GARDA PATROL 24th Oct 1985

[@owenbrady2139]

My grandad was the presenter of the show, its amazing to see him in real life as a young man

[@markalexwhite]

He struggled with the autocue a couple times but a great smile and a fine stong brute of a man for chasing the bowsies around Dublin City ;-)

[@shane6115]

@@markalexwhite it was the guarda who were the corrupt bowsies👍

[@shane6115]

@@derekdempsey8506. It make one think of all type of hypocrisy.

[@sean8736]

Spoof

[@CormacMaher]

great head of hair on him!

[@FoodForThought356]

Ah jaysus the 80's, you gotta love them and miss them. Carefree times!

[@thehairysnot8069]

Not for the children being slaughtered in the mother and baby homes

[@raygreen5926]

1985 was the year I first flew to the USA...and I remember walking through the streets of New York and feeling like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver...I was young and vigorous then and I felt life was intoxicating and 1985 was the year Bruce Springsteen was at Slane 🇺🇸🎸🇺🇸

[@shane6115]

Did you stay in America,

[@TheBenzer9]

What has that rant got to do with this wonderful show and our perfect gardai force??

[@shane6115]

@@TheBenzer9 your a funny guy..

[@TheBenzer9]

Well to keep the force erect and laxative it needs genuine support and appreciation

[@shane6115]

@@TheBenzer9. What about or wonderful GSOC.? Another wonderful organisation..😂😂😂

[@astralastralastral]

Love your channel. It's a motherload of Irish nostalgia. Cheers.

[@joanofarc708]

Before the godless baby killers we have today

[@kevinmcmuhammad4841]

The good old days when Lugs Branagin was still alive, now our garda are run by British rule, and extra criminals coming here with the EU open border policies, and the department of Justice spending more money on housing non Irish instead of building prisons to discourage criminals from coming here in the first place, Ireland for the Irish 🇮🇪

[@johnnyfeen1347]

The old RTE logo in the title card at the beginning. It was replaced officially in 1980 but you'd still see it used well into the 80's on RTE books and records.

[@mariacosgrave9190]

I wish it was like that now❤

[@fordford9133]

Yes so simple then

[@markalexwhite]

Thought an IRA bomb was gonna go off when that clock in the intro got to zero!

[@JohnSmith-qq8tx]

Bank raid. No CCTV!! God be with the days🤣

[@vinnysmith4748]

Back then the people robbed the banks , now its the banks robbing the people.

[@derekdempsey8506]

We have CCTV these but still doesn't really do anything

[@al-sexpanther]

Bsck when the guards were openly corupt.

[@sojnab1]

mad watching this,great craic though

[@godofawsome03]

The biggest crime to date when I went back for a visit . The feckin 99 ice cream is now 2.99 quid WTF !

[@buddymacbuddington]

Would have been so easy to be a criminal back then not saying it's something I would have done just saying the security in the country was was very lax

[@sean8736]

Nice bank job by the Monk in Fairview😂

[@MultiPearl72]

miss the simple garda how nice they were how to out smart the criminal lol when cahill was outsmarting them daily

[@caoimherush4488]

Please upload more episodes if you find them!!

[@dicaniowhu]

I have some information that might be useful. Is it too late to report?

[@jimmcinerney4866]

Corrupt then ,more corrupt now

[@themadfarmer5207]

A certain level of corruption is necessary for a democracy to flourish
Or is it an acceptable level
That was before the Criminal Justice Act.
After that the criminal became untouchable with arrest by appointment and two fingers up to the cops coming out of the court room

[@fintonmainz7845]

The Kerry Babies era.

[@lugo_9969]

I miss the drumming theme tune.

[@cplcummins]

Tis in de book!!!

[@irishfightingmen7421]

Dem wer da gd days

[@davidryan8238]

Hey Mark. My mam was on Garda patrol a few times between 1979 and 84 and we are trying to see if we can find clips of when she was on it. We think that she might be in the start of this in the bottom left of the screen. Would you have any other previous episodes of Garda patrol or could you put us in contact with anyone that might be able to help?

[@brettkavanaugh8445]

What sorta crime was she into.....has she stopped.....why did she.??? what made her say to herself crime dont work.....your a great man to share this.....i would love you to answers the above....maybe tell us what led her to crime and what made her see the light ??? did you follow her foot steps or ??? ok have a great day ...Cheers mate.....

[@praytherosaryeveryday2709]

She was a shoplifter

[@banditcountry3232]

@@brettkavanaugh8445 😂😂😂

[@pod9538]

@@brettkavanaugh8445 I'm watching this at 2am and that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time. 😁😁👍👍

[@brettkavanaugh8445]

@@pod9538 Lol ...

[@williammoran7240]

I Remember Way back they Asked if you know a man Called Mick in your Area with a Dublin Voice contact your local Garda station the phones must have been Hopping (FACT) BACK Then yeah wasn't even social media de arrested people on Word of mouth Grasses 😂😂😂😂

[@franciso2l]

were the two men who attacked the girl in Sutton ever identified?

[@jimmymcjimmyvich9052]

05:39 I detect the cameraman was having a cigarette)))))

[@markalexwhite]

Good spot dude!

[@TheStan80]

Father Ted feel

[@BS15RED]

George Street the Garda

[@darkdubh]

When did they change the opening sequence with the banging boghran?

[@carloshowalter8490]

Ya know what? I'd pay money to hear it again...someone out there must have it somewhere on an old VHS - upload it please!!!

[@stigwardduke7546]

darkdubh It was changed in 1985, Incidentally, this edition of Garda Patrol introduced us to the change of theme tune. I for one preferred the banging bodhran.

[@BBC600]

I just discovered this program by another edition that was uploaded to CZcams and I find this theme to be quite catchy! I wonder what the previous one sounded like?

[@deldirk7123]

@@BBC600 As briefly described as 'banging bodhran' by "stigward duke", the older theme music for 'Garda Patrol' was played by musician banging his knuckles on a shallow round handmade drum-like instrument about 35cm diameter, 8cm deep with a skin over a bowl shaped piece of wood. Percussion effect tune played in a low and a high key, first the low key, 3 rapid strokes with a pause, repeated 4 times, then a higher tempo higher key 16 rapid strokes, back again to the lower tone low tempo and the high tone high tempo, and repeated about 4 times. No other instrument. Would fit in well with other traditional Irish music, instrument name pronounced 'Bow-rawn'. I could try to upload or email the tune I remember using an improvisation of the instrument as I don't own a bodhran

[@BBC600]

@@deldirk7123 Thanks for the explanation.

[@martinwalsh3228]

That was before the days of Crime line in 1992.

[@martinwalsh3228]

@@jaspjody-wb9ef Replaced by Crime line in 1992 and Crime call since 2004.

[@michaeldelaney8268]

Real good honest people not like whats going on now

[@thehairysnot8069]

Ya, except for the fact the same gardai were protecting the mother and baby homes with their shut up or lock up policy, far from good and honest people

[@michaeldelaney8268]

@The Hairy Snot that's true but it's way this country is run by criminals in government and if comes to it church and legal system but some of truth is starting surface now

[@paddycunningham6834]

Anybody run the dublin marathon that year?

[@Padraigp]

The maratón went past my house and we used to take out the garden hose and have mister bottle to spray people to cool them down. Great times. The paddies day floats used to come down my road too.

[@TheBenzer9]

Of course

[@TheBenzer9]

The annual drunk festival

[@womsha9839]

Humann rith hse irsh schools limerick lit coolge still human. Either way limericks lcf. Showan coolge bayhs

[@tonymurray814]

English not ur first language then?