Hippy communes in Ireland

Johnny Foreigner · 20-02-2012 4:01pm #1

Are there any hippy communes in Ireland?

Nodin · 20-02-2012 4:03pm

Johnny Foreigner wrote: »

Are there any hippy communes in Ireland?

...Galway, apparently. Used be a shower on some Island in the 70's somewhere as well.

Mr Benevolent · 20-02-2012 4:03pm

Wanna join one huh? Funny, it's usually English people who do the hippie thing in Ireland.

My name is URL · 20-02-2012 4:04pm

Not sure this is what you had in mind but http://thevillage.ie/

There's a few others I know of but they're basically just family run permacultures

Immaculate Pasta · 20-02-2012 4:04pm

No way man!

Nodin · 20-02-2012 4:04pm

for hippy read "new age traveller".

Christ, I typed the "t" word......thread is fucked now.

Seachmall · 20-02-2012 4:06pm

Some out in the West of Clare.

John Doe1 · 20-02-2012 4:07pm

Theres an island of the coast of donegal that is one I think

who the fug · 20-02-2012 4:09pm

They all sold out to the man in the end, and became pillars of the community

Dancor · 20-02-2012 4:09pm

Are you going to sabotage them?

It was I, you fools! The man you trusted wasn't Wavy Gravy at all! And all this time, I've been smoking harmless tobacco.

saywhatyousee · 20-02-2012 4:09pm

I think there is a few in Leitrim

PseudoFamous · 20-02-2012 4:09pm

Dame street.

Peetrik · 20-02-2012 4:20pm

John Doe1 wrote: »

Theres an island of the coast of donegal that is one I think

Just before all the insightful, constructive, friendly criticism of "hippies".

These are people who would prefer to live on an island off the coldest, windiest, rainiest county with the least amount of daylight in our nation than have to deal with your bad vibes

the keen edge · 20-02-2012 4:21pm

There was one in the 90's near where I live in south Galway.
More of an hippy area than a commune.

I remember the provincial town I'd used to go to secondary school in, would be full of hippies on dole day: think dreadlock haired army jacket clad characters supping "Johnny jump up" cider, walking the requisite collie/terrier cross breed with a baling twine leash.

They used to have proper raves in a neighboring plot of land called "Kitty's Field".

The area is a less colorful place in their absence.

Sindri · 20-02-2012 4:23pm

There is a farming commune with some 'unhygienic'

tendencies about a 5 minute drive from me. It was supposedly founded by some German doctor in the 30's or 40's.

I've seen a few people their who I would certainly call hippies, from German lesbians walking around with no tops on, to Americans who ate seaweed.

Used to spend a bit of time down there. It really was very hippy like.

Nothingbetter2d · 20-02-2012 4:25pm

Johnny Foreigner wrote: »

Are there any hippy communes in Ireland?

there is one outside the central bank

superstoner90 · 20-02-2012 4:29pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCWkko6pva4

John Doe1 · 20-02-2012 4:29pm

superstoner90 wrote: »

well done;)

superstoner90 · 20-02-2012 4:32pm

John Doe1 wrote: »

well done;)

Hahaha I dident eat my weetabix this morning.

seamus · 20-02-2012 4:33pm

My uncle lives in one, somewhere down in West Cork. They basically all live in mobile homes and live off the crops that they grow and the animals that they farm. They do of course also earn money through various (legitimate) means (you still have to pay for other stuff), but in the absence of any money coming in, they can all live quite happily on the food they've grown.

yermanoffthetv · 20-02-2012 4:38pm

Seachmall wrote: »

Some out in the West of Clare.

Scariff is full of them. Often see a few flip flopping around Ennis doing a shop.

Rothko · 20-02-2012 4:39pm

Sindri wrote: »

German lesbians walking around with no tops on

Where is this place of which you speak?

Sindri · 20-02-2012 4:40pm

Suas11 wrote: »

Where is this place of which you speak?

Kildare.

ciarang85 · 20-02-2012 4:41pm

some down in west kerry, they are all english

Ghost Buster · 20-02-2012 4:42pm

Theres two.
One is called "Leitrim" and the other "Galway"

Nodin · 20-02-2012 4:42pm

Sindri wrote: »

There is a farming commune with some 'unhygienic' tendencies about a 5 minute drive from me. It was supposedly founded by some German doctor in the 30's or 40's.

I've seen a few people their who I would certainly call hippies, from German lesbians walking around with no tops on, to Americans who ate seaweed.

Used to spend a bit of time down there. It really was very hippy like.

Sure that wasn't irish men?

biko · 20-02-2012 4:43pm

There is an eco village in Cloughjordan.
http://thevillage.ie/

I wouldn't mind building an earthship there.

flanzer · 20-02-2012 4:44pm

I'm open to correction, maybe it's urban myth, but I think Lambay Island is one. They live off the land and animals they farm (all organic too, I believe) while maintaining the island for the Baring family.

ejmaztec · 20-02-2012 4:44pm

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

Scariff is full of them. Often see a few flip flopping around Ennis doing a shop.

Wearing hand-knitted balaclavas and carrying eco-friendly sawn-off shotguns?

flanzer · 20-02-2012 4:46pm

biko wrote: »

There is an eco village in Cloughjordan.
http://thevillage.ie/

I wouldn't mind building an earthship there.

That's look like the set of the Teletubbies!

who the fug · 20-02-2012 4:47pm

ciarang85 wrote: »

some down in west kerry, they are all english

Down in West Cork, we had English/Dutch/Dainish/German/Finnish (and Irish from the city) hippys , was interesting how the children all fecked off as soon as they could.

housetypeb · 20-02-2012 4:49pm

seamus wrote: »

My uncle lives in one, somewhere down in West Cork. They basically all live in mobile homes and live off the crops that they grow and the animals that they farm. They do of course also earn money through various (legitimate) means (you still have to pay for other stuff), but in the absence of any money coming in, they can all live quite happily on the food they've grown.

There is one on Coole mountain near Dunmanway in west cork, that's probably the one your uncle lives on.

ejmaztec · 20-02-2012 5:06pm

who the fug wrote: »

Down in West Cork, we had English/Dutch/Dainish/German/Finnish (and Irish from the city) hippys , was interesting how the children all fecked off as soon as they could.

And changed their names from Moonbeam etc.....

Gannicus · 20-02-2012 5:08pm

Sindri wrote: »

Kildare.

Be more specific than that.

R P McMurphy · 20-02-2012 5:14pm

Used to be one in donegal, known locally as the screamers. I think they built their own boat and sailed to Columbia and have been there since. I think there were allegations of men being used as sexual objects by the female members of the commune

Sindri · 20-02-2012 5:15pm

Big Steve wrote: »

Be more specific than that.

Dunshane Camphill Communities.

ejmaztec · 20-02-2012 5:17pm

The Old Hippies are the real deal, but these Provisional Hippies, aka new-age travellers are bogus ****.

who the fug · 20-02-2012 5:19pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

And changed their names from Moonbeam etc.....

Them names got ditched first day of secondary school

who the fug · 20-02-2012 5:22pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

The Old Hippies are the real deal, but these Provisional Hippies, aka new-age travellers are bogus ****.

Also real hippies travel in these Morris Travellers, and abduct young children

This be true because me ma said so :rolleyes:

Sky King · 20-02-2012 5:30pm

who the fug wrote: »

They all sold out to the man in the end, and became pillars of the community

*Pillers.

giles lynchwood · 20-02-2012 5:52pm

I knew a hippie back in the 80's called Shep he used to travel to market's and such selling leather belt's he had made.Before that he was squatting in an old abandoned cottage with an orchard that he maintained and used to sell or trade the apple's with the local's,this went on for year's and he was well liked by the local people.Then one faithful night he arrived into the village pub and proceeded to hand out magic mushroom's to all the ould fella's there and got everyone wasted.The next day he was given two day's to pack up and leave or the gardai would be informed,end of shep.This happened somewhere near cappoquin.
I pissed my pant's when he told me this,best of all he felt hard done by.

meoklmrk91 · 20-02-2012 6:05pm

My German teacher was a hippie, fupping wierdo of the highest order. He and his family lived in a caravan, but he built a workshop the size of a small house in which to make pottery. When I think back he was a nutter, can't believe anyone saw fit to leave him near kids.

ejmaztec · 20-02-2012 6:09pm

who the fug wrote: »

Them names got ditched first day of secondary school

The ones I knew didn't go to school, and were home-schooled under a tarpaulin by a bunch of hippies with PHDs:P.

thebishop · 20-02-2012 6:30pm

Quote:
Originally Posted by seamus
My uncle lives in one, somewhere down in West Cork. They basically all live in mobile homes and live off the crops that they grow and the animals that they farm. They do of course also earn money through various (legitimate) means (you still have to pay for other stuff), but in the absence of any money coming in, they can all live quite happily on the food they've grown.

There is one on Coole mountain near Dunmanway in west cork, that's probably the one your uncle lives on.
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They draw the dole and smoke wacky backy.:D

who the fug · 20-02-2012 6:33pm

thebishop wrote: »

Quote:
Originally Posted by seamus
My uncle lives in one, somewhere down in West Cork. They basically all live in mobile homes and live off the crops that they grow and the animals that they farm. They do of course also earn money through various (legitimate) means (you still have to pay for other stuff), but in the absence of any money coming in, they can all live quite happily on the food they've grown.

There is one on Coole mountain near Dunmanway in west cork, that's probably the one your uncle lives on.
__________________
They draw the dole and smoke wacky backy.:D

Whereas as the locals draw the dole, smoke the wacky backup and drink the white stuff

fryup · 20-02-2012 6:34pm

plenty of hippies in east clare...Tuamgraney & Scariff

skelliser · 20-02-2012 6:42pm

alot of hippies in and around kinvarra, west clare and west cork and kerry.

Ireland was a popular spot back in the late 60's and 70's for european hippies, alot of them came over and stayed.

mikemac1 · 20-02-2012 7:14pm

Galway is overrun with them

Stinicker · 20-02-2012 7:54pm

Nodin wrote: »

...Galway, apparently. Used be a shower on some Island in the 70's somewhere as well.

Shower + Hippies = Does not compute

Mickey Dazzler · 20-02-2012 7:56pm

Parnell Street

donegal_road · 20-02-2012 8:03pm

John Doe1 wrote: »

Theres an island of the coast of donegal that is one I think

I think you are referring to what was known as 'The Screamers', who were a cult that lived off the coast of Donegal from 1974 - 1988

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/the-screamers-131934.html

Hippy communes in Ireland

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