Dublin Street Characters

[jeangenie]

I got a book for a christmas pressie Do ye remember yer man it has loads of Dublin characters I never heard of and some I have but I'm not sure if a few are made up. One of them was called Lino because he used to lie down on the street. He got three lines in the book.

[bojangles]

Anyone ever heard of Yup ?

[jeangenie]

Bo at the back of this book he gives another list of names that might be remembered and the yupper is on it is this him I wonder. The list is probably for book number 2.

[bojangles]

Bo at the back of this book he gives another list of names that might be remembered and the yupper is on it is this him I wonder. The list is probably for book number 2.

Could be Kev , this man used to walk around Dublin in the 70s shouting "Yup " probably had a form of Tourettes .

[jeangenie]

Liverpool Annie was a prostitute working around the docks in the 1960s. She used to bathe topless in the Liffey to wash herself.Anyone remember her?

[jembo]

Anybody remember the fellow who used to march around the liberties in in the 50's wearing full British army battle dress including backpack? I think he had tattoos on his temples.

[tommie]

Liverpool Annie was a prostitute working around the docks in the 1960s. She used to bathe topless in the Liffey to wash herself.Anyone remember her?

And in the horse troughs

[rasher]

Liverpool Annie was a prostitute working around the docks in the 1960s. She used to bathe topless in the Liffey to wash herself.Anyone remember her?

Remember her well I worked down the docks them years,it was said that she got that name because one day a Liverpool boat came in and the only woman working the dock was her and she was supposed to take on the whole crew

[Twobob]

A chap named BILLY , he used to ride the bus's , just the Finglas ones , he'd stand on the platform and no matter how many people were boarding he'd always say ....BOTH SIDES OF THE BAR .

[bojangles]

A chap named BILLY , he used to ride the bus's , just the Finglas ones , he'd stand on the platform and no matter how many people were boarding he'd always say ....BOTH SIDES OF THE BAR .

I remember him , he used to pretend to be an usher at the Casino Cinema as well .

[jeangenie]

Remember her well I worked down the docks them years,it was said that she got that name because one day a Liverpool boat came in and the only woman working the dock was her and she was supposed to take on the whole crew

That's the one Rasher she was of Romanian background seemingly though

[jeangenie]

And in the horse troughs

Watling Street horse trough if she was on the other side

[Twobob]

I remember him , he used to pretend to be an usher at the Casino Cinema as well .

Ha ha , with Nelson probably .

[tommie]

Watling Street horse trough if she was on the other side

Ye JG, used to see her most days on my way to and from Lincoln & Nolans

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

PJ Marlow....aka....Johnny 40 Coats.