Disco Dancing & Tug of War at The Ballinlough Festival, Co. Meath, Ireland 1982
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- Fun and games at the Ballinlough Festival in County Meath.
Disco Dancing, tug-of-war and an ‘It’s A Knockout’ contest are just some of the activities taking place as part of The Ballinlough Festival.
Martin Smith or ‘Speedy’ as he is known gave a virtuoso display and took the top title as king of the dancefloor. He struts his stuff to disco classics ‘Born To Be Alive’ by Patrick Hernandez and ‘Strut Your Funky Stuff’ by Frantique.
Teams from many counties competed in the tug-of-war contest.
In other sporting events, the Kells Gardaí and the Army Team from the Mullingar barracks battled it out in a good humoured ‘It’s A Knockout’ contest.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 23 August 1982. The reporter is Caroline Erskine. - Zábava
Legend has it speedy dropped the first Excasty tab in Ireland
LOL
Surely “speedy “ was on amphetamine
Legend has it he’s still dancing
Oh
Legend has it speedy was in the land rover when the Essex's boys got shot.
Legend has it Speedy never actually entered the competition; he ended up on stage trying to dodge a pesky wasp attracted to his hair gel
Speedy , the original Disco Stu !
Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976? If these trends continues... AAY!
We just never knew, cause disco stu doesn’t advertise
They were easily amused back in the day, good man speedy lol.
"come on ted, shall we watch the sports video"
😂😂 hes an uncle of mine....we'll into his 50's and still rocking the moves...legend💪
Omg yasss LEDGEBAG!
Does he still have his Leo sayer affro ? 😲
You better believe it
@@briandenver5469 nice one , I’m jealous 😂
@@briandenver5469 your uncle seems like that guy that's just the life of the party everywhere he goes
Priest waiting on the sideline with a stick to bait the devil out of those discos dancers
Or to ride them..😁
Great fun and great craic - happy days and simpler times - treasured memories now for many.
This is def the inspiration for that Father Ted episode!
Disco is the best genre of music ever created by humans. Bring back disco
It never went away… it just went underground
Ireland's very own Disco Stu.
Disco Sean.
@@sarahzaporta125 Disc O'Sean.
It’s like a weird disco/riverdance blend! I love it, it’s wild
MDMA.
High on Jesus Christ
That's me on Molly at the club
Leo sayer busting the moves 😂
Speedy inspired me to give up disco dancing....
😅👋
Ha!
That's the comment
Speedy is riddled with knee and hip pain now I’d imagine, serious groover in his day, he put Meath on the map!
*METH
that's a segway you don't see everyday, disco dancing, to tug wars, then head butt footy.
Segue
@@ajw9533 absolutely astonishing how you knew what he meant there!!! I thought he was talking about a computer console or something. We'd have never knew if it wasn't for your input. Good for you, you're some kinda guy!
@@roymunson1 computer console? No, a Segway is a 2 wheeled mode of transport
@@shredder9536 ahhh!!!! Thanks, I was wondering what he was talking about!?! I knew something was off, but luckily I had AJW there to save the day!
@@ajw9533 yikes. I usually proof read my comments but was in a hurry, thanks
That weird bit in the seventies when village fetes and disco were overlapping. The Provos started off as a roller disco crew.
Good man yourself Speedy.
The good old days in Ireland
Man it’s crazy how small towns would come out to see anything for entertainment lol
I love this country 🤣
You cry and then you see him dancing and you cry again.
Epilepsy wasn't a recognised condition in Ireland until 2010, prior to that you were just considered a great mover. Hup!
😃
🤣
Now Speedy dances like a dad, at an old time disco in Birmingham.
Speedy would never dance with an Englishman
I didn't realize they had special disco Olympics 😅😅
The winner looked like he took his calipers off for the first time 🤣🤣
Speedy will be back on the dance floor as soon as he rehabs his new hip.
Wow, I can’t imagine being so confident, to dance unabashedly in front of your peers at that age!! 😅😅
Martin Speedy Smith the disco dancing winner later in life went on to co-star alongside Will Ferrell in the movie Step Brothers
No cell phones. Just pure living.
Brilliant. Brings back lots of memories. Happy days.
A bit of googlin will show you that lad is still alive, kicking, dancing and serving pints..
Of course by 1982 disco was long passé of course ireland was a bit behind the curve
It’s where house music stepped in. He’s got the moves!
Disco only died in America. Elsewhere around the world it just kept going on.
Rumour has it he's actually still dancing even though everyone else is long gone 40 years ago
this is what the Irish are like when they aren’t drinking. its the drinking that keeps em calm.
Well how fun is this, we now have old video of Richard Simmons when he as a young lad. Love it.
I can only picture the dancing priest from Father Ted watching the start! 😂
John McEnrone dancing his way to Wimbledon
Your videos make me excited about the ireland we can be, much appreciated
It's over. Get ready for chaos, food shortages, power shortages, foreign mercenaries ruling you, followed by eventual sharia law in many urban suburbs.
Still do Tug of War at Tullow show, attracts fair size crowd, Yala they go at it... Great craic...
The Carnew one is better.
Speedy had some tough competition that year😂
Speedy was a missing character from father Ted
Or maybe the cher Movie with Rocky her son & speedy half brother 😃
🤣
Straight up Napoleon Dynamite vibes here.
Good, clean, fun...
Brilliant 🤣👏
‘Speedy’ with the Afro definitely had wizz for breakfast
Speedy. The forerunner to techno viking
I see simple times, i like
I can't believe I never seen this episode of Father Ted.
Some of this clip looks like a Monty Python skit. Okay, all of it.
Big day ahead of me today: just had to nip in for a speedy fix, ahh that's better!
Good of the fellows, to pull the disco dancing stage into place with that rope: I think Martin Cahill organized that guards event, and went on to rob a stately home over the hill from it ,while they were doing it.
Class😍
I had a dog called Speedy. Crazy afro hair on the guy. Wonder what it looks like now🤔
Cool
I hear you're a disco dancer now father.
0:26 Speedy about to do the Caterpillar and get his hips down but he spotted a rusty nail sticking up.
The Mars Volta took notes.
so rare that we capture someone having a seizure on film.
The thumbnail made me think of Napoleon Dynamite hahaha
I would love to go back to simpler times, I'd be the man over there
Gu on speedie 😆 🤣
Yes Speedy, my man
He makes a spasmodic seizure look rhythmical
Speedy sprinkling Angel dust on his corn flakes.
Ya can say whatever ya want about us, but ya can't deny we're great movers on the dance floor🕺 ...
Throwin' all kinds of shapes on the dance floor.
Who's "us"?
Negative.
I heard there was 27 kids born with full afro's at the next competition.
Who thought of Boyzone watching them all dancing out of sync, then thought yeah, this lot were way better.....?
0:30 County Meth represent!
Moves - Northern Soul
Sounds - Disco Cheese
Good fun👍
Ahh jaysus - leave'em alone!
Fun!
Go on Shpeedy ya mad bastard ya! 🤣
Back when people were happy and not encapsulated with social media and wokeism.
Speaking for yourself as usual.
Who wants to do a go fund me so we can Track down speedy?
Thats a big crowd idc what u gotta say
You can see where breakdancing came from
This was a year after the Hunger Strikes at Long Kesh.
H blocks ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
Martin Smith , speedy to his friends 🤣🤣
I love it but where's the flared Wellingtons?
0:25 lighting the stage on fire
Oh the bad knees
Say speedy got many a ride out off them moves
I wanted to think….God how ridiculous. But all I could think….God I miss 1982 Ireland. No social media, no smartphone zombies, no pandemic, no global warming, no Putin…just Fanta , Tayto, and watching disco dancers
Speedy went for the rope a dope.
Speedy wasn’t playing with ‘em !
internet gold
Old school. Don't happen no more cause it can't no more
How did I get here
I thought disco was dead by ‘82? Ireland kept it going.
We have a meth county here in Kansas too
What about the girl in the yellow pants? She pulled off some nice moves too!
Why the actually fuck did this appear in my algorithm... in fact, why the fuck did I watch it 😄
Was it Caroline Erskine who was the narrator for this video?
i bet speedy is still dancing, in a world of his own
I think that’s my dad in the yellow.
He had children ?
I bet speedies hips are not natural now
Or his hairline 🥕😃😃😃
Speedy looks like the type of bloke, you stay away from. Lol
Good footwork wins fights.
DANCE OT WAR
We used to have these events in our towns. Whoever invented the internet and social media will burn in hell. Technological development should have stopped in the mid 90s😂
Agreed…… And people weren’t offended by every little thing
Methinks the name Speedy was giving us a clue as to his substance of choice. Sure all the farmers were feeding the cattle the bit of angel dust back in the day. . .