd heard of Bang Bang on many occasions but never knew much about him
Thanks so much. Yes it was before my time to.
Thank you for this. I really enjoyed it as it filled in some gaps in my knowledge of the man. I never saw him in his heyday but my parents used to tell me tales whenever we rode on the bus in Dublin City in the 70s. His story contains the raw material for a novel or a play and I hope to see that happen in my lifetime. I sometimes have a drink with the man who took the most famous image of Dudley back in the early 70s, a retired photographer called Harry Molloy. My cousin and I wrote an as yet unrecorded song about Bang Bang a few years back. A children’s song.
Thank you kindly. So glad you enjoyed it.
Poor old bang bang I seen him once he was harmless rip Thomas❤
God love him and all the POOR souls buried in an unmarked grave 😢 I'm delighted they put up a marker for him POOR bang bang it's the least he deserves for a life of innocence he went through life with an open soft gentle heart 😊 Rip bang bang Dudley
May d legend of bang bang live on r.i.p thomas dudley
London's equivalent is Stanley Green 1915 to 93, the Protein Man who stood with his placade on Oxford street from the mid 1960s to early 90s.
Yeah, and the 'end of world is nigh' fella. Remember asking my mum if it was a job; did they get wages.? No tramps anymore either....
Near Hamleys, and the no.12 Bus Stop. Used to see him all the time.
Dublin had some great characters over the years. Anyone remember Jimmy? He used to hang around outside Collins Barracks pretending to direct traffic, sometimes asking drivers for ID etc and getting somewhat irate at times. Some memories of those old innocent days. Sadly Dublin has lost it's character, never to return.
We had a character in Galway called "shoots" who must have been related😂😂😂
He shot with the lock 🔐 😅
Saw him once walking up Oconnell street. A person in my presence shouted " there's bang bang " and proceeded to start a shoot out with bang bang. Today's Dublin has lost so much of its character, bland and rough ,with no sense of community.
Remember some occasions in Crumlin and Rialto areas
A school friend of mine attempted to simulate Bang Bang’s skills jumping on and off bus platforms. Let’s say a lasting experience was learned when my friend was dragged along behind the bus
I saw him loads of times during the '70s. I used to go to school in the Coombe and he was often out shooting people at the end of Francis Street.
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your memories of Bang Bang!
Excellent recount! well done.
Thank you kindly!
@@walkingwithpeter There used to be a simple character who rode the buses in Finglas called Billy, mostly around the 1960s. He was basically simple, and would stand on the back platform hanging onto the safety pole and maybe shouting. Similar to Bang Bang, but he didn't 'shoot'. Also, you may recall a character who used to stand on the hill on Infirmary Road, and lean back at an impossible angle, and imitated bird whistles. He stood outside the Phoenix Bed & Breakfast / Hotel near the Parkgate St. end around 1973. Maybe worth looking into, if not already?
I remember my father telling me about bang bang ,my father told me about working in a hospital and he was there doing floor laying he said he still played his shootouts even in the hospital , long live bang bang
That's great to hear. Thanks for watching 👍
We need more people like Bang Bang in this day and age. Eccentrics are the innovators and entertainers of humanity.
They're everywhere if you look. But today they're more likely to be feared or looked down on.
I was born in Henrietta street in the thirties I seen them all great times up to the plaza Dorset street
Thanks so much for watching!
long time no see
Hi Thanks for watching!
He frightened the life out of me when I was in the pram in Meath Street. Me granny had me and me brothers there on a Saturday. Me brothers and others had a full blown shootout with him.
I remember the granny telling me that years after. Innocent fun times when Dublin was a safe city.
Thanks for sharing your story!
I remember him hopping on the bus in Nicholas St. in the mid ‘60’s, he scared the sh…it out of me when he started shooting 😂, old Liberty Boy here.
Thanks so much for watching and sharing your memories of Bang Bang!
I was born in the Rotunda Hospital in 1964.
Thanks for watching☘
Fantastic story, congrats...I remember him coming into the bus on O Connell Street around 1977, or I think it was him as I only herd of him years later, would he have been still shooting in 76 or 77 ???
Its possible he was still shooting in the mid 70s but prob not after 76. Thanks for watching!
My relative Sam was 'shot' by him. He played along, pretending to fall down. Sam lived in the Coombe. Wouldn't it be nice to have a Statue of Bang Bang ?
I agree! Thanks for watching.
Yes I've heard of the man Bang Bang.
The Mero .(Dublin picture house song)
And we all went up to the Mero
Hey there who's your man
It's only Johnny fourty coats
Sure he's a dacent man
Bang Bang shoots the buses
With his golden key
Hey hi diddly eye
And out goes she
1:47 My father told me a story that two gards asked him to behave himself and to stop causing disruption and bang bang said no problem sir I'll behave myself then he shot the two of them and ran off😂😂😂😂
Thats hilarious!
This is deadly don't meet that many characters anymore an it's so sad 😢
Thanks!
Rip their should be a statue of him with the key pointing out
Vert interesting ::: i just about remember this era of Dublin , child of the late sixties early 70’s ,,,,, Which was now looking back ,, A really wonderful time 💤💤💤🕺🕺🕺🌀🌀🌀😵💫😵💫😵💫😜😜😜💥💥💥🎸🎸🎸🥁🥁🥁🎹🎹🎹🎷🎷🎷🎼🎼🎼🎤🎤🎤♟️
Thanks for watching☘
I think if he was around today ,his gun(key)would be yanked from his hand and thrown in the liffy,its great that everyone respected bang bang back then.
Dad was shot many times, he would come home and tell us he had been shot with a big smile on his face....
Rest in peace 🙏🕯
I shot himself when walking past the Sherbourne Hotel one Sunday afternoon with my father I was about four or five years old he held his chest then fell backwards landing where the luggage was kept on the old RA buses. I always think of that memory each time I pass the Sherbourne Hotel. I also remember Johnny 40 coats he slept under St John of God's School Kilmore Road Artain during school time I would often see him cycling down the Malahide Rd heading towards town early in the morning no doubt to see Bang-Bang. On school holidays he stopped for tea and a wrap-up at the Nuns house then go back under the school prefab for the week 24hrs 5days a week. I'm not sure however I think he was inpeared perhaps deaf or dumb.
Strangely enough some years ago whilst walking up Mill Street the builder's were knocking down Bang - Bang's old home I ventured inside to have a look, two pictures were hanging on the wall. I asked the builder could I have them he took them both down from wall & handed them to me, I still have them to this day the last ghostly remains from his home.
Is it possible you could photograph and upload these pictures somewhere on the Internet please?
Hi James. Thats fascinating! Good thinking to save the pictures!
Th principle headline on the front page of the national paper we got in those days was:
Bang Bang is Dead
What's the Dubliners lyric" bang bang shoots the busses but they'res nobody there,ah jaysus there's con Martin, i hope yez win the game"
I am not from Dublin but I loved your insight and explanation, here in Ennis Co Clare we had our own legends like Michael Tierney ruclips.net/video/DFysUNUHLBY/видео.html who lived true to himself in a very conservative rural Ireland. The most familiar reference to me was forty coats, a character in Wanderly Wagon , an RTE production from the 70’s / 80;s
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Im led to believe my great grandma often gave his dinner she a shop on Newmarket selling paraffin and coal beside O'keefes slaughter house
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He shot me in meath street