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Discussion in 'Entertainment' started by paulwex, Feb 20, 2012.

  1. paulwex

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    Anyone see this on RTE1 Last night? What did yas think of it?:)
     
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    I thought it was a terrific documentary.A fascinating insight into that way of life.
     
  3. redtillidie

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    Yeah watched it very good. Have to say I was breaking me b*llox at the subtitles
     
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    Have it sky+, so will watch it during the week...
    Is it worth looking at??
     
  5. MrsPepe

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    Watched most of it, it was alright

    Thought the doc on C4 a couple of weeks ago was better
     
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    Crazy money trading hands on those fights
     
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    Forgot about this,defo been watched tonight on the player after frontline and #vinb
     
  8. Raven136

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    James Quinn McDonagh came out of this really well imo.

    I see a lot of these type of lads around where i am and its a tough tough way of settling disputes tbh.

    2 hours of street fighting...fcuking hell thats insane.

    Whats worse is that a lot of these lads would make fantastic boxers in the ring.
     
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    It was ok, about 30 mins too long.

    Surprisingly, the refereeing was pretty balanced under the circumstances.

    Don't know why the can't organise it more officially into a championship for travellers where each family put forward their best man - and maybe wear gloves!
     
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    Second time watching it(its in the Documentary thread also) its well worth a look axel96.Listening to some of those involved..you would think that feud will go on forever.
     
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    It will go on forever Juan

    Grew up around loads of them, all it takes is one comment (normally fueled by drink) to start it all up again.
     
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    You mean Gypsy Blood? I saw that one. I thought it was ironic about one of the guys going on about what it menat to be a man and nobody would disrespt him and all that rubbish..it then turned out the guy could not read! I think its appauling that they bring their kids instilling them with that level of violence.
     
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    Can't think of the name of it, but that's probably the one ya.

    The part where the 2 kids were fighting for over an hour, one fell and banged his head, the mother tried to stop it then but the father told them to keep going, crazy!

    The father the same man who got a machete down on his head , and that's the life he want's for his son:rolleyes:
     
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    Absolutely agree, they want to condemn their kids to the same life that they had. You have to ask where were the social services in the UK?
     
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    Then again that's there "religion" and their culture, and who are you to judge that.

    Same with the Weddings they have and the "grabbing"

    As long as they don't cause trouble with other cultures and respect them, then we should do the same.

    Providing they pay their taxes of course ;)
     
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    Yeah definitely well worth a watch, i was glued to it so was my aul lad

    That was something else, over two hours and he was still moving well. I thought James Quinn McDonagh came across well in it too

    That other aul lad Joyce thats always in the papers is a proper headbanger, his son is the lad that beat Kenny Egan a couple of weeks ago i think?
     
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    I know we are discussing the documentary and dont want to go off topics but every single part of Irish society has had to change and adapt over the last 60 years. Why should one sector of society be left to do as they like.

    I don't think forcing two 9 years old kids to bash the heads off each other is anything culturally significanty and worth saving. Look at the health stats below for travellers from Pavee Point below....doesn't make good reading..


    http://www.paveepoint.ie/pdf/PrimaryHealthCare05.pdf

    In 1983, the Travelling People Review Body proposed the regular and systematic collection of
    data on the health status of Irish Travellers. The publication of the ‘Travellers’ Health Status Study
    – Census of Travelling People 1986’, (HRB 1988:1) and ‘The Travellers’ Health Status Study –
    Vital Statistics of the Travelling People’ 1987, (HRB, 1989:2) gave rise to considerable concern
    about the health status of the Traveller community. These reports found that:
     The fertility rate of Travellers in 1987 was 34.9 per 1,000 – more than double the national
    average and the highest in the European Union
     Travellers had more than double the national rate of still births
     Infant mortality rates were 3 times higher than the national rate
     Traveller men lived on average 10 years less than settled men
     Travellers were only then reaching the life expectancy than settled people reached in
    the 1940s
     Travellers of all ages had very high mortality rates compared to the Irish Population
     Traveller women lived on average 12 years less than their settled peers
     Travellers had higher rates of morbidity for all causes of death
     
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    No it was Joe Ward who hammered the shite out of Egan.

    Big Joe Joyce is a nutter....i only do a bit of cocaine after a few drinks he says in one of his videos.Hands dipped in petrol for 20mins every day!!!!

    Michael Quinn McDonagh...there is some size difference in him at the start of the video compared to the last...some juicing i would say.

    A street fight that lasts 2 hours is unnatural.

    Their gym puts xtreme couture to shame :D:D
     
  19. paulwex

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    Isnt the auld lad big joe joyce Wards granda? Im sure he is:confused:
     
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    My Bad....thats where Ward gets those hammer punches that beat Egan so :D
     

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