Men like this were the backbone of rural Ireland back in the day, tough, dedicated, reliable - quiet heroes of the community.

@seanmaher7733

3 жыл бұрын

How right you are. Without their like, communities fail.

@brendadrumm9708

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanmaher7733so true my father in-law was from Kerry Michael Collins I met nearly 50 yrs ago in Kerry a pure gentleman so reserved so quite I've never forgot that man I got rid of his son after eleven yrs of marriage a waste of space

@PillSharks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I totally agree...funny how they only started screaming about equality when things got a easier!!!

@eileenhavern77

3 жыл бұрын

@@PillSharks shocking... Imagine wanting to be treated equally at all!!!

@PillSharks

3 жыл бұрын

@@eileenhavern77 well it works both ways and everyone has to take the good with the bad, not cherry pick! You tell me the last time you watched a women up to her ass in shit working in freezing conditions with the rain running down the back of her neck?

He also won the Tour de France twenty two times by accident, they don’t make them like that anymore and he has my respect

@robertkidnley93

3 жыл бұрын

The tour the what sorry friend I dint mean too I was just traying to do my job well got to go this letter arent going to deliver themselves

@MarkLynskey

3 жыл бұрын

....aye one gear and they were a hoor to cycle...only real men could handle a 'High Nelly'

@nacholibre1962

3 жыл бұрын

Laughed out loud. "He also won the Tour de France twenty two times by accident..." That would have been a great line in the doncumentary if Monty Python had done it! :-) Well done!

@charlesdickens6706

3 жыл бұрын

@@nacholibre1962 .....Actually , the posty who did dominate The Tour de France was the Australian posty in the 1930s . He was known as Oppy . He was in France so often that he learned to speak good French too . ..Good chance he had Irish background though .

@tony_anello

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something from Forrest Gump. Delivering letters and accidentally taking part in Toue de France, ends up helping the real winner finish the race

I read a report that he lived to 108 years old. He would be 111 were he alive today. Impressive man.

@msjanegrey

2 жыл бұрын

In the days when ther were no fitness studios. Only the real thing.

@nikkijackson2981

2 жыл бұрын

How do you know?

@robfut9954

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikkijackson2981 I googled about it. There’s some news articles on it and if you search his name you can find when he died. Looks like he had a good long life.

@nikkijackson2981

2 жыл бұрын

@@robfut9954 Thank you. Wow 108 though! That's immense. Tysm :)

@small_blue_bird

2 жыл бұрын

All that exercise 💪 paid off. What a warrior.

Also for people that don’t have much contact with people a visit from the postman and a word of gossip meant a lot especially for the elderly .

@z.C.008

3 жыл бұрын

That's deep shit

@snowflakemelter7171

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. It still is that way in many rural communities.

@Erraticfox

2 жыл бұрын

A word of gossip has always meant a lot to anyone, it was just more rare to hear back then as we didn't have the world at our fingertips.

@lindatisue733

2 жыл бұрын

As a kid the post driver would have a stick of gum if you were there when he was at the box.

@freddymarcel-marcum6831

2 жыл бұрын

I drive a taxi in a small town in Eastern Kentucky, I do get a lot of shut-ins and the lonely.

27 miles a day on a bike that weighed more than the anchor of the Titanic, while puffing a pack of silk cut blue.

@declanokeeffe84

3 жыл бұрын

lol or a pack of Major perhaps.

@rivolinho

3 жыл бұрын

@@declanokeeffe84 Now yer talkin'

@fintonmainz7845

3 жыл бұрын

Silk Cut was only smoked during Lent you heathen.

@breenwalshe7667

3 жыл бұрын

He's old school,woodbines..........

@sineadconran4964

3 жыл бұрын

And it's a time where there was probly more tar in the ciggerettes then on the road, them roads would shake the bones out of ya on the bike😬

And this fella paid more tax in one day than Amazon do in a year.

@radcow

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but he didnt create wealth and jobs

@travelengland6117

3 жыл бұрын

Amazon put a lot of smaller tax paying companies out off business, the extra staff now working at amazon don't exactly earn much. Most of the profits go to America (majority of the shareholders)

@TheSunderingSea

3 жыл бұрын

@@radcow MUH JAB CREATORZZZ

@benedictjlarkin9296

3 жыл бұрын

Aka create zero hours contracts and rob the country whilst destroying local commerce and jobs. Go away with that shite now.

@KennyG-qh8jc

3 жыл бұрын

Comment of the year, Brilliant

They missed the bit where he admitted to fathering 175 children in Goleen.

@nitaistrange112

3 жыл бұрын

what, really?

@PenttiLinkola23

3 жыл бұрын

@@nitaistrange112 It's a joke about postmen having affairs with house wifes.

@nitaistrange112

3 жыл бұрын

@@PenttiLinkola23 Ahhhh, xD, i got it now

@samw1red805

2 жыл бұрын

'tis all in a day's work, innit

@i.turn.tables6455

2 жыл бұрын

Pat Mustard

My DAD was a Postman from the age of sixteen until he retired at sixty cycling and walking , R I P DAD.

Reporter: are you thinking of retiring? Mike the Postman: shoo to tae tae hu ta tu ti to to tae. Reporter: I see.

@ronan7812

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Accurate

@Splits-man

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂👍

@xyz-hb5lp

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@das8771

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@Tamar-sz8ox

3 жыл бұрын

Love it ☘️

Cycled 27 miles a day ,6 days a week for 42 years in wellington boots! The man was a savage!

@nostalgia815

3 жыл бұрын

yup 353,808 miles

@charlesdickens6706

3 жыл бұрын

....I bet the three Yorkshiremen could give a yarn to top this one .

@1invag

3 жыл бұрын

I cycle 7 miles everyday to work and 7 miles every day back and that's before you starting work. Let's not get carried away, it's not that far 😅 you could walk that in 8 hours easily. Now the postie who did walk that every day deserves a pat on the back

@nostalgia815

3 жыл бұрын

@@1invag and where are you from them?

@LearningDrummerSam

3 жыл бұрын

@@1invag Is it a hilled area? Thats still less than half of what this man is doing, on top of working his cows in the early morning

You’ve got to admire the Celtic toughness. Respect from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

@garyhutton2654

2 жыл бұрын

Love our family in Holland XXX 💕

@brendadrumm9451

2 жыл бұрын

People I've all ways respected are Dr's nurses and posties god bless him x

@weeg91

2 жыл бұрын

Netherlands was celtic at one point too, most of europe was ....

@maximuseuropa1355

2 жыл бұрын

@@weeg91 The Netherlands were Germanic. In France they were Celtic though, not too far

The maddest bit is that a posty owns a 15 acre farm what a time to be alive

This wonderful postman passed away in 2018. R.I.P. Mike.

@asteroidstrike8880

3 жыл бұрын

@@WASHED_marker999 Well he's definitely dead. I checked up on a lot of Mike Sheehan's.

@dbloch6784

3 жыл бұрын

Wow great man,god bless him I remember the postman in Ireland delivering the post on his bike and you would here him whistle to know he was coming,it was a good thing to find out the happenings of the neighbourhood there was no phone.😊😉

@PrevailingFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

No no, it couldn’t have been the same man. He was born in 1909/1910, meaning he would have been 108/9 in 2018. This would make him the second or first oldest Irishman ever, which isn’t the case. Michael is a common name and I’m sure Sheehan is also, so it will be harder to find him. The Michael Sheehan that died in 2018 could have been his son, if he had any, and if he was from the same area. The Michael Sheehan we see here has passed on, but not in 2018.

@DavTitan

Ай бұрын

@@PrevailingFreedom He died in 1988.

I cycled my post route in my early 20's, I've not a patch on this gentleman, I'd have been bolloxed doing his route in my 20's and hes 65 here still going strong, now that's what you call a proper hardman

@philiplevins6702

3 жыл бұрын

true old skool

@paulgorman3001

3 жыл бұрын

@@philiplevins6702 proper old school, they dont make em like that nowadays

@laurenceoconnor6499

3 жыл бұрын

Snowflake.

@typower9

3 жыл бұрын

A real 'iron man'!

@paulgorman3001

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurenceoconnor6499 I'll snowflake you old man Larry

What a hardy fella 162 miles a week at 65 , God bless him.

@leohorishny9561

3 жыл бұрын

That's a fair point. I first thought, "27 miles a day? That's not too bad", but yeah, 6 days a week of that adds up.

@Splozy

3 жыл бұрын

Legs like fucking concrete

@niamhne8046

3 жыл бұрын

Irish folk are built different, it’s amazing how they survived back then. My dad was born in Ireland a rural village in the Midlands, came from a big family. One meal a day, if you didn’t eat your food quick because of the other siblings- there was no food to eat the rest of the day, now he always eats everything at every meal

@michaelhanford8139

3 жыл бұрын

Why just one meal/day?

@Jez3134

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhanford8139 When you have a big family that's all you had to feed them. Some came from a family of 5-8 siblings in a 2 bedroom house. My dad said the dogs used to get a slice of bread if they were lucky. Even in that state of poor you had beggers knocking asking for food

Spent my years from 18-21 being a cycling postman in Donegal, Ireland and I'll tell you that this man is not the last of his breed. There were those older than me that are still doing cycle-only posts in their 50s

@jacklafferty6654

3 жыл бұрын

To note though that the cycling posts today are usually done throughout towns and urban areas rather than in rural areas. Also, there has been a push from An Post at a national level to combine a lot of these routes into Van routes where possible. Even in my short time doing it I had my fair share of days where it is pissing down with the rain and you are struggling to keep the letters dry using a bin bag inside the post bad. Can't imagine what it was like for this man back in 1975.

Reminds me of my Dad. He was a postman for 43 years and cycled most of them. I see all that cycling helped. Today at 85 he is super fit

Lovely little slice of life from a time long gone. The gentleman was so soft-spoken I hardly caught a word that wasn't "yes, no, I will, I won't" 😊

@1invag

3 жыл бұрын

It's 1975 not 1875... Its only fricking 5 years before I was born haha

@brunogjna9224

3 жыл бұрын

@@1invag k

@dunlop9161

3 жыл бұрын

@@brunogjna9224 What are you, 12?

@rickbergolla4055

2 жыл бұрын

@@1invag I feel you man dude making it sound like 1975 was like 1444

@DewSocks

2 жыл бұрын

@@1invag I mean it is still long gone, 1975 was 46 years ago. The way life was in 1975 is very different than the way life is now, even in more slower paced areas such as rural Ireland.

He got off his bike and walked it when he was passing a pedestrian, what a dacent gent 👍

@aaronjaben7913

3 жыл бұрын

looked like he was going to give her a letter maybe

@raftonpounder6696

3 жыл бұрын

He was stopping to hand her her post.

@salvatorejack6894

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine how that type of respect would be disregarded and trampled on in today’s selfish, dumbass society. The world doesn’t deserve men like this anymore.

@raftonpounder6696

3 жыл бұрын

@@salvatorejack6894 he dismounted to hand her her letters.

@Jafmanz

3 жыл бұрын

@@raftonpounder6696 maybe he dismounted so he count mount.....

In primary school, after classes I used to ride along with local postman and help him deliver some letters. He always bought me coke or ice cream. I thought it was the best job ever, riding bicycle all day long.

This moved me. A lifetime of quiet, stoic service to rural people - as others have said, imagine the conditions that man performed in.....and all on top of looking after a farm!!

People like him reduce me to tears - so good, I have no words

@Simon-io6xr

3 жыл бұрын

😶

@agathacathartese7041

3 жыл бұрын

Really? Tears?

@tyrekecantrell5941

3 жыл бұрын

@@agathacathartese7041 Humans are known to cry tears sometimes

@healix123

3 жыл бұрын

Yes; the simplicity, honesty and absence of ego. A real human.

@martinhanley9524

Жыл бұрын

The EU and open borders ruined Ireland . Most American cities are shot as well

I think this sort of things resonates within so many people who watch it because despite the role of a cycling postman in the mountains of Ireland being largely superfluous, it is immediately appreciable in its simple, hard-working and honest nature. This man has dedicated his life to traveling the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of miles around the planet in order to bring folks their mail on time, but he's also undoubtedly become an inextricable part of their lives. There is a truth and beauty in someone keeping a tiny yet precious part of their local culture alive.

@johnmckenna6203

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful comment!

@thelureofhistory8683

2 жыл бұрын

Great and very true

As a Dutchman living in Ireland and loving the country and people to bits, I would love to do this job!

@frank832

3 жыл бұрын

A Dutchman who wants to ride a bike, how surprising.

@squifftopher

2 жыл бұрын

@@frank832 lol! A little more hilly tho 😁

the sad thing now is that most of these Rural post offices in ireland have long since been closed ... many villages in the countryside have no bank and no post office .. really affects the social fabric of rural communities.. and causes a lot of social isolation

@Dreyno

3 жыл бұрын

Some are long closed and some are recently closed or soon to close. The paltry saving of closing dozens a year seem to please the management in An Post no end.

@fintonmainz7845

3 жыл бұрын

The real cause of rural isolation is that people live in isolated houses instead of villages. No amount of post offices will fix the problems associated with this.

@Dreyno

3 жыл бұрын

@@fintonmainz7845 Many/most of those people are there because they farm the land or have other ties to it that make it impossible to leave. You can’t live away from a farm because it’s usually something that you need to tend to from first thing in the morning until last thing at night. You don’t clock out at 5 o’clock and go home. When there was a network of post offices, shops and pubs, there was a social outlet for these people. That’s been eroded now.

@cliffordadams8353

3 жыл бұрын

What a nice man with a simple sense of values. You’d almost want to protect him from the reality of today’s world

@michaelf4506

3 жыл бұрын

@@fintonmainz7845 I've never thumbed down a comment on yt but yours deserves it....asshole

You'll never find another bloke like him.

@josephlongbone4255

3 жыл бұрын

The joy of humanity is that is true for you, me and every one of 7.8 billion of us.

@railwaystationmaster

3 жыл бұрын

Praise the lord !

@aaronbaraiya3692

Жыл бұрын

mr.bean

I live in Dublin today, and our neighbourhood postman always travels about on a bicycle. The tradition is alive and well.

@Mortthemoose

2 жыл бұрын

Really! Ohhh, that's nice to know!

@NeonAstralOfficial

6 ай бұрын

Great to hear that!!

This is bloody wonderful. That guy is made of steel. His stare and his grin. 27 miles ain’t so bad. We was obviously in great health from it!

@supercruiser4925

3 жыл бұрын

27 miles ain't so bad? He was 65 you Muppet.

@pegjames188

3 жыл бұрын

I believe STONA is articulating the postman's thoughts.

For a non english speaker like me its really hard to understand irish people like this champ. God Bless people like him, strong men of the past.

@Guovssohas

3 жыл бұрын

@celticandliverpool80🇮🇪 Are thick accents like these any more? Or are they a thing of the past?

@deadpoolkoa7108

3 жыл бұрын

I find someone from Cork and kerry hard too understand a bit lol.

@0scarisaiah

2 жыл бұрын

Television and pop music have watered down (usually Americanised) a lot of strong dialects now. A bit sad in a way.

My dad was the last to cycle the post on the golden route in tipperary

@breenwalshe7667

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Gleeson still on his bike in Nenagh.............Hon Johnny.

@bretdouglas9407

3 жыл бұрын

Get all the stories from him

@barryroach1980

3 жыл бұрын

I heard it was a long way.....

@lennoxforeman601

3 жыл бұрын

Class. My father used to drive around rural parts of Kerry and west Cork in a blue transit in the 80s and early 90s selling workwear (wellingtons, work boots etc) to all the farmers. I used to love going out with him when I was young. Deadly memories. Country has changed so much since then ☮️

@1invag

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get it, you still get post man delivering the post on bikes today. Some walk, some go in van you see all sorts

Reporter: Are you ready for retirement, Mike? Mike the Postman: (Tilts head back and laughs, starts pedaling like a madman as his bike levitates into the cloudy blue sky.)

@Othman1992on

3 жыл бұрын

Lighten up the anime

Sounds like a wonderful existence - he gets to be outside all the time, has no deadlines or time limitations as long as he completes his rounds, and can enjoy the smells and the sights and the sounds of the countryside. All the while being paid to exercise and stay healthy! Lovely, and enviable.

@ninjesus4079

3 жыл бұрын

nowadays, postman is one of the most stressful job there is. Always more to do and faster

@chamboyette853

3 жыл бұрын

Not when it rains or snows.

@kennybrianshjreklunke4842

3 жыл бұрын

now you do it

@nordiskkatt

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennybrianshjreklunke4842 I used to live in rural Kerry, a bit north of where this is. Every day, to get a break from my desk job, I'd go cycling - only about 15-20 kilometers a day, because that was all I had time for, but when I say this is basically a dream job, I speak advisedly! It's a gorgeous, gorgeous part of the world, and very mild - it hardly ever snows or sleets. And perfect for cycling.

@JeroenBIG

3 жыл бұрын

And how about visiting woman at their houses while their men are away for work? This guy has children everywhere. Every day he gets home tired. One of my friends works for a company delivering flowers. The customers are mostly female. He is always busy keeping the customers happy. It completely changed him. Always a huge smile on his face!

I'd rather do that job - even in the pouring rain on a freezing morning - than rotting away at my desk.

@sturdeehouse

3 жыл бұрын

I cycle across London every day to do my job as a teacher. 5.20 I get up, 14 miles I cycle each way. I hope not to do it for much longer.

@lionnelskyfn8295

3 жыл бұрын

@Bres of the Tuatha De Danann when humans were humans

@savvyenglando4276

3 жыл бұрын

Okaay go get a job similar then? like whats stopping you.

@sturdeehouse

3 жыл бұрын

@@savvyenglando4276 I love where I work

@savvyenglando4276

3 жыл бұрын

@@sturdeehouse I was talking to the original poster mate, not you. Glad you're happpy with your work though. :-)

My father used to drive around rural parts of Kerry and west Cork in the 80s and early 90s selling workwear (wellingtons, boots etc) to mainly farmers. I used to love heading out with him for the day when I was a kid. Brilliant memory's. People were so genuine and honest back then, it was class. My child is growing up in a different Ireland than I did. Man, the country has changed so much since then ☮️☮️☮️

@karkkimarkkinat2109

2 жыл бұрын

How is it different now compared to then?

@lennoxforeman601

Жыл бұрын

@@karkkimarkkinat2109 the obvious change would be that they use cars 🚗 in the country... the video should be called "the last of the rural country cycling postmen" people were much more trusting back then. Eg ppl never locked their doors. I can remember running in to the houses my father used to sell workwear to, doors were never locked and we'd always end up staying for a cup of tea and a chat. It's not like that anymore. We're you living in rural kerry in the 80s and 90s?

@karkkimarkkinat2109

Жыл бұрын

@@lennoxforeman601 I was living in a small town in northern Finland in the 90's. It was more like that back then too. I remember how everyone in the neighborhood knew each other and we're friendly (most of the time 😂) but nowadays it's like everyone is paranoid of each other and mentally ill. People have lost all social skills and are neurotic. I hate it.

@lennoxforeman601

Жыл бұрын

@@karkkimarkkinat2109 truth bro. Times are constantly changing and we have to adapt. I was let lose as a kid out in the country and had an amazing childhood. Everyone was welcoming and everyone always saluted each other. I If I let my children loose like I was left, my children would be taken off me. Different times bro. ✌✌✌

Wonderful old Ireland. It’s gone forever.

I like when he just stares at him when the reporter asks what's the worst about bad weather

@squick1842

3 жыл бұрын

And when he gives him the bird 1:08 :D

I love these random videos I find every now and again.

I have worked out that he started that job in 1933!!!!!!

Respect and honor to this man.

Older generations were so much tougher then us now.

That ol Boy has legs of steel & will probably live past 100 years, my Grandmother from Cork born in 1890 died in 1993, 103 years old left Ireland in the 50's came to the U.S made her way to the west coast Portland, OR USA Lived to see 3 generations after her

@ReasonAboveEverything

3 жыл бұрын

He died in 2018

@PrevailingFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

@@ReasonAboveEverything No, he didn’t. That would make him one of the top 3 oldest Irishman to ever live, and there is no mention of that anywhere. Michael Shaheen is a common name, plus it could have been his son.

What a great man, an unsung hero. They certainly don't make them like that anymore. A humble pillar of his community.

I used to cycle 16 miles a day in my late forties for work and that used to really tire me out. I'm impressed at this chap doing 27 miles a day at 65!

@W-E-A-P

2 жыл бұрын

not only that he's doing it on a heavy lump of a led of bike an aul highnelly. Strong legs that fella has over all the years of cycle.

My father was a post man in the 50s...I can remember him getting up at 5 30 am ,to cycle 10 miles to get to his rounds,in all kinds of weather...l don't think anyone would do or be up to it now these days...N I.

@Jafmanz

3 жыл бұрын

I bet your bin men still work like true Celts all year round. I do in Scotland. walk/run 5-11 miles a day up at 4:30 am sharp and I'm not lugging letters i'm lugging bins weighing 15kg-450kg. I'm fitter now in my 40's than I've ever been.

@reginaldbowls7180

3 жыл бұрын

I'd do it if it meant I was paid enough to own a home and raise a family.

@Susan-qz1su

3 жыл бұрын

You are wrong. My husband has done this for 15 years in South West Victoria. Rain hail shine he rides his bicycle to work 8km each way and rides his postie round on top of that maybe 70km. He's 50. He has supported our family of 3 kids through school and uni. He has my greatest respect.

@leonflaithiuil6596

3 жыл бұрын

I’m knackered after cycling 7 km to city centre fair play to that legend

@hasoonnine

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jafmanz there's no way a bin weighs 450kg

The Irish of that generation were machines of people❤️🇮🇪💕

@seamusoblainn4603

3 жыл бұрын

Warriors! ⚔

@Sr19769p

3 жыл бұрын

Correct. Machines of people, gentlest of souls 👍

@leesusphinx7857

3 жыл бұрын

mostly leftie morons now , who worry about things in other countries

As a latin american, even though I manage English very well, when I see "Ireland" and it is about an old person, I think "Oh boy this is gonna be tough" because the accent is so dense hahaha it is really hard to understand. Interesting video!

@kieronduffin2067

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, I'm Irish and I can barely understand him 😂

@eileenhavern77

3 жыл бұрын

Me either and I'm Irish!

@alberto9827

3 жыл бұрын

Ohh well thats somewhat nice to hear hahaha thanks!!

@johnkelly1787

3 жыл бұрын

@@alberto9827 In Ireland we have only been speaking English language since the 1890s, fluently, we still use Gaelic words in our conversations , and some areas speak Gaelic fluently as their first Language, I'm in Cartagena Colombia ,my wife is Colombian, and The Spanish here is much different than in Spain, Unfortunately not many people speak native languages here, sad to see,, this is the effects of Empires, Saludos para ti, Beannachtaí oraibh a chara .there i

@alberto9827

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnkelly1787 Ohhhh that is why some of the stuff he speaks about is almost impossible to understand for me! And yeah, spanish is one of those languages that can change drastically by location, that is why non spanish speakers find a hard time to learn it hahaha Gracias y saludos desde Costa Rica!

When Bicycles were first introduced to An Post, Postmen were not permitted to ride them, but rather the Bicycles were for the carriage of Mailbags, with the Postman walking alongside.

@Mortthemoose

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think you're right there.

My great grandfather did this in the 30s/40s Newport, Tipperary ☘️ loved hearing the stories from my nanny about being collected from school with his bike.

I was a postman in a small country town in south west australia in 1963 I did the whole town on my cycle In all weathers and dogs All post boxes on fences

@archdukehamburgervononionr1948

3 жыл бұрын

You lucky bastard

@angloaust1575

3 жыл бұрын

@@archdukehamburgervononionr1948 Yes I was quite lucky Quite a few were after it I attained the highest Mark's in The aptitude test It was only a year then I was transferred elsewhere

@Unborn-Stillborn

3 жыл бұрын

All weathers in Australia !! Sun, sunshine, and more sunny days ...

@agnidas5816

3 жыл бұрын

@@Unborn-Stillborn i'll take delivering in -30 over delivering in +45

@Unborn-Stillborn

3 жыл бұрын

@@agnidas5816 I take it you never tried to cycle in -30 over ice and snow.

I say he saw plenty of things along the way and wasnt short of a story you forget its men like him that were the bedrock of rural Ireland back in the day.

Pure gold. All the hardships taken with a smile...

Awwww....I loved that! 💜 Thank you! I have been disabled with chronic illness for 28 years now, but before that I "lived" on my bike! Grew up in Norfolk, England and we were poor. Mum and dad travelled everywhere by bike, and I was on a wee seat on dad's crossbar. The highlight of my young life, was getting my first bike, aged 4 ....a little tricycle. I was never off it! Lol When my grandad died, I progressed to his bike, which was exactly the same as the one that this lovely gentleman was riding! In my early teens, I got a part time job, and I saved and saved, until finally, I bought a beautiful Claud Butler drop handlebar bike. That bike was my life! I travelled/worked all over the UK (never got to tour Ireland, sadly), and cycled all over the UK, eventually getting a hand built tourer, which I named "Nomad" 😅. Carried on cycling, even though I was getting more and more ill, until I just couldn't do it any more. Needless to say, my beloved bike remains in my loft! I just couldn't part with it! Sorry for rambling....this story kind of touched my heart ❤ The postman reminded me of my grandad, and his old bike (the one I inherited) It was a simpler time....a wonderful time.

@Mortthemoose

2 жыл бұрын

@@finbarrcoffey8059 Awwww....thanks Finbarr!! 😊 ....Happy (and healthy!) New year to you

If anyone is interested, he lived to either 107 or 108! What a man

@PrevailingFreedom

3 жыл бұрын

No, he didn’t. That would make him one of the oldest Irishman to ever live. Seeing the death notice says he will be missed by his wife, this means the man’s wife was also alive in 2018, which is just impossible. Not to mention the picture is of a man in his 60’s-70’s, not a man in his 100’s. This may have been his son, but this was not the postal man himself.

Mighty video of a mighty craythur. Would bring a tear to the eye. Thanks a million for uploading.

@rivolinho

3 жыл бұрын

Pity no non Irish seem to read these.... "Craythur.........what's craythur precious!?"

@michaelhanford8139

3 жыл бұрын

Thought it just meant whiskey but apparently means creature as well, is that correct?

@Glynnermang

2 жыл бұрын

@@rivolinho I'll step in... Craythur is like a description of someone whom you love and respect but also feel empathy for. When we were kids for example and if we we're sick with a cold or fever my Grandmother God rest her would say "ah ya poor Craythur" Sorry for the weird explanation but hope it helps.

We'd a postman, Christy, all through the 80s. He'd been cycling many miles for over 30 years at that point. Rain, hail or shine he always delivered the post on his bike. An Post gave him a green van in the early 90s. Made life easier for the poor man. Once a month he'd give all the kids in our area a small bag of Jelly Tots or a roll of Silvermints. RIP Chrisy.

A lovely film! ... I love Ireland by my heart, I have been there eight times and lived and worked there for some time at the end of the 80's and in the early 90's, Cork City, West Cork, Schull, Kinsale, Crosshaven… I know it well, I like to remember it quite often ❤️🍀 from South Germany

@ulrikegraf

2 жыл бұрын

Such a nice man! Respect! 👍That's the reason why he's been sick just once in his life and he probably became a hundred years old... I would have loved to have met him.. 😊

Thank God we still have Michael Gallagher the Donegal postman who looks to the animals n fauna to (accurately) predict the weather

You won't see that man complaining of chest pain or diabetes, fit as a prize greyhound and as tough as nails ,is it any wonder the men of west cork had the tans running in circles with old boys like that around

@personl7949

3 жыл бұрын

👏🤣💯

@pmacc3557

3 жыл бұрын

Now now😄

@andreasvedeler80

3 жыл бұрын

He just lost both his legs in a kite flying accident last year but sure enough he's still riding his bicycle around, no quit in that man

@sylezmakefightz9727

3 жыл бұрын

Hell nooo! that’s why our ancestors and forefathers are so strong they’re weren’t weakened by technology they actually lived better healthier lives and didn’t no better so goes to show the heart and mind we’re ironclad as well as the body

@MrCOUNTYCORK

3 жыл бұрын

@@sylezmakefightz9727 they certainly were ,the other factors were no chemicals or poison pesticides in foods although their diet was small and not so varied everything was home grown natural including the meat ,my grandfather at over 70 could have out worked most 50 year old today, he was a tough old Irish man born in 1905 I know I cut timber with him and brought up in the same home, those great people are gone now and their toughness with them

After 42 years, this gentleman’s a*s must’ve been tougher than Kevlar. Seriously, men like this are few and far between now. He obviously was a very dedicated and hardworking man who took a tremendous amount of pride in his work.

The wonders of KZread - watching videos about cycling postmen from 45 years ago and from the other side of the planet

Imagine what he could do with a modern lightweight bike. He's doing every day the same level of training winners of the big tours do with an entire support team. And they don't even take out their cows first! Incredible.

Biking through the countryside of Ireland for your whole life sounds like heaven.

Everyday 6 days a week for the last 42 years at that time 1975, the time I was born. Wow, thank you sir for your dedicated service. Salute!

I remember our local postman Gerry in the 60's and 70's in North Cork, hail rain or shine he was out, he had a farm as well and used to buy calves from my father. He got a Honda 50 in about 1972. His son rang me after my father died to send his condolences, What hardy men they were, the backbone of the community, the internet of the time with all the latest news!

@lorrivaughn9066

Жыл бұрын

My ancestors came from County Cork in the 1890’s, the O’Connors.

My grandfather was a cycling postman, this was lovely to see

My mother was brought up on a hill farm in Aberdeenshire in the 1920s - she remembered one time when the postie on his bike handed her the post and informed her that her uncle was going to be visiting from the Philippines. The advantage was that the family didn't need to let any of the neighbours know. Even where we now live we have only fairly recently swapped from bike to van delivery

He is like my grandfather. Proud to postman Ireland from Indonesia postman

people are spoilt today world is a worse place without men like him and the times long gone.

I started working for the PMG/Australia Post in 1974. I can assure you that we were still using pushbikes well into the 1980s as well as delivering on motor bikes and on foot.

This is an gem of a video, and clearly a gem of a human. What a lovely & tough soul!

In 1992 I was lucky enough to spend a month in Ireland. I was 12, and my grandfather had living relatives there so we had a house to stay in, etc. Since I was young, I probably didn't appreciate it like I should but will always be in my memories.

Great man!

As a Corkman myself I would love to go back in time and travel around my own native county 50 years ago and more before there ever was a Celtic Tiger anywhere in sight. Gorgeous quite country Ireland was then, north and south.

@rinck17

3 жыл бұрын

I'm an American and unfortunately have never been to Ireland. What's a Celtic Tiger?

@padruigmacrodain

3 жыл бұрын

@@rinck17 the celtic tiger was the term used to describe the massive spurt and rapid expansion in the Republic of Ireland's economy in the 1990's through until the late 2000's. A Scandinavian economist first came up with it I believe.

@ScouserLegend

3 жыл бұрын

Has Ireland changed that much?

@padruigmacrodain

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScouserLegend Ah it has. It has changed a fine good bit since those days I think anyhow. Not just socially but even physically with all the new roads crisscrossing the once fairly untouched landscape. I was born in the 1970s and grew up in the 1980s myself and I think we are a wholly different country now even from when I was a young fella going on a teenager.

@roelkomduur8073

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh, the good old days, when unmarried women were used as slaves, the Catholic church was the absolute ruler, babies were sold to the highest bidder( if they suvived at all..)Those days of a good struggle in the north....

Men like Mike you don't get them anymore. A credit for ability and willingness to go the extra mile. A great example of how to get on with the job. Excellent.👍

We had a cycling Postman until 1993 in our village in south Wexford.

I remember men like this in London in the 70s, road diggers, railway workers, kitchen porters. Unbreakable, but prone to be in the demon drink at times.

There’s a post man in Ardee Co.Louth that still uses a bike 🚴

I`m a cycling postman too. Rain, snow or shine, anyhow the weather conditions are, I love my job!

@Mortthemoose

2 жыл бұрын

Really! Brilliant ....in Ireland?

The man was 65 years old with the heart of a race horse. Most people today wouldn't even keep up with his walking pace.

the 'Quiet Man'

Such a beautiful and humble person!

Very touching video... My grandfather was a cycling postmen in Normandy, France. One time he was fined for "bike overload". He was carrying too many parcels.

@Mortthemoose

2 жыл бұрын

😅😅 what a wonderful story!

I'm glad I live a life that will enable me to be as fit as this man at his age. Work for a living outside like man and you'll be one.

This is why I have so much respect for the older generations, men need to grow a back bone like this

@reginaldbowls7180

3 жыл бұрын

This is when you could actually make a living wage.

@jama211

3 жыл бұрын

@@reginaldbowls7180 and do so without an education

We had a cycling postman in ballygarvan co cork up until the 90s. frankie barry was his name.he covered a rural hilly route as well.

@deirdreclifford6519

2 жыл бұрын

Ah go away! I used to commute to work by bike from the city to Ballygarvan via the Myrtle Hill road. I'm assuming that's the hilly part you're referring to?

@bouse23

2 жыл бұрын

@@deirdreclifford6519 yes although there is an even steeper hill the other side of the village meadstown hill

The unwavering gaze of someone who's life values are the correct way around.

Hard working Gentleman , put many to shame today ....God Bless Sir

Wow bet he was superb condition. Wonder how long he lived.

@markkoetsier6475

3 жыл бұрын

He lived all the way to 2018, amazingly. 107 years old. Guess all the cycling paid off.

Ya old school great BREED OLD STOCK THERE WSS A MAN HERE N MAYO WHO WALKED WITH THE POST NO HEART TROUBLE OR CANCER OR OTHER HEALTHY AS DOGS GREAT ADMORATION FOR ANY LIKE HIM

@typower9

3 жыл бұрын

In the Highlands of Scotland they has postal runners! They ran up and down mountains with the post!

@anthonymctigue9038

3 жыл бұрын

@@typower9YES THAT WOULD B TRUE I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THESE OLD HIGHLANDERS AS VERY STRONG TOUGH PEOPLE C WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH N WAR TIMES WHEN THEY ALSO HAD RUNNERS WHO RAN FOR MILES N ALL WEATHERS AS LOOKOUTS AND MESSAGES GREAT PEOPLE NEVER B LIKES AGAIN

@eugeneoreilly9356

3 жыл бұрын

Yes,there was a wee woman(hen)that lived at the top of Ben Nevis.The postman always delivered her mail,into the rubbish bin.

Bravo, man !! You are a real hero! Always on the road, talking with all the people around, standing all weather! What a great man! I love the postman! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Mike Sheehan what a person. Huge respect to him.

What a guy, fair play to him. We will never see his like again

I think our bicycle postman in Geevagh, in south east county Sligo, was going into the 1980s.

❤what a strong man god. Bless his memory.

Actually sounds like a dreamjob in an area like that.. Times long gone. What a man

Great segments, thanks, and keep them coming.

He is 112 now & still delivering the post on his bike - what a great man

@fweenoe9501

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha good one

@dl5498

3 жыл бұрын

@@fweenoe9501 He is. Google him

@ShotsMerkzAll

3 жыл бұрын

What’s his name?

@tycobb8843

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShotsMerkzAll sure that's Mike - thought everyone knows Mike Sheehan.

It's now 2021 and there's still cycling post men !!! He wasn't the last by along time.

My Grandfather was a rural postman in Green Bay WI. The USPS gave him a car allowance which basically paid for a new car every couple of years which he needed given all the wear a postal route has. This was in the 1950s.

May god bless these good people.