The Cavan twins who became a TV hit for their stint on Gogglebox Ireland, repeated their controversial "top 5 redneck culchies" list on today's Joe Finnegan Show - and Monaghan came in third place. Fergal and Neale Tully, who are originally from Kilmore, caused a stir when they listed places from the Shannonside /Northern Sound region in their culchie list.
With tongue firmly in cheek, the Cavan men said Monaghan paced third because "it's all about the slurry", while Longford made it on the list because "there's turf everywhere and because of Mick Flavin and Declan Nerney". Roscommon came in at number 1. When asked about their Gogglebox slot, Neale said it is "the worst gig on TV" because there is "zero" money from it but, Fergal conceded "a Cavan man never tells anyone what he is earning". Despite both men being busy with families and working full time in sales the pair, who have become known for wearing odd socks while kicking back to watch TV, have started their very own socks and apparel business.
Their sideline business is proving to be a hit with farmers around the world: "It's gone round the world," one of the twins told the Joe Finnegan Show, "We're getting orders from America for socks and it's all going to big farmers out there. They don't know about about Gogglebox. The other day there was an order out to Newcastle, couple of socks out to Aberdeen, New Zealand and Australia - all because of one post on Instagram which has nearly 600,000 views at the moment."
