Actually no, these buildings as you see them today were completely rebuilt as p the original plans after the Rising, the war of independence and the civil war destroyed them
Anyone know what that tall building is in the background of the thumbnail picture (to the right of the building with the dome)? If the picture is of Bachelor's Walk (I believe it is, but I can't claim to be 100% sure) then it is somewhere off to the North West of the city. I don't believe it exists anymore, but again, not 100% certain.
This is amazing, couldn't take my eye off it. Imagine if time travel were possible, even for an hour or two walk the streets of Dublin over 100 years ago, impossible I know but got my imagination going.
To be honest with you, as far as the buildings are concerned, those specific places look almost identical today: there is no huge difference that I can see except for the replacement of cobble stone by tarmac on the main street.
God I love that video brings back memories playing at the monument in the phoneix park ,climbing up to touch the the horses and soldiers back in the 60s with mam n dad there both gone now RIP.❤thank you .for the memories.
If he was from a well to do family probably was continuing his education, working in family business or had already started a career as an apprentice. If he was from a poorer family he would be working his heart out if he was lucky.
You'll probably be happy to know that the places where that footage was taken look almost identical today: all those buildings are still standing and, apart from the cobble on the streets, the vehicles and the fashion - that footage would have very little difference if it was filmed today.
@@Megabishop65 certainly in around the likes of the Monto were scenes of abject poverty, disease etc. Arguable that those areas still havent fully recovered since the decline following Union.
@@FionanUaMurchadha you’ve no army , navy or Air Force . Your state exists due to the good will of other states. Ffs England still protects you. Cringe
Likewise. My great grandfather had a hardware store behind Merchant's Quay and my grandmother remembered going to the Phoenix Park on the Easter Monday of the Rising, and that they had trouble getting back due to 'the rebels'.
Strange to see the Union flag flying over the GPO, how it would all change a year later. O'Connell Street looks just like a capital city's main thoroughfare should look, not the eyesore it has become today. I wonder whose idea it was to discontinue the trams.
I am amazed I only see one comment on that huge british flag flying over the GPO. I am sure its oversized from normal size to make the point that Ireland is BRITISH and giving us the 2 fingers. If I was alive that time I would be a right little terrorist and saboteur and spy. I am not particularly fond of Dublin even today and only stay for as long as it takes to do any business up there but I always stop to admire the Irish tricolour flying over the GPO. It fills me with pride and satisfaction and I say a private thank you and a few prayers for all those that made that possible.
@@philipmcdonagh1094 did you mean the tram services the British were providing? Because all independent Ireland did was destroy all the English build and than started hating the Poles for taking your jobs
@@lesio80 The Dublin Trams were not "provided by the British", they were always (except for one route that was owned by a British company for a while) owned and run by Irish companies. The reason they were dismantled in the 1940s and 1950s was the same reason they were dismantling in Britain at the same time. No one was using them.
@@samnicholson5051 I lived in Ireland for over 10 years and I know out well there's no nation as hateful and angerfueled than the Irish. You hate and would destroy everything foreign because it's foreign and than complain everybody is prejudiced against the Irish and than roll in your own poo instead of working hard to achieve anything. Irish and Brits fully are worth one another
Not how well dressed the people are. Many of them were probably living in tenements, but they still at least tired to look their best when in public. Compare that to today.
Lovely footage, thank you. The thing that amazed me most is that Batchelor's Walk (the street with the buildings by the river Liffey) looks exactly the same now as it did in that footage. Most of the buildings in that footage have not changed, they're still the same, but there is just no longer the cobble stone on the main street. Its hard to believe how much has happened since then.
@@paulhussey1113it's why Dubliners were called "Jackeens" because the city was often decked in Union Jacks. Queen Victoria rode in an open carriage 10 miles from Dunlaoire to the Phonex Park with huge crowds lining the street waving Union flags. There wasn't a single protester.
I've always wanted to see old videos of Dublin but only ever found one recorded in 1900 when Queen Victoria visited the city, so its nice other recordings exist as well.
Bring back the Liffey barges to relieve Dublin’s congestion problems and to have better passenger transport between Dublin Port (North Wall) as far upstream as Capel St Bridge or up to Hueston, with passenger only vessels - this would also make it easier for cruise ship passengers to explore Dublin from a unique perspective
My Nan use to tell me "back in those days you could leave your house door open and leave your bike anywhere and still be there hours later when you come back" . now days you need 3 locks an a gps tracker for your bike haha🤣
Hopkins & Hopkins as shown @3:35 wasn't built until 1917, While Established in 1915. The building occupies a prominent site at the corner of O'Connell Street Lower and Eden Quay. Like many of the buildings in this area, it was destroyed during the 1916 Rising and subsequently reconstructed by O'Callaghan & Webb.
the buildings on the parliament look weirdly colored. the guards at the door to the parliament chamber entrance at what is now the bank has a guy who will take you inside to see the pre UK Irish parliament chamber
Well I think we can rule out the Ilac center. Looked up an old map on this great site I'd go with the hospital.www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie/maps/1900-1939/index.html
This is the place where Joyce had set his novel from a memory, far away from home. O' I wish I was you Joyce, but homage to my city where I currently lived.
@@kevinm9031 I think you may be right. Based on its location and its size (compared to the tenement house next to it, in a historical drawing I found), it is most likely Jervis St Hosp. Thanks
The comments stating that the city is in a sadder state now really baffle me. Do these people actually go to Dublin, or meet with friends there? Dublin is very pretty now and has a hopeful future as we pedestrianise it further. We have far less crime now in the city centre than how it used to be in the 80s and 90s.
You have to give it to the English they know how to build I don't know what they would think about it today mits a rich kip today no dubliner can afford to live in it.just like the rest of the city's
Fabulous. Excellent editing with blended sound effects. The attire folks wore seemed very English. That was just one year before the Easter Rising. Amazing footage.
It looks idyllic but the reality was probably a lot different. As horses were used for practically all forms of transport, there was a huge problem in cities with the quantity of horse manure produced. This manure was not picked up and attracted huge number of flies in warm weather which helped to spread disease. If you got sick in those days you were in a bad place. Life expectancy was in the 50s and hospitals were places people went to die. We have come a long way since then and most of it is good.
I believe that the larger vehicles are propelled by the electric fluid. Are they not aware that it can cause dangerous disruptions in the lumeniferous aether?
