Buried Alive in a Fairy Fort, Monamolin, Co. Wexford, Ireland 1966

One man’s plans to be buried alive on a fairy fort in Wexford.
Tim Hayes wants to be buried alive for eleven days in a coffin on a fairy fort during a Fete at Monamolin, County Wexford. However, his plans face the opposition of locals who believe it is bad luck to interfere with a fairy fort. Tim Hayes is determined to prove them wrong.
This lack of local support has left Tim Hayes facing the dilemma of who would dig his grave. None of the local men were willing to interfere with the fairy fort. However, he may have found diggers among his workmates at Cobh dockyard.
Turn one sod of that fort, and you’ll never have a days luck. There’s not a man in the village would dare to touch it.
Asked why he wants to bury himself alive in a fairy fort, Tim Hayes responds;
I just want to prove to the world that there’s no such a thing as a fairy... I don’t believe in fairies.
On 8 June 1970 Tim Hayes beat his previous world record of 215 hours buried alive in a standard size coffin. He remained underground on the fairy site in Monamolin for 239 hours, 31 minutes and 55 seconds. His previous record had been set in Macroom.
Tim Hayes died in 2005.
This episode of ‘Newsbeat’ was broadcast on 30 April 1970. The reporter is Cathal O’Shannon.
‘Newsbeat’ was a half-hour feature programme presented by Frank Hall and ran for 7 years from September 1964 to June 1971. ‘Newsbeat’ went out from Monday to Friday on RTE television and reported on current affairs and issues of local interest from around Ireland. The final programme was broadcast on 11 June 1971.

[@tomjohnston1220]

He works in the docks but says there's no such thing as a ferry.

[@Oseanyboy]

Eeejit

[@cymro6537]

I see what you did there 😏

[@EzEcHiEl1121]

And yet they are pixie's favorite boats

[@Ethericrose]

🤣

[@irishcountrygirl78]

lol you've had your coffee

[@ShoJ369]

My Granny was devoutly Catholic but swore she had seen faires. Even today it is written into the deeds of property not to touch the hawthorn bushes.

[@terrancehawkins1595]

A wise women, your Grandmother

[@mayam1141]

🤣

[@irishcountrygirl78]

Same same girl, my gran believed too, we weren't allowed question it, they were bad luck....apparently 😬. Nobody of the old generation here in Donegal would go near a faerie fort or a faerie tree, she also believed in the banshee. Good craic. Old people and their ways.

[@ShoJ369]

@@irishcountrygirl78 I believe in them 100%, They are not Tinkerbell like Disney, I believe they are maleficent forces from our pagan past. I have never heard or seen a Banshee, but I have had 3 knocks at the front door twice. On each occasion a loved one died unexpectedly.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

@@ShoJ369 well ya never know, l wouldn't chance my karma, an unfortunate traveller woman tried to keep her children dry in an abandoned house across the lake from my grans before my time, the farmer owning the housebabd land wanted her and the children out in the rain on a stormy night, she pointed at the three men who dared move them out, each one she said would suffer for putting their hands on her children, the first man his hands, the second his legs and the third his eyes, this is a factual story. Each one had a terrible accident involving paralysis, hands caught in a machine and the third man had his eyes poked right out of his head, my mother owned a pub years later and they feared that traveller lady like nothing else. She admired a plant my mother had on the window and my mother handed it to her and gave her free drink as she passed through . Thankfully my grandmother was good to her, gave them clothes and food. Here's another thing, l had my hands read by an old traveller at a fair 25 years ago and absolutely everything she said came to pass, even though l was a cocky 17 year old at the time that thought there is no way anything she said would happen, but it did. "There is more to this world than we can understand". That is what my gran always said when l laughed at her ways.

[@vonhaig]

God his mother is a treasure. 'He's killed me, I've died a thousand deaths over this boy.... Oh I'm very proud of him, I think he's marvelous.'

[@ulsterrich4213]

I’ve died a 100 deaths from Tim went down . Could see she was filling up and very proud of him

[@hrhcrab]

get the woman a cup of tea for goodness sake!

[@caillouhead]

died a thousand deaths? it doesnt make sense to me, can you explain please

[@vonhaig]

@@caillouhead She's being hyperbolic, she's saying that for her every moment that her son is in danger feels as if she herself is dying. It's the sort of thing a typical Irish mammy will say to you if you're not studying for your exams, for example.

[@michaeladrian2210]

She is a treasure indeed

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

He went into the ground as Tim Hayes and rose back up as Viper Higgins

[@brianlong2004]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@samredbourn8044]

I was thinking the exact same thing 😂

[@nervesinapattern7261]

Tommy The Shlug

[@Sparkey]

*Noel Gallagher

[@johnoneal1234]

@@Sparkey How did you know? I thought it was a secret!

[@dellhell8842]

'Okey doke, we'll leave it there so.' RIP Bill O'Herlihy.

[@ralsharp6013]

He certainly went down in history

[@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392]

He looks so young here

[@GearMaven]

Remember traveling Canada to Dublin with family as a child and realizing relatives instead went to wrong airport (Shannon) to meet us. So Dad talked to a taxi man to see where car rentals were, but cab driver offered to drive us all the way to Ballinasloe. To our delight, he'd slam on the brakes every 20 minutes or so saying "Ah, whee, dere go da little people!" or the like. We children were enthralled trying to catch a glimpse of the fairies or leprechauns. (And during dinner later with family, we weren't surprised ro see the taxi man seated among the guests having a grand time!)

[@whitethorn1969]

"You said before going down you're doing this in the interest of science?" "That's right" "So did they carry out any experiments while you were down there?" "No". You can't get any more Irish than that.

[@doveoflove8582]

Thanks for making me chuckle out loud.

[@thedondaithi1304]

Yeah you made me laugh out loud here too, I was thinking the same thing when he said it, how irish is that hahaha like the famous "I'll do it now, in a minute" but reading it made me laugh out loud 😂😂

[@Rob_Walker.]

1:15 Tim I thought that was a chin strap on his helmet but it's his beard FFS

[@Adam-ps3mc]

No point lying to the man on telly

[@toomuch9762]

This was the experiment

[@davekeating.]

Thank God for wrath of the Fairies. It protected our ancient monuments, enclosures (fairy forts?) from total destruction. Today as listed, protected structures some still get damaged by greedy builders.

[@ranica47]

Why thank your god though? Different spheres of belief.

[@ranica47]

@J T I usually respond with "bandia duit"! 😀

[@Kiki-lk9xy]

@J T Exactly this. Irish/Celtic history is rich with the melding of the old and new.

[@matimus100]

Nonsense 👆 🤡

[@johndanielharold3633]

@@DonBean-ej4ou I´m Irish and over the years I´ve heard the same from many sensible ,tough Irish men and women. I defer to the quantum physicist Werner Heisenberg when he says "Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think." I remember in early 80´s London a lot of people thought us an odd people, and we were often the butt of jokes. I miss those times. The modern Irish are merely modern, I´m afraid. "There are things so serious that you can only joke about them." Heisenberg again. Thanks, Don and God Bless!

[@notsofancyfarming]

To be fair, a Leprechaun in a hard hat probably has better chances against the fairies than the rest of us.

[@dukadarodear2176]

A Leprechaun is a shoemaker to the Fairies, nothing more. Don't ye know anything? "Leprechaun" is a corruption of the gaelic "Leath-Chorpáin" (half-body) to emphasise the smallness of body size.

[@ghike30]

lol

[@johnoneal1234]

@@dukadarodear2176 haven't you seen a Hollywood Movie? Shoemaker is just their secret identity!

[@dukadarodear2176]

@@johnoneal1234 It was very remiss of me not to have acknowledged the ultimate arbitrator of ancient Gaelic culture -Scottish and Irish - That Holy Wood.

[@colleeninprayer1498]

😂

[@gobnaitaine5103]

This is brilliant, like something from Father Ted. Love it ❤

[@Paddyman8869]

Father Ted was more like reality TV than all the shows nowadays

[@seanmcmeown1992]

"Ah Ted thats mad"

[@jonnymclaughlin477]

Exactly like something you'd see on Father Ted lol

[@GirGir183]

I'm sure it was footage like this that inspired Mathews and Linehan to write Fr. Ted.

[@deb8498]

🥰🤣🤣🍀💚funniest thing I ever did see.. Its tickled my humour..

[@adamh603]

...and he was wearing sunglasses. The sun never sets on a badass.

[@deb8498]

Of course Fairy folk exist I've seen a fairy at the roots of an old oak tree I played under as a child.. Never meddle with fairy folk and the enchanted land. 🍀 I played for hours Using acorn cups To play tea parties with the fairies... Stories of fairy folk are told globally All cultures all lands.. This clip I found so funny. .🌿🕊💚

[@SatumainenOlento]

Exactly! 👍🍀

[@deb8498]

@@SatumainenOlento I love the superstition..!! It protects the untouched land with its conservation rights..🌿🌿🌿🌿👍 I do believe in Fairies Though I also have a black cat And live at a No 13 Both I think lucky for some.. 🕊🌿👍🍀

[@AnnaLVajda]

Fairies wear boots you gotta believe me.

[@deb8498]

@@AnnaLVajda Yes indeed.. They make there own You know.. From the finest leather and the Finest yarn.. If you look carefully very early in the morning. Just as dawn breaks.. With the first tweets of the birds.. You will see the tiny foot prints in the dew or frost.. Under the roots of Fine Fairy trees.. Go now and see.. You have to look very carefully and sit very still.. Once the fairy trusts you You'll see them everyday.. They only show themselves to the Gentle Kind folk of this world.. 🕊🌿💚🙂

[@koilzimbabwe]

@@deb8498 what fantasy world you living in?

[@bethmoore7722]

I’m an American of Irish ancestry. This explains a lot about some of our family members.😂

[@stoufer2000]

hahahaha

[@LegendaryBrandon1]

The closeup of the pipe reminded me of a Monty Python skit lmao

[@mikewynne7131]

The whole thing reminds me of Monty Python. I was waiting for a giant hedgehog to appear from behind a building and say “Dinsdale”.

[@caterpillakilla]

that was clearly michael palin haha

[@LarryLongtimegone]

Lovely stuff! How cool was it that when they removed the coffin lid after a 101 hours underground the guy was wearing shades? (Yeah! Yeah! I know! he expected bright lights and all that, but let's be fair, not even Dracula was that laid back.) Cheers for digging this one up, CR!

[@jaybee2402]

Even if I had just been using a torch, I'd have still worn shades, I'd have probably also said, "Already? I was just getting comfy!" 😂😂

[@cosput]

This is the greatest video I've seen on youtube. Proof the viper higgens is a time traveler.

[@markcurranjr7366]

Later on, he realized that it was a grave mistake. 😱😱☘️

[@Sr19769p]

After 101hrs underground he was desperate for a cig - after the 1st drag he was 'coffin' his guts up 😱 (think both you and me should leave the stage NOW, Mark!) 🤣

[@markcurranjr7366]

🤪

[@lauradesmarais2044]

Hearing his wonderful, loving Irish mother warmed my heart. ❤️☘️❤️

[@jine7123]

This is one of the funniest things I've seen lately. Can't get much better.

[@eamonnnolan6830]

...when they opened the lid, out came Shane McGowan 😲.

[@davidjap5640]

😂😂😂😂 hadn't a clue what U meant till the lid was open SHANE MC GOWAN BACK FROM THE DEAD 😂😂😂😂😂😂 BRILLIANT 👍🏻 💯 🇨🇮

[@cuhulainsblood]

Thanks for the laugh thats who he looked like.

[@paulross225]

😅🎯👍🥃

[@MrPaulorange]

Funny😄

[@joshroolf1966]

It was my 1st thought too, probably the sunglasses and expression..:::🙃

[@JohnDoe-ih3jp]

This is mad, I only live about four miles away from here.

[@michaeladrian2210]

Well just be careful John Doe where you take a nap!

[@katelawlor9610]

I grew up very close to there too. Never met any fairies then. I heard there's a bunch of them there now though.

[@TheCampsies]

She's the Misty Mountain Lady and she lives upon the hill, where the early morning sunrise treads the weary water mill, She rules the little people and I know she always will, She's the Misty Mountain Lady on the hill. Of all the little people on the mountain she's the Queen, and they gather in the moonlight where the Fairy grass grows green, She leads the Fairy dances and she weaves her magic spell, She's the Misty Mountain Lady on the hill.

[@magesalmanac6424]

That was fantastic, thank you for sharing such a lovely poem 🥰

[@TheCampsies]

@@magesalmanac6424 Mage - google - frits sneltjes / misty mountain lady and hear the lovely song (written by Gaberlunzie folk duo,

[@jackson77722]

This is what makes Ireland such a wierd and wonderful, unique,spooky,and lovely place,,,,,,,X,,,P.s. Something Supernatural about the ladscape,,,

[@gearoiddom]

Note Tolkien never actually WROTE anything like the following, but it is reported conversation: In a 1979 transcription of a discussion on J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, George Sayer tells a remarkable story about Tolkien describing Ireland as 'naturally evil.' He could 'feel,' Sayer relates, 'evil coming up from the earth, from the peat bogs, from the clumps of trees, even from the cliffs, and this evil was only held in check by the great devotion of the southern Irish to their religion.'

[@michaeladrian2210]

We are what we are I will thankyou

[@michaeladrian2210]

We are ourselves The weird one say Top of the Morning

[@jackson77722]

@@michaeladrian2210 And the rest o' the day to yourself,,,,,,,

[@jakmak1199]

On 8 June 1970 Tim Hayes beat his previous world record of 215 hours buried alive in a standard size coffin. He remained underground on the fairy site in Monamolin for 239 hours, 31 minutes and 55 seconds. His previous record had been set in Macroom. Tim Hayes died in 2005. This episode of ‘Newsbeat’ was broadcast on 30 April 1970. He had a good "Commatee" behind him.

[@craighughes7103]

And by now he’s beaten his own record

[@lindamaemullins5151]

🙏😔

[@Dreyno]

@@craighughes7103 😂

[@cosmicman621]

...luv the pick of Rory...I was in Ireland visiting my Da’s relatives in 1974...when the..Irish Tour..was filmed..I was 9 yrs old.I was born in Australia...but my Da was from..Castletown Geoghan..Mullingar.Still ..Walking on Hot Coals.Bright Moments to you and dear Rory🐝☘️🌈

[@portcullis5622]

Was he cremated?

[@silverbullet8338]

I feckin love this story.

[@eddyfitzgerald2518]

I ate a bust of mushrooms back in the day and fell asleep on a fairy fort, fairies all over the place

[@cearnach5046]

I would not go anywhere fucking near a fairy fort on the mushie’s

[@MrCornbread79]

How big were the fairies?

[@eddyfitzgerald2518]

@@MrCornbread79 they were only small,they were sitting on snails racing around,some mad hoors

[@BigBalls-jd5jf]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@mactoirdhealbhaigh4873]

Ah yeah, the oul liberty caps, best way to drop the veil. Its grand till the little feckers start mounting cattle and chase you around the village.

[@janeday9148]

Wonderful video, love the Irish people because it's history has been so hard and it's their sense of community that's got them through

[@pauliewalsh6875]

I still visit Tims grave to this day...

[@BrendanJohnDoherty]

Tim was to live the life of a rock God after that. Having the pick of any young fair maiden in town.

[@ssss-df5qz]

So there's me thinking this dude wanted to build something in some fairy fields and thy locals objected. I wasn't aware he was burying himself

[@bluegtturbo]

Isn't it strange how over 50 years ago you couldn't move in Ireland without seeing a ghost, a fairy, a banshee or a leprachaun, or maybe even the blessed virgin or a moving statue. Meanwhile nobody had heard of any child being abused by the local priest.....

[@MikeyJMJ]

People telling you stories passed down from their grandparents isn't the same as everyone seeing them for themselves

[@louisecoffey9843]

There wasn’t many TVs or radios back then, or street lighting. So between the story telling to amuse themselves and the darkness they just all spooked themselves and so thought they saw all these things. Life was more simple back then, people believed in these things. Not like nowadays 😓

[@mattuboyle5891]

You are right...such was the power of that corrupt organisation that people knew but didn't talk

[@redcoat3561]

Meanwhile nobody had heard of their uncle, cousin, father, brother, 'family friend', swimming instructor, football coach... funny how you stop at priest.

[@brianmccarthy5557]

That's because Vatican II hadn't happened yet. The world hadn't been turned over to Father Ted's from fearsome and righteous characters like Bishop Sheen. And it was 60 years ago that things changed. In any case, if you haven't the wit to see what is hidden from your eyes in plain light of day, it's unlikely you'll see the snake crawling into the clerical collar. You get the world you asked for.

[@whutteretbrock2181]

How could he be lonely down there with the fairies visiting so often

[@annehebert510]

This is like a Spike Milligan sketch about the Irish Space Program...

[@Dreyno]

Sketch? That was a documentary 😬

[@davekeating.]

@@Dreyno It's pure Milligan...

[@nocount1]

Lol😆

[@maxpower1337]

Don't let let this happen to you. fairy worlds ,are not to be disturbed ,the more you know.

[@LancerFFS]

lmao

[@cattlewranglerwalsh116]

@@LancerFFS laugh away a farmer that leveled a fairy fort recently ended up getting a fine of €25k, guess who had the last laugh?

[@SlashIreland]

Mother Nature is like KARMA! WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT HER SHE STRIKES FOR MAX PAYDIRT! BE WARNED!😜🤠

[@brianmccarthy5557]

@@cattlewranglerwalsh116 The farmer was lucky. In the old days we would have burned his farm, seized his cattle and left his head on a stick where he desecrated the land.

[@SirHorned19]

@@brianmccarthy5557 Yeah, those fairies sure sound scary... Id much rather be beheaded than let the fairies get me...

[@RichardT2112]

2:28 , I finally realized that wasn’t a chin strap on his helmet!

[@ccmakaw]

Same!

[@mjb469]

😂

[@montinaladine3264]

Doesn't believe in The Fae, but likes to look like a Gnome.

[@seamusburke9101]

I remember in the 70s there was a bungalow in Carrigaline Co Cork that no one could live in cause it was built in a fairy fort. Various bought it but had to sell up. Dont know what ever became of it.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

There are a lot of "bad luck" stories around Donegal too, very strange. Coincidence or not, if people didn't listen to the old folk, they suffered for it 🤷‍♀️.

[@AnnaLVajda]

It's like a haunted house doesn't matter if you believe in ghosts or not either if an area is haunted and the "beings" don't like you then you won't be made comfortable living there if they do like you though it's a different story they are just magical so that can go either way. Some don't believe in guardian angels either others swear by them. They are not going to appear to everyone either not everyone gets to see them.

[@WolfsH0ok]

House near us had poltergeist, and no one could live in it. Was empty for years. Even during the property boom its still empty to this day surrounded by new houses.

[@michaeladrian2210]

I was adopted to the States at 3 from Cork....but even at that age I believed because of all the stories fed me. It was a natural belief

[@dvrn86]

Did ye ever get in contact with yer family in Ireland? Totally understand if ye don't wish to share.

[@moe42o]

What a gem! Basically he took naps read and did some day dreaming. Sounds like a vacation.

[@JimONeill]

An Irish version of a sensory deprivation tank.

[@redshift1976]

Walter Bishop would be proud.

[@Jim-Mc]

People hallucinate in those. I'm surprised he didn't see faeries.

[@MB-oc1nw]

Okay, this is about as Irish as it gets.

[@nicoladouglas3270]

I've been to a few fairy forts in my time !!!!! Best night out I ever had !!!!

[@plaguedbysociety]

His mom was so sweet with her fur coat and pearls

[@MrDiveDave]

Im first Canadian from an Irish family... I love this country. The people and the history are not only amazing but very entertaining. I still have family there that believe in the fairies and put a shot of whiskey out every night for them. I love it. I wonder who is drinking the whiskey though? lol

[@herculesv1.247]

Me ☺

[@dechannigan2980]

Dude has a leprechaun chin strap beard,, and sounds otherworldly.. 👻

[@JG-ob6cv]

Outside of Dublin that's the way everyone is 😂😂😂😂

[@EzEcHiEl1121]

yeah he doesnt believe in fairy because he's clearly one

[@reloda]

Dope comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@flyingisaac2186]

Plot twist: he was one of the fairies.

[@seancullen99]

'Underground endurance test?' This is when we only had two channels on the telly. Lucky he bothered to come up at all.

[@davelydon1982]

Thanks for sharing this video guys. 👍👍 up from Co Galway 🇱🇻.

[@stephenrafter1980]

I played with fairies in a forest in Ireland growing up. I taught it was normal. They told me not to say anything and they lived in the ground and in trees. They are tiny and lots of fun to play with. They never came back one day as I grew up. I kept calling them and nothing. I never saw them again.

[@SirHorned19]

Do people seriously believe this?

[@ellisdaniel5207]

thats a beautiful story they do exist just cause people don't believe what they cant see there around us everywhere

[@dionobannion9197]

@@SirHorned19 Who knows what exists, I lived near a fairy tree and didn’t give it a second thought until one night I heard music from around it. Might be some plausible explanation I guess though.

[@stephenrafter1980]

@@SirHorned19 its all true. What is the point in being dishonest.

[@stephenrafter1980]

@@dionobannion9197 oh they love music.

[@daritykharkongor6544]

You don't mess with tales told by your grannies!!

[@holliisixx]

As an American I'm really confused by this. From the title I thought he was rescuing someone who was already trapped in the fairy fort somehow, buried alive and probably dead This man has balls of steel, i can't stand tight enclosed spaces

[@TodayFreedom]

It’s not really about belief or unbelief with the whole faery lore; a large part of the issue is the respect for tradition- which is a massive factor in Irish society. You don’t have to believe in ancient folklore to have the maturity to simply *respect* it.

[@gepmrk]

This is pure gold.

[@chocolatecake6588]

There was a fairy fort near my town many years ago. The land was bought and they were building a new factory on it. The foreman hired to build it couldn't get any of the men in town to work on it, so they brought in people from out of town to build it. 10 years after the factory was built, the foreman's son died in a car crash on the same road where that fairy fort used to be. Its an interesting story.

[@eddyfitzgerald2518]

@@tomakafrankconlon3207 I'll send the fairies after you when you are heading home from the pub when it opens

[@chocolatecake6588]

@@tomakafrankconlon3207 it happened in Clonmel. Walk into one of the old pubs when Covid is over and ask about it.

[@connienail4013]

There are loads of very similar stories. They should not have messed with the fairy fort.

[@danielprefontaine4030]

What they believe, they believe,. I don't like the mocking tone of this. I mean, after all, I think its a bit rich that people that believe someone walked on water and turned water into wine feel they have a pedastil to stand on is ridiculous

[@epicchannel4724]

So this is what we did before we had TVs in Ireland? Brilliant 😂

[@tonyhancock3912]

I have absolutely no idea what I've just watched but I enjoyed it

[@hellohello8556]

Great upload thankyou. 👍

[@MountainRaven1960]

He changed his name to Jack. Now known as Jack-in-the-box!

[@Genetulsa1]

Love the Fairy videos !

[@coverfiregameplay210]

I grew up in Monamolin, just outside of Gorey town in Wexford!

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

What a better way to open a Fête than to bury a man alive

[@aprilcl4929]

Also a Fete on Christmas Day, that spoilt boxing day for everyone

[@written12]

Brilliant comment. Nice and wry

[@lifesimmercanada5401]

Man being from Newfoundland, hearing these accents is like going home! Please any Irish visiting Canada, PLEASE go to Newfoundland. You'll feel right at home. ❤️❤️

[@dream_emulator]

This is so great ⚡️

[@davedriscoll1652]

Nice vid as usual, love it. Thanks

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

@0:26 Peter Brian knows only too well the perils of being meddled with in *That Enchanted Place* by The Fairies

[@Scrapper.]

Good man yerself, Tim! Magnificent. Wonder if Tim's still around, continuing to defy the faeries?!

[@spmoran4703]

. In Limerick county there is a place called Raheen Cross . I lived there. I know someone who claims to have seen fairies and tree spirits , but not in Ireland in The Boheimian forests in Czech Republic.

[@walkingwithtamson]

A most pleasant experience,, a jolly good time was had by all.

[@helenkelly7590]

There's plenty of them in our government here !!! God help us . Blessings from IRELAND ..

[@msgfrmdaactionman3000]

Looks like fun times! Thanks for the history. Wow, I thought he had a room down there the way he was talking! No way I'm doing that!

[@nivekkobe696]

fuk sake fair play to him six feet under in a coffin and AFTER 100+HOURS came out as positive as he went in. AWESOME

[@jakeb4770]

“”I’LL DO ANOTHER 100 HOURS IF THEY’LL HAVE ME””🤣🤣🤣🤣 UP THE IRISH☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪

[@gravvin845]

100% this guy was getting his rocks off

[@ahuramazda32]

Aye! The smell of mythical seamen when that lid opened!

[@montinaladine3264]

Sure, for a week while lying in his own urine and whatever else. Only a true wanker would say something like that.

[@sineadconran4964]

Great stuff, I love this channel, please if you have any more fairy lore please post it🙏❤️❤️❤️🇮🇪

[@matimus100]

Rubbish 👆🤡

[@df289]

I remember being warned in total seriousness not to enter fairy forts about 50 years ago.That was weird stuff,being buried alive.Dose anyone remember the handball courts which were all over Ireland and then there were abandoned handball courts all over ireland used by tramps for toilets and boozing.,O Ireland.Mad.

[@GerryScullion]

No idea what you're implying here.

[@wfl6887]

@@GerryScullion fairies are notorious handball players 🤣🤣🤣

[@Dreyno]

If the tramps were using them for toilets and boozing, they weren’t abandoned 😬

[@donnasmyth45]

I knew the comments wouldn't disappoint 🤣

[@wutsavl1]

reminded me of a Monty Python sketch.

[@christopherpatefield6150]

One Sunday when I was on holiday in Ireland I went to the bus station to take a bus to another town. The lady in the booking office told me all about the bus - where to get it from, the stops along the way, where it finishes, when it comes and how much the ticket costs. on and on. Eventually she stopped and I thanked her and said I would buy a ticket. Oh no she said. It doesn't run on Sundays.

[@russianbot1420]

Again,nice one.

[@MrBongoagogo]

Well done paddy takes guts to do that.

[@Discover-Ireland]

Brave men back then sure ‘twas like going for a few pints to him,,,not a bother in the world ☘️

[@mick2d2]

There seem to be a lot of fairies around these days! ;)

[@owenmcgee8496]

The straight-faced manner at 1:12 made me think of Terry Jones in Monty Python, although I wonder if the likes of W.B. Yeats and J.M. Synge were a bit like this interviewer, some 70 years previously. Sure, aren't we all mad.

[@m3s165]

Pure gold

[@Alanoffer]

Never turn your back on a fairy ,

[@pattuohey81]

I really love it

[@steveelliott77]

Of course the gnomes of the dockyard would say fairies don’t exist. Jealous little bastards.

[@YurManDavid]

I seriously want to know what happened to him afterwards. Did he die of a disease later in life etc.

[@blukusimmion]

He died of cancer aged 69 in 2005. Search coffin man Tim hayes

[@ralsharp6013]

He certainly went down in history..

[@josephcampbell2478]

Mad stuff altogether

[@palopinto4065]

Those four leaf clovers are a powerful hallucinogenic.

[@marshallbrannon8855]

I honestly believe in fairies.

[@markkavanagh7377]

Down with this sort of thing.

[@noonnicjim]

Careful now

[@jaknife99]

Tim 's luck changed as he came back as Michael Scott and has sold paper in America since.

[@crush42mash6]

Love these people

[@ageoflistening]

Gosh! I don't know what to say 😂 but I loved it. I miss the old days.

[@sylviabriggs4087]

Love the irish

[@davidh7126]

Dáithí Ó Blaine (thanks Dr 😉)

[@dr.feelgood.1330]

Dáithí Ó.

[@archiecook7170]

Mad stuff

[@andrewbrennan4423]

The lad had a freakish, morbid fascination with burials while sounding like a simple man. The rural Wexford people were so innocent in their awareness. Glad times have changed. Tis cringe.

[@muranichanain6027]

Tim, why do you want to go down in a fairy fort? 😂😂😂😂

[@jchisholm1968]

It's a good name for a Gay Nightclub.

[@Jeremyramone]

Slow news day..

[@orls9068]

@@jchisholm1968 really is