Mosney

WIZE · 03-07-2010 11:27am #1

What ever happened to Mosney

When I was a young Kid ( Im 30 now :eek:) my parents used to bring me there for Weekends where you could go Go karting , Swimming and go on all the attractions .

Does anyone here remember it and should Ireland have something like it again

PogMoThoin · 03-07-2010 11:27am

It became Mosnia

Hank_Jones · 03-07-2010 11:29am

The refugees moved in and claimed it for their own.

From Wikipedia:

Mosney Refugee Centre

In December 2000, a five year deal was signed with the government to turn Mosney into a refugee centre. The mayor of Drogheda was reported to be "incensed" and the local council feared it would become a "ghetto". Mosney is now home to 700 refugees from over 20 different countries. Most of the old attractions have been mothballed, but recreation facilities still included a football arena, table tennis and a supervised play area. Some of the current residents describe it as a luxury prison. There is a 2007 documentary called "Seaview" featuring interviews with asylum seekers and staff from the camp.

deepsouthtalla · 03-07-2010 11:32am

theirs a thing in the times about it today: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0703/1224273904657.html

El Weirdo · 03-07-2010 11:32am

Mosney was a fucking dump.

Mike 1972 · 03-07-2010 11:32am

WIZE wrote: »

my parents used to bring me there for Weekends where you could go.... on all the rides

Your parents took you to a brothel ?

Biggins · 03-07-2010 11:35am

As Hank as said.

In the last few months though, the numbers being staying in it has been dropping big time per month (due to the state of our economy and outsiders not seeing Ireland as a "viable good prospect").

A lot of the staff there has been cut, some reduced in hours, made go from full time to part-time and so on.

The official owners (there are backers, some of whom are Dublin based) Phalime McCloskey and his wife (Philomenia) will eventually get their permission to do something further with it (twice rejected before...

) when they have lived up to their end of the deal with the government for they allowing the camp to be used as it is for the moment.

Truley · 03-07-2010 11:37am

I vaguely remember going on a family holiday there shortly after the asylum seekers moved in. At the time only a small part of it was cordoned off for them and the rest was business as usual. I vaguely remember a swimming pool with a window under the water so people out side could see people swimming around - did I imagine that

WIZE · 03-07-2010 11:38am

El Weirdo wrote: »

Mosney was a fucking dump.

When I was around 8 I didnt think of it like that . I loved it .

But look at the situtation now. People have less money to go abroad

In the 80s when things were bad it was a cheap way of entertaining the the kids

Since Ireland has gone backwards Financially should Ireland open up a new Entertainment center

ceadaoin. · 03-07-2010 11:41am

Truley wrote: »

I vaguely remember going on a family holiday there shortly after the asylum seekers moved in. At the time only a small part of it was cordoned off for them and the rest was business as usual. I vaguely remember a swimming pool with a window under the water so people out side could see people swimming around - did I imagine that

No, there was a swimming pool with a window. I remember it too!

Nodin · 03-07-2010 11:41am

WIZE wrote: »

When I was around 8 I didnt think of it like that . I loved it .

But look at the situtation now.

In the 80s when things were bad it was a cheap way of entertaining the the kids

Since Ireland have fo backwards Financially should Ireland open up a new Entertainment center

Well, as it contains a small number on to whom many want to shift all their fears, worries and the blame for their lives onto, in a way, it almost serves the same function.....

KevArno · 03-07-2010 11:42am

I remember Mosney alright. I was hit square in the middle of my forehead from a stray golf ball from that little crazy golf type thing they had...right in front of my whole school (queuing up for some show or something), had to put up with a day of being asked whose balls were on my face and other equally mortifying-at-that-age type statements!

So let the Mosnians have it... :mad:

WIZE · 03-07-2010 11:42am

Truley wrote: »

I vaguely remember going on a family holiday there shortly after the asylum seekers moved in. At the time only a small part of it was cordoned off for them and the rest was business as usual. I vaguely remember a swimming pool with a window under the water so people out side could see people swimming around - did I imagine that

I remember that . lol . And the Giant mushrooms and a big slide at the end

Truley · 03-07-2010 11:43am

Nodin wrote: »

Well, as it contains a small number on to whom many want to shift all their fears, worries and the blame for their lives onto, in a way, it almost serves the same function.....

Dey tuk ur ... holiday village

Royal Seahawk · 03-07-2010 11:48am

The Dragon Slide ftw.

deepsouthtalla · 03-07-2010 11:51am

Anyone remember how bad the quasar was?????

Biggins · 03-07-2010 11:52am

Truley wrote: »

I vaguely remember going on a family holiday there shortly after the asylum seekers moved in. At the time only a small part of it was cordoned off for them and the rest was business as usual. I vaguely remember a swimming pool with a window under the water so people out side could see people swimming around - did I imagine that

No, its there. It was/still is attached to a bar that was called "Dan Lowry's", near by the "American Bar"

Frank Spencer · 03-07-2010 11:55am

The memories!

http://www.butlinsmemories.com/mosney/index.htm

KittyeeTrix · 03-07-2010 11:58am

Biggins wrote: »

No, its there. It was/still is attached to a bar that was called "Dan Lowry's", near by the "American Bar"

FYP....:)

God, how we loved that place!!!!
We came up from Galway every year for a week from the time I was 4 up until I was 16 and loved it each and every year......Was back in the day when no-one really went on holidays abroad.
Used to love making friends from all over the country and becoming penpals as of course no-one had email, FB or even mobile phones:)

Loved the "Wall of Death", I think it was called and the disco's in the ballroom, oh and the bingo in the amusement that you had the card in front of ya which you pulled over the cover to hide the numbers!!:D

Biggins · 03-07-2010 11:59am

Many, many years ago I used to work in it.
I can tell a story or two but honestly, you wouldn't believe what went on there. LOL

dlofnep · 03-07-2010 12:00pm

I used to go there as a child. Was a great craic. I remember the swimming pool had a glass wall that you could see into the shop.

My name is URL · 03-07-2010 12:02pm

I loved Mosney so much.. I wonder what they ever done with the Yellow Wheel

WIZE · 03-07-2010 12:02pm

Biggins wrote: »

Many, many years ago I used to work in it.
I can tell a story or two but honestly, you wouldn't believe what went on there. LOL

Do tell:eek:

KittyeeTrix · 03-07-2010 12:03pm

dlofnep wrote: »

I used to go there as a child. Was a great craic. I remember the swimming pool had a glass wall that you could see into the shop.

Used to be craic standing in Dan Lowry's with my dad in the afternoon when he and me mam be having a few pints with the other families we'd become friends with for the week.
There would always be some young lad in the pool exposing himself thru the glass and my dad would be goin' fookin' mental!!!:D

Of course, we loved it, thought it was great fun!!!!:p

WIZE · 03-07-2010 12:05pm

My name is URL wrote: »

I loved Mosney so much.. I wonder what they ever done with the Yellow Wheel

is that the wheel that span really fast and you stuck to the wall and lift you feet off the ground

Biggins · 03-07-2010 12:06pm

WIZE wrote: »

Do tell:eek:

An IRA convention held there.
The lifeguard that used to keep a shotgun under his bed.
The key swapping.
The day the Army from Gorminstown had to take over the place.
The many "holes in one" on the pitch and putt greens!
The security man that like to jump on girls from trees.

LOL
Aaa... good times. I miss them

pebbles21 · 03-07-2010 12:07pm

Remember it well,one of our relations family would book a chalet for a week then four families more would pay in for the day and crash out in the one chalet for the week and split the cost.

It wasnt the most comfortable but sure times were hard but it was some craic:D

My name is URL · 03-07-2010 12:09pm

WIZE wrote: »

is that the wheel that span really fast and you stuck to the wall and lift you feet off the ground

Yeah.. it was great. The first time I ever got drunk was in Mosney, me and my mate drinking Scrumpy Jack from one of the bars.. we got served no bother and were only 15 at the time.. I remember one night there was a riot between a group from Dublin and another from Belfast.. we just sat pissed egging them on :pac:

WIZE · 03-07-2010 12:12pm

Biggins wrote: »

An IRA convention held there.
The lifeguard that used to keep a shotgun under his bed.
The key swapping.
The day the Army from Gorminstown had to take over the place.
The many "holes in one" on the pitch and putt greens!
The security man that like to jump on girls from trees.

LOL
Aaa... good times. I miss them

Haha

What was your job there

A Green Keeper or a Security Guard

Biggins · 03-07-2010 12:17pm

WIZE wrote: »

Haha
What was your job there
A Green Keeper or a Security Guard

Bar staff. Right out of school and into the place the first year of away from home and independence.
The two best paid jobs in the place was Security and Bar staff.
(Don't know how the "whellie boys & girls" managed to do their jobs! Crap pay and even worse tyrant husband/wife supervisors)
We had to stay in the place the whole season so we got to experience the day AND night life in its FULL colour.

A great life for someone if your single.

WIZE · 03-07-2010 12:20pm

pebbles21 wrote: »

Remember it well,one of our relations family would book a chalet for a week then four families more would pay in for the day and crash out in the one chalet for the week and split the cost.

It wasnt the most comfortable but sure times were hard but it was some craic:D

That was the Good thing about Mosney .

Times were hard for people but Mosney gave people some good times

You think the Government could give some of the millions out of the Billions given to the Banks to build something like it again so Families could entertain the kids and also have a good time yourselves

Dub13 · 03-07-2010 12:47pm

There is a facebook group called 'Support the reopening of Mosney Holiday Camp' they have some good old pics.

Biggins · 03-07-2010 12:48pm

Dub13 wrote: »

There is a facebook group called 'Support the reopening of Mosney Holiday Camp' they have some good old pics.

I have pics but they can't be made public.

Many an ex-staff member would not forgive me.

My name is URL · 03-07-2010 12:58pm

Just found this thread on another site where people are trying to have it reopened as a holiday resort - http://www.butlinsmemories.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7008&page=10

ANXIOUS · 03-07-2010 1:00pm

I remember their was a coca cola slide, and you could swim from an inside pool to an outside pool. Also I think their was a church there.

Zombienosh · 03-07-2010 1:01pm

ah the memories, i for one miss mosney, i spent a few summers there, as im sure most of my generation did.

I want a new mosney.:mad:

Biggins · 03-07-2010 1:02pm

ANXIOUS wrote: »

I remember their was a coca cola slide, and you could swim from an inside pool to an outside pool. Also I think their was a church there.

In 1946 when the concept of a holiday camp was first mooted, there was very strong resistance at parochial level. I was actually in the church on the day that the parish priest, Father Johnston preached from the altar that Butlin's would be a den of iniquity and that nobody was to work in it. There was a very anti-Butlin feeling within the Catholic Church at that time and it was very aggressively expressed but my father who was the Garda (police) sergeant in Julianstown, the nearby village, had a particular view which he expressed very forcibly, that every one of the objector's children would eventually work in Mosney. And they did!

http://www.butlinsmemories.com/mosney/yourmemories/jimtuohy.htm

The priests of Ireland said it would turn into a den of ill-repute, that god would be forgotten about and Solom and Gomorra would visit.

Well even with the church built (the only holiday camp ever to build one by Billy Butlin) - they still came to visit.

Side note 1: They deliberately built the church on the left-hand side of the front gates so that those coming and going would see gods home as the first and last thing they did at the camp!
Side note 2: When the camp was sold, unknown to Billy Butlin or accounted for, was that in the church had a master piece painting hanging in it. The new purchasers bought the place only soon after to discover they came into possession (through the full sale) of an expensive work of art - at a cheap price! LOL

Mike 1972 · 03-07-2010 1:10pm

every one of the objector's children would eventually work in Mosney. And they did!

Including the priests children :pac:

soups05 · 03-07-2010 1:17pm

anyone remember the swan pedaloes? little boats that looked like swans which you could take out on the lake. fun times.

waits for comment about swans being eaten

Zombienosh · 03-07-2010 1:25pm

soups05 wrote: »

anyone remember the swan pedaloes? little boats that looked like swans which you could take out on the lake. fun times.

waits for comment about swans being eaten

o god yes, i got stuck in one. stuck on a rock or something, fun times. I also remember the ghost train, that involved goin around in the dark and a piece of rope touching you..:rolleyes:

rossie1977 · 03-07-2010 1:28pm

i was never there but looking at this video looking similiar to leisureland in galway or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ndIrQAl9Hs

but yeah, entertainment facilities and themeparks are badly needed in this country, there is barely any proper recreational establishments for young people in this country, when you think every major scandinavian city has a themepark in or near the city, shows how far from a real first world country we are in more ways than one

Biggins · 03-07-2010 1:28pm

Over the years I've collected some very are memorabilia from Mosney.

From original post cards, original newspaper adverts/posters etc, to photos that are also rare.

WIZE · 03-07-2010 1:29pm

AlcoholicA wrote: »

o god yes, i got stuck in one. stuck on a rock or something, fun times. I also remember the ghost train, that involved goin around in the dark and a piece of rope touching you..:rolleyes:

Did it go through the Church by any chance

caseyann · 03-07-2010 1:29pm

That is great news:)

WIZE · 03-07-2010 1:31pm

Biggins wrote: »

Over the years I've collected some very are memorabilia from Mosney.

From original post cards, original newspaper adverts/posters etc, to photos that are also rare.

I noticed you didnt mention a collection of ladies knickers

Is your wife beside you

Biggins · 03-07-2010 1:34pm

WIZE wrote: »

I noticed you didnt mention a collection of ladies knickers

Is your wife beside you

LOL No comment. :pac:
...and I'm in one of the pics in that youtube clip up above LOL.

The wise staff in the place as soon as they got paid on a Monday, would put their money into a post office saving account book. Anyone remember the small post office in it? (It was right beside the staff restroom which used to be a fruit shop before that.)
The rest of the staff would end up spending their money again on Monday night in "Shakers", the staff disco.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2010 1:37pm

Mosney, my arse, it was Butlins!

Zombienosh · 03-07-2010 1:37pm

WIZE wrote: »

Did it go through the Church by any chance

that explains hearing mass halfway through it

Celly Smunt · 03-07-2010 1:43pm

yeah i used to go abroad,my family never liked mixing with poor peasant scum :P

Wolfe Tone · 03-07-2010 1:45pm

Its a concentration camp nowadays.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2010 1:45pm

pmcmahon wrote: »

yeah i used to go abroad,my family never liked mixing with poor peasant scum :P

Tenerife was sooooo middle class.

Mosney

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