{"id":28,"date":"2024-10-22T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theharrylyons.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2024-10-22T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:20:06","slug":"jerry-chicken-george-shevlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theharrylyons.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Jerry ‘Chicken George’ Shevlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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On Friday 15th<\/sup> April, 2022, I visited Gerry Shevlin aka Chicken George at his home in Clonakilty. I brought him some creamy buns and Lucozade as it was his birthday the next day, and I heard they were his favorites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harry: When did you arrive in Clonakilty?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry: I arrived in Clonakilty about 50 years ago as a teenager. I loved the entertainment, the music, and the street carnivals so much, that I stayed. I love the dancing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: Where did you get the name Chicken George?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a Master of the Bone festival in Cork and I was dressed up with black polish on my face and a carrying a rooster. There was a character in US history called Chicken George, and so the name came from that. I ended up in the garda station, and would you believe the rooster shit all over the garda station.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: What do you work as?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cut grass and hedges and tidying up gardens. I travel around on my scooter all around the county. I\u2019ve been to Skibbereen, Copeen, Barryroe and more. There is a lady in Barryroe who calls me \u2018darling\u2019. She says I look like Clark Gable. I carry all my own equipment. I even carried my wheelbarrow on the back of the bike a few years ago. If I won the Lotto, I\u2019d buy a Mitsubishi car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: What is your favorite food?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love creamy buns <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: Can you tell me about your love of dancing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the dancing. I just concentrate in my own mind, away from people, and dance away. Sometimes I listen to the robins when I am dancing. I won best costume in Dunmanway parade on St. Patrick\u2019s day this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: What music do you like?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favourite music is South American, and I would be dancing to it everywhere I go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: Do you like to travel? Where have you travelled?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have travelled to so many places, I am like a bumble bee. I\u2019ve been to Australia twice, Papa New Guinea (which is over 10,000 miles away), New Zealand, Hawaii, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Brazil. I was in Papa New Guinea when a tsunami hit. In Brazil, it was so hot and humid with the monsoon rains. I met tribes from the village, and the music was magic. I take no phone, only my alarm clock when I travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: Do you know anyone famous?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew Joe Dolan. I have been to lots of his concerts, and he would recognise me from my dancing. I\u2019d have a can of red bull and maybe a cigar and enjoy the dancing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: What is your favorite food and drink?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Galtee cheese sandwich on Fields bread. And Red Bull is my favorite drink. I gave up alcohol 15 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry: What advice would you give to people today?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are living in a world with too much technology, and it puts too much stress on people. It\u2019s like a zombie world. People are heading up to St. Mary\u2019s for their last holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ice is melting \u2013 and pieces the size of Cork city are breaking away from the ice caps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need to have eyes as sharp as a hawk \u2013 we are living in a dangerous world, and the devil is controlling the planet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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