Mosney

oh and it was 1990 or the yr after because i remember the world cup playin in dan lowrys on one the trips ha.. stools got thrown when ireland scored ha.. great laugh:)

Used to be hiding so ya didnt have to get out of the pool!!!

THose were the days

Ah deadly was lookin for a good thread on that!

Only talkin bout that and Rainbow Rapids!!!

When did Mosney close to the public?

markocork wrote: »

Anyone on this thread work in Mosney in 1988????????//

Yep.

My mother managed the Laundrette in Butlins later called Mosney, between the late 60s till near the end of the 80s all my family at some time or another worked their, being from Laytown only a short walk along the beach meant a lot of Laytown residents had seasonal employement in mosney, great times .. it's a shame to see it now gone to ruin take a look at links below
http://www.butlinsmemories.com/mosney/april2007/mosney29407043.htm
http://www.butlinsmemories.com/mosney/april2007/mosney29407096.htm

or even better read this old article from the irish indo newspaper
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/sex-and-drugs-for-sale-at-mosney-477063.html :mad:

i loved mosney as a child im only 23 still can picture everything. mosney still to this day as a lot of the buildings and old monuments all around the centre, it still looks the same . if u ever get the chance to see it now yeah some things are gone but it still looks the same . i love seeing it as the memories come flooding back each time i go up .

Yea it's sad to see it gone this way I have very fond memories of mosney my family had a mobile home down their in the 90's so I was lucky to spend a lot of time in mosney. I remember walking up from the train station every Friday with my nana sisters and cousins along those chalets in the video to the mobile park, the grass would be cut and those chalets would not have being all used even back then the other side of mosney has more modern chalets which would still be used today by the refugees the ones in the video would of being the original chalets first built by but lin in the 40's.
It's sad seeing down by the pool and the windows covered and bobs arcade with nothing in it... that area used to be always buzzing during the day with music playing out side the laser dome the smell of candy floss in the air every one happy and enjoying the place arcades, the pool, playground, boating lake, the playground, the amusements, red coats and who can forget the young hoppers.
At night time the entertainment was great in the ball room and Dan lowrys music from the show band era was very popular in mosney with the likes of red hurley, joe dolan, Dicky rock playing regularly any time I hear a Neil Diamond song it reminds me of mosney ( I am only 32 now) 😀 but it was a great place be back then and i am grateful to have being lucky enough to experience it I have many great memories of butlins I always called it.
But youtube is great and the are some good videos on it of when it was a holiday center I can't share cause I don't post much on this