Back then when we were a poor country we were able to provide public housing at reasonable rent for working people who couldn't buy in the private market. So much for so-called progress!!!
At a time the government just begin to reap the benefits of international investment and trade within the next 10 years they soon realise they were not in it to Help the People but themselves and we know the story since then
The EU have their "red lines" free movement of cheap labour, sorry, "free movement of people" Why not include the red line, housing for young working people. Studio flats for people who are working would help take the stress and pressure off young people, especially those living and working in Dublin.
Its amazing to see people dressed so well even dough they were so poor as today they are so rich with hardly any clothes! It’s sad to think all these beautiful salt of the earth people who tried there best to remain happy and content no longer exist
I can't believe I found this video of people moving to McKelvey (not McKinley) in 1964. I was 9 years old and full of beans and came there to 39 McKelvey Ave in 1965 and I was astonished to see my neigbours Carmel and Tommy Mills being interviewed, no older than myself. Also Mrs. Griffin. The cement mixer at the start was in our backgarden, can ye believe it? Makes me fill up with emotion, teary eyed.
@@waynemoro8650 The Mills house was sold in the late 1990s when the parents passed away. When Tommy grew up to his late teens early 20s, he went and travelled the world. Carmel married a local guy 5 doors away. I haven't seen or heard anything about the Mills since the mid-90s. If I find out more, Ill post here.
@@cs3105 66 years in Finglas now. I have worked all over the world and believe me there there are worse places, and it was rough when I was a kid. The simplicity, genuiness, modesty and manners of the people in the video brings a tear to my eye again. They were all so thankful and that included my parents. "we have every comfort you could wish for".
God bless those people. They were so happy with their move. The women talked of the practicalities the men looked proud and the kids were beaming and nobody was moaning .
God bless the people in this video. It is so nice to see how thankful and respectful they were for what they were given. They recognised the value of it all unlike today's 'entitled' society. Where did it all go wrong? 😢
Wow so grateful they were 🙏 and how well they all dressed even though they had so little . No tracksuits and hoodys leggings lazy nowadays compared to those people .
Grew up in Finglas. Moved to America a long time ago. People on here are asking what happened to Finglas and Ireland in general? Very similar parallels to where I live now (in America). I heard one man on the radio the other day speak about the influx of drugs to his neighbourhood in the 1980's and how he warned every policeman and politician he could get his hands on at the time. No one listened. Says he has no friends left now - has buried 11 of them since 2004. All drug-related deaths. Amazing how we as people, be it in Ireland or in America, cannot stop the bad things in our communities. Something is wrong somewhere.
The people are well dressed, are standing up straight and can hold intelligent conversations. No slouching, no whinging, no fidgeting with hands in pockets. They are positive, hopeful and willing to put up without having everything for a short while. They dealt with huge hardships in the tenements and retained their dignity. What happened the people of Ireland? Was it unemployment, the EEC, inflation or fluoride in the water? Or more than likely illegal drugs and alcohol. Having said that working class people are not fools. They can see today's system has failed and does not benefit those who contribute to it but those who take from it.
I was born in 64 and Im glad I wasn't living like these people,such a hard life and yet the people are so grateful 💛 sure wish bus fare was 10 shillings now 😄
Ireland and the UK made good quality affordable housing a priority until Thatcher in the UK (not sure about the Republic) and it's been downhill ever since in these islands. I lived in Germany for 6 years recently and good housing is still within reach of everyone in most parts of the country (except Munich) due to their policies. The extremes of wealth in Ireland the UK and America are depressing and dangerous for our future.
Never though I'd ever hear or see "good quality" and 60s UK public housing being mentioned in the same sentence. It was a nightmare for the most part, still is. But the worst of it isn't even to be seen anymore, as it was so crappy it already had to be torn down in the 70s and 80s. LMAO
No heating, no electricity, cooking food on the fire and the man says: "I have every comfort you could need." A lesson to the self-entitled of these times, if they were capable of learning it.
When king henry 11 arrived in Dublin for a handover over power from strongbow aka richard De clare .every petty king and chieften in the country aknowlaged him as theor overlord except for the people of Dublin .so they were moved out to fingal to north bank also areas of clondalkin to the west. This is where the very forst Dublin suberbs came from. Good Aul Dubs
Until the 1960s even the poorest of the poor in Dublin were good, hard working people who spoke with solid Dublin accents but not the 'howiya' knackery you hear these days. Very different to those from deprived backgrounds today.
It’s an indication of the feverish activity of the housing section of Dublin Corporation. Go into Dublin City Council today it’s Sleepy Hollow there is more chance of coming across employees drinking cups of Cappuccino wandering around the atrium area there is not a single trades person working foreman clerk of works your more likely to see an elephant than tradespeople.
decekfrokfr3mdx But old people say howiya also so I don't know what your drinking BC their just saying" how are you" or cad é mar atá tú or conus atá tú everywhere in finglas today.
Very impressive grateful people. All of these people are working and keen to work and proud to pay for their rent. This is an attitude that feels like we're losing as a country. My little girls asked me why I work a lot when it makes me tired. I replied that it makes me proud that I pull in enough money to look after the 5 children in my house. I told them about some new work coming in(price work) that would mean I would have to work even more but it would mean their mum doesn't have to work and we would be able to get a house where they have some space and a garden. My eldest came home the other day. She said she relayed the story to a classmate and the reply was "my dad says if you're scared at work they will give you all of that and some money so your dad's a mug. Priceless 😂😂😂
Back in the days when children played outside, little boys loved exploring and birds nests were fair game for exploring. Obviously not during nesting season, but as the interviewer says it’s the “middle of winter”
Now we have native Irish people sleeping rough on the streets while foreign nationals are put up in hotels at the expense of the taxpayer. Not only that but they're actively working to make it illegal for you to complain about what's happening. Wake up people
