Dublin Village

nlgbbbblth

anyone see this? was on tonight 830 RTE 2 and last week too
documentary on a different part of Dublin, last week Ringsend , tonight Stoneybatter/Smithfield

some good footage and interviews - after all it was made in 1988 (Dublin Millennium etc)

The city has changed so much since then. Looks quite drab in parts

Ingrid Miley (delicious) presents with Shay Healy

Crumlin is next with Gabriel Byrne making an appearance.

pork99

nlgbbbblth wrote:

The city has changed so much since then. Looks quite drab in parts

This was the Dublin of my adolescence/early adult years. In fairness it was a sh!thole. Anyone with any cop-on or initiative got the hell out of here.

I remember going to London in 1988 and being shocked at the number of job vacancies being advertised there. At that time in Dublin there would be about 3 or 4 vacancies a day advertised in the Herald.

And half the population thought Haughey was God despite the fact that he was a big fat criminal

John R

Yes, it was a very depressing place back then. In the programme they said that there was 70% unemployment in one housing block and 40% in the rest of that area.

SteM

Saw the one on Ringsend/Irishtown last week. Very interesting to see how much the place has changed over the last 17 odd years.