The Dublin I loved so well...I must admit I weep now going into the city!!

Spent the first part of my life 0-40 in Dublin and now 40-77 in Australia but my heart is still in Dublin. Went back last year and spent many days just wandering around the city. It has changed greatly but is still the same in so many ways. It is still "the town I loved so well"!

I was born in holles street hospital in 1988 I miss Dublin so much my mam used to work beside guinness factory in births deaths and marriages in task force it's the yellow building I remember as a young child ( ST. Stephens or st. James ) I'm sure now it's all changed names by now. Now it's HSE. My dad worked in knocklyon as primary school teacher. I went to loreto primary school in rathfarnham and my brother went to de la Salle in churchtown ( I was raised in churchtown). Anyway I left Dublin in 2000 and live in Spain. I miss Dublin!!! Haven't been home to Ireland in 10 years!!!!

1988 when we ran our own country, We were not all mad, and a bond holder was a female role in a 007 film. Thanks Enda and FG.

@deluxedjsireland224

6 жыл бұрын

1988 when all the corruption was going on but we were blissfully ignorant of it.

@Hibernomania

21 күн бұрын

Mass migration, huge unemployment, church abuse and brown envelopes. The rare old times

great time capsule, how Dublin has changed over the last 30 years

I left in 1988 - I still have the Millennium 50p in my pocket.

@timexironman100m

5 жыл бұрын

Of the same trousers as well..it must be in tatters just like the goverment of the day...

@seannolan8615

3 жыл бұрын

Or called the aluminium by the lay person.

@Yvonne110378

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@RaulMeatFactory1975

Ай бұрын

I have the milk bottle in my front window, my Mum saved it and I've hung on to it ever since.

I left Ireland more than 30 years ago. I was borm and livend in DUblin and remember the Guinness boats on the Liffey and horse drawn carts as well. You brought back fond memories and I am looking forward to coming back this year. I lived almost 10 years in St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park (my Dad was the Medical Director) and I walked every inch of the park. Thank you for the nice memories

I could never leave here home sweet home no matter what

@robbienugent53

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Sera ! Seen you on a few comments on here ....hope your good...😊

Thanks for a most memorable walk through the Dublin I grew up in . How I miss it,wish I could afford to retire there,not so much the newer parts,but auld Dublin,the Dublin of Behan ,kava agh et al,and to hear Ronnie’s account is as musical as his ballads. TEMPEST FUGIT☘️🤟

I'm forever grateful to the uploader for sharing such a special video. My heart bursts with pride when I watch it and I must have watched it at least 10 times this week. The fantastic stills, video shots, quirky but mostly beautiful accompanying music and above all the effortlessly flowing and poetic narration by a true Liberties Dub bring this together. He gives a perfect example of why us Irish have a grasp of the English language like no other. There are so many wicked and witty lines. I'm sure any true Dub watching the last few minutes of this and hearing the lines "in my Father's house there are many mansions, live and let live, there is room for us all in heaven, says Dublin and so say I - her son!", while listening to that beautiful piece of music, uileann pipes and all, watching shots of the sun setting out over the Phoenix park. Truly heaven, instills special memories of a carefree childhood. Thanks whoever you are!

I left 30 years ago. , this made me feel homesick , Thank you

@damiendaly983

3 жыл бұрын

me to 1990

@u_cant_handle_the_truth

3 жыл бұрын

Don't be lads it's not what u remember anymore 🥺

@Zoe-dr5ps

19 күн бұрын

I still liive here and this video made ne homesick too. You're missing nothing trust me. Hellhole now

That year for me was all about Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Beastie Boys, Skateboards, Girls and sneaking into town on the Dart when I was only meant to be down in Monkstown.

I really enjoyed watching this beautifully narrated video essay of Dublin City - a brilliant glimpse into the rich history and characters of Dublin in the Rare Old Times. ~ maith déanta Michael Mooney-RIP!

Left Dublin 29 years go, miss it every day.

@timexironman100m

5 жыл бұрын

I dont think you really do if you left it and never came back...to live and work here.

Thank you it brought back memories to someone that hasn't been back for 35 years.

Just watched it again Ronan, and I'm like a sap here with tears running down my face. Fair play to you for preserving it and posting it for us to enjoy again.

Wow, found this in my recommended videos, such a treasure !!! Thank you so much for sharing !

@romoovideos

8 жыл бұрын

+William St MARTIN Hi William, thanks for watching.

Just watched this on "Dublin down memory lane" FB page.. Great video, very proud man of his city as all us Dubs should be.

I was born in Ireland in 1988. Great video :-)

This video made me cry too. I've watched it a few times and can't help it. My family left Ireland in 1989, so happy we were there there for the millenium. I'm so proud to be a dub.

@lisaknell6018

7 жыл бұрын

Yvonne O' Meara I'm American and was proud to have last visited Dublin in June of 1988. I left my heart there, I loved Dublin and her people ❤

Lovely post - great scripting by your Dad. Many thanks for sharing it Ronan.

There were about 62 babies born on Jan 1 1988. They were presented to the Lord Mayor during the summer at an event at the Mansion House. Each baby was give a replica Viking ring in silver to commemorate the day.

I have lovely memories of this and of that time, the company of the late and great Mick Mooney, that opening day, a certain great goal being celebrated by an airborne Arthur Browne!

Well done to your Da, this is A brilliant video in every way. Something to be very proud of.

Great piece of work. Thanks for sharing!

The gasometer! I took some pics of it in 1993 just before it was dismantled. Glad I did. the area had a dilapidated beauty back then, on the eve of the economic boom and the redevelopment of the docklands.

'And a tongue in her head that could strip the paint off our hall door when provoked'.... I never laughed so much in my life hahaha

@takexioxlxodkdjohnson6686

3 жыл бұрын

Nice way to say she gives great head

Excellent film! I enjoyed this very much. Thank you so much for posting.

Excellent. very beautiful and poetic.

thanks very much for uploading. Mad that we can see straight down to the bank from Merchants Arch, with no crowds.

thanks for sharing this wonderful piece of work

BRILLIANT !!!!!!!!

In 1980 i were 20 years old. It ws a nice life

Beautiful and Poetic, thanks for uploading.

One of the best documentaries I've seen of Dublin, proud to come from here! :)

Really enjoyed this, irish history at it's best, even seen my old house near the end.

Most enjoyable film of Dublin.

i love Dublin 🌍

@Fatfrogsrock

4 жыл бұрын

i loved Dublin...Not now

Thanks for uploading this, it' has great memories!

Great work , thanks for a wonderful film

Great video, brings back some great memories growing up in dublin in the 80s

Thank you for posting this video. The post Celtic Tiger Diaspora can remember more gentle optimistic and simple lives. I remember the millennium well and it seemed so exciting. Wonderful commentary.

Thanks for sharing Brian

Great stuff Ronan , i remember when Mick was making this video - Jaysus i am getting old

great to watch I was 18 at that time and loved Dublin city, it has changed too much now for me to see it in the same way..... What a great job your dad did he incapsulates the true Dublin accent completely

Saw that in Dublin in 1988 at the St Andrews Church.

Great stuff!! Thank you.

The amount of green in the port at the opening all containers, tanks and roads now

This was the year I was born. Thanks for this!

lovely job

Brilliant

Great Vid. I like seeing the 3Arena (then the Point Depot) at 0:38.

Very good

what a great video i just love it

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Sad to see dublin now. Hardly no irish people left

Dublin’s’ great in ‘88!

It's a very different place these days, good in many ways and bad in so many other. Very commercialised and homogenised like any other Eurpoean city.

a city made by vikings hardly wait to see it for the first time.. omg can hardly wait for the plane

wonderful accent onthe voiceover, marvellous voice....great footage too though the script sometimes a whit rosemantic but that's Dubelin for you

Dublin was much nicer in 1988 than it is today. Its continuing decline today is alarming. There is no evidence of a vision for Dublin from those who should have one. We are now wealthier, but poorer at the same time, if that makes sense.

well made

Excellent stuff, Michael Mooney and Lar Redmond have left us a powerful piece about our capital city. As a Tour Guide for the past 4 years including an OPW stint in Kilmainham Jail, I visit these places everyday with people from all over the world and them tell our story, the narrative of this piece is powerful, I will be updating my presentation.....Dublin is Dublin, end of Story.....Well done Philips...BTW is Lar Redmond still alive?

Ahh wow...this is really GOOD, I copied it to my Facebook!!! :)

the city to fall in with

My Limerick parents dream to live in Dublin I'll live an even greater dream for us all Da🕊

The voiceover is bit OTT. I thought he was going to advertise Brennan's Bread next. Ah me ould segoushia, hard man and all

@neilcarrollMeganJamieForever

5 жыл бұрын

What do you want?! A fucking Cork man narrating it or somebody from fucking Foxrock!!

Great stuff, a treasure, as a Dublin Tour Guide myself I have guided in both Kilmainham Jail and the Hospital close by for OPW, go and visit as the narrator says.....great overhead footage, a great legacy...By chance is Lar Redmond still alive?

@irlpol

6 жыл бұрын

Lar died in October 1995 RIP

There's no place like home

Good video but I don't agree on Nelsons Pillar. I'm a Dub and I heard many Dubs 'delira' that the Pillar was gone.

Hi Ronan, is there a way to DM you to ask a question about your Dad's video? Thanks, Jason.

Oh to go back and buy a few acres of those unused docklands.

Two great guys involved in this, Mick Mooney and Arthur Browne, as Dublin as coddle or stout! Well done Ronan. getoutofthatgarden.wordpress.

The penal laws, Cromwell, cess, 1801 Act of Union and plantations are a few terms worth researching. For a more modern take on why Westminster rule and the island of Ireland don't mix terribly well try gerrymandering, Bloody Sunday and the troubles. I don't mean to be a raving nationalist or anything, but it's worth understanding that there is a deep rooted and at times violent history of oppression, resistance and division in general which has given rise to the situation as it stands today.

It's changed a lot

I did not see the other comments but I have now since they are showing in the responses. I do understand that now.

Dublin 🍀💚❤️💚 🍀👍🙂🙃🙂

Consider doing one now of what's left of real Dubs before they dissapear for good. It won't be long now.

Halcyon days.

god were have yrs gone

Was this shown in St Audeons Church on High st.

Soccer euros 1988, 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 mr ray houghton

Could anybody share to me how Dublin's economic life looks like back in 1970s-1980s ? Im doing a research currently, your reply would be very helpful

@kanthakathewhite1012

2 жыл бұрын

It was grim

The gasometer! :-)

Dublin town in somewhat rarer auld times!

Just before the Celtic tiger kick off.

@speakertreatz

5 ай бұрын

a good 10 years before it kicked off

Berkeley Road St Peters Church at 4.07,accross from Dalymount Park,home of Irish soccer and Dublin's best club Bohemians FC.

The provisional Irish army…. In 1922?!!!!!

And now ?

Before the godless baby killers we have today

Every country has influences from other cultures. Britain has a heavy European influence from the likes of France even though most British people will not accept this and think Britain is some kind of cultural vacuum that only goes in one direction.

@St99785

6 жыл бұрын

lies

I left Dublin 24 years ago best Decision I ever made what a shit hole

Ok.

Hey Ronan, have sent you a massive on google hangouts, please have a look. This is class.

im blown away that nothing matters , people know nothing of history only of the next iphone , and im a celebrity ???? im lost

@hektor-vektor7024

7 жыл бұрын

what times im a celebrity get me out of here on ?

@MrJohnny3shoes

2 жыл бұрын

When I grew up in the Liberties in the 60's and 70's I was glued to the tv watching "I'm a celebrity get me out of here" That and The Angelus is all I watched.

@patrickglennon7058

27 күн бұрын

Bong bong bong

To be described as aborigines by the Protestant provost of Trinity College, shows there's some houses still yet to burn.

Actually Dublin was founded in the mid 9th Century by the Vikings. The Millenium of 1988 was a marketing stunt.

hyup

Love how they ignored oscar wildes sexuality largely in this. Ireland has changed so much for the better since this time. A less nationalist, more modern and clean country, which works for equality for all

@raymonddixon5162

5 жыл бұрын

Was Oscar Wilde GAY!!!!!

@ocomaing

2 жыл бұрын

Bollox

@jingoist-sj8gj

2 жыл бұрын

Less nationalist just means less white people.

@kanthakathewhite1012

2 жыл бұрын

BS

It's empty compared to today. 2020