Truth be told, I'll likely complain again at some point. But damn, I can't now not know how too many people lived on a daily basis not that long ago. I was a child in the 60's and 70's, living a life sheltered by wealthy parents. I can't say I don't feel ashamed of their attitudes towards the less fortunate since entering adulthood.
Just so sad, and so much judgement. Went to Ireland a few years ago , beautiful people and countryside. I am amazed at their spirit, considering the utter poverty and prejudice they have faced over the centuries. 💐
Hard to imagine, how people could live in such small space. Like d family of 11. Despite the sadness of this pictures it is amazing to see his families still managing their day to day lives in such conditions. And we tend to lament bout ridicolous things sometimes. We are so spoiled nowadays .
I have read many books on Dublin and Irish housing Policy and this is the general setup for a few hundred years prior... Now we might be able to understand why Ballymun appealed to so many at the time!
@@noelkelly7009 what about food banks. it's a disgrace that we should even need them. we have a shameful government where people have no food or accommodation. so yes give it time. we are getting there. taxing your spare room also ! what's next. not to mention the closure of people's businesses due to government lockdown.
I remember the place well. I grew up on Rugby Road adjacent to the buildings. In the 70's as a child I found it a strange environment. As the kids there grew up many turned to drugs and joy riding and I know a few that didn't survive long into their adult years as a result. The entire place was demolished and there were a few straglers who wouldn't leave and held up the rebuild process. The site of all this is now old folks accomodation fronting Oxford Rd and Swan Grove is the main portion
The Irish catholic Church has a lot to answer for. How is it possible these families continued to have children, precious little children, when they knew what conditions they were bringing them into...because the parish priest held total sway. I went to school in St Louis Rathmines, undoubtedly with some of these girls. It was very mixed backgounds and a really wonderful education - chosen specifically for us by our mother, a teacher herself, though we had a priviledged upbringing, who believed public education was better at that time. She was right. We had excellent teachers, the Young Dublin Singers for music and an Abbey actress for elocution! Not to mention the free elevenses every day, a bottle of fresh, full milk and a sandwich. What a country of contradictions...
The Catholic Church had a strangle hold then but now also. Guatemala is living the same poverty now . The church decrees .. children are born …there is no money to feed them 4 yr olds on the street working ,polishing shoes . Parents have to give them up. Yes we are lucky to have two Beautiful grandchildren .
I suppose Irish people emigrated just for fun and to build other economies all over the globe. Unless we recognise and deal with the genesis of poverty and deprivation we only exacerbate the problem and miss a golden opportunity to grow this Republic. We have been let down so many times, the cycle continues....
@@sidwhitten7126 my brother was burned with hot water playing in house ,,m sister burned her nightgown in front of 5h3 fire,my othe4 brother pulled th3 chip pan over 9nto h8m,,,,overcrowded,,overrun with mice four of us in the bed with my g4annie,,outside toilet,,,,alcohol involved daily,,,violence as well,,,lots of poverty
@Laz Arus my father and friends played ballads in flat, they were known as the jollybeggermen mother had 4 kids, I used play shops with my friends on stairs lol with empty crisp bags, bar bags so on,
My Dublin folks emigrated out in the mid -50's. There have been many tough times for the Irish throughout history. When was this footage originally aired? Was this done by RTE?
I am living in Rathmines now, Gulistan pc. very close to Mountpleasant, where did these buildings used to be? I now Rathmines has changed up a lot for people of other generations, but I think some streets have a little of the past charm.
This is such an ill informed comment; notwithstanding your ignorance, I can assure you most of these men, if not all, were in work at the time and wouldn't have shirked a hard graft even to sustain their existing lives, let alone in search of a better one. This film is about the living conditions enforced by the corporation who were strong armed and shamed, decades too late for too many, into improving public housing. As for moving away and emigration, seeking work elsewhere, your comment is further compounded in its utter ignorance; Irish people practically built Britain and the other places they are famous for their emigration to. Do you not know anything? Typical scary Mary.... shrieking her ignorance into the internet from a privileged position of her armchair and not needing, thankfully, to worry about the detail or any consequences of what she's just witnessed. Fucking hell. As if you wrote that down and clicked 'post.' 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
I thought God gave mankind free will. Wouldn't there have a come a time where they could've used their "will" to think and save their children from such misery. It's almost child abuse to reproduce knowing what the kid will have to endure.
@@greer545 Women only ovulate and can conceive in a 48-72 hr window..each month, while ovulating. Day 13, 14, & 15. Give an extra day each side, so days 12-16.. 4 piddly days a month, that they 'couldn't obstain'..from sex! Because they couldn't control themselves. ????? Sex daiily, for 3 & a 1/2 wks out of 4, is not enough ???? This was the 1960s, not the 1860s! HOW can you get pregnant with up to 11 PLUS KIDS, & ADULT SIBLINGS, & their spouses.. and even PARENTS, ALL IN THE SAME ROOM listening & /or WATCHING ON!!? 😵 Do you not see the REAL issue????? 😕
Clueless choice of music, 'what a wonderful world' Hello!?!? people living in such conditions and the 'documentary' music is 'Its a wonderful world'. Huge disconnect.
I'll never complain again....
Truth be told, I'll likely complain again at some point. But damn, I can't now not know how too many people lived on a daily basis not that long ago. I was a child in the 60's and 70's, living a life sheltered by wealthy parents. I can't say I don't feel ashamed of their attitudes towards the less fortunate since entering adulthood.
DeirdreEm
Just so sad, and so much judgement. Went to Ireland a few years ago , beautiful people and countryside. I am amazed at their spirit, considering the utter poverty and prejudice they have faced over the centuries. 💐
Nice compliment, thanks
God Bless Ireland & the Irish all over the World. I Love you !!! :-)
Renzo *
Galway (20 years on)...
Renzo Colameo ❤️🌹☮️🕊
My husband's Brother and Sister in this clip, my God how times have changed. Great family to have and the generations after. xxxx
God bless,you. The people in these videos were victims of corrupt governments that exists to the present.
@@jackhammer6179 yes the government allowed this to happen but the corruption here lay with the Catholic Church.
What happened to that chap?
How did they finally get out?
The woman is so lovely
Hard to imagine, how people could live in such small space. Like d family of 11. Despite the sadness of this pictures it is amazing to see his families still managing their day to day lives in such conditions. And we tend to lament bout ridicolous things sometimes. We are so spoiled nowadays .
Ireland and Portugal were on virtually the same standard of living well into the Sixties!
Wow I feel wealthy and privileged after watching this!
I have read many books on Dublin and Irish housing Policy and this is the general setup for a few hundred years prior... Now we might be able to understand why Ballymun appealed to so many at the time!
History is repeating itself
Sorry to say but I don’t think so, God bless all the people of Ireland 🇮🇪
@@noelkelly7009 what about food banks. it's a disgrace that we should even need them. we have a shameful government where people have no food or accommodation. so yes give it time. we are getting there. taxing your spare room also ! what's next. not to mention the closure of people's businesses due to government lockdown.
I remember the place well. I grew up on Rugby Road adjacent to the buildings. In the 70's as a child I found it a strange environment. As the kids there grew up many turned to drugs and joy riding and I know a few that didn't survive long into their adult years as a result. The entire place was demolished and there were a few straglers who wouldn't leave and held up the rebuild process. The site of all this is now old folks accomodation fronting Oxford Rd and Swan Grove is the main portion
@Donnell Okafor I cant say I was born 1970 so too young to remember but certainly the 80s/90s heroin was the plague
The wonderful government of the day !
Almost as bad as been Homeless,just like we have here in Ireland in 2018.
OMG!! Datz my Uncle Paddy in this clip!!! :) My Aunt Mary too as a wee girl. :) 1969.... times were harsh!!! Have heard all the stories!!!
babyblues softly
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Sure...sure it is.
Rip paddy only a few months ago, and Mary god bless er
Our situations in life are temporary. Keep pushing, keep moving forward; get our education.
The Irish catholic Church has a lot to answer for. How is it possible these families continued to have children, precious little children, when they knew what conditions they were bringing them into...because the parish priest held total sway. I went to school in St Louis Rathmines, undoubtedly with some of these girls. It was very mixed backgounds and a really wonderful education - chosen specifically for us by our mother, a teacher herself, though we had a priviledged upbringing, who believed public education was better at that time. She was right. We had excellent teachers, the Young Dublin Singers for music and an Abbey actress for elocution! Not to mention the free elevenses every day, a bottle of fresh, full milk and a sandwich. What a country of contradictions...
maurizio azzalin the Catholic Church had a stranglehold on all families in Dublin , I can’t talk anymore?.?
The Catholic Church had a strangle hold then but now also. Guatemala is living the same poverty now .
The church decrees .. children are born …there is no money to feed them 4 yr olds on the street working ,polishing shoes . Parents have to give them up. Yes we are lucky to have two Beautiful grandchildren .
The people who attack the Catholic Church,are usually gay trolls.
I suppose Irish people emigrated just for fun and to build other economies all over the globe. Unless we recognise and deal with the genesis of poverty and deprivation we only exacerbate the problem and miss a golden opportunity to grow this Republic. We have been let down so many times, the cycle continues....
Was the same in Scotland
It was.
@@sidwhitten7126 my brother was burned with hot water playing in house ,,m sister burned her nightgown in front of 5h3 fire,my othe4 brother pulled th3 chip pan over 9nto h8m,,,,overcrowded,,overrun with mice four of us in the bed with my g4annie,,outside toilet,,,,alcohol involved daily,,,violence as well,,,lots of poverty
@@sidwhitten7126 my granny chucked us out and we slept n derelict buildings in the snow ,,m wee bro wet himself with the cold
I was born in their wow looming back hard times
@Laz Arus my father and friends played ballads in flat, they were known as the jollybeggermen mother had 4 kids, I used play shops with my friends on stairs lol with empty crisp bags, bar bags so on,
Poor people was terrible the way they lived the Dublin accent seem to be a lot softer in those days as well.
well spoken lady..
My Dublin folks emigrated out in the mid -50's. There have been many tough times for the Irish throughout history. When was this footage originally aired? Was this done by RTE?
Same.. here to Australia, butfron the 1840s-1860s (because of THE Great Potato Famine)!!!!
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@@romb4649 it was genocide, not a famine. Read more about it.
@@corkboy4523 yes!!!!
@@corkboy4523 Any recommendations?
@@sevans606 The truth behind the Irish famine by Jerry Mulvihill
Good grief..."Tree million " love that accent
Who made this documentary??
No contraception
Great people.
Nothing changes could be today
I am living in Rathmines now, Gulistan pc. very close to Mountpleasant, where did these buildings used to be? I now Rathmines has changed up a lot for people of other generations, but I think some streets have a little of the past charm.
3 babies and pregnant again. Those kids dawdling around that fire is scary.
Someone link Leo.
That bollox wouldn't care.
omg thats a long time go
They were only demolished in the 80,s.
No wonder the Irish came to America!
Americans, I presume?? it's so sad to read those comments. Your comments are sadder than this video here.
Yeah, because you totally made a meaningful contribution here instead of just botching and moaning...
That was awful . They don’t know how lucky they are now
luxury
lost the lousy music please
nice people..but they always blame someone else for their predicament...the council usually..
wat a lovely place
I didn’t hear any of them seeking work. Surely the men should take responsibility and find a job? Even if it means moving away.
This is such an ill informed comment; notwithstanding your ignorance, I can assure you most of these men, if not all, were in work at the time and wouldn't have shirked a hard graft even to sustain their existing lives, let alone in search of a better one. This film is about the living conditions enforced by the corporation who were strong armed and shamed, decades too late for too many, into improving public housing.
As for moving away and emigration, seeking work elsewhere, your comment is further compounded in its utter ignorance; Irish people practically built Britain and the other places they are famous for their emigration to. Do you not know anything?
Typical scary Mary.... shrieking her ignorance into the internet from a privileged position of her armchair and not needing, thankfully, to worry about the detail or any consequences of what she's just witnessed.
Fucking hell. As if you wrote that down and clicked 'post.' 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
in the RC church hadn't them breeding like rabbits they mightn't been so poor..
I thought God gave mankind free will. Wouldn't there have a come a time where they could've used their "will" to think and save their children from such misery. It's almost child abuse to reproduce knowing what the kid will have to endure.
@Jennifer Wilcox they were encouraged by the Church to procreate.
Gay troll.
@@jenniferwilcox9759 And abuse of human rights by the RC church who denied women access to reliable contraception
Work Do anything legal Dad but work
that poor bleeder it the nail on the head if this is a roman catholic country then i'm disgusted
There seems to be quite a few older people with very out of date and insensitive remarks in the comment section
dings
typical
Ballymun lol
All that white privilege.
Whatever happened to abstinence, especially in the face of obvious necessity?
Try getting out of whatever deluded little bubble you live in and educating yourself before posting such silly little bits of nonsense
happyquails You’re an absolute fool to write such a comment. I’m not about to explain history to someone as deluded as you.
happyquails z
abstinence doesn't come as easy to some as it does to you.
@@greer545 Women only ovulate and can conceive in a 48-72 hr window..each month, while ovulating. Day 13, 14, & 15. Give an extra day each side, so days 12-16.. 4 piddly days a month, that they 'couldn't obstain'..from sex! Because they couldn't control themselves. ?????
Sex daiily, for
3 & a 1/2 wks out of 4, is not enough ???? This was the 1960s, not the 1860s!
HOW can you get pregnant with up to 11 PLUS KIDS, & ADULT SIBLINGS, & their spouses.. and even PARENTS, ALL IN THE SAME ROOM listening & /or WATCHING ON!!? 😵 Do you not see the REAL issue????? 😕
At the 3 or 4 minute mark, the young dark haired girl is eyeing the reporter up and is licking her lips.. 😂😂
Clueless choice of music, 'what a wonderful world' Hello!?!? people living in such conditions and the 'documentary' music is 'Its a wonderful world'. Huge disconnect.
Pretty sure it was supposed to be ironic.
The music is stupid