"Coughed Up The Red Shirt & Flagged Down The Train"

The Seanachaí (Eamon Kelly) tells another tall tale. The Seanachaí was prominent in Ireland before the advent of T.V./Radio and rambled from house to house telling stories.

[@castlebar67]

god that brings back memories on radio Eirean long ago on a monday night RIP eamon and uncle Michael and granny . bless the days that were .

[@ScaryDollies]

We think that is the reason why the Irish language is plummeting out of existence, agus is trua e sin, constantly correcting people who make a stab at it, won't make it arise from the ashes, it just fans the flames! The Dollies XXX

[@breffnipark]

This brings back fond memories .. we used to listen to Eamonn Kelly on the wireless in the 60's .. THE SHANAKEE ... I knew his niece Bernie Kelly in London in the 70s .. .Boy she was a beauty !!!! Eamonn Kelly's stories were wonderfull! Thank you for posting this.

[@WhiteTiger333]

Bill Grogan's goat! :) Loved the telling. Now this one, I'm having quite a time understanding some of the words. No worries - I'll keep listening to it and work out more of the words. The accent is (delightfully) pronounced to my foreign ears.

[@eileennestor9274]

AH!! those were the times listening to him on the radio...memories

[@PotterPossum1989]

This joke is noted in PAPA'S BILLYGOAT, when the goat eats and hiccups a red flannel shirt.

[@10pennysweets]

Brilliant! What a story teller!

[@kerrysupporter]

Good one

[@castlebar67]

ahh well wasnt he great i have made a previous comment , funey my ex mother in law mary mckessy nee mary scanlan and tim never heard of him wasnt he once a teacher who my late uncle michael said he dressed up as old man hope his grand daughter tells me so if he was . may god rest them all.

[@clarebannerman]

This is definitely a County Kerry accent---i.e. "a dinger on the box" = good on the concertina.

[@arlybar4417]

same bro

[@castlebar67]

PS he was a secondary school teacher you know .

[@castlebar67]

sorry forgot to say my ex mother n law and tim were from listowel bless them all pb manchester x

[@martinbarry657]

woolwo

[@Gaeilgeoir]

ÉIRE, please, not 'EIRE". eire without the fada means "burden"!

[@Gaeilgeoir]

Would you like your country to be called a burden? I think not. Don't half-ass anything. In plenty of languages, a misspoken word can mean the difference between a compliment and an huge insult; ignorance cannot be used as a defense. Anyone with a year's worth of learning Irish know that many words' meanings change drastically with or without a fada, so stop the bullshit excuses and whining. Do your best, but accept corrections!

[@martinbarry657]

in job n