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06th Jul 2015

Video: Two guys decided to make Dublin into their own personal playground with some parkour

We do not recommend attempting some of these feats at home...

Alan Loughnane

We do not recommend attempting some of these feats at home…

While we used to be good at a bit of parkour here in JOE Towers, countless games of five-a-side football have left us with ankles softer than marshmallows in a pillow factory; hence we hung up our parkour boots (you wear boots, right?).

Still we can’t help but be a little impressed by some of the skills performed by Daragh O’Connor and Ciarán Ó Scanlain in this video around Dublin City.

Our favourite moment is the strength displayed around the 45 second mark, where one of the men crosses the Ha’penny Bridge… by climbing underneath it.

Clip via YouTube/Fractium.

He even takes time to wave at a passing boat with reckless disregard for his own safety.

Our reaction to that moment was something like this…

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