A Finglas Story 2 - Growing Pains
It is difficult to know for whom the culture shock was greatest - the locals of Finglas, who saw their picturesque, little village swamped by a staggering influx of inner-city Dubs, rehoused from the tenements, or those thousands of people, for whom Finglas was a country experience that was alien to their urban experience. The second episode of A Finglas Story - Growing Pains, hears from both sides, as the population of Finglas rocketed from a few hundred to 53,000 in just two decades. The population explosion led to a number of challenges, as amenities were slow to follow the growth. Both locals and newcomers, had no choice but to pull together, and a spirit of community began to grow.
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Played WFTA in a football match bringing a team from Coventry to play them the welcome was amazing brought me back to when we lived in Finglas in the late 1950s,
@tvie
Ай бұрын
It was such a huge trip down memory lane for us making the programme. And there was so much more we could have put in!
great documentary. I was in a youth club with Martine Cassidy in 70's
@tvie
6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. I must mention you and the youth club to Martine.
My grandmother and my father lived in watery lane and my two sisters, brother and I were all born and raised in Finglas. It is a wonderful place and we have many great memories of growing up there.
@DeclanCassidy
8 ай бұрын
My own childhood was spent crossing through Watery Lane to play in the field or by the river. Then it all changed when that dual carriageway sliced through it all. Declan
@joeboyne277
8 ай бұрын
@@DeclanCassidy my grandmother had to leave her cottage to allow the dual carriage way proceed and she moved to Plunkett Green.
Lovely documentary ! My mother was one of the local Finglas women who blockaded the Toxic Waste dump at Dunsink in the '80s .
@tvie
10 ай бұрын
She was probably shoulder to shoulder with my Dad :)
@ballockybill2277
10 ай бұрын
@@tvie I was at school with two Brothers named Cassidy , from Deanstown . Went to St Fergals .
@tvie
10 ай бұрын
@@ballockybill2277 I remember there was another Cassidy family and I think they had a Declan and a Jacinta too. It caused confusion once when we were at Dr Fagan’s at the same time. :)
I remember your Dad well as I use to work in Finglas. Often saw him walking up the North Road.Never knew he was so talented. I also remember Darren Kinsella. He use to be the local photographer with a local newspaper. Might have been the Northside News? What’s Darren doing now? This documentary series is fantastic and I’m loving it. The girl who’s doing the commentary has a great voice. Well done to everyone involved.
@DeclanCassidy
10 ай бұрын
Ah, lovely to think you remember my Dad :) Darren worked with the newspaper that I ran - The Finglas Forum, and the voice is my sister, Jacinta. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to leave a comment :) Declan
@clioflano421
9 ай бұрын
(@1st) I thought it was Miriam o' Callaghan.