80s Ireland (pop culture)

telecinesk

I have to admit we never watched Irish tv whatsoever, heres an example of nothing on...
https://imgur.com/gqtPa6Z was transferring tapes from I guess 1985.. Same tape has totp which I guess says a lot..
No, dont miss the 80s at all.

L1011

Those outside of Two Channel Land rarely watched RTE until the mid 1990s - bar kids shows. RTE2 was recycled old BBC/ITV shows we'd already seen anyway.

I'd say that outside of Bosco/The Den and the 6.1; RTE didn't feature in my life until the mid-late 1990s when Network 2 became N2 and had better programming etc. Went between having BBC/ITV/C4 via aerial, having cable, having Sky, having FTA satellite (Cartoon Network/CNN/Eurosport and some other stuff*) having cable, having Sky etc in a constant cycle based on my Dad's whims

Its interesting that Germany has its own equivalent of Two Channel Land - the "Valley of the Clueless" which are the areas that couldn't receive west German TV before the wall fell!


*I ended up working for one of those 'other stuff' FTA channels much, much later in the mid 2000s. Obviously had an impact.

tonyheaney wrote: »

Holy zombie reincarnation Batman, a 13-year-old thread.:D:D:D:D:D:D

What better forum?

The Princess Bride

tonyheaney wrote: »

Holy zombie reincarnation Batman, a 13-year-old thread.:D:D:D:D:D:D

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The only place where zombie threads are welcomed.

Arthur Daley wrote: »

This thread reminds me how grim it was for my cousins who only had rte in the house through the 1980s.

I guess you never miss what you never had.

We only had 1 channel in the 80s followed by a second whenever RTÉ 2 started.
It was a novelty visiting our uncle in Dublin as they had the BBC etc... I remember when Prince Charles married, going with my mother to an aunt's house to watch it on her TV as we didn't have the channel.:o

Funnily enough, I watch very little TV nowadays.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^

thats why i always loved visiting relatives on the east coast, cause they had the uk channels...to me as a youngster it was almost like visiting another country in a way

Red Kev

TV:
Glenroe
Bracken
Murphys Micro Quiz M
Where in the World
Youngline
Blackboard Jungle
MTV USA with Vincent Hann-leeeyy.. And here's a 6 in a row from Bruce Springsteen
Self Aid
Clannad
Rise of U2
The Pogues reviving trad amongst the unwashed youth
Lisdoonvarna
Siamsa Cois Lee
Slane
Ballinspittle
Mass
Gregory Grainneog and Sile Snailymabob on Bosco
Gaybo the God
Night Train with Mark Cagney
In Tua Nua and fantasizing about Leslie Downfall
Great Music from Indy and Garage bands
Discos
No NCT and the utter state of the cars here
Stay alive and don't drink 5 ad campaign which said 4 pints should be the max to drink
Ian Paisley
IRA
Support the Hunger Strikes
Bobby Sands
H Blocks
Dirty Protest
Dominic McGlinchy on the run
GUBU
Malcom McArthur
Sean Kelly
Stephen Roche
Cycling Mad
Dirty Dozen win 83 All Ireland
Galway win Hurling
Joe McDonagh sings The West's Awake
German army surplus stuff
Parkas
PLO scarves
Docks
New Romantics
Heavy Metal
Synth pop
American Rock
The Late Late Show being compulsory viewing
Closedown on TV at 12.00 and the National Anthem
Mass emigration
Bedsit land Rathmines and Drumcondra
Anco
FCA
Gardai in Renault 4's chasing lads in Saab turbos
Mart and Market
The Lie of the Land
Anne Doyle
Charles Mitchell
Micheal O'Heir
No money
Jack Frost painting the inside of your window
Honda 50's
70 High Nellys parked in a heap outside Mass on Sunday
Massey 35's
Sweet Afton
Players Please
10 Major
Carrolls Nr 10
Stag
Babycham
Harp
Furstenberg
Hot Toddy
No pints for women
Women in the lounge only
Being lifted over turnstiles
Tubs of ices
Crush on the Hill
Keep an eye on that young fella to a total stranger.
Being slapped
Stick at school
Writing cramps
Encyclopedias from the 60s in school
Commodore 64
Dragon computer
Walkman
Waiting for the DJ to zip it so you could hit the record button
The disappointment when the full song wasn't played
Ice cream sandwich with the wafers
Fruit cocktail
Packet soup
Caravan in Salthill for holidays
Aunt back from England on holidays
Uncle back from the States
All powerful clergy
Divorce referendum
Abortion referendum
3 elections in 18 months
Thatcher milk snatcher
Reagan visiting
Gorbachev
Nuclear war
Ethiopia
Band aid
Do they know it's Christmas
Mullets
Losing your virginity

Anything else?

InTheTrees

Dandelion Market.

Pirate radio.