Ireland A Trucking History.
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Some photos of the irish trucking industry going back about 35 years.
Hope you like it.Photos from various drivers.
Special mention for the late Johnny Flannigan, Mick Gormley Murt Sullivan, Dinny Carter, Paddy The Hoof Donnelly And Liam Reilly from bagatelle who wrote the first two songs on this video.
May Their Souls Rest In Peace R.I.P
Great men of the of the road past.and.present
BEST SONGS I EVERY HEARD, GREAT MEMORIES WITH MY DAD LOVE TO TURN THE TIME BACK SO SIMPLE TIMES
Agree Richard Happy Christmas Lad :)
@@NedKellyIreland Did you know Jim Bolger from just outside of Ferns, Ballymorgan. He was on the road for years.
Its been 7 years since I watched this video and I am now trucking in the USA. Miss them good old days. Great to watch this video again
This is brillant Ned
Cheers Craig
My beloved Father, Tom Logan, drove for Denis Coughlan out of Mallow Co Cork. known as "The Walla"...he covered international and Continental 60's, 70's and 80's..First man to drive a Mack in Ireland..a loving father sadly missed..love you Dad..❤❤
Great video thanks for showing us I'm 72 now and miss those old lorries. 👍🇬🇧🍻
only just seen this ned brilliant vid on the history of irish trucking thank you
Gregory Lagan was such a nice fella sorry to hear he has passed away x
Fantastic, must have been a labour of love.
So many not around anymore,RIP, getting there myself.
Hi Ned what a deep video, but a really nice way on how to remember true Legends. They don't make that type of breed of drivers anymore. X
Cheers John Really appreciate it :)
This video was really worth watching and I’ll probably even watch it again thanks Ned..
Thanks A Mill Harry Lad :)
Ned Kelly Ireland oh by the way I live in Holyhead Anglesey I always wave to you Irish truckers when they come off the Ferry or going on the Ferry 👍.
What a wonderful montage to the 🇮🇪men that did it before air con sat navs mobile telecommunications with lodgings and diesel freezing 🥶in the lines ect as my ex father in law had to deal with in the 70s.top drawer again ned give a shout out to the donegal men who did it like the rest of the old school🇮🇪 men did under far harsher conditions hats of to them all great sounds to ned even my boy watches you now he's 12 and has diesel in his blood he's with me most Sundays when I head out and drop him back to his mother before I wander the uk god bless you and keep up the great work 🚛💨🍀🍀🙏
First truck was 321 man. Loved that old girl ,even though I killed it .fell to sleep just outside listowel .6000 thousand gallons of milk in a field. 3 days no sleep.
I love the songs and the wagons from the pass, especially the 141
A lot of familiar faces and trucks from the mid Eighties. Sadly a lot of the people from my era have passed. They were great times. No trackers or no mobile phones!!!! The Telex machine was king.
Lovely video ned some old stalwards them loved seeing them old trucks
Ned that was very good really enjoyed it.
CHEERS LAD
Nice tribute to the heavies truckers,as i'm a heavy trucker myself since 1995,to all heavy truckers in the world n ireland,i salute to all of you guys n gals,truly a special breed of drivers and huge responsible towards other road users
NED , im very proud of u man - DAN FLAVIN was the first man that i worked for after leaving school - he was a tractor man back in 1984 and i gave up an engineering university place to go driving tractors !!! mam went nuts - only 2 people in ireland called me buddy - my dad and dan - i could tell u some stories about danny flavin - i spoke to him a short while before he died - he said to me ; " buddy, look after yourself . i dont want to see u for a long long time" -- ive been thru some pretty tough times but dan keeps me going - THANKS NED for the video , and im a lorry man myself but moved to london many moons ago -- im home now ,2 miles from dans resting place and having to start all over again , but u r a great support to me - maybe some day u could give me some advice please ?
Well done Ned some great memories there lad. Remembering Martin "Lights" Dougherty. Peter Rooney and Barnie McKenna. Also Frankie Keon Rip
Love the B+l trucks
This brings back loads of memories from when I was too young to get a job doing international, must be been good days back in the 80’s and early 90’s
Been watching your videos for some years now. You give great insight into the life of a trucker. I myself one in England, love your straight to the point of how it is and professionalism while sometimes having to deal with shite. The reason I'm commenting on this video is I have never watched this one for some reason even though it is a fair few years old. Also I have to thank you. I haven't heard 'second violin' the song you have playing over is for a long long time and had completely forgot about it. And to be fair the band. Definatley a cracking band!! Anyway thanks and stay safe
a lot of respect for the lorry drivers.
Lovely vid . A lot have past . But memories are are so
grate to keep. Ol Barry mcguigan fell to sleep on his wheel after weekender castets. Drove past thinking to pissed to make the bunk. Bless him . Paddy the german from rosslair a true gent still going spain . Irish Tom the fridge owner driver. Plank skint and knackerd . My bro steve sandford who i miss so much of blue flag running doman of irun. I could go on . Once again with a smile and a tear in the Eye grate vid thanks. Roll safe p
That was a lovely tribute to all the old Irish truckers what is left us
Watched this so many times and love it every time thanks Ned
Very well put together Ned well done lad fair play
Great stuff Ned to the unsung heros of Ireland. Some staggering trips from made.Very evocative.
By Far the best drivers
At the beginning Lord of bless Johnny Flanagan a true trucker
Hi Ronan Might do An updated one A few in there passed on since hoof donnelly, johnny flannagan , Murt Sullivan
Great to see some old faces bring back memories to me all those years ago great time on the road.
Some great men them days. The trucking industry hasent men like that now. Very very sound men.🇨🇮
Thanks Ned really enjoyed watching this with Andrew (Crowe) and the kids age 7 and 9 and him remembering good times. There’s no craic like it now. Love the music too.
Andrew is one of the true legends of the Road 🤘A Gentleman to his fingertips.
Thank you & hello to the dude
great vid , my dad worked with meadows and eamonn morrissey , he passed away in the cab in pembroke in 1998 patsy o shea was his name
Does any one have pictures of farringtnes,
Love the songs, and the trucks from the pass, especially the Molloy And Cherry wagons
Savage. Awl truck men are like good whiskey. Aged & full of experience. Cant buy that. Lovely memories to have Ned. Nice one.
Gday from Down Under Mate, love your movies. I have been watching them this past week and im loving them. Me and the handbrake have hired a camper and driven around Europe 7 times so far and are coming back in Augast 18. Will keep an eye out for you and your Mate Moe at a truckstop. I love your bloody music too mate, bloody brillant. Maybe you should throw in a bit of ACDC. Keep Safe Mate. Mick
Ned you just crack me up I wish some of these new lads in the industry that have HGV driver hand books gain as much sense as you take care old bean
Fantastic, really enjoyed that!!
Lovely video n great music...................................
Great video Ned thats a great tribute to those who are gone and forged the way for the others have a great day be safe.
great video. r.i.p. to richie peter's the driver of the 1628 merc with the iggy madden colour's you have posted on your video, a friend of my dad who drove for langan's haulin fruit from the smithfield market for 30 yr's. well done ned
Class video!! Brings back some great memories sailing around the roads of Europe with my Dad who drove for Lagan. There's another couple of legends who I would like to mention. Paul Devlin and John Mckeever (the gunner) both sadly not with us any more.
Great video very nice seeing the older trucks
P.s.the streets of New York is a great ballad love it ned top man You are great stuff and am looking for European work now after your response thank you ned take care your a great man 🙏🍀🚛💨🇮🇪
Hi Mike
It’s easy forget the way things used to be done. Back in the day it was harder work but so much more enjoyable. Nowadays nobody smiles anymore
thanks ned seen them walsh western trucks brought back good memories
Like the Baggatell song
Great video Ned,music's great and some great looking lorries,hope your keeping well
I always take a look at this vid when I get lonesome for the road, l was with Truck International, Shamrock, O'Neill's, Fordway, Bill Maher, Ned Browner and a few other heroes in the seventies and early eighties but couldn't do it now. Too many truck drivers breakfasts (a piss and a look around) and not enough money. Great videos Ned give you a look in every week. Keep her lit!
RIP Liam Reilly
Breaks my heart loved that man
NOEL DRUMM,DUNNGANON many great stories from you and your antics at East West/ Blair intl ect ect, sat for hours listening, you are sadly sadly missed, a true gentleman, RIP
Great video of memories ned, And gents of the road.
Thanks Ned.From the lads at WW for remembering Tommy Burn.He was a great man & he is sorely missed.Good to see young Seamus O Keefe & he is still going.
great video, loved seeing the meadows, danzas and brian keheo trucks ii worked for meadows in the dying days and miss it a lot and the people i worked with
Thanks Seamus,Them were da days
great video big shout out to you irish boys...awe the best ae scotland ...........
Great Video Des, It Took A Bit Of Time To Put It All Together, It's Good To Remember All The Lad's That Have Passed On, That We All Would Have Crossed On The Road Late 70s/80s 90s,Not Like Now You Would'nt Know Who Is Behind The Wheel Of An Irish Truck, The Music Suit's The Video So Well, Again Thank's Des...
Great video, nice to see the old truck's
Cheers dude glad you enjoyed it 🤘
@@NedKellyIreland yes no auto gear boxes and less power in those days, seen a video the other month an old original Volvo FH16 (470hp) has less power than the standard these days and now we are up to 750hp
What a fantastic video:) God bless those who passed on, an thank's for seein' a lot of irish rigs ah use tae see when ah was a laddie.
Thnx for the video Ned.. I worked with Paul Mc Affrey in the mid 90's at Mc Geehans of Draperstown... He was a great character R.I.P..
Sadly missed im sure lad :(
shuff shuffle paul mc Caffrey was brillant lad. I worked with him at Mc Geehans sound fella
A few old familiar faces from long ago !!! I took the photo of the JBH International with the Moore freight truck in the back ground in Calais if memory serves me right by in 2001. Talk about great all days
saw a picture of dad thankyou for including him
Cool Lad glad he made it in :)
Brilliant video Ned, i remember them all as a lad in Sydney Coopers.
Great video ned 👍
Still don’t get why half of the ones I see on the road dress like cowboys and have a fascination with pulling the cab curtains half way past their side windows 🤦
Two words for this video..........Sheer Class.
Great video my dad r.i.p sean RASHER ward
Ned, great collection of pics here and well put together. Thanks for sharing and hope all is well and getting better over in Ireland...from your fans here in Chicago.
Cheers Michael appreciate it 👍
great stuff ned
Cheers bro :)
Great video 👏👏
Thank you! 👍 Mark
My father worked for floods back in the middle 90’s tony Davis we knew pat and David flood and Mary flood was transport manager he also worked for O'Leary’s back in the 90’s and u had a picture of paddy tierney and I was working for John tierney and I got my first go at crossing into Europe and it was paddy who helped me all the way and showed me the ropes and paddy is old skool and a really nice fella to know and meet and I always looked up to the old skool driver for help and they always did but I was I kid going on trips with my dad and everything looked fun drivers meet talk to each other but unfortunately it wasn’t the same when I got into it because ur on ur own the cb is dead no one wants to help or care the fun had went out of driving well before I came along 😔
Another memory watching that I used to take a load of cardboard packaging from England to a little place in James town get the best breakfast ever then in to Walsh western for an export load out of Dublin, not before shunting a few trailer's for them out of three com for punts for the beer money, great memories of great people.
Great photo and good for those reposed. Add my own memory of: Hans Kyle RIP. A Dutch driver for Pat Mone of Chilly Freight (now: MVT). Well done Ned and also to: Luke Vernon. (though the language needs to be curtailed). Congrats
Brendan Michael Hughes Cheers Brendan Take The Point Cheers
Ned Kelly Ireland Ned: Didn't expect a response, from you: thanks. I will also do this for Noel McGeown as well (McAnerney Bros Ltd; I worked there too. Maurice Cullen says, he does not watch them - as he says: "After 50 years of driving the UK and Ireland; I'm sick of it..and look at me!) If you meet Padriag McGrain; tell him, I say Hi, to him and the family. Mate, take care and; again thanks for the response.
bloody great video can well relate to it drove in the 80s and 90s doing instate on the other side off the world cheers from australia
i know a lot of the faces in this video through my father...great video,
Cheers Gordon! Thanks a mill.Loads more great men not included in there also R.I.P
great video, some good men on there especially my dad and my uncle jack (father ted), well done
Bagatelle ought to have been big internationally.
Absolutely, I never found out either what happened with wally mcconville the drummer and why he wasn't there longer
my father was 1 of the men of that time jim bermingham. along with billy o mara big jim Rip.
great vid even a pic i took on it when i was driveing for boggan
Great vid Ned.. luv the music too..I ain' a trucker..far from it..wuz on ships fer 45 years..and a 'noobie' car driver (at 67) but gettin' hooked on 'trucker vids' after gettin' hit by one..lol.. I sorta get the impression here, that truckin' ain' so much diff'rent from shippin'..like, mutual respect to other truckers, friendship, loyalty even..but more on a one-to-one level than sorta 'company wide'..(am I close?).. ok... back to '15 and lookin' fer yer latest vids.. thks agin...
+brian best Thanks a million Brian Appreciate it
I did 7 years for Ronnie and Winston.... come back guys i`ll work for ya
R.I.P Dominic McGuiness Anduff International
HELLO NED I IM DAVE OR MEATPIE I IM NEW TO YOUR CHANNEL I THINK YOUR VIDEO ARE SO GREAT ON THE ROADS DRIVERS JOB MUST BE GRAT JOB I WAS ON THE RAILWAYS NOW RETIRED LIVING IN THAILAND , NEED GET OUT AND DO SOME MORE VIDEO NOW I AM CATCHING UP ON ALL YOUR VIDEO EVERY DAY IM WATCHING IT
Fantastic vid ned.... lovely head a hair on ya back then 😂😋...my uncle used ta drive for Meadows when I was very young n used ta bring me n brothers with him....brought back memories....just got my C license so hopefully I can bring my own kids out some day n hopefully they'll enjoy it as much as I did
Ahh big Dermot from east west big gentle soul rest easy big man
Good man 2800.
really appreciate your comments.It took forever to get it all together.
it's worth it i hope
Thanks again :)
Iggy Madden, use to be lucky to see one of their wagons on our way to Galway
Alright there Ned just seen this great photo's and a bit of the Wolfetones first seen them at the Old Glasgow Apollo 1983 when I was 16 so we must be about the same age Ned stay safe all the best to you and your family
Cheers Henry
Likewise Chap And Happy Christmas To You And Yours :)
Great video!!
William Carey cheers William lad 👍
Also Bubbles pollard another giant of irish trucking ,
Nice fella Bubbles, remember him with Wolfhound. RIP
Dix, Trux, and a few car transporters we use to chat with on the CB, Barretts drivers as well
Nice wan Ned.....Lovely photos....
Some great memories there of trucks I used to watch when I was kid. Well done.
I used to see the Halal trucks come round the square in Ballyhaunis. Great stuff.
Thanks a mill glad you enjoyed it Ned
Walsh n Western we see them on the Limerick road, same with Shannon Transport, use to have a bit of craic with the Shannon Greyhound
Awesome video Ned that F88 haven’t seen one of them in years great truck to drive, and I think you had every series of Scania there apart from that new one which I don’t rate at all.
Hi ned have jest watched Ireland and trucking history again ( I KNEW THEM ALL BUT I NEVER MET THEM ) GOD BLESS we love your channel be safe mate Dave poole.
David Poole cheers Dave
Appreciate it lad
Ned Kelly Ireland ahh the good old Tones Ned ye canny beat them🍀
Great video Ned I remember seeing a lot of those Hauliers when visiting relatives in Drogheda Ireland back in da day.Streets of New York by da Wolf Tones is one of my all time favourite song seen them in Manchester England where I’m from over da years👍👍
Jesus I'm getting old . Started in 84 with Fleming transport. So many good men gone even John Joe the shiek himself rip .part time now thank God. Take care all.
Cheers mike well for you doing part time
Didn’t know Fleming had kicked the bucket. They weren’t very nice to poor old Declan Reid when he called in after he finished up driving
From what I heard they ran him;(
love the vids ned
who's singing on this one,i love it
all the best to ya fella
jim
Ned, great videos. Just wondering if you have any photos of the old Stena boat on the Dublin/Holyhead route. The one with ramp inside in the boat that kept ripping the rubber spray suppression mats off the back crash bars on all the fridges. I started driving in 1998 and have no photos of back then. Pity. Would love to have some of the lads and lorries from back then.