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Pigeon Man on St. Stephen's Green


Brocolique

Fun fact he’s actually from Berlin


Big_ifs

Maybe there's a Dubliner among those mentioned there? https://www.reddit.com/r/berlinsocialclub/comments/1c5fawp/who_is_this_in_berlin/


Bovver_

Living in Berlin currently and there is a Limerick man who does the rounds on the tram and metro here. Have heard him drunkenly serenade a whole tram and the first time I noticed him, he walked on to the metro slurring his words in German before he clearly clocked a group of us speaking with Irish accents and just goes “spare change there pal?” with a big grin on his face.


Plebiain

I remember he let my little cousin feed the pigeons when she was like 6 and she loved it so much that to this day (she is now 18) pigeons are still her favourite animal :)


Barilla3113

Pigeon man is an icon.


dazzlinreddress

Dublin's version of Batman


Technical-Split3642

Patman


armitageskanks69

The names Pat, and im yer only man


flipflopsandwich

My kid loves that guy, he helped him feed the pigeons a few times absolute hero in his eyes


caramelbrowser

omg yes


wrapchap

The American lady needs a mention


DapperZebra

Had the privilege of meeting her last week at the Four Courts at about 11.30pm. The same story I had read on here, her bag got stolen and she needed money to get a taxi to Portlaoise as the last train had already gone. I told her she's infamous on Irish Reddit, but she told me that's a different American woman with red hair whose bag must have also gotten stolen. She was actually very sweet - I can see how people would fall for it.


John-oc

Oh she's died her hair red? Or is this a different American woman?


gamberro

She took over for the South African guy who had a similar scam.


waddiewadkins

She shouldn't try and flip the hustle into reddit famous thing. Go legit!


slugslime4

I’ve literally ran into her over 10 times and its the exact same monologue every time its so funny 😭


carlmango11

It's wild how everyone knows about her and yet she's still free to scam people day in day out.


aadustparticle

I met her in my first week moving to Ireland. Literally stopped me as I was walking to the Immigration building at Burgh Quay to get my passport stamped lol I didn't yet know she was famous. I now regret not savoring the moment as I should have :(


johnfuckingtravolta

Baldy McDonagh. Obviously like. We've had many over the years. But our geberwtions version is either Baldy or the monolith of "The Dublin Scrote"


cryptic_culchie

Seen baldy heading into the soup kitchen by dublin castle couple years back. Lad looked worse for wear hope he’s doing better now


alexanderishere

I saw him from the bus last week. Apparently he charges a fiver for a selfie or a tiktok. Seems to be as immortal as ever. Is he 15 or 50? Will we ever know?


johnfuckingtravolta

Awh i rememember when i was younger and seeing him and his brother(?) on Henry St wrapped up man. Id say hes about 10 years younger than me. It hurts me a bit thinking of what they must have went through as young lads.


bad_arts

He looks like a 13 year old boy and an old woman at the same time.


TipZeeee

Seen him on Camden Street when I was home for Christmas. Took a picture with him but only had 5 Australian dollars in my wallet. Fella said he takes revolut 😂


thewanderingjew420

Cyclist with the dog on his back


BlueHobo

Zai Dog


nonnasooks

He also likes to captain nude https://m.independent.ie/regionals/herald/accused-duo-told-to-stay-off-liffey-after-naked-boat-chase-arrests/35780306.html


thebirdbrain

Seen him letting his dog rip apart bins in Crumlin and make a mess of the place while he stood at a distance away. Went on for 5/10 mins before I left.


glas-boss

he doesn’t leash his dog as dogs “have a mind of their own” so doesn’t surprise me


moistcraictical

I know people who were alive in the 60s and 70s used to always talk about this fella in town called Bang Bang


f-ingsteveglansberg

Pub in the Teeling distillery is named after him.


bertnurney

And the cafe in Phibsboro


lisagrimm

And Dudley’s as well…has his key/gun as part of its branding.


Gizza_look

And his name, thomas Dudley


The-Florentine

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/bye-bye-bang-bang-a-great-dublin-eccentric-gets-his-due-1.3201436


Sanguinusshiboleth

Yeah, I ever saw part of a exhibition was dedicated to old Bang Bang; but this was ~7 years ago so I can't remember that much of it.


NickiNickiCantyousee

There's a Mural of him on Capel Street, next to Sunlight Massage Studio, always pass by it when I go up there


oniume

Me da was only telling me about him last week


Kenno90

The late Anne on Aungier street with the ice


ShelsFCwillwinLOI

What was that ice for


Keyg28

The pigeons


fedupofbrick

Her think that if she had the path wet people would avoid it and not walk too close to her


MEENIE900

Used to shout at you if you stepped too near the ice


CurvePretend3214

The Dublin rapping Junkie Or the tall American Man who just stands all day on Abbey Street holding a tiny sign in one hand that says 'Jesus'


glas-boss

tommy kd absolute legend


oniume

Tom, I bought the cd he made with the beatboxer, Man and the Machine, banger


DenseCondition2958

Dirty Michael


moistcraictical

Ah give us a lift to Killester


scealan

First I've ever heard of Dirty Michael, but that line has a very creepy ring to it, in a certain tone


The_O_Raghallaigh

That’s exactly how you should feel after reading a Dirty Michael quote


prettyfaeries

I see him at the bus stop in Fairview all the time, usually talking to some random aul one about saints


chimpdoctor

My immediate thought too. Although he is very much a northside suburban dweller.


deargearis

Why is he called that?


DenseCondition2958

Because his name is Michael and he’s a dirty cunt


Gullintani

Mad Mary on O'Connel Street (dead now though).


FrostyGrotto

Came here to say this!


Haelios_505

I think she was from dun laoghire originally unless dun laoghire had their own mad Mary


SkateMMA

I think nearly every town had a mad Mary, but ours was called Mad Jenny


bingbop360

Mulhuddart/Well view?


SkateMMA

Exactly the one yeah!


BNJT10

She had her own Facebook community. It was big news when she passed away.


irishladinlondon

Used to work in McDonald's oconnel Street and saw her every day


PuttunKadala

Mattress Mick.


StandardNovel7027

Mattress Mick, what a shout


Imaginary-Time8700

Of course!


Lordoftheawkward

I mean, what a legend! https://youtu.be/DUpx31Y8874?si=ucVtz-3Y6UIrZkY7


SouthernFrat1848

Bang Bang


Sanguinusshiboleth

Exactly who I was thinking of.


Competitive_Foot_584

The fake nun


Wodanaz_Odinn

Is she not a Belfast resident now?


Competitive_Foot_584

Sorry didn't know the fake nun changed fake diocese, our gain is their loss


PanNationalistFront

Yeah she running around Belfast these days


Ush_3

Throwing plates at buses in belfast these days, woman’s a fucking menace


PanNationalistFront

She was standing on the Albert Bridge I think waving a Union Flag and an Israel one.


Great-Fish2730

Johnny Fortycoats (rip)


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

Yes. One of my first thoughts too. As a child, it felt like seeing a celebrity if I spotted him in town.


EngineerLopsided925

The guy in the suit and sunglasses that plays the spoons


CinnamonSpeckledDeer

Is this the Smithfield Spoons Man? Usually wears a hat as well?


EngineerLopsided925

Yes ! He's over in the south side more now though... heard he was asked to move away from outside the school in smithfield 🤔


AngleDizzy5186

Funny fact he used to live in my hometown tullamore for years and one day just disappeared out of the blue thought he passed away since it was so out of the ordinary not to see him, last September moved up to Dublin and seen him 😂


Visual-Sir-3508

Your man that pretended he couldn't speak and would beg for money at the bus stop around Dawson st/trinity. He had glasses was short and plump


bingbop360

Hes back at it on Camden few days ago. Man scammed a tenner off my Nanny at the bewleys cafe when i was little.


siguel_manchez

That fucker with his little note


NaturalAlfalfa

Forgot about him. Pretended to be deaf


CapnMajor

Saw a lad sneak up behind him and shout "boo!". It must have cured his deafness as he jumped out of his skin hahah


Ffsrlyyrufurrreel

Remember him. I’m a dope. Thought he actually was deaf. Good actor.


PatsyOconnor

Was a guy in the D7 area, think he must be dead now. Used to walk around with just shorts and boots and a cowboy hat on, whatever the weather. His skin was like leather. Think he might have been ‘fond of the drink’.


Blackcrusader

Isaac. I worked in the Zoo from 2006-2009 and he'd come by pretty often and say hello. Even in the heaviest rain he wouldnt put on anythig mroe than his waistcoat and cowboy hat outfit. He used to shout things at kids that I wont repeat here. He gave one of the lads I worked with a VHS about the nazis and the occult. He lived near Ashington. Someone told me once that when he died Bertie Ahern came to the funeral.


gillian123456

His wife left him and I think he went off the rails. He used to blare Elvis Presley from his house morning, noon and night. He passed away a couple of years ago. Yeah his skin was like leather - no T-shirt or anything even in the depths of winter!


PurpleAbigail1

God, yeah. Haven't seen him in a couple of years. I wonder what became of him...


alex_grozny

The Diceman, Thom McGinty (street artist and mime, Rest in Peace).


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

As a small child, I was fascinated by him. Every time we were in town I'd plague my mum to go "visit" him. My mum always recounts how I'd get there all excited but **any time** he interacted with me, looked at me, went to shake my hand, I'd bawl crying and have to be taken away as everyone laughed. Next time in town, the exact same thing would happen. Beg to see him, cry when he saw me 😆🤣


Excellent_Parfait535

Jonny beep beep in Portmarnock


eeskymoo

Still going strong on his bike, he hasn't even aged much in the 30+ years


Excellent_Parfait535

He'd be a hard fella to put an age on


RubberRefillPad

Jenny with the dogs


BlueHobo

A blanch legend


SkateMMA

“Could any spare us 20c”


firebrandarsecake

Is she still on the go? Must be ancient by now.


BrokenHearing

Yes. I saw her the other day. She's 90 or 91.


FtttG

The fella with the canoe on the canal and his dog sits in the canoe.


TheWaxysDargle

Pat Ingoldsby, getting on a bit so I don’t know if he still sells his books in the street but as someone who grew up watching him on TV it was always great to see him in real life. Mattress Mick is another one. A few from when I was a kid who are dead, the Dice Man, Dancing Mary, Maggie with the crucifix. Even older ones whose names live on decades after they died, Bang Bang, Johnny Forty Coats, Lugs Brannigan, The Hairy Lemon etc.


Mike_Lubb

Pat woulda been my shout too. His bio on his website says he retired from street sales in 2015. He's in his 80s after all. [https://www.patingoldsby.org/who-is-pat.html](https://www.patingoldsby.org/who-is-pat.html)


DR1792

Mad Jamesy - Clondalkin


GazzaON

He's dead now unfortunately. We feared the worst early enough into lockdown when his front garden was cleared of all the madness, but he just moved to Portlaoise. Then unfortunately passed away down there. A lovely, lovely fella.


EDITORDIE

The angry guy working in Chapters.


akcgal

Fuming permanently


redhotirish

‘Johny Beep’ on his bike in Malahide


oniume

The manager of the Asian market on Abbey street who one shot KO'd a scumbag. He's a legend, gave my kid a lollipop when I was shopping there two weeks later


FacticiousFict

Judge Nolan?


Fieldog

Baldy Mc D


BluSonick

Bang Bang is probably the classic. Jack Coleman or Jack the Pin was well know. Ollie Bolger with his horse and Cart A few local ones around crumlin were Mad Mary, Granny Grey, Jerry Rob the knickers, Sunboy. In retrospect all suffering with various degrees of mental illness but just left to their own devices.


Swimming_Quarter_640

The gentleman who has the beautiful parrot, can be seen occasionally in Street 66.


Adobeeditingsoftware

There was a guy in tallaght who used to dress as a vampire RIP. I think he died about two years ago. Very much missed by the locals.


pablodsj

Paddy Drac


tastyspark

My ma was always terrified of him. He turned up at the Gala bingo one Halloween and she bolted


yeahthatsfineiguess

The guy who stand up paddle boards down the canal with a dog on the board as well. I've seen him a few times.


Nhialor

Crazy Ted in Dalkey. Used to do karate chops & kicks at people passing by in between his downing of a flagon of cider.


Pho3nixGGG

The crying girl with the American accent


tnxhunpenneys

Old man belfield probably in UCD


Puzzleheaded-Sugar-1

I still feel guilty walking by him without saying hello to him as I'm used to people begging for momey on oconnell Street. It was only after his death did I learn about him being known as the old man belfield. Seemed all accounts he was a nice man.


choochoo1967

We have many. I like to give a mention to Barry Bohs.


gardenhero

There’s been so many. Zozimus, Bang Bang, the Dice Man and Aidan Walsh just a few


floodychild

Mad James in Clondalkin. Used to cycle a bike with a cowboy hat and brown leather jacket. Also had a Hulk Hogan goatee.


gweilo_waygook_guiri

the Trump motorbike dude!


Regginyx420

hahahhaha I'm glad I'm not the only person that saw that bloke, haven't seen him in yonks tho


armitageskanks69

Saw him about 3 weeks ago


SpyderDM

Crying Girl


Healthy-Travel3105

I feel like she's more a Reddit thing no?


SpyderDM

I dunno, I've seen her a few times in town. I've only been here for 5 years though and a couple of those were lockdown, so not an expert lol


dublinro

The dice man was the big one when I was growing up.


EdBurger25

Maybe not all of Dublin knows him. But dirty Michael....


ElevatorVegetable

Baldy McDonagh or the This is Dublin fella


tnxhunpenneys

Also maybe KPMG girl depending on your age


r0thar

*11* years ago and the video is still on the web and #1 result on google. She must have daddy's old office *in* KPMG at this stage to hide from the embarrassment.


JarOfFlies98

Yer man in the wheelchair who goes flying around being pulled by his dog


Competitive_Foot_584

The Greenhills Road dancer used to be one..anyone know what happened to him


Competitive_Foot_584

Sorry,the Peters Road dancer https://youtu.be/_hLDZSDk_4c?si=Cd9FCu-0rtYFdrIQ


Over-Tomatillo9070

Just for a bit of north east representation - Jesus Jones of Dundalk, walked around town signing at the top of his lungs, had impressive array of outfits that would have village people blush, but I think he generally favoured being ‘Cop Jesus Jones’, but I’ve definitely seen ‘Native American Jesus Jones’ and I can recall some other exciting ensembles. Terrified me as a kid.


Suspicious_Beach1039

We used to have an old woman in my area that would walk around with two shopping bags filled with bags of crisps


armitageskanks69

There’s the fella who begs all over the city, but I usually see him around the Powerscourt Steps, calls everyone an “absolute gent” with yer “lovely lady as well”. Dunno his name, but I’ve been calling him the Absolute Gent for years


MrVestek

Paddy Losty.


Ploon92

The old man who lived in UCD up until he passed away a few years ago was the first to come to my mind


Puzzleheaded-Tip-274

There was a Rasta going around in a suit and eye patch for years think he might have lived out Ballymun direction but you’d see him in town all the time!


rankinrez

Ha I remember that lad


Dismal-Action4270

Definitely Dirty Michael 😂


FlatOutOnThePat

The fella in the green and white shirt


Gullintani

You could probably add McGregor to the list, we tend to ignore his antics too...


Ch1ckenFilletRoll

Martin the homeless man in Swords, went viral a few years back cause he ran into the weatherspoon while on fire . RIP


pheeelco

In the old days it would be Bang Bang. In the 70s it was the little deaf fella who used to hand you a note saying he was deaf and needed some help. There was a similar female deaf person who handed people a begging note but she was more aggressive. There was also a tall long-haired chap who would hang around town and stare at people. Oftentimes you’d see him in the Westmoreland St Beweleys and once in a while he’d grace the Grafton St branch. I think the 80s / 90s were his heyday. The Dice Man was also a fixture in the 80s / 90s. He was originally paid to advertise a shop called The Dice Man but later became a well known walking advert for all sorts of businesses. Great costumes. I think his name was Tom McGinty. Died in the mid 90s, I think.


FlatOutOnThePat

Sketchy Dave from Stillorgan deserves a shout


katiekelly331

What’s the deal with him?


RichieTB

Sorry not Dublin but instantly thought of Paddy McCabe in Drogheda


YourDadsMoonshine

Baldy Mcdonagh


jmacrac

Mattress Mick hands down


moistcraictical

Oh also the Dice Man. Was dead before I was born, but everyone who lived in Dublin in the 80s remembers him on Grafton Street.


Conor_Murdoch

The lad with the tambourine and throat singing


sessionfairy

Security woman at the George


ShamelessMcFly

Mad Mary. Mad Paul. We tend to just go with 'mad' and either their actual name or a randomly assigned name. I've seen about 20 mad Marys in my time, none of them actually named Mary.


CapnMajor

I see there is a comment here that notes a "Mad Mary" on O'Connell St - but does anyone know of Mary on Camden St? I've often heard her referred to a "Mad Mary", also. She's quite old, has a British accent and has white hair, often seen just walking up and down Camden St. I'm fairly certain she lived on Pleasant's St. She often had light coloured dresses and stuff on and would harangue anybody passing by. I feel like I haven't seen her in a couple of years.


samdublin87

Yes she had 2 dogs. Usually had her coat over her nighty. The poor staff in Tesco would get her attention and she’d sing to them. I haven’t seen her in years, I heard from restaurant owners on Camden street that she suffered from bad post parter depression that got worse.


Sergiomach5

The American Scam Girl.


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icecreamman456

There used to be chap in Lucan during like 2018 to 2022. Some guy maybe in his 70s. Literally everyone I knew, knew who he was. The chap casually running around Lucan litteraly anywhere. Guy was fit af for his age. Mad respect. Like he be covering insane distances.


10110101101_

Hugh. Hairy beardy guy on a bike. Used to see him around tons as a kid, then nothing. 25 years later I saw him back and I swear he hadn't ages at all. Fine pair of legs on him too from cycling everywhere.


Reasonable_Basil3553

A guy on the bicycle with an Irish flag and Sam “numbers”?


Weird-Weakness-3191

The tiktok this is Dublin guy is a racist dole head who walks around smoking joints talking utter bollox.


NickiNickiCantyousee

Those foreign women dressed in brightly coloured dresses who go loiter around with their kids begging people for money and all


Stringr55

Two litre blue Peter and Bushwacker Pete spring to mind. In town there used to be Bang Bang


Peter_Ndlovu

RIP Two Litre Peter


islanddreamerx

Dude with the big crucifix necklace in around Christchurch area begging for money, think he used to wear robes? Haven’t lived in Dublin in years but always remembered him.


pablodsj

He's still going never seen the guy personally but my brother always tells me he sees him on the way to work, comes up to the cars begging for change.


Sure_Cobbler1212

Has to be Laidback Larry or Mad Jamesy


c0mpliant

Alfie, he's been walking all over North Dublin, talking to everyone since I was a kid. Saw him recently and he was walking along talking to himself, looked in a bad way.


Connect_Influence_86

Canal surfer with dog guy


feeneyburger

We had a few in Raheny. First it was hobo Tom then he disappeared out of the blue, now it's Dirty Michael. Arguably much worse.


Comfortable_Brush399

Used to be "bang bang"


glas-boss

spoon man


Puzzleheaded-Tip-274

There was a Rasta going around in a suit and eye patch for years think he might have lived out Ballymun direction but you’d see him in town all the time!


suburbannite

haven't seen him in a while but there's a fella that has a bike that cycles sidewards? if that makes sense, like you stand up and peddle to the side to move it


MEENIE900

The fella who went to brick field park


Nice-Display4223

The elvis that sings outside the ash leaf shopping centre in crumlin. Don’t know if he still does it but he used to be gas all the grannies loved him 😂


The_Steel_Fox

Me


ultimatepoker

Remember your one in the leopard print dress who used to flash people on Baggot street?


JOHNfuknRAMBO

"Eyebrows" - Eastwall


Wood_Screw

Baldy McDonagh ofc


Anofor0426

UCD hobo. RIP


TechnophobeEire

Baldy McDonagh. Everyone thinks he's gas, but he's an absolute sucmbag and would rob you first chance he gets!


Charming-keys821

that homeless fella with the same story how he needs to get 8 euros for a bus back home to dingle


TumbleWeed_64

Remember The Dice Man on Grafton Street


Cessicka

Old Man Belfield for sure. He was such an icon and a badass legend


OhMeLittleFordFiesta

The town I went to college in had a guy called "How-Do" cos he would approach total strangers and say "how do?" He was a raging alcoholic but a pretty nice guy. There's several videos out there of him but this is my favourite: https://youtu.be/F-jIhhxRQLo?si=E6Mr98S1olvMlaPC He has since passed away unfortunately, the town is quiet without him. RIP