Ireland's Forgotten Generation - RTE One documentary London Irish Homelessness 

Same with mine they came to Chicago

I should say my mom and dad did

😮

Geary blvd and irelands 32, one of the world's great cities, worked with the plasterers Union there for 3 years. A unique city.

How did it all go so wrong though...some poor decision making going on too

So what ? It’s money they earned

There is no thanks, and when any if them came home and tried ro settle in they were treated like lepers and told to go back ti where they came from.

@@seamusburke9101 sounds like Ireland 🇮🇪

The ira army

You poor lamb,boo-hoo.

@@mjh5437 You profile would present that you had a very privileged upbringing, all those exotic locations in the 60's and the modeling mother. When I think of you commenting like this, I hope you're okay and you get out and about and meet someone that makes you smile in the near future.

You are too kind to that twat@@andrewconnolly7169

Thinn it’s around 2001

Think *

Irish families were huge in those days because they were so old-fashioned religious they were still hung up about contraception,they had plenty of relatives to go to

They had family in Ireland but no work to go back to

But do they return to Ireland where they like to pretend life is better?... No,they don`t.....Because it`s easier to be a lazy scrounger in England.

Sure how could they be any other way , God , some ,God love them 🙂

I spent a short time on building sites in London. I worked for a contractor called Mulvaney. Mulvaney paid £21 a day for labourers. It was nothing but abuse. I left London for USA and never worked in London again.

spot on mate worked in London in the 80's always was treated by English contractors better.its a Irish thing they love to take advantage off people you ask any eastern European people who came to Ireland during the boom

What city are you working in bud what is it like?

@@aaroni5074 South East where the money is

@Big Wints South East

Fond of the queens head then paddy

@@dannykelly7159 I am fond of taking money out of that shite house and putting it into Irelands economy and don't be calling me paddy you dosser

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BIFFO

That's true people don't understand it's not a matter of geographic size but population. Recently someone said it was easier for the devolved Scottish Government to do things because the entire population of Scotland was less than some English cities. I remember my first visit to Blackpool in the summer of 1956 and my surprise at the number of people packed on the beach I'd never seen so many people in one place before.

Ever the victim.

True that

These men fell on desperate unfortunate hard times , they worked hard, lost friends, no union no , union pension paid into, unlike usa or ireland , no help no safety net , Maggie privatised everything , go to a coal mining town you will get similar stories , its just that they were at home and did not have London rents to pay . They moved country and rolled the dice and felt they had no where to go .

@@davidschley8773They also had a lot of vultures whether they were Irish or English taking financial advantage of these young men …..they deserved better.

im irish and have been with innisfree for 10 years. they house at least 80% irish. they can only do so much. they have been great tbh. im open to talk

@@cody8513 So you`re happy to be a scrounger forever anyway.

Which shows the generosity of the Irish people rich or poor they’ll help unlike some we can talk about.

And 99.9% of the hardest drinkers, were the hardest toughest workers that worked in all weathers . Blood sweat and tears . They would do more work in one hour than the putting in the hours careful boys would do in a week . There for the grace of God go I

Yes 99% of hard drinkers were the hardest workers real grafters and done more in one hour than the clock watchers done in a week I was proud to work with these kind of men . And they all knew how hard it was to get out there in all weathers and take any job, in order to pay their way , and I never looked down on these poor lads here in this program except Brian Cowarddd whom paid the English banks 700million on interest alone to bail them out , and he's talking about pocket money from 50k in the 80s to 1.5 million and were refused and was cut , And plus all them leeches talking rubbish , when these ordinary lads, you can see who's more human , they still have a sense of humour after all their horrors of depression, after tragedy and accidents , They took the crap and they ... paved the way for a job... when we landed there, people knew one thing ...if your Irish you will work hard , when they travelled home and told everyone, there's jobs over there , that is where they spent their holiday money three or four times a year , when there was not too many jobs in Ireland .

@@davidschley8773Great comment…never a truer word …….from a child of Irish migrants👍

Contact aisling.org.uk/ they should be able to help

pure ignorance

The men were found in the missing part of your soul.

To be honest I'm not sure how the Irish government can be responsible for all the people that leave Ireland an end up in difficulty

I bet you were part of the problem which took advantage of these people, I’ll go as far to say you were a gang man …..yes I have Irish parents first generation who would of only wanted to help these compatriots not look down on them ….your comment says …black and tan .

Few care, mate, if their friends are alcoholics. Also, success is given and nobody owes anyone a living in life.

Sad story god rest your sons soul and brother 🙏🙏

yes you are 100% correct ! sorry for your troubles 🙏

Married English most of them saved money Irish lads we don’t look after ourselves drinking betting women catches up

@@christopherwalsh4703 the Trans one's married the English men😂🤣

Women fared much better. Often married English men.

Not true that we all married English men, it was lonely and tough for women too and drink was a major factor also, destroyed life's 😥

Most of them soon spread their legs and got up the duff with brown babies because they identify with other "communities" who spend their whole life sitting around blaming everyone else for their own problems.

Yeah that was the 1800s pal

@@aaroni5074 it still goes on to this very day.

@@LeahysLadsgot a link to that ?

how much have you saved ?

I tend to agree, it doesnt add up, Con is unemployed sine the 80's...the fact that people have since came in their droves in the last 20 yrs says there was always work, no savings either, his was the generation that could buy a house cheap and watch i its value skyrocket. Life is about choices...alot of these men probably made the wrong ones

I would agree with you to an extent, they are clearly alcoholics and I was told at the time when I worked in London in the 80s " If you drink when things go wrong, you will only make it worse". And without knowing them personally I can assure they have met misfortune, and drunk their sorrows away. They came over from Ireland and were flogged by the Irish Sub-contractor and no doubt paid in the Pub at night, long hours and hard work drove them to the Pub and after a while a drink problem developed and they were good for nothing else. When you are doing long hours and have no home into which you can invest-I don't mind solely a mortgage, you can rent a place and make it a home, do a garden have a hobby. This is hard to do when you are working on the Buildings and moving from place to place , you cant put roots down. Everyone of us can make poor decisions and end up down a dead -end track.

Aren't you fucking brilliant. Give yourself a big pat on the back.

@@Jungleland33 thanks for your valuable contribution

Only a loser can't spell loser.

does it make you feel better to judge others? You are the 'looser' as you put it

John McKee enjoys pointing the finger and condemning people.

your probably one of the people that pushed for war in Iraq , even after hearing sanctions killed a million babies 🤠, I bet your pushing for another few million people to go to war in the Ukraine , siege heil ... there for the grace of God go I .... its a long road , good luck.... These are poor desperate men and all you want to do is kick them when they are down , your either a a I troll or an eeejit and in case you don't know what that is in Ireland , its a human donkey 🤣😂

@@healthydee381 Merely stating a fact.