Comments on: Dooradoyle Boys

By: Jack Dalton

Jack Dalton — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:21:36 +0000

Oi! Don’t knock the Ennis road — accent or not! I went out with an Ennis Road girl for a while. She taught me the value of love: the only other “Laurel Hill lovely” I knew taught me nothing but the cost… ;-)

By: John

John — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:32:20 +0000

At least you never yearned for a house (and an accent) on the Ennis Road…

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:37:54 +0000

Aaah, Dervala, what a great post! I love that you found them, they found you, and there’s more than a little bit of Limerick right. Here. Now. :-)

By: Dervala

Dervala — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:36:31 +0000

As Mum would say, “Feck you anyway, Sean!”

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:14:56 +0000

Remember when they built a new estate in Dooradoyle called Huntsfield? We had to pass it on the way home from school to Mungret and Dad once said to me and Caroline that he and Mum were considering buying there. He thought it was so funny. It tormented us for years. The Huntsfield tagline mocked us every day, “If you lived here, you’d be home now”.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:45:46 +0000

Reading this piece brings back memories both good and bad of the 1980’s. The ghost of emigration seemed to always lurk in the background then . I wonder where they feel is really “home” for them.
But they succeeded in their lives and for that they can be proud. Looking at Ireland today is there anything to tempt them back ??