lovely programme i lived in sheriff st for many a year but just spotted my hubby rip on this only for a few seconds but lovely xx many thanks xx

My grandmother was from the inner city, and moved out to Crumlin in the 50's. Documentaries like this are the only place I hear people speak like she used to.

The man should have a street named after him in Dublin.

I was born in Dunlaoghaire but raised in Australia from the age of two. I love listening to the accent as it reminds me of my late father.. Lots of love from Australia.

The man is a Dub original, a Poet and a Teller of history. Thanks for this wonderful archive.

I remember back in the eighties Eamonn used to give walking tours of the Liberties on Sunday afternoons during the summer months. They were so entertaining. Eamonn was a human encyclopedia when it came to his beloved Dublin. I still have several of his wonderful books.

What an amazing Man.Godhow we miss our Dublin .

Could listen to him all day. Amazing how much the docklands have changed. I had family living around Hanover Street and it's unrecognizable.

I knew Eamonn back in the early 1970s, he used to visit Belfast regularly. Great storyteller. Great man x

I remember Misery Hill,always seemed to be a wind blowing along its concourse,full of parked artic trailers,plenty read newspapers bundling along the footpaths,alays remember that piece near the end of The Commitments when the U.S. soul star came trundling along it in his big car looking for the Dublin band everybody was telling him about!!

a huge thank you from a wicklow man living in France you are of national need never stop never stop its a irish treaseur merci

How the docks have changed.

The pigeons will always get their share! Excellent stuff.

Great video, all the old docks, and of course leave some grain for the pigeons, fair play to you Eamon, may you rest peace!

To compare that Dublin with now is like stepping onto the moon. I remember most of the old bygone Dublin, but not forgotten by me anyway. Up the Dub's 🍀🇮🇪

This should be teached still in Irish history in schools

Today in 2018, the trams roll along the old north docks area serving many workers, but of a very different kind. A whole new street has been created (Mayor Street) where it only existed in name before - it now kind of looks like Abbey Street (a long wide straight street) with its tramway - wonder what Eamonn would make of it - perhaps he'd think he was still in the city centre upon looking for the Docklands... How things change! IMO, that street looks great judging by the tram videos.

thanks for this great story teller

Those prams are so useful.

Really enjoyed watching this.

I was born on Sir John Rogersons Quay, my daddy pub was Kelly's. I can tell you know the dockers were treated like a race apat from the feat of the trades. The fitth and dirt from the coal, sand boats lived in my lungs. How I am still alive is a miracle. This bollocks about the good old days really pisses me off. I saw the violence, the extreme drunkeness, social deprivation and neglect. The church did full all to correct the situation, no surprises these!

Love Eamonn.

A genius

Mm those river heads shown on the frontage of the Custom House appeared on the earliest Irish currency notes.

When I was a kid I saw game shows that had a trip to Ireland as the grand prize. I always thought how boring. Now that I know how beautiful the country and the people are I would give anything to have seen it in those days, not sure now but any country that produced Eamonn Mac Thomais and Rory Gallagher is the country for me.

This was emotional to watch, great

Those poor kids on Sheriff Street...how many succumbed to drugs

Ah Jinny Joes. Most kids now wouldn't know what you're talking about.

Many times I rode that train to Bray

Is it just me or did they have better weather back then?

Love those documentaries! What is the year tho?

when was this filmed?

The people weren't THAT friendly to each other in Dublin back then, just that everyone is so obnoxious NOW it seemed we were living on Sesame Street in comparison. 'But there was a great sense of community'..more bollocks, unless you mean that locals in an area were cliquey, viewed anyone they didn't know with hostility and suspicion and made them feel like outsiders that weren't welcome. Inner city areas I lived in were every bit as snobby and elitist about people who weren't 'one of our own' as any affluent South County Dublin village. I'm from only south of the canal, at the start of the suburbs and my Grandparents were both from this inner city area, grew up there in the 1920s. Didn't matter. I didn't belong. 'Maybe that's just cos you're a wanker and they didn't like you'. Yeh maybe, but I was always friendly and polite and respectful to every local so if they took against me it was for shallow reasons like my clothes and hair and my normal Dub accent not being Dublin enough for them. But if that's what's meant by 'great sense of community' it's nothing to be proud of.

Irish Lives Matter

Dublin is a depressing kip.