We had a good football team we were winning the eurovision most of the time we knew our neighbours we were all slim and we had a lot more common sense Jesus I miss dublin of the past
I think It's just a grim place now, it was a lot safer and looked better overall, ok there was some horrible things about it back then too but that's nothing compared to how bad it is now, especially down towards the AIB bank where theres a massive vacant site sitting there for years its terrible looking...it has been very neglected over the last 20 years and it's so sad to see it the way it is now.
No mobiles, fb, covid, restrictions on absolutely every little thing you say and do pubs where great craic people more genuine, life was alot more simple back then
It sure was, but it was not all that great in many ways either. I don't like the times we are living in in many ways now, as you say mobile phones, fb, the genuine characters and atmosphere of the pubs. But times back then were bleak for many people, a happy and good mix of both worlds would be great. It's in our hands. Smile and talk to people, you will find the old Dublin still there.
Kevin Regan It was Illegal to be gay and a bomb could suddenly go of anywhere in public places killing people, it was also poorer. So no id say it was pretty s*** lol wasn’t great at all.
@@speakertreatz she probably means that Dublin was full of Dubs. Your not offended by that I hope. Its a diverse city now and she can be nostalgic if she wishes for the old days, as am I.
The needle was not yet a thing of the future. Last time in Dublin, 2009. We live in Australia, but every so often we expend a couple years back. Malahide, was hour home, not recogniseble now, that is call ""PROGRESS. ""
@@solsol1624 I couldn't even drive then as I was only born in the June of 88, but even still city centre and all surrounding areas are just a nightmare to drive
In fairness there were far fewer people in Dublin at that time compared to now. Many young people had emigrated and there was little immigration. People had less money then too so many families didn't have a car. It just doesn't make sense these days to have lots of vehicles passing through Dublin city centre.
@@emmams5 Actually I have a car which I use to get to work but if I need to go into town I take the bus or luas. I just don't think the city centre should be clogged with cars. I do cycle at times usually to get to places nearby.
The fashion has drastically changed since then:) and the 80s haircuts lol :)😀.. the music and the cars..Double decker bus existed already back then:)The streets look alot cleaner than today Easy going times in the 80s!!:)
@@briancd37 Depends on your personal values, in my opinion Dublin was far more cohesive and friendly as a society, we knew everyone on our street growing up and there was a sense everyone had eachothers back. The city had more character, you had more individual characters who were their own people compared to now. I like some of the changes to the city and they were well needed, but we have lost too much of our identity in gaining them and I see Dublin continuing to lose its unique character and morphing even more into a generic run of the mill dopamine thrill fuelled city that you can find anywhere in Europe.
The Dublin City Council building absolutely destroyed that back view of Christchurch, how did it ever get the go-ahead? It's a good modern building but why it was planted there, completely blocking the church from the Liffey side..This footage goes straight to my heart because I was 16 in 1988, but when you watch it at face value now, the whole place does look very grim. Deeply depressing in fact. All the 'but sure the people had a great community spirit' talk in the world isn't going to convince anyone otherwise.
Very good point iv never seen this side of the building and what a view of beautiful architecture hidden in plane sights I live only down the road too 😂
@@thefisherman4334 lol I was the same when I lived near Christchurch and every day walked back up that hill from work without realising it, then I think it was under a FB photo, one of those 'Dublin in the old days' pages, a discussion was raging underneath a pre-Civic Offices photo, people slamming the decision to put a building right in the way of a national landmark (and tourist spot). And I saw what they meant! Afterwards the whole thing came back to me, I could remember it the way it was, my Dad drove home from town up that hill all the time. What were they thinking??
@@thefisherman4334 this is a similar discussion which goes back further than the Mk1 Dublin City Council building put up in the 80s, to the controversy before it was built involving the viking remains at the site (you can see in the photo everything has been flattened in preparation for the office) facebook.com/dublin8irl/posts/wood-quay-was-the-site-of-the-original-viking-settlement-in-dublin-it-is-now-alm/2286786414693147/
Christ,ur after reminding me. The stink from the engine if u sat downstairs at the back and forget about being able to hear anybody talking ,bloody deafening!!
Priority for bikes must end - I do think the city needs an inner motorway ring (like many European cities), but that the city centre should then be reserved mainly for pedestrians and public transport. I think the Luas is a great system, but there's a need for much more. Also, the DART Underground should have been built years ago.
Going to go against the grain here: It looks very nice, but not massively different, nicer in some ways, less nice in others. People here really need to relax and take off the nostalgia goggles - things changes, it's always been that way, it always will be
It was definitely simpler and more homely but not at all cosmopolitan. Personally I can go on about all the issues nowadays but it’s still way better now, music, food, entertainment, job opportunities, just way more disposable income. The high inflation looks like it’s at an end but the 80s was a whole decade of struggling.
@@Fatfrogsrock Couldn't agree more! I'm a Dubliner born and bred and nowadays I feel like a foreigner in my native city- it's like being in African or Pakistani slum ! City has gone to hell- I avoid the city centre when I can- it's too depressing to see how Dublin has been destroyed by mass immigration, globalism, and woke tripe (the mess of rainbow flags/Ukrainian flags)! Disgraceful how we Native Irish have been betrayed while any terrorist scum can buy an Irish passport for the right price! Sell-out politicians are to blame!
pt breakers ,if you seen a pt van when black jack was a sweet only a half you could buy 1 smoke in the van give us a drag was 3 pulls of a smoke Butt's on a apple crying if you got the last of the bat* water after everyone was washed before you the flee market on the hill bag of chips 25 cents greeny was old english 2 litter of cider
I'm 24 and can without doubt say I prefer modern Dublin. Sure this city is far quieter, less traffic, less people, but it feels poor, dirty and depressed. Looks like a video from an Eastern European soviet state from the same period just with blue jeans and pop on the radio. Older people long for this time but only because they fit in better then. Honestly, I'll take the modern buildings, bustling streets, diversity, youth, clean buildings (trinity and Dublin Castle look black from air pollution), cosmopolitan feel and general European openness of modern Dublin and Ireland. You can smell Catholic Ireland through this. People wearing sueor long skirts and all the men in the same jeans. People were lacking in artistic expression and fun. Anyone who was anyone left the country. Amazing video but damn modern Dublin is a huge improvement. (just need to get those rents down and more trams and trains up).
There was more to it than meets the eye. It just felt more Irish back then. I know what the old and new Ireland feels like and the old felt more Irish that's really all their is to it.
I do like aspects of modern Dublin, but without doubt for me its lost a large chunk of its character and soul. We could have had all those improvements you mentioned without compromising that. Mid to late 90s Dublin probably came closest to it. We had one of the youngest, creative populations in Europe then. Had diversity, but still felt Irish. There was an enthusiasm and craic about the place that is not present to the same extent today. I run an airbnb in town and a lot of my guests are disappointed with Dublin. I think its because with all those improvements you mentioned its lost a lot of it's charm and uniqueness, it really has just become a bit of a generic less personable european city now.
Difficult times economically we were on our knees. Trouble up North was in full flight. You are very much entitled to your opinion, however you do come across as being somewhat smug.
@@redfishswimming The History books say that Ireland was a 3rd world country in the 1980s. Full stop. No one emigrated to Ireland, all the Irish who could emigrate did it.
