Matt Talbot - The Christian Working Man of Dublin City, Ireland 1964

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5 ай бұрын

‘We Knew Matt Talbot’ is the story of the life of Matt Talbot (1856 - 1925) through the eyes of people who knew him.
Matt Talbot, the saintly Dublin working-man, who died in 1925, is a vague and shadowy figure for most of us. But the men and women who lived and worked and prayed beside him in the Dublin of those days remember him as a striking and lovable personality.
Anecdotes illustrate his piety and charity, and the places that were important in his life namely his home, his work and the church.
He lived on Rutland Street, worked in the docklands and went to the Jesuit Church in Gardiner Street.
Included is an interview with Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh, who was President of Ireland from 1945 to 1959. Workmates, neighbours, friends and acquaintances also provide their memories of Matt.
‘We Knew Matt Talbot’ was produced by Radharc for RTÉ and was broadcast on 25 March 1964. The programme was narrated by Rev. Peter Lemass and produced by Rev. Joseph Dunn.

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@josephinewalker6181 5 ай бұрын

What saintly man!! Matt Talbot pray for us.

@ronniepace8778 5 ай бұрын

I sense this mans faith was increasing everyday, nothing to do with mental illness, he was provided with the strength to pray and keep praying, and one thing is for sure, not a single prayer would have been in vain, this story really encouraged me, there are none like this man around anymore.

@patrickodonnell4109 5 ай бұрын

Blessed Matt Talbot, pray for us.

@user-op6eu3tt9j 5 ай бұрын

A very blessed man ! ❤ Matt remember me and all our families ❤.

@robertdoyle687 5 ай бұрын

He inspired the founding of the Talbot Association which has helped many people over the years.

@Lee-nh5bb 5 ай бұрын

I was wondering about that. In Sydney there is the Matthew Talbot hostel for men.

@TheLastAngryMan01 3 ай бұрын

Likewise there is one in Seattle, passed it by when on holidays there last year.

@christendom2774 5 ай бұрын

Matt Talbot pray for Ireland.

@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk 5 ай бұрын

Idiot, read a Bible and you'll learn the know nothing.

@lukemccann Ай бұрын

Beautiful, powerful. Thank you for putting this video together. Venerable Matt Talbot, pray for Ireland, pray for us.

@nichola8127 5 ай бұрын

Just beautiful. Thank you.

@kazamareenkurios8197 4 ай бұрын

A fascinating, humble & spiritual man who left a tremendous legacy. He had so little but gave to anyone he could help. Gone almost 100 yrs, yet I know there were many detoxes, rehabs & retreat centers named after him here in the USA (particularly NYC). I read when he passed he had cords & chains around his legs (a form of penance?). Don't know if he took the 'Pioneers Pledge' but I remember my mom telling me she took it as a kid in Ireland & God bless her, kept it till her death last year. I hope to bring some of her ashes back this summer & stop by his grave in Dublin. Thanks for the upload!

@RandomThoughts77777 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video on a wonderful Irish saint of the 20th century. We don't have too many of them of late it is sad to say...

@jasonayres Ай бұрын

I have worked in the welfare sector in different capacities since the 1980's in Sydney (Australia). There is a very well-known hostel for homeless and disadvantaged people in the inner city, named Matthew Talbot Hostel. I had no idea from where the name originated, until now. Very interesting. Thanks.

@victorglemberg3359 5 ай бұрын

Mat Talbot, pray for me.

@MaryKane-qv5vz 5 ай бұрын

Matt Talbot has now received the reward of his life for all eternity from the Eternal Father.

@77agape Ай бұрын

incredible fellow, really.

@MaryKane-qv5vz 5 ай бұрын

Matt Talbot pray for me and mine

@noahboucher125 19 күн бұрын

God bless him and keep him

@nledaig 5 ай бұрын

A good fellow

@tomennis7414 3 ай бұрын

As Eamonn Mac Thomais Quoted..What would them Foreign Saints Antony Peter and paul know about been idle in Dublin,Matt knew what it was like to be idle,to be late,locked out,Lose a Half days pay,be out Sick ,and get nothing for it……Look after me Mother Matt 🙏

@brigidneary146 Ай бұрын

🙏

@richardshiggins704 5 ай бұрын

I am sure he found personal reward through his devotions and piety though I would neither aspire to his way of life or be inspired by him . Even for the times and the inner city poverty of Dublin he was an extreme case of self denial . There is anecdotal evidence that when laid out the funeral directors found him enveloped in chains beneath his clothes to heighten his temporal suffering no doubt .

@patrickball2493 4 ай бұрын

He lived through the 1916 rebellion and 1920s independence + civil war . No mention in any docu , about it , did it effect him in anyway or was he oblivious to it all .

@Marlondurran 5 ай бұрын

Good owl matt

@karloflaherty 5 ай бұрын

poor man

@ravenhill_firelord_1968 5 ай бұрын

old times was the best.

@fiddlejohn9305 5 ай бұрын

@@johnbalance3989I’m a Neanderthal man myself

@richardshiggins704 5 ай бұрын

Not if you were living in inner city abject poverty .

@baxpiz1289 5 ай бұрын

erin go bragh

@richardfagan2546 5 ай бұрын

R.I.P Father JAMES SMITH

@bizzjoe 5 ай бұрын

Dry bread?

@AndreyRubtsovRU 5 ай бұрын

Good sleep is important. I feel sorry for the guy

@gemmag.2988 5 ай бұрын

No need. He had great faith, lived it and is now with God or almost there....

@AndreyRubtsovRU 5 ай бұрын

@@gemmag.2988 lol

@tonybourke4946 5 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ is Lord For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life

@user-xs6hf1xo9i 5 ай бұрын

Did this gentleman have something to do with chains. ❤😂

@richardshiggins704 5 ай бұрын

There is anecdotal evidence to this effect . Found enveloped in them at the funeral parlour .

@melissa0386 3 ай бұрын

Ollie o brien from tip 😅a old school teacher Irish teacher this is the way he would go on before we had a game if are teachers we’re out sick I used to go down to his class and he be dillited to have me der I would sit der all day and do nothing he be talking about the game coming up later that week great times

@richardshiggins704 5 ай бұрын

Very strange even for the times .

@magarlai-dado 5 ай бұрын

Wasn't there as something about him being allergic to cats, and that he kept a kitten in his pocket and sniffed it as penance?

@alancawfield6549 5 ай бұрын

There was, after he did that his head used to inflate up like a balloon.

@Lee-nh5bb 5 ай бұрын

That kind of practice is not required for loving, obeying, and worshipping God, but Matthew seems like a very spiritual man. I would've loved to talk to him about God and Jesus and the Bible

@brianpeters5555 5 ай бұрын

@@Lee-nh5bb You can talk to him

@TheBenzer9 5 ай бұрын

The Blessed matty hislop 😅

@stephenwhelan9545 5 ай бұрын

Father ted episode

@foxsufer 2 күн бұрын

This man was mentally ill and suffered a great deal. He had an anxiety condition. OCD increasingly his compulsions dominated his life.and became increasingly invasive any person that lives like this for a day would realise that this was not some divine vocation but an anxiety disorder which left untreated completely dominated straight jacketed his life, this man was suffering this is not a polemic against religion. This man had an anxiety disorder which was dominating his life make no mistake about it