Paddy The Pet Goose, Graiguecullen, Co. Carlow, Ireland 1974
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A goose waddling behind his young owners is a regular sight in the streets of Graiguecullen.
In 1970 Miley Doran bought a gosling from a woman in Bagenalstown in County Carlow for ten shillings. He had not planned to buy a goose, but thought the creature could be fattened, killed, and boiled to make soup.
Miley Doran’s children had other ideas. They christened the gander Paddy and he became a family pet.
He’ll never be killed here, he came for that job but it will never be done.
Paddy is now a familiar sight around Graiguecullen on the Laois Carlow County boundary. The goose is frequently seen out walking around Carlow with Miley Doran’s young girls. Paddy must be locked up each morning or else he will follow them to school. He dislikes water and prefers to waddle around the shops with his young owners. While Paddy is tame with the girls, he dislikes boys and adults.
Such is this goose’s celebrity that several people have offered to buy Paddy from Miley Doran. But Paddy will never be sold nor slaughtered,
He saved his own life by doing a few tricks.
This episode of ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 31 January 1974. The reporter is Frank Hall. The track accompanying this clip is ‘Walking’ by CCS.
Frank Hall’s amusing and satirical series began on 29 September 1971 with the full title ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator’ which became known as ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’.
The series allowed Frank Hall to follow his own interest in the lives of viewers throughout the country. Regarded as RTÉ’s flagship comedy show, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, cartoons and spoof television formats. The show ran for nine series until 1980.
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A joy to watch, street scenes and cars 😊 with the VW at 0:16 😮
@user-bi8lv2bz6b
6 ай бұрын
Ted Bundy had an Orange VW when he was on his killing spree He said it was easier to work in the back rather than using a regular car
@jamesbradshaw3389
5 ай бұрын
That VW was used as a getaway vehicle in many bank and post office robberies, it drove away in a nice and gentle after the raids, it never looked suspicious, The Garda Síochána never checked or pulled the driver over as they knew well that gang on board were just hippies on a tour around the country and they would not hurt a fly. But please keep this secret as I was one of the gang
I want to know what happened to Paddy, this story is better than anything on Netflix
@jamesbradshaw3389
6 ай бұрын
Paddy the Goose Gander is still alive and swanning around the place like he owns it, he was written the script for film to be made about his life but they are finding it hard to find the right type of actor how can play the part Paddy the Goosey Gander, the goose about town, any town, the goose when went to school and git top honors, the goose who hitting the big times yet did not fame go to his head,
@Niseau
6 ай бұрын
that's for sure finding an actor @@jamesbradshaw3389
@gilactico
6 ай бұрын
@@jamesbradshaw3389Louis goosett junior rumoured to be interested.
@PatJamesRicketts
6 ай бұрын
Look up Untitled Goose Game, he lives on!
@AnthonyMonaghan
2 ай бұрын
@@jamesbradshaw3389 Yer man Michael Fassbinder would make a great Paddy the pet goose.
great stuff.
So great!
lovely video
Love it.
Geese make the best pets! I wouldn’t be without mine!🥰
this is just so lovely....❤
So so cute
Brilliant.
Wonderful! 🤗
@Winchester6161
6 ай бұрын
And the Wellies ah Happy and better times for Sure.
What a lovely story, thanks for posting
i had one in the 1950s also.. My mother sold it to a man that came around buying fowl.... when I was at school ..I was very sad and mad with her.. I often think about him..
Simpler times.....I had a pet jackdaw. We were all afraid of farmyard geese, back in the day, especially a big gander as these would give a child a severe beating if you crossed them...they always gave a warning before the attack was launched though....
Sweet
@jamesbradshaw3389
6 ай бұрын
and very smart
@davidh6543
6 ай бұрын
And savoury
That's one cool gander 😎
@jamesbradshaw3389
6 ай бұрын
You got that right
Great stuff
It's very rare that you some goose stepping going on and afterwards only a bit of jollity and larks transpire
@jamesbradshaw3389
6 ай бұрын
Most of his large family were like that, You would never hear bad words said against them, they were and are all highly respected in the community
This is what KZread used to be like, or still is when you ignore the algorithm thingy....thanks.
I remember in Athlone town there was a goat that lived at the school and he follow us into town....an there was another lad went round town with 2 chickens...this is classs...Wannn paDDy the Goose min...
No-one can escape proper gander on the internet these days😀
This very fine Paddy the Goosey Gander with human feeling is not for the pot, watch him Skipptey De Hop as the kids make their school, this Gander made it all the way to top grade in his class, he was excellent at history and geography, fishing and none stop flying over water., later he became Lord Mayor of his City and some years later became an independent TD, He sat with the Green Party for a while until he was invited to their Christman dinner party, he was shocked and disgusted by what was served up as the main meal and let policies forever, he now sails the seven seas with his large family but he always comes back to visit his dear old school friends from 1974
That courteous minibus driver is none other than Val Callinan- still trading today as Callinan Coach Hire with Brian Callinan "3rd generation" at the helm....
Reporting on the most Up-to-date news on Paddy the goose gander is still alive and is Swanning all around the place like he owns it, He has already written the script for a film to be made about his life but the film company are finding it difficult to find the right type of character actor how can play the part of Paddy the Goosey Gander the goose about town, The goose who passed his driving test at the first attempt, The first goose to become the first goose test driver for a F1 one team. The goose who went to school and got top honors, The goose who hit the big times yet did not fame go to his head, The goose who stood his ground, he stood up for the weak, small, poor and the downtrodden, he would never allow anyone to speak badly about any of his kind, The goose who helped to teach mankind that Gooses have rights too and it is not all about the Christmas dinner and very fine mattresses and pillows filled with silky feathers. I was told by a totally reliable source that Paddy the goose gander is planning to stand in the next presidential election, he will get my vote that is for sure.
"Freebird" would have beeen great as well
Nowadays, the police would be called, fines would be issued (maybe even jail time), and the goose euthanized.
Ireland as it was, before it was ruined.
@o00scorpion00o
3 ай бұрын
Ain't that the truth although before I was born, I came along in 1980 From Originally from Castledermot but Carlow was always the place to go as it was for many villages around there. But Ireland has changed so much and not for the better. Bring back the Catholic Irish !
@michaelgaskell7408
2 ай бұрын
@oldfashioned-zm4ts Once Ireland has an honest and NATIONALIST Govt' back in place,we can fight to get our country back.DEPORT,DEPORT,DEPORT,is the ONLY ANSWER,and NOTHING less.
@spazzymacgee5648
2 ай бұрын
Oh look it's the Fascist far right traitors to Ireland. You scumbags are a minority of traitors. What an embarrassment to the Real Irish you bigots are.
@spazzymacgee5648
2 ай бұрын
@@michaelgaskell7408 you are a traitor to Ireland. Fascist scumbag.
@spazzymacgee5648
2 ай бұрын
@@o00scorpion00o traitor to Ireland.
Let's get the comments going...it is in Laois😂😂
@jamesbradshaw3389
6 ай бұрын
Come on you have got to also give us a hand with this, tell us your story
@eire013
6 ай бұрын
No that part is carlow
gowan carlow
Colin Farrels uncle (not the goose!)
Its some country for one country is Ireland.
Lord above my grandy as a couple of young geese on her small holding here in Tippee, and for sure they follow her around all the time. just before Christmas I came home my mummy said to me why don't you take a walk and see grandy and meet her to lodges somehow my mummy had a smile on her face. so off I go across the fields and when I eventually got there I walked through the gate and just as I put my hand on the door handle 😮did come 2 screaming geese up the Fold yard for sure they had me dancing like Michael Jackson😂 I was going this way that way trying to get away from them but they kept coming packing my legs and their stood my Grandy laughing her head off, l says lord woman will you be getting these shark things off of me, it was about 20 minutes as I was sat down with a cup of tea my grandy 😮says to me how are you going to be getting out of here little caveman I just gave her one look and said it's amazing what you see when you haven't got your gun for sure she wasn't laughing then😮 CO, TIOBRAID ÁRANN ÉIREANN 🇮🇪 ☘😂
It’s county Laois.
@robdoyle-fz3nm
6 ай бұрын
its carlow queens county border is up the road
@Ooohhhhardaaahhh
6 ай бұрын
@@robdoyle-fz3nm my understanding the border is the river? I’m not from there only lived there for a year but I always thought that once you crossed the river you were in Laois?
@robdoyle-jr8by
6 ай бұрын
no its further up and county carlow is 300 years older than queens county its one of the original 12 counties and before there were ever counties there ere settlements towns and villages and countie carlow is named after carlow town and its one of the oldest settlements in ireland it predates written history and the first place the lived was either side of the bridge the area has been carlow thousands of years before any part of laois was invented and most of ireland @@Ooohhhhardaaahhh
@eire013
6 ай бұрын
@@Ooohhhhardaaahhhthe border is further up at the school and it was all originally carlow
Only in Laois
@fionnmcnessa
6 ай бұрын
You must of been missing in geography class son
@robdoyle-fz3nm
6 ай бұрын
no the border for queens county is much further up
At 1:41 Dawes Kingpin!
This is Co Laois not Carlow
@eoghancarpenter8546
6 ай бұрын
Keep dreaming
@jamesbradshaw3389
6 ай бұрын
@@eoghancarpenter8546 Ha Ha very funny, people going around steeling counties all for themselves
@polki1482
6 ай бұрын
Its Carlow town on the co Laois side of the barrow,no need to make a big deal of it you would swear it was the US Mexico border😏
@alanoconnell2910
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely build a wall 😀
@robdoyle-fz3nm
6 ай бұрын
thats not queens county thats carlow