My grandfather Jimmy O Sullivan was one of if not the longest serving echo seller in Cork. He started at 7 years old and passed away doing the job he loved while collecting the papers down Echo Lane in 2001 at 78 years old.

Lovely video it was buzzing back then specially around xmas time 1977 was the year i came to ireland from hongkong happy days

I remember then well. I would be around the same age of not older. They were all characters and we had our favourite one's that we bought our echos from. Those were The days the chocolate crumb the banana boats and the Echo boys...

Hard working kids, 💕 would love to see them today,please God there all well.

Reporter is very good. Her interaction with the lads was very friendly and unpatronising. Very brave and positive kids risking their safety out punting newspapers in the street. Wouldn't see it happen nowadays. Great time capsule from a different time. As the man said he was selling it at 7 yrs of age. Hope robot and his mates lived safely and had a future amongst the troubles. I'm an only child who envies all the kids with alot of brothers and sisters. Family is everything and they look after eachother. And learnt alot from being an echo boy. It was a street education. What are the songs they sing. I'd love to know the lyrics I can't make out some of it being a Scots highland lad. Thankyou for the fascinating post

Enjoyed every minute of this interesting documentary. Listening to those respectful, polite and unassuming boys almost reduced me to tears! Bless them!!

Marvellous documentary. Boys very good. Musician outstanding.

I went shopping with my parents once a month in Cork all through 70s ... drove from Drimoleague. We all had that style, clothes and hair, even in school.

I did the same on the Dublin streets when I was 10 . I loved it for the money the danger and mitching of school to sell the Herald and Press. Church Street was my selling road .

We have lost all this..... 😢😢😢😢

I have family in this great too see thanks for sharing and I was a Echo boy in the 80 ts when it was 40p 👍🏻☘️☘️☘️

Very dignified young men..

Good lads they were ,unlike the brats we have today.

I had the pleasure of giving this great video its 420th like 😁😎

Omg I love this video ,so innocent boys ,

These boys are now all retired me, if they're still with us. This is an incredible snapshot.

And although we lost all this, Cork is still the best of 32

They should do a follow up of this documentary..

Ahh, those were the days my friend

A gracious, elegant, spirited , mature People.

Wow thanks for this makes me feel alive again 🤗✌❤👍

I wonder if Cahal Dunne (the keyboard player) is still going strong? He went to the States I think. Very talented man.

Robot is so sweet.

Are they still being sold, it’s one of the things that makes cork so unique, Shandon bells and the shouts of “echo, evening,evening echo....

My mother would bring me into town every Saturday in the 1980s. I remember the Echo Boys well. Watching this made me think about how much the city has changed over the years. It's mad to think about all the people in Cork now that wouldn't even know what an Echo Boy was! God be with those days.

Couldn't see a ten year old out on the streets now selling newspapers, very surprised at how young they were..

There is an old man who went around selling them and shouting i never knew it had that long of a history

anyone know anything about these fine young men ,,,in their late 50's now

Little 🤖 breakin my 💔

its great to listen to the lads all around my age if you cant understand them your not a cork man

On the boys

I was a generation after these guys. My mother wouldn't allow me she was far to protective lol 😂

Down with this sort of thing

I went to school with John Kellehers son.

I’d like to talk to them now and see how different they are

Thank Christ for shops..😂. I remember I couldn't walk down a street in cork. With out getting the ears blowing off me by them. Still one left out side GPO in city.you could heard in Kinsale. 😂

Jarlath Daly, Kevin Lynch, Jimmy Mack and Finbar O'Connell. Starting at 7:27 when she starts asking about the good stands, what are the places the boys mention? The Fords? Where is that in Cork? 7:54 what place does Kevin mention? And again at 8:07?

Poor lads

anyone know the song their singing ?

These Kids must be in their 60s now?

What song are they singing at the end?

Jesus u can get the echo before the examiner 😆😆😆😆

I say that piano fella gave robot a few jelly babies

I'm confused by John Kelleher saying that his customers 'settled up' at the end of the week ~ I thought they paid him thru the window of the car :/ Anyone here know what he meant? Thanks!!

Course they did! Back up to Dublin with ya! Our history our life Corcaigh Abu

Exploitation of the underprivileged. A terrible shame.

I bet they've all done alright for themselves. You'd learn more about life and business as a kid selling paper's on the streets than you ever learn in university doing gender studies

White privileged Irish children certain folks would have you believe today....and poverty is all they knew...

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Before Afro-Islamic conquest.