Mosney

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 01:00PM

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 01:01PM

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 01:02PM

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 01:10PM

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

Including the priests children :pac:

soups05 · 03-07-2010 01:17PM

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 01:25PM

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 01:28PM

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 01:28PM

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 01:29PM

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 01:29PM

That is great news:)

WIZE · 03-07-2010 01:31PM

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 01:34PM

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 01:37PM

Mosney, my arse, it was Butlins!

Zombienosh · 03-07-2010 01:37PM

WIZE wrote: »

Did it go through the Church by any chance

that explains hearing mass halfway through it

Celly Smunt · 03-07-2010 01:43PM

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

Wolfe Tone · 03-07-2010 01:45PM

Its a concentration camp nowadays.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2010 01:45PM

pmcmahon wrote: »

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

Tenerife was sooooo middle class.

Royal Seahawk · 03-07-2010 01:46PM

pmcmahon wrote: »

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

Says the man from Tallaght....

lil'bug · 03-07-2010 01:48PM

i always wanted to go to mosney we couldn't even afford that when i was a littler bug

WIZE · 03-07-2010 01:49PM

lil'bug wrote: »

i always wanted to go to mosney we couldn't even afford that when i was a littler bug

Celly Smunt · 03-07-2010 01:51PM

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

Says the man from Tallaght....

we have class in tallaght,true class :rolleyes:

Celly Smunt · 03-07-2010 01:52PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Tenerife was sooooo middle class.

not to mention santa ponza

dlofnep · 03-07-2010 01:54PM

Anyone remember the really old WWF video game in the games room? With Hulk Hogan & Earthquake? or years ago, like 20+ - they had Atari 2600's in the games room. I remember playing Smurfs.

Biggins · 03-07-2010 01:58PM

I remember working with a Dublin chap that we used to call "the Wolfman".
He had a wolfman type beard that was freeky looking.
He was totally stark raving bonkers too but great fun.
When there was a full moon he would go outside and howl upwards at the sky. LOL
I miss the antics we used to get up to together.

Wolfe Tone · 03-07-2010 02:00PM

dlofnep wrote: »

Anyone remember the really old WWF video game in the games room? With Hulk Hogan & Earthquake? or years ago, like 20+ - they had Atari 2600's in the games room. I remember playing Smurfs.

I remember Sega megadrives when I went there.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 03-07-2010 02:10PM

Am I the only one here who thinks of it as 'Butlins'?.

Or is 'Mosney is bogglerland thing?.

I pass it often and it makes me sad that its not open to our present generation of children.

Although if you get caught up in the African Taxi Driver Grand Prix into Dublin on a Friday or Saturday evening it can be an exhilerating ride

I've some lovely memories of school tours when I was in primary, to some mad weeks/summer's as a wild teen (like Biggins they're stories I'm not telling).

Fighting a Northern Ireland lads too

Thread brings back some great memories.

gazzer · 03-07-2010 02:17PM

My family only ever took one summer holiday when we were growing up. (q violins) and that was in 1981 when we went to Mosney. Had a brillant time and would go there for day trips for a good few years after.

Mosney

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