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Bring Back Glenroe
Vodka Man
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25-May-2005 12:33
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Got stuck watching Fair City last Night.....jaysus what awful rubbish, Tis not a patch on Glenroe in its hay day.
Great Characthers like
Father Tim Devereaux, great stories with the greyhound
Sgt Roche, often cleared the pub early, the dry dastard
Stephen Brennan, ah the greyhound again, the golf course and he had an eye on Venecia
Blackie Connors, legend
Dinny Byrne, fighting with Stephen over Teasy, the free range eggs. the old walk of the hoor.
Johnny "would ya like to buy a few iron gates sir?"Connors, the wife wansn't too bad either.
George the english toff and Shirley the bird from the states, George killed below in Columbia training the terrosists.
The Bould Dick Moran, and the his little mistress Terri above in the cottage
Mary and she flying on the magic mushrooms
the bike behind the bar Michelle,
the husband Kevin never knew what to make of him, a blow in from Dublin, spent alot of time away
The even bigger bike Teasy and old Sylvie
The Fidelama one with ur man from the radio Rosenstock.Ah and the infamous hayshed incident, sure twas more talked about than Who Shot JR?
Any more moments? Great theme tune you could hum it away for hours.
Any one know the lyrics to Mileys : The by road to glenroe,
saw a bit of it on Reverb last night?
John Mullane
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25-May-2005 12:37
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You forgot randy Conor who had a go on all the women at onw time or other.
HIGHWAYMAN
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25-May-2005 12:54
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Is there anythen shturrin??
Hud
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25-May-2005 12:56
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Choose "Well, Holy God". Choose Ivomec. Choose Padjoe's Junkbox. Choose Michael Murphy's enunciation. Choose the spiritual home of Eurovision. Choose Banaghers of Cloughjordan. Choose the original Sunday Game theme tune. Choose rust and rynchosporium. Choose sucking mange mites. Choose Sally O' Brien and the way she might look at you. Choose Ger Fleming and the way he might wink at you. Choose surfboards and stout. Choose Scaoil Amach an Bobalín. Choose the old Angelus.
Melissa
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25-May-2005 12:59
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i reckon fair city is the worst program on rte....last i saw of it jimmy doyle was the cleanest mechanic since b4 they had cars.....not a patch of dirt on him.
DéiseGirl
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25-May-2005 13:06
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And her hair shone red like the valley
> of the Rho-one, Her skin was white as the light upon the snow. How can
> I forget the morning that I met her, Where the side of the hill meets
> the by-road to Glenroe"
Oh Google, don't ever stop!
zanussi
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25-May-2005 13:21
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Great stuff Vodka Man. I got a great laugh out of that. But you forgot a few other worthy notables from its lengthy run. What about Teasy's wayward husband Sylvie aka The Swnak. Or Cyril Cusack's indecisive Uncle Peter, Ahh, mmm, Ahhhh, IIIIIIII, mmmm. Or Mary's doddery septugenarian husband Michael. Knocked seven bells out of Mary one time because he caught her carrying on with Dick's dick. Parish all thought Dinny did it because he had the glad eye for her. Brilliant storyline for its day. But of course that was written when Wesley Burrows was in command of the ship.
LimerickNomad
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25-May-2005 13:22
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Originally posted by DéiseGirl:
> And her hair shone red like the valley
> of the Rho-one, Her skin was white as the light upon the snow. How can
> I forget the morning that I met her, Where the side of the hill meets
> the by-road to Glenroe"
Oh Google, don't ever stop!
And to think that this ditty stopped Something Happens'
Parachute from being numner one. The injustice of it all...
LimerickNomad
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25-May-2005 13:23
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Originally posted by zanussi:
Great stuff Vodka Man. I got a great laugh out of that. But you forgot a few other worthy notables from its lengthy run. What about Teasy's wayward husband Sylvie aka The Swnak. Or Cyril Cusack's indecisive Uncle Peter, Ahh, mmm, Ahhhh, IIIIIIII, mmmm. Or Mary's septugenarian husband Michael. Knocked seven bells out of Mary one time because he caught her carrying on with Dick. Parish all thought Dinny did it because he had the glad eye for her. Brilliant storyline for its day. But of course that was written when Wesley Burrows was in command of the ship.
Bracken was even better. Not quite old enough to properly
remember The Riordans of Leestown, Co. Kilkenny.
How about Harbour Hotel on the radio. Edge of the (toilet) seat
stuff...
Vodka Man
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25-May-2005 13:27
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Originally posted by John Mullane:
You forgot randy Conor who had a go on all the women at onw time or other.
Oh jaysus eye...was with Fidelma and was after Biddy in the meantime...Great Character
LimerickNomad
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25-May-2005 13:28
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Originally posted by Vodka Man:
Oh jaysus eye...was with Fidelma and was after Biddy in the meantime...Great Character
Didn't your man think he could make it in Hollywood like Gabriel
Byrne did a few years before? Did he?
zanussi
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25-May-2005 13:31
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Bracken was top drawer Nomad. Hope RTE release it on DVD sometime. Gabriel Byrne had star quality written all over him in this. Some sexy out birds starring. Yere one Terri from Glenroe was in it and she had to go down as one of the sexiest women on tv ever from her role here. And the English bird who was playing Byrne's love interest was a scorcher with a scorcher for a mother. Great writing in this which had Niall Tobin as a wayward rogueish businessman.
Favorite scene from this was when Pat Barrry ends up at a gate down a lane with the rich bird from the big house.
She: How do you like your women Pat?
He: I like my women grown up. Now go home to your Daddy (this said with venom and derision - Pure class)
Originally posted by LimerickNomad:
Bracken was even better. Not quite old enough to properly
remember The Riordans of Leestown, Co. Kilkenny.
How about Harbour Hotel on the radio. Edge of the (toilet) seat
stuff...
clare fan
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25-May-2005 13:36
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and Chuck
Carol - Biddy's exotic sister
Dick Moran's sons who would appear once a series, often played by different actors
Originally posted by LimerickNomad:
Didn't your man think he could make it in Hollywood like Gabriel
Byrne did a few years before? Did he?
Vodka Man
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25-May-2005 13:50
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zanussi Was it he who killed the brother Oliver?
DéiseGirl
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Originally posted by LimerickNomad:
Bracken was even better. Not quite old enough to properly
remember The Riordans of Leestown, Co. Kilkenny.
How about Harbour Hotel on the radio. Edge of the (toilet) seat
stuff...
LOL, great memories of Harbour Hotel Nomad. Although when I say great, I mean traumatic. Wasn't it on after Finucane's Freaks? And there was a really scary sounding old bibe in it as well...
An Ceann Comhairle
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25-May-2005 15:32
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Remember being brought on a UL junket to a medieval banquet in Bunratty Castle some years back, when who should be compere for the evening but Des Brennan from Glenroe. Twas pure comedy watching him trying to get a busload of students to pipe down once we started humming the theme tune everytime he tried to speak ! Obviously the yanks, etc didn't have a clue what we were on about, but he took it well.
Also I know they lived in Wicklow but bar once Miley mentioning going to a Wicklow game with Dinny when he was young, there was never even the slightest mention of matters GAA. Much more of a rugby scene, with D4 Dick and his buddy that used run the pub (Jack?), until the ceiling fell on top of him !!
zanussi
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25-May-2005 15:58
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Very good CC. Interesting you mentioned Des as he was mentioned a few years ago in an article about people leaving Dublin for the West. Poor old divil with ye humming. I suppose he was flattered that ye remembered him. Yeah Glenroe and rugby. Hilarious episode where Dinny is training the auld lads such as Dick and Jack for some niggle over 45 tie against Greystones or someone. Dinny does mention hurling in Bracken though as he tells Miley about some field that was perfect for hurling when he was a young lad.
Vodka I don't know about Oliver. Was he Pat Barry's brother? Was he meant to have been murdered?
Originally posted by An Ceann Comhairle:
Remember being brought on a UL junket to a medieval banquet in Bunratty Castle some years back, when who should be compere for the evening but Des Brennan from Glenroe. Twas pure comedy watching him trying to get a busload of students to pipe down once we started humming the theme tune everytime he tried to speak ! Obviously the yanks, etc didn't have a clue what we were on about, but he took it well.
Also I know they lived in Wicklow but bar once Miley mentioning going to a Wicklow game with Dinny when he was young, there was never even the slightest mention of matters GAA. Much more of a rugby scene, with D4 Dick and his buddy that used run the pub (Jack?), until the ceiling fell on top of him !!
DéiseGirl
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Originally posted by zanussi:
Very good CC. Interesting you mentioned Des as he was mentioned a few years ago in an article about people leaving Dublin for the West. Poor old divil with ye humming. I suppose he was flattered that ye remembered him. Yeah Glenroe and rugby. Hilarious episode where Dinny is training the auld lads such as Dick and Jack for some niggle over 45 tie against Greystones or someone. Dinny does mention hurling in Bracken though as he tells Miley about some field that was perfect for hurling when he was a young lad.
Vodka I don't know about Oliver. Was he Pat Barry's brother? Was he meant to have been murdered?
Oliver was in Glenroe, was murdered by his brother Ray and their mother helped him cover up the murder. Think it was pretty late on in the series.
zanussi
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25-May-2005 16:02
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Was it Harbour Hotel Nomad that had a Dublin character with the wry Dub accent. His catchphrase was Game Ball. Anyone who knows me will know that its a staple in my conversation. I must use it around twenty times a day in company. Got it from listening to himself on Harbour Hotel or a similar Radio 1 drama.
Originally posted by LimerickNomad:
Bracken was even better. Not quite old enough to properly
remember The Riordans of Leestown, Co. Kilkenny.
How about Harbour Hotel on the radio. Edge of the (toilet) seat
stuff...
zanussi
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25-May-2005 16:11
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Have done a lot of am-dram over the years Vodka between Thurles and Dublin so people are always asking me would I do Fair City if I got the chance. Truth is I'd cut me balls with a rusty blade before I'd do that. Utter rubbish but brilliant for the comedic value of the crap acting on it. Trouble at the moment is that a regular in my local does a lot of walk on stuff in films, dramas and is a regular walker-on in Fair City. I'm always polite and interested when he tells me that he'll be on FC on such and such a date. So I do make a point of watching it. But he's been putting fierce pressure on me in the last few weeks to contact his agent about doing these walk ons meself. Janey I'm exhausting every possible excuse to avoid contacting his agent. I havn't the heart to tell him that I think FC is an embarassment to tv everywhere. God forbid I did do the walk ons and get a part out of it. I could give up even walking out the door such would be the abuse, beating, slaggings, and general ridicule anyone would suffer for being in that muck.
Originally posted by Vodka Man:
Bring Back Glenroe
TYCO ELECTRONICS ADMIN
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25-May-2005 16:15
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Dick Moron was some boyo, he'd get up on a hairy hand the dirty fceker,
zanussi
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25-May-2005 16:19
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You said it Davey. He was as bould as brass as my geography teacher in Borrisoleigh used to say. In terms of acting ability he's tonnes better that his brother Patrick whos absolutely useless if you ask me. Still he lives up near Puckane now which excuses a lot for me. His song about the Knacker was pure stupid as they'd say in Templederry.
Originally posted by D.TRIMBLE:
Dick Moron was some boyo, he'd get up on a hairy hand the dirty fceker,
All Star Hurler
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Do you remember Miley singing "The Byroad to Glenroe," her hair was red like the berries of the rowan, her skin was white as the snow upon the ground, how can I forget the morning that I met her, as the side of the hill meets the byroad to Glenroe,
now that would have won the Eurovision
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Originally posted by All Star Hurler:
Do you remember Miley singing "The Byroad to Glenroe," her hair was red like the berries of the rowan, her skin was white as the snow upon the ground, how can I forget the morning that I met her, as the side of the hill meets the byroad to Glenroe,
now that would have won the Eurovision
it was catchy in an annoying way, in that it would stay in your head and repeat endlessly
zanussi
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25-May-2005 16:29
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That sort of sums it up. Was there ever a video for that? Not a bad voice by any meas on Mick Lalley.
Originally posted by D.TRIMBLE:
it was catchy in an annoying way, in that it would stay in your head and repeat endlessly
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