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Am I the only one who thinks this is ***en legit!!!! great read.....this is the roots of boxing as we know it today.......true story!!!
Two men are driven to a quiet country lane close to Dundalk near the Irish border. Cars are used to block off access to the lane; less than 10 other people are present. They watch silently, as two men walk to a clear area, strip to the waist and prepare for a bare-knuckle fight.
James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy "The Lurcher" Joyce are there to represent their feuding Traveler clans. Although the Quinn McDonaghs and the Joyces are cousins, they are bitter enemies and have clashed for generations. The two families are at the heart of one of the longest and most violent bare-knuckle boxing feuds in Ireland and England.
-- From the press notes for "Knuckle," a documentary by Ian Palmer.
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Ian Palmer hadn't planned to fall into the world of bare-knuckle boxing, had no idea that he would spend the better part of 12 years filming underground fights in Ireland and England, had never imagined that he would become a chronicler of an ongoing feud between families that stretched back generations.
He wasn't even completely sure he wanted to be a filmmaker at all. He had his heart set on writing screenplays.
But then he went to a wedding ...
Full Story........
Two men are driven to a quiet country lane close to Dundalk near the Irish border. Cars are used to block off access to the lane; less than 10 other people are present. They watch silently, as two men walk to a clear area, strip to the waist and prepare for a bare-knuckle fight.
James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy "The Lurcher" Joyce are there to represent their feuding Traveler clans. Although the Quinn McDonaghs and the Joyces are cousins, they are bitter enemies and have clashed for generations. The two families are at the heart of one of the longest and most violent bare-knuckle boxing feuds in Ireland and England.
-- From the press notes for "Knuckle," a documentary by Ian Palmer.
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Ian Palmer hadn't planned to fall into the world of bare-knuckle boxing, had no idea that he would spend the better part of 12 years filming underground fights in Ireland and England, had never imagined that he would become a chronicler of an ongoing feud between families that stretched back generations.
He wasn't even completely sure he wanted to be a filmmaker at all. He had his heart set on writing screenplays.
But then he went to a wedding ...
Full Story........
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