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C'Mon! Lets Bring Mosney Back!! :)
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30-10-2007 10:50pm#1Hey Lad and Lasses!!
I've been meaning to come on After Hours and post this for ages.
About a month ago a couple of my mates were doing some construction work in the former 'Mosney Holiday Camp' in Co Meath..... Most commonly known as 'Mosnia' now i think lol. Anyway, I had a good hour to kill and pretty much has free access to roam the site, and i must say the memories came a-flowing
It was oddly spooky tho, I had a surreal moment in the giant pool area...
You could hear a pin drop! :eek:
Anyway, One of the most shocking things i noticed was that most of the parks structures remains intacked.
The big ballroom area (with the porthole windows),
The amusement arcades,
The bars... and more!!
Would it really be that bad an idea for a redevelopment of the site?
For anyone who remembers a few years ago - A consortium of businessmen some of whom were associated with 'Universal' Theme Parks wanted to build a MASSIVE attraction in Bettystown and the best excuses the government could come up with were:
- The road networks wouldn't cope.
- The transport system wouldn't cope.
- The sewerage systems couldn't cope.
So then we have Mosney > Right beside the M1 Motorway, and attached to the main Dublin to Belfast train line..... Commuter Heaven!
The only problem is sewerage, how big a problem could that be?!? It's beside the sea so surely something could be sorted to threat the sewerage then pump what is safe and acceptable into the sea or whatever. (Haven't a clue what way sewerage works so maybe that's a bad idea i dunno
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So anyone got any more thoughts or ideas on this?
A government grant to fire Ireland's enterainment facilities into the 21st century?
Advertise the site internationally to prospective developers?
Could Mosneys 200 acre site be put to better use?
Maybe give a this country some kind of Theme Park attraction... other than Funtasia! lol
HISTORY LESSON
For anyone who doesn't remember the history of the site:
It was originally opened in 1948 as part of the UK 'Butlins' Empire.
At it's peak Mosney could accommodate 2800 campers and 4000 day visitors. Its estimated that 8 out of 10 Irish families have had some kind of contact with the camp over the years. Mosney was sold in 1982 by Butlins to a private buyer after the company decided to focus more on its UK Camps, Mosney continued to operate as normal for a further 18 years. In 2000 the Mosney site was closed due to problems finding short-term staff for the short 12 week holiday period and the site was put up for tender.
A controversial 5-year €22 million euro deal was signed with the government to turn the camp into a home for asylum seekers. The site is now home to roughly 300 asylum seekers from over 20 different countries. Its thought the 200 acres of land is worth over €70 million euro. As it stands the future of the camp is unknown.What Would Like to See Happen? 93 votes
It Redevloped into a 'Theme Park'.0%It leveled and turned into yet more houses.61%
57 votes
Leave it as is forever... As a detention centre.10%
10 votes
Eh.... Something else....27%
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That's material for a whole other thread. "Dey tuk awr chalays" etc...marcsignal wrote: »Isn't it called "Mosnia" now ??
aren't there asyulum seekers living in the chalets ??
where are they gonna go ??
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It leveled and turned into yet more houses.Any more pictures? The picture of the pool brought memories of the whole place flooding back. I'm struggling to remember the slide though. There was an outdoor pool aswell wasn't there?
The oul' wans used to come around collecting off the parents every week so they could bring us all to Butlins every summer. I can still remember them howling as soon as the door was opened... "RESIDENTS". Then the struggle to find the pound or whatever it was. 0 -
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It leveled and turned into yet more houses.Undercoverguy wrote: »Hey Lad and Lasses!!
. In 2000 the Mosney site was closed due to problems finding short-term staff for the short 12 week holiday period and the site was put up for tender......
The site is now home to roughly 300 asylum seekers from over 20 different countries.
i know its wrong but i think i may have found a cheap solution to the original staff problem.0 -
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Ive fond memories of Mosney when I was a kid. The pool and ,oh, who remembers the 'Space Round up'!? I saw someone puke on that once when I was on it and needless to say quite a mess for the people next to them:D What else was there? - The slide obviously - the planes (when I was very small) and wasnt there a restaurant beneath or beside the pool? There where other smaller pools outside aswell on the way in. The lake with those swan yokes and little boats too. The bumper cars where alright when I was small too. Id say Mosney would look very small if it suddenly appeared now but back then, as a kid, it looked really big or something. 0
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It leveled and turned into yet more houses.Mosney - good times when i was younger..i loved looking out windows when i was in the swimming pool (think it was the middle one) and seeing people walking along having a nosy in :rolleyes: ah the memories, we used to go every year, loved it 0
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xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »how?
i don't see any roller coasters coasting around the place.
Have you ever tried to drive from Kinitty to Mountrath. 0 -
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marcsignal wrote: »aren't there asyulum seekers living in the chalets ??
where are they gonna go ??
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It leveled and turned into yet more houses.Ive fond memories of Mosney when I was a kid. The pool and ,oh, who remembers the 'Space Round up'!? I saw someone puke on that once when I was on it and needless to say quite a mess for the people next to them:D What else was there? - The slide obviously - the planes (when I was very small) and wasnt there a restaurant beneath or beside the pool? There where other smaller pools outside aswell on the way in. The lake with those swan yokes and little boats too. The bumper cars where alright when I was small too. Id say Mosney would look very small if it suddenly appeared now but back then, as a kid, it looked really big or something.
And those bumper boat things near the go karts.. That was good craic.. and the walzers..
Found some more pictures....
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http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pool1sf6.jpg
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http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cczh9.jpg
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