It's Sunday and that can mean only one thing. It's Funday. Remember my mate Matt flying to Madrid for some Stag-night fun? Well, two weeks ago, he flew to Ireland for the actual marriage (his wife is Irish). Doesn't look like he had as much fun:
It's called a Doin and apparently it's tradition before a wedding in Ireland. Tie the groom to a trailer and tow him round town while random punters cover him in crap. Brilliant.
Written by Jake Howlett on Sun 29 Jun 2003
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I've never heard of that tradition... and I'm Irish...
Looks like the locals just wanted to have a laugh and give hime a real Doin' over :)
Brilliant! I can't wait to tell him...
Thanks Jake, I think Declan could be right. Tell the englishman it is a local tradition and have a good laugh at his expense... at least I got to keep my clothes on.
Tie the groom to a trailer? It looks like his bird is tied up with him to me??
She's is sat next to him but I don't think she's there against her will. More likely to make sure they don't do him any harm.
She was there against her will as well.
I bet they were game for anything after they snorted that cocaine they're covered in!!
I'd like to say that as best man I took control of the situation and saved the bride and groom from any more of this childish behaviour... but in fact I hid from sight for fear of being 'done' for simply being another Englishman!
<quietly removes 'Mail Order Irish Brides' from favorites list...>
It's definately traditional to get done in Northern Ireland. My brother and loads of mates have had gooduns.
My brother got taken to 5 different villages over the course of a day so everyone in the area could have a go.
and in Northern Ireland we were. Thankfully we only stayed in Banbridge and did not visit any other towns.
Really? So is Lisa real Irish then or not? I always thought she wat.
That explains why there was the red phone-box in the other shot.
She is from Northern Ireland.
Some of the wedding traditions make me laugh. This is definitely one of them. Looks fun.