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By *ornywife20 OP   Couple  over a year ago

North Cork

Mine was working on a building site at 14 for the summer still doing it and love it.

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By *idoMan  over a year ago

dublin/meath

On a fishing lake teaching kids to fish at 15

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By *anandJCouple  over a year ago

Citywest

Fireman (Dan)

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

As a secretary in an accountants office, polar opposite job now

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By *j47Man  over a year ago

limerick

Delivering milk at 12 yrs old every weekend 4.00 am start

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Newspaper boy .delivering newspapers After school everyday

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Lounge boy at wedding functions

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By *omtom7Man  over a year ago

Tralee

Working in neighbours farms

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By *ingerrrrWoman  over a year ago

Meath

Hair dressing..

never kept it up, my mother made me go back to school to do the leaving cert and ended up in university…

I still cut and colour family and friends hair.

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By *og-ManMan  over a year ago

somewhere

Working on a milk float like the one in Father Ted

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By *omtom7Man  over a year ago

Tralee

Good man Pat Mustard

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Driving forklifts aged 13! Wages was £35 a week.

Imagine!

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By *ealitybitesMan  over a year ago

Belfast

Unpaid. Carer aged 12.

Paid. Warehouse worker aged 19.

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By *s LollyWoman  over a year ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Picking strawberrys i probably ate move then I picked

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By *hett and scarlettCouple  over a year ago

Dublin

Scarlett: working gigs in vendor van (14)

Rhett: extra/bit part work in film/tv (9-10)

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By *omtom7Man  over a year ago

Tralee

Rhett, the movie star.

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By *hett and scarlettCouple  over a year ago

Dublin


"Rhett, the movie star. "

Just home movies now, and I only do cameos. Scarlett is the star of those

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By *oxic1998Woman  over a year ago

Belfast

Paper round from the age of 11

And then chambermaid working weekends in a hotel from the age 16 while I was at college

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By *rish_GuyMan  over a year ago

Foxford

Worked in a wooden furniture factory, age 16,for £40. Will never recommend leaving school at 16. No matter how bad you hate it. At the end of the day, it's up to the person themselves.

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By *omtom7Man  over a year ago

Tralee


"Rhett, the movie star.

Just home movies now, and I only do cameos. Scarlett is the star of those "

So still only bit part/extra. Career never really took off, did it?

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By *ildarekinkstersCouple  over a year ago

kinkytown

Worked on a forecourt of a garage. Dee's first was childminding

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By *rish_GuyMan  over a year ago

Foxford


"Worked in a wooden furniture factory, age 16,for £40. Will never recommend leaving school at 16. No matter how bad you hate it. At the end of the day, it's up to the person themselves."

First unpaid job, working on a uncle's farm sence i was a child. That's still happening to this day. That will be changing, in the future sometime. Getting to old to be somebody's "Donkey" now.

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By *edxxxzzzMan  over a year ago

Enniskillen

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By *hett and scarlettCouple  over a year ago

Dublin


"Rhett, the movie star.

Just home movies now, and I only do cameos. Scarlett is the star of those

So still only bit part/extra. Career never really took off, did it? "

Some parts are bigger than others. No small parts, only small actors, or so they say

I dunno. Pretty happy with my role behind the camera. Director/Executive Producer seems like a step up

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By *hris 1000200Man  over a year ago

kells

Working on a farm in North County Dublin, picking spuds

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By *og-ManMan  over a year ago

somewhere


"Rhett, the movie star.

Just home movies now, and I only do cameos. Scarlett is the star of those

So still only bit part/extra. Career never really took off, did it?

Some parts are bigger than others. No small parts, only small actors, or so they say

I dunno. Pretty happy with my role behind the camera. Director/Executive Producer seems like a step up "

I'd imagine the perks are good

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

I worked on checkouts for a year while at school. My first full time job was as a lab tech

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By *ichael McCarthyMan  over a year ago

Lucan

Growing up on a small farm, you were working from a very early age, you just weren't getting paid. The freedom was payment enough, and we got fed, occasionally.

The first regular task was milking the cows, I suppose. It gave me a life long love of squeezing tits.

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By *hio76Man  over a year ago

leinster

Picking strawberries,best part of it was the straberry fights with the rotten ones, good times

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By *ichael McCarthyMan  over a year ago

Lucan


"Picking strawberries,best part of it was the straberry fights with the rotten ones, good times "

I did that as well and I fucking hated it.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Growing up on a small farm, you were working from a very early age, you just weren't getting paid. The freedom was payment enough, and we got fed, occasionally.

The first regular task was milking the cows, I suppose. It gave me a life long love of squeezing tits. "

You paint a beautiful picture Mick. I read that with wistful music in the background. A bit like the old Hovis bread ad

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By *ichael McCarthyMan  over a year ago

Lucan


"Growing up on a small farm, you were working from a very early age, you just weren't getting paid. The freedom was payment enough, and we got fed, occasionally.

The first regular task was milking the cows, I suppose. It gave me a life long love of squeezing tits.

You paint a beautiful picture Mick. I read that with wistful music in the background. A bit like the old Hovis bread ad "

It really required an orchestra of tiny violins..

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By *og-ManMan  over a year ago

somewhere


"Growing up on a small farm, you were working from a very early age, you just weren't getting paid. The freedom was payment enough, and we got fed, occasionally.

The first regular task was milking the cows, I suppose. It gave me a life long love of squeezing tits.

You paint a beautiful picture Mick. I read that with wistful music in the background. A bit like the old Hovis bread ad "

All I can hear is the feckin music now

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By *adger BrocMan  over a year ago

Co. Cork

Hand milking cows at 10 years old. Set me up for udder things in life.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Growing up on a small farm, you were working from a very early age, you just weren't getting paid. The freedom was payment enough, and we got fed, occasionally.

The first regular task was milking the cows, I suppose. It gave me a life long love of squeezing tits.

You paint a beautiful picture Mick. I read that with wistful music in the background. A bit like the old Hovis bread ad

All I can hear is the feckin music now "

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By *rish_GuyMan  over a year ago

Foxford


"Hand milking cows at 10 years old. Set me up for udder things in life. "

Squeeze, pull & repeat, until dry, before moving on to the next one.

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By *llthewaysMan  over a year ago

City centre/Naas

Doing gardening with a local company that did whole estates and some rich folks houses around Dalkey. Really physical work for very little pay in the end.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Working for Primark at 18

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By *og-ManMan  over a year ago

somewhere


"Working for Primark at 18"

Pennys Hun

One of Irelands favorite shops

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By *ohn MacDMan  over a year ago

cork

Do you mean blow job ? Ha

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By *eoAlcalaMan  over a year ago

D08

I was a teacher for adults at 16, was a good experience

It's never too late

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By *ohn400Man  over a year ago

Dublin or anywhere

My first job was tractor driving making silage for 3 yrs /

then i joined a ford garage and became a qualified ford mechanic /

Then went to london machine driving /

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By *ireannCplCouple  over a year ago

Suburbs

Mr- Bagging turf for 10p a bag at 11.

Mrs- In a shop in the English Market.

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By *ensualandslow321Man  over a year ago

Tullamore

Summer after leaving cert, hauling concrete in a wheel barrow laying floors in Athlone Shopping Centre. I enjoyed it but taught me the lesson that I'd prefer the pen than a shovel

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By *jCeeDeeMan  over a year ago

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Worked at: Being a Full-time Mad Bastard (this still a ligit career on Fakebook?)

Picking Strawberries aged 11

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By *oo32Man  over a year ago

tipperary

Did none of ye fork bales....

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Worked for a fitter the summer I was 14, on a Friday he would have told me to clean the workshop and burn the rubbish couldn’t believe I was getting paid to make a bonfire haha

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By *ural delightMan  over a year ago

Enniskillen

Worked for a river cruise company age 12. Lots of free guiness

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By *ealmc1973Man  over a year ago

Limerick, Clare, Tipperary

sculpting

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By *eeperscreepersMan  over a year ago

Tipp & Dublin

Security guard, did it on and off for a long time

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By *omtom7Man  over a year ago

Tralee


"Worked for a fitter the summer I was 14, on a Friday he would have told me to clean the workshop and burn the rubbish couldn’t believe I was getting paid to make a bonfire haha"

Nordies and bonfires

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By *rish10ladMan  over a year ago

Dublin

Smithfield fruit market

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Slaving from the age of 13 with my father, roofing houses and all first fix carpentry work

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By *inxnmasterCouple  over a year ago

naughty valley

At age 14 i use to job in the holidays either for the post doing mail delivery or in the recycling center , hard and dirty but well paid . After school i studied winery and worked in a sparkling wine making company

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Being a full time Slut isn't a job, it's a vocation

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Does milking cows count? Even tho I never got paid

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By *antra MassageMan  over a year ago

city

In a warehouse on the docks, loading pallets, age 14.Very hard work with rough men. An education in itself .

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By *ol_ieMan  over a year ago

Dublin west

Breaking down 4 stone bags of potatoes into 7lb bags.. I was 12 . The big bags almost as heavy as me at the time so was tough work.

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By *ildGroverMan  over a year ago

rathfarnham

First 9-5 was doing a few weeks data entry in a hospital. Come to think of it that wasn’t on the books so….. I think I was about 15.

Mightn’t get away with it now!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Working for Primark at 18

Pennys Hun

One of Irelands favorite shops "

That's what Irish people call it, people in the UK call it Primark

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By *ka ..Agent k ..Man  over a year ago

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My first job was a driving job at the grand age of 15yrs

You cud get away with it back then not like nowadays.

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By *adger BrocMan  over a year ago

Co. Cork


"Did none of ye fork bales....

"

No, we piked them......lots and lots and lots of them.

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By *ucka39Man  over a year ago

Newcastle

Paper round tips were great at 12 more than the wage

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By *ertslady1984Woman  over a year ago

Herts

Trainee florist at 16.

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By *astelloWoman  over a year ago

Far far away

Baby sitting at 12

Food prep and waitressing at 15

Care assistant in nursing home at 17

My teens made me understand the circle of life from babies to those dying. Had a profound impact of my view of the world.

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By *oo32Man  over a year ago

tipperary


"Did none of ye fork bales....

No, we piked them......lots and lots and lots of them.

"

A lost artform

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By *dfabMan  over a year ago

Dunboyne

Fuel Injection Technician

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By *ichael McCarthyMan  over a year ago

Lucan


"Did none of ye fork bales....

"

We didn't even have bales in my youth. We only had cocks. It set me up nicely for fab.

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By *ublinguy99Man  over a year ago

Dublin South

Packing bags in Superquinn for 55p an hour. £9.90 for 17 hours after tax (!), half of which my mother took off me.

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By *og-ManMan  over a year ago

somewhere


"Packing bags in Superquinn for 55p an hour. £9.90 for 17 hours after tax (!), half of which my mother took off me. "

Bet Fergal thanked you personally when he visited the shop

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By *aptain Caveman41Man  over a year ago

Home

Working on building site at 14

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

7 footing turf on the bog for my family you'd get a fiver at the end of the Summer and you'd be delighted to get it!

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By *itemeagainMan  over a year ago

Wexford


"Picking strawberrys i probably ate move then I picked "

This ... I was 8or 9

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By *itemeagainMan  over a year ago

Wexford


"Worked at: Being a Full-time Mad Bastard (this still a ligit career on Fakebook?)

Picking Strawberries aged 11 "

Still is a career

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By *adforit1304Man  over a year ago

Limerick/Clare

14 on building site helping my dad

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By *olverineMan  over a year ago

ennis

Working on the family farm at a young age..bringing the cows in for milking,building stone walls cutting timber going to the bog..growing and picking vegetables..the good old days...

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By *ilverfox74Man  over a year ago

dublin offaly

Construction site at 16 and still doing it. Wouldn’t change it for the world

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By *ilthyNightsCouple  over a year ago

East / North, Cork

Tesco... on the deli

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By *ichael McCarthyMan  over a year ago

Lucan


"Construction site at 16 and still doing it. Wouldn’t change it for the world "

Jaysus, you'd think that site would be finished by now all the same?

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By *itemeagainMan  over a year ago

Wexford


"Construction site at 16 and still doing it. Wouldn’t change it for the world

Jaysus, you'd think that site would be finished by now all the same? "

No wonder there is a housing crisis.... hurry up ta fuck

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