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Hippy communes in Ireland

  • 20-02-2012 3:01pm
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    Are there any hippy communes in Ireland?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 Nodin
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    Are there any hippy communes in Ireland?

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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 Mr Benevolent
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    Wanna join one huh? Funny, it's usually English people who do the hippie thing in Ireland.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,070 My name is URL
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    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 Immaculate Pasta
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    No way man!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 Nodin
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    for hippy read "new age traveller".



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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,041 Seachmall
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    Some out in the West of Clare.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 John Doe1
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    Theres an island of the coast of donegal that is one I think


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 who the fug
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    They all sold out to the man in the end, and became pillars of the community


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,624 Dancor
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 saywhatyousee
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    I think there is a few in Leitrim


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,514 PseudoFamous
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    Dame street.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 Peetrik
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    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 :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 the keen edge
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    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 Sindri
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    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 Nothingbetter2d
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    Are there any hippy communes in Ireland?

    there is one outside the central bank


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 John Doe1
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    lCWkko6pva4

    well done;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,076 superstoner90
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    John Doe1 wrote: »
    well done;)

    Hahaha I dident eat my weetabix this morning. :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 seamus
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 625 yermanoffthetv
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    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.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,940 Rothko
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    Sindri wrote: »
    German lesbians walking around with no tops on

    Where is this place of which you speak?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 Sindri
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    Suas11 wrote: »
    Where is this place of which you speak?

    Kildare.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ciarang85
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    some down in west kerry, they are all english


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,172 Ghost Buster
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    Theres two.
    One is called "Leitrim" and the other "Galway"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 Nodin
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    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?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 biko
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    There is an eco village in Cloughjordan.
    http://thevillage.ie/

    I wouldn't mind building an earthship there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,143 flanzer
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,230 ejmaztec
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    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?:confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,143 flanzer
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    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!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 who the fug
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 housetypeb
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,230 ejmaztec
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    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.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,736 Gannicus
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    Sindri wrote: »
    Kildare.

    Be more specific than that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 R P McMurphy
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    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 Sindri
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    Big Steve wrote: »
    Be more specific than that.

    Dunshane Camphill Communities.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,230 ejmaztec
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    The Old Hippies are the real deal, but these Provisional Hippies, aka new-age travellers are bogus ****.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 who the fug
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    And changed their names from Moonbeam etc.....


    Them names got ditched first day of secondary school


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 who the fug
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    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:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 Sky King
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    They all sold out to the man in the end, and became pillars of the community

    *Pillers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 giles lynchwood
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    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.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,085 meoklmrk91
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,230 ejmaztec
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 thebishop
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    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 who the fug
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    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 fryup
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    plenty of hippies in east clare...Tuamgraney & Scariff


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 skelliser
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    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 mikemac1
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    Galway is overrun with them


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 Stinicker
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    Nodin wrote: »
    ...Galway, apparently. Used be a shower on some Island in the 70's somewhere as well.


    Shower + Hippies = Does not compute :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 586 Mickey Dazzler
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    Parnell Street


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,281 donegal_road
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    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


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