Oh I could of watched this for evermore. Beautiful.

You're Kidding !! That's amazing :-) Delighted to have had the chance to give you that little snippet of your past. Made my day !

Friend of my dad's drove a VW Beetle over the Ha'penny Bridge as a bet. This was early '50s. One of his favourite stories.

@thomasburke2683

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One of his favourite stories! Hope you didn't believe it. The first beetle assembled in Dublin was 1955. You certainly would not risk your car on such a stunt, until it was ready to give up the ghost.

@carlosflanders518

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@@thomasburke2683 It's a great story. Always taken with a pinch of salt. But I think you're wrong with your dates - Beetles have been assembled in Ireland since 1950 although a larger factory was opened in 1955. Never underestimate what a drunken rugby player is capable of doing.

That was smashing. It was nice to see Nelsons Pillar, I always though it was shame it was blown up. My Great Grandad sold his newspapers at the pillar.

@ManannanmacLir69

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People prone to violence are not the best of thinkers. It could have become say Michel Collins on top of the pillar. Dubs would have loved that.

@Clodaghbob

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@@ManannanmacLir69 Except for all the Dubs who supported Dev! There would never have been agreement. The ensuing argument would have opened up the civil war all over again and the Irish government would have been forced to blow up the pillar itself to keep the peace. 😂🤣😂🤣

This is superb! Wonderful images of Dublin so many years ago,even long before my time. Super editing with great use of the music of the period. Bravo!

that made tonight in calgary a bit easier,fantastic to see MY TOWN.a few of us here had to reach for the whiskey glass.the marino waltz or dublin can be heaven would've been a lovely accompanyment but wel done great stuff.these things make us proud to be Dubs wherever we are.up da dubs up da bohs!!!!

Many thanks for the excellent Vid. The trams really only stopped running in Dublin in 1949, so I suspect that the clips showing only busses may be from the early-mid 1950s

@samnicholson5051

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Most trams were already gone by early 1940s, I think the only lines in operation after that were between Nelsons Pillar and Dalkey or Terenure.

that's amazing thank you for showing me my home city so long ago

That was my Mother in the white coat walking down the the penny farthing bridge seriously. Long gone to meet her maker but she was looking great then thanks for the memory

Wonderful...love the tune too..magical and haunting audio video...

@anthonyfrew1571

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Al Bowlly is the singer

Yes we had a copy in our home in Harold's Cross for years, it was her pride and joy. Long time ago now but thanks again for the memory

For a while, it was called the Penny Ha'Penny bridge -- when the toll was increased.

The song is " Rip Tide" Al Bowlby. Wonderful.

I absolutely love this it fascinates me

It was a good town in the 1980's ....small + intimate + fun.

Parking on O'Connell Street!

what a beautiful city we had back then. not like now

@patricksexton702

5 жыл бұрын

go on!

Isn't life strange.....to think how long ago this film was made. Capturing life at the moment which we now observe in 2012......wow...very nice! thanks for posting

Houses of the Georgian type started being built in Dublin in the 1740s. Georgian architecture had strict rules for the size and proportions of the houses. The doors were the feature of the house which the inhabitants could make their own. So you see so many different doorcases and all the different colours. The houses are very similar in style whereas, generally speaking, it would be hard to find 2 doors exactly the same. A nice book is Peter Pearson's "Decorative Dublin". Not only about doors but also about the beautiful buildings and decorative work, which despite terrible losses through the 1970s and 1980s, we still have in Dublin today.

@karlapolina5855

4 жыл бұрын

I've been wondering about doors and why they are all in different colours! Now I know! Thank you for that.

So beautiful ‘ an Beautiful song

Absolute Brilliant Love it

Fantastic stuff. Pearse St. cop shop and everything..and Grafton St. before hanging out on it was trendy!

For a while, it was called the Penny Ha'Penny bridge -- when the toll was increased. The toll was dropped in 1919.

Thanks for uploading this video. I really enjoyed.

Love to see the bikes dominate the traffic flow!

This is truly brilliant, the city of Dublin was absolutely beautiful back then, it's a Dump now, 👍👍👍

Nice but there was lots of poverty back then.... And it was long before the invasion ..

I definitely agree with your last point I was born in the 70s and vividly remember growing up in Finglas, Dublin in the 1980s experiencing many. many hardships that are still a long way off in comparison to present day.

Lovely - just looking for videos to show my mum Dubliner 90 now but remembers eveything at her youth so this is perfect for her - thank you love the music by the way

@madeleineoconnor52

5 жыл бұрын

Jameson James I'm doing the same thing too for my Dad! He remembers going to see the Eucharistic Congress on his Father's shoulders when he was very little - I think that was the early 30's!

@thomasburke2683

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@@madeleineoconnor52 1932.

Such is life, the Dublin of those today will not be theirs in 40 years time, it will keep changing. So cherish yours and do not regret anything.

The Dublin Tenements on youtube for all who prefer the horrors of past poverty.

Glamour...!!!!❤ épocas doradas ...

super .super vid ,,,,,,,,,,,loved it

Very good

What a lovely comment sir and to think of all the modernization and regeneration that accompanied the Celtic tiger so much of this still stands. Trinity college, bank of Ireland, O'connell bridge, butt bridge, ha'penny bridge, the view of o'connell st. (minus the monument). A city so rich in culture, heritage, history and characters. Up the dubs, although as a proud shamrock rovers man well agree to disagree. Best of luck

Behind this veneer there was a lot of poverty in Ireland were there was a lot of people stuck in tenement slum's. This is what happens when people are thrown into slums and forgotten about you get a society of scumbags. This all came about because of Ireland nationally based country.

its so different now!

A lot of views that are still recognisable. It's just a shame that the IRA blew up Nelson's Pillar and ended the chances of there being Pearce's Pillar instead of that spire.

brill

Nice

cool

my city ,

Yeah, that's true !

Weird to think that probably everyone in this short film are long since dead!

I believe that it was called ( and still is ) The Hapenny Bridge.

The song comes from the golden age of the British Dance band - the singer is Al Bowlly - one of the greatest voices ever produced and needs to be remembered - so I place his name here - he did not survive the war - killed by a Parashoot bomb - some say landmine in London April 17th, 1941 - I believe he appeared in Dublin at least twice - once c-1930 and later c-1937.

Great....never seen that before. Looks like 30s and 50s.

Weather looked so much better back then

Eugenics was very big in the 30s and 40s ;-) They should bring it back tbh.......

@ Becky Somers .. No Problem, work away, and good luck :)

I don't know where you get that from. England's oldest overseas colony, long before Union was Ireland. In the mid 12th century the pope at the time gave Henry II authority of the Island and authority to invade if required. The high king Of Leinster asked him for protection and hence paved way for the first norman invaders/settlers and the infamous Strongbow in 1170. This was many years before Gascony and hundreds of years before roanoake, jamestown and popham in North America

Taylors hall is still there.

I can't believe how yellow Dublin was back then, it's a lot more green now.

the isle of man is overseas. its nearest neighbour is scotland. england colonised the I.O.M. before she colonized ireland. but england's very, very, very first colony was cornwall, followed by wales, then the isle of man, then ireland, then scotland. next stop was the rest of the world (allmost)> so, overseas speaking, the isle of man is england's oldest colony. near home, cornwall is the oldest colony.

@anthonyinger2867

7 жыл бұрын

Cornwall is not a colony of England, it's a county in England. It was never an English Empire but a British Empire because Scotland played an integral part in creating the Empire. What about Scotland's plantation of Ulster?

Definitely. Those power plants need to run on something and fuel is getting expensive.

I used to go to gardner street with my pillow case for the loves.of bread

If the modernization had of been more considerate and controlled the Celtic tiger would not have been so bad. In a way there still is a Celt tiger in that there are still people with good jobs. Still bad for a lot of people but not as bad as it was in the 60,70,80s.

loads of poverty back then !! terrible times they were !! we are living much better now !! fact !!

@catrionastokes1001

5 жыл бұрын

Poverty back then? Sure there's even worse poverty today. I'd take Dublin back then over Dublin today anytime!!!

Anyone have any info re Dublin August 20th,1937. My father won Irish Lightweight title that day, I was wondering about old newspapers or news reels. Be Well! Up Tipperary!!!!! Up Dublin!!!!!

@Magnus44711URI

6 жыл бұрын

The National Library might be worth a look, you can view old newspapers there.

Ha'penny Bridge... is not an never has been called the penny farthing bridge

oh, and tony blair IS a hundred percent celt. his father was scottish. his mum was from ballyshannon in county donegal. and he himself was born in scotland. THAT MAKES HIM A CELT AND PROUD OF IT.

These are great images of Dublin, i was wondering if it is possible to find out where i could possibly find them, i am a student and doing a short doc on an Artist living in Dublin in the thirties,early forties. thanks Mgt

@Signalxfmdublin

9 жыл бұрын

Margaret Kennedy Hi Margeret. ifi.ie might be your best bet. I found this footage randomly on youTube.

Fair play, I concede that one, technically speaking Mann is abroad. Due to it's size I didn't consider or know it to be a colony although I know it is a small isle of importance i.e. Celtic culture, tynwald, tax haven etc. So AFTER Mann Ireland was the first overseas territory of significant importance to be colonized by England of whose fallout we are still feeling to present day - do we agree?

where did the truck go at 1:17

The virnush and welsh were part if the british celts who inhabited the island apart from scotland. I assume thst either the saxons failed to conquer wales and cornwall or a lot of the britons were pushed to the edge of the island.

At 1.17 a truck powered by a gas converter passed. Sometime during the war. The film is of different periods, some show the trams, which finally finished 1949, other show the tram overhead wires but no trams, while other bits are after the wires were removed. Copper wire, being valuable, would have been taken down quickly lest criminals got it first, although there was less crime in those days. Crime didn't pay then - plenty of hard labour if you got caught.

i DID say the isle of man, or i.o.m, which IS overseas from GB. and cornwall is not in the bottom west of england. IT IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTH WEST OF BRITAIN, not england but BRITAIN.

I t had a strong feel of an English city back then.

LOL.

i understand, ger, a t.c.d. student was SHOT DEAD on that day for putting up the union jack flag on top of trinity. someone,apparently, had a gun on him in the crowd outside and pumped the poor man. english, i think he was. or british. dunno. but he was studying medicine or something. anyway, sad. bless everyoone connected with this incident.

Where's the Spire? ;p

Was that Patrick Hitler I thought I saw there, heading to his restaurant gig? ;-)

@martinmcdonald4207

2 жыл бұрын

Worked in the kitchen in The Gresham Hotel. Fact!

Refreshing, as well, to see the Union Jack long gone from the scene, except apparently at TCD on VE day (or was it VJ day), where a riot of some sort nearly broke out!

Hi there, great footage - is it yours? We would possibly like to use it in a tv programme -

@Signalxfmdublin

9 жыл бұрын

Paula Shields Hi paula. No, I don't own this footage. I found some of it here. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5as15uNfbG3f7A.html and here ... kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYaLs5N7drHXl5s.html ..

@lauravaughan9989

7 жыл бұрын

Signal - Xfm Dublin t

why can't they re-introduce two-way car trafficing on every street? look at all the space they could save? how many celtic states are there? what is ireland's nearest neighbour? what is our oldest city? how many cities have we got? what is our population? what is our oldest province? what is our biggest lake and river? tony blair was ONE HUNDRED PER CENT CELT ... True of false???????????????

i would call it english rather than british. and when queen lizzie the first opened it, she was queen of england and a few colonies, but not queen of britain. scotland had yet to join the union. bythe way, we are england's FOURTH oldest colony. guess what the earlier ones were. and what was the fifth colony? THIS IS A PUB QUIZ!!

Oh this is amazing....look .....no fcuking Foreigners.....Ireland and Dublin the way it was intended.....

Wow My Mom wasen't alive then lol!

Where the hell did the truck disappear to at 1:18 didn't you notice it just disappeared into thin air

@chrisberkeley6921

8 жыл бұрын

+Eddie Power Lost in a riptide?

@eddiepower3876

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Berkeley Good 1

@stephenoneill2844

7 жыл бұрын

lol ha ha ha ha lol , thanks its the first time I laughed all day.

Everyone thought Dublin was a tiny social experiment caught in a maze of catholic morality and governmental backwardism back "in dem days".If you wanna find out how wrong that assumption would be talk to JP Dunleavy,or read one of his books.You will be pleasantlly surprised.Dublin was a hive of bohemian activity,and I dont just mean the football team.

Just wish the British built a subway system before they got kicked out

@samnicholson5051

Жыл бұрын

What makes you think they were going to build a subway system here? Where's Manchester's subway?The British government always maintained a hands-off approach to railway development anyway.

Trinity was always considered a British university (college) and very few Catholics went there.

Beautiful women but poor country so typical!!

now it just needs keeping irish

100 yrs later more technologically advanced but has a huge migrant population now and losing its identity together with huge housing problem, drugs and gangs.

They were in tenement flats at that point and were probably so uneducated that they could not find the city center. Years and years of poverty then created Chav's.

no, i don't agree. as a celtic nationalist i regard cornwall as the oldest english colony. there was never a british empire, of course, just an ENGLISH empire1 now that we have established that, if you don't believe me, check out celtic nationalism on wikipedia. by the way, the IOM was once colonized by scotland, then ireland threatened war with the scots in an attempt to colonise it, england crept in and took the IOM for herself.!! check it all out on wikipedia. start now. go on!

its in black and white so you cant see it

fantastic, not a junkie in sight, or any nigerians fighting.

@kennethokeeffe9060

9 жыл бұрын

let's not "blacken" the memories!!!

@shanehughes3511

5 жыл бұрын

Just thousands of people living in squalor and dying of TB

Listen I don't think it's going into your head man. Cornwall IS NOT I REPEAT NOT overseas or abroad from England it is the peninsula that juts out at the bottom west of England. I said OVERSEAS COLONY and you keep giving me cornwall, wales and scotland for fuck sake. And listen if you need wikipedia to educate yourself things are bad. Good luck

The music is awful

@the_padzer3456

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No it's not

@Clodaghbob

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It’s incongruous. Too happy and luxurious. This was the hungry thirties in Dublin. Just around the corner from these scenes (to the left and right of Nelson’s Pillar) were some of the most appalling slums in Ireland.

@uyoebyik

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@@Clodaghbob you're right