MOSNEY should it open up again ?

pebbles21 · 04-05-2009 11:42PM #1

Had the privlige of visiting Mosney holiday center today (long story why)and it got me thinking would the public of today go back to taking their annual holidays here again or did this place just run its course?

From the second we drove into the main front area where you see the chalets and the big building where the pool and Dan Lowrys pub was, it kind of gave me a little butterfly tingle as i used to years ago when id go with my family when i was a kid

Everything was all there and brought back all the memories of all the holidays i had there in 70s and 80s ,so if the current residents were allocated alternative accommodation, and the place got a major renovation ,would you think it would be a viable and a entertaining holiday now in these post celtic tiger times?

Senna · 04-05-2009 11:45PM

Would a week in Mosney cost less than a week in spain? when you factor in the cheap food and drink in spain, it probably wouldn't be.

bcmf · 04-05-2009 11:47PM

never ever ever never ever.

seanybiker · 04-05-2009 11:48PM

Was never there before. Didnt know it was still a ghetto.

Karoma · 04-05-2009 11:50PM

seanybiker wrote: »

Was never there before. Didnt know it was still a ghetto.

I believe the politically correct term is 'concentration camp' thank you.

OP: No, it'll be boring and deadening to the target audience...so it'll be just like old times.

AnonoBoy · 04-05-2009 11:50PM

Even in the 80's when my folks had no money they still didn't subject us to the tedium of a week in Mosney.

Jaysus.

pebbles21 · 04-05-2009 11:51PM

seanybiker wrote: »

Was never there before. Didnt know it was still a ghetto.

more like a concentration camp you mean

FearDark · 04-05-2009 11:56PM

Trabolgan FTW :pac:

mikemac · 04-05-2009 11:57PM

Salthill in Galway is where it's at!

doonothing · 04-05-2009 11:58PM

Please reopen it

Guy:Incognito · 05-05-2009 12:07AM

Karoma wrote: »

I believe the politically correct term is 'concentration camp' thank you.
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We dont seem to have hit on the low cost model that Hitler went for though. Might pop off a few refernce books to the relevant government departments to get the ball rolling.

stepbar · 05-05-2009 12:20AM

They should make it a tax haven for developers and the like. The Republic of Mosney has a nice ring to it.

M5 · 05-05-2009 03:55AM

NO

seanybiker · 05-05-2009 04:10AM

clara lara ruled. The owner of the place loved me.

witnessmenow · 05-05-2009 04:20AM

seanybiker wrote: »

clara lara ruled. The owner of the place loved me.

Inappropriately?

Caoimhín · 05-05-2009 04:47AM

seanybiker wrote: »

clara lara ruled. The owner of the place loved me.

I fcuking bet he loved you Seany, the man-boy kind of love.

Mosney? What a sack of shít. Turn it into a prison I say.

xOxSinéadxOx · 05-05-2009 04:58AM

clara lara was amazing. ooh I loved everything, especially that rope where you swing out over the water. the treehouse was brilliant! and the waterslide

I wish I was small again

Coriolanus · 05-05-2009 05:33AM

You're all talking in the past tense, is ClaraLara clsed? :mad:

Best times ever there, being abandoned on one of the islands when I was too young/much of a bitch to swim to shore, capsizing rowboats and getting an earful from the staff etc.

Yakult · 05-05-2009 05:39AM

Went to mosney once when I was like 5, not a minute in, I fell and split my leg open. and hour later my brother flung a big stone and it hit my head. Never liked mosney after that. Claralara tho was brilliant. Is it still even opened??

Caoimhín · 05-05-2009 06:16AM

Nevore wrote: »

You're all talking in the past tense, is ClaraLara clsed? :mad:

Best times ever there, being abandoned on one of the islands when I was too young/much of a bitch to swim to shore, capsizing rowboats and getting an earful from the staff etc.

Eh, yes it is closed.

The owner was involved in some unpleasantness, something to do with the internet, kids and pictures.

Coriolanus · 05-05-2009 06:27AM

Caoimhín wrote: »

Eh, yes it is closed.

The owner was involved in some unpleasantness, something to do with the internet, kids and pictures.

Lawl. How'd I miss that?!
Ah well, doesn't take away from the memories imo.

Shame someone didn't take it on though.

Caoimhín · 05-05-2009 06:31AM

Nevore wrote: »

Lawl. How'd I miss that?!
Ah well, doesn't take away from the memories imo. Shame someone didn't take it on though.

It happened around the same time as that Judge Curtin in Cork was nabbed, i think that took some of the heat away.

super_furry · 05-05-2009 06:32AM

Caoimhín wrote: »

Eh, yes it is closed.

The owner was involved in some unpleasantness, something to do with the internet, kids and pictures.

Sounds like the start of a dodgy horror film. A group of 30-somethings pretending to be teenagers get lost and end up spending the night there.

Sofiztikated · 05-05-2009 06:50AM

Clara Lara was freaking awesome, all those places to get wet and mucky, and cameras everywhere. I felt like such a star. Especially in the changing roo.... oh.

Anyone know any good counsellors?

Dancor · 05-05-2009 08:33AM

seanybiker wrote: »

clara lara ruled. The owner of the place loved me.

True story: That guy actually grabbed a hold of me for messing around and mocking his English accent, he threatened to throw us out too. Then a few years later he is on the news for downloading kiddie images ''shudders''

Degsy · 05-05-2009 08:41AM

Stekelly wrote: »

We dont seem to have hit on the low cost model that Hitler went for though. Might pop off a few refernce books to the relevant government departments to get the ball rolling.

Well,unlike hitler's camps,if the "inmates" dont like it they can fcuck off home.

dos30 · 05-05-2009 08:46AM

I'd love if it was reopened, I lived and worked there for a summer when I was 17 back in 2000.
Got £80, food and accommodation for a 40 hour week and drank every penny of it, Best summer ever.:D

phasers · 05-05-2009 09:25AM

Trabolgan FTW, me and my brothers broke so much stuff there...

dlambirl · 05-05-2009 10:06AM

Was there a couple of times for days out and for Community Games, it was great craic but thats cos you were staying away from home with friends in your own wee chalet.
Could never imagine staying in it for a week on "proper" holidays :eek: and that was when i was 8 so could i imagine going now..........no!!!

legendal · 05-05-2009 10:11AM

Eh, Clara Lara's still open. Or at least it was last summer anyway, well after that whole "unpleasantness" emerged.
http://www.claralara.com/index.htm

Tom Dunne · 05-05-2009 10:13AM

dos30 wrote: »

I'd love if it was reopened, I lived and worked there for a summer when I was 17 back in 2000.
Got £80, food and accommodation for a 40 hour week and drank every penny of it, Best summer ever.:D

Same here, except a few years earlier. Best Summer ever, considering it was the greatest hovel on this planet. Plus it seemed to attract a certain type of clientèle, who, shall we say, were perhaps not the classiest.

Level it, I say. Make it into a nature reserve, or nudist colony, but not a holiday camp.

MOSNEY should it open up again ?

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