When Irish Pubs Saved the Economy

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In May 1970 Ireland's banks were forced to close for 6 months when workers went on strike. But in an age before ATMs and debit cards the Irish found a way of getting hold of their money - at the pub.

Photo:Three glasses of Guinness on a bar in Downings, Co. Donegal, Ireland (BBC)

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0:35.4	Sounds.
0:36.4	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:40.9	My name's Linda Davies and I commissioned
0:43.0	podcast for BBC Sounds.
0:45.0	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality,
0:49.0	featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.
0:54.4	What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
1:00.9	poltergeist, cricket and conspiracy theories, Cricket, and Conspiracy Theories.
1:04.3	And that's just a few examples.
1:06.2	If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,
1:09.4	find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. Hello and thank you for downloading witness, history as told by the people who were there.
1:18.0	Today we're taking you back to May 1970 when almost all of Ireland's banks were closed for six months when bank workers
1:27.6	went on strike.
1:29.4	Amazingly, the economy kept going without much of a problem.
1:33.0	So how did the Irish do it? Oh it was the meeting point, it was the point of exchange of information between people
1:48.9	if you want to call it that.
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