Tourism in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland 1968
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2022
- Once the holiday destination for the gentry of Ireland, the popularity of Bray as a tourist destination is declining.
According to GN Wright in his 1835 ‘Guide to the County of Wicklow’ Bray was a summer resort of wealth, fashion and taste, ideal for bathing with a combination of sea and mountain air.
In 1853 William Dargan brought the railroad to Bray transforming it from a small seaside village of Bray into the principal holiday destination of Ireland. The resort became known as the ‘Brighton of Ireland’, attracting thousands of tourists.
Visitors are no longer gentry as in Wrights day. Many of them are women from the north of Ireland or school groups from Britain.
Bray resident Diarmuid Breathnach says there can be as many as 20,000 visitors crammed onto the beach in Bray. Many people criticise Bray saying it has a lot of vandalism, but he believes a lot of Bray’s social problems come from Dublin, as Bray is situated right beside the capital city. He says Bray tourism contributes significantly to the Irish economy.
Dawson’s Amusements arcade on Bray seafront has seen a decline in visitors to the area.
Years back we used to have wonderful times here and crowds of people, but I suppose the continental tours and cheap holidays abroad have taken a great deal of people away from us.
Another woman adds,
I would definitely say it’s going downhill and the people of Bray can blame themselves for Bray going down.
There is not enough for youngsters to do in the area and for older people, there is only entertainment is the pub or dancing. However but the dance halls are too small for the huge numbers of visitors. To keep visitors coming, facilities in Bray need to be improved so it can compete with other areas that are making concerted efforts to attract tourists.
The bilingual current affairs series ‘Féach’ reported on national and international events and was broadcast from 1967 to 1984. ‘Féach’ aired every Sunday evening and featured reports in both Irish and English. The Irish word ‘Féach’ meaning ‘Look’ gives an indication of what the programme was about as editor John Ross stated “It will try to show, from a fresh viewpoint, what is happening at home and abroad each week”. (RTÉ Guide, 14 July 1967, p.17) The show was originally anchored by Andy O’Mahony with reporting assistance from Seán Duignan and Mícheál Ó Briain.
This episode of ‘Féach’ was broadcast on 6 August 1968. 
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Great footage. It's interesting to see in all these old clips, how much thinner everyone was back then. Healthier times.
I am thin. My sister is thin. My brother is thinner than both of us put together))
Brilliant.... thank you so much for sharing.... so informative...please keep up the good work !!!!!!
The good old days when you could sunbathe in your 3 peice suit on the beach and no would pass comment😀
That's only the second image of the cable car I've seen, and the first video. Cheers, CR!
Absolutely love Bray remember climbing up to the cross in 1987 and if that was hard enough coming back down was worse oh the memories
Had lovely day out in Bray walking up to the cross
Beautiful place Bray 🌍❤️☘️
Nice one 👍
Spent my honeymoon there in 1968 , stayed in a house 🏡 in Sydmonton square
Love to have subtitles for us non-Irish speakers 😃
I visited Bray in 2017. It hasn't changed much since 1968.
Any idea what programme this was?
and ...... would you happen to know where I might get the openining title sequence for Féach around this time, maybe a little later?
My brother and I appear on it for a split second, it was my claim to fame as a kid!!
Nice looking healthy people back then 😔!!!
Because they weren't stressed about being able to pay rent or mortgage...
@@FortitudineVincimus I think the original comment was in relation to people's weight.
@@eamonnmaccionnaith5761 Well... people tend to eat more when they're stressed... but my original comment was a bit sarcastic.
Not only slimmer but smoother skin. Lack of chemicals in diet perhaps??
04:18 That man was outstanding in his own field))
He wasn’t just a good farmer.
What language is this. ??
It's in Ireland, take a wild guess.
That woman complaining that there isnt enough for visitors & holiday makers to Bray...omg - if she could see it now ! ... theres bugger - all... everything's gone !
I feel like I should be able to understand what they're saying. It's like it almost turns the gears in my mind. I do understand leyate of course. Funny how that has followed the Church here to the U.S., but we don't use it as meaning the general public in a secular way anymore.
well i understood vandalism ,second generation irish here
03:53 Nice footwear))
It is a pity not to have English sub-titles! Not all of speak Irish!
Yep. Irish is an obsolete language
He's just uploading a clip. You don't pay for this service. He doesn't owe you subtitles.
@@seanosull2884 well said Séan
@@seanosull2884 she only made a statement why be such a smart arse
@@seanosull2884 Of course but it is a pity there were not originality subtitles! I spent a holiday in Bray the summer before I started schools with an Aunt 1959. We stayed in a hotel on the seafront. There was a heatwave at the time. Bray then still got lots of visitors from the North of England. 1960's everything changed.
Brayzil
Full of junkies now
Like the rest of the country.
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Vandalism anyway that’s for sure