Mosney possibly re-opening

J.Ball · 2012-05-01 13:08:24

Theres a big campaign going on to get mosney back that seem's to be kicking off today. I don't know very much about it yet but apparantly the lease is up for the refugees in june. What would you guy's think of having it back? . I'm just old enough to have gone before it shut down and have a few fond memories.

01-05-2012 02:08PM

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Theres a big campaign going on to get mosney back that seem's to be kicking off today. I don't know very much about it yet but apparantly the lease is up for the refugees in june.

What would you guy's think of having it back? . I'm just old enough to have gone before it shut down and have a few fond memories.

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#2 01-05-2012 02:09PM

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In before Biggins

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#3 01-05-2012 02:10PM

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Awful kip, we are all better off it's closed

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#4 01-05-2012 02:11PM

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YES! YES! YES!

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#5 01-05-2012 02:11PM

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will the refugees be working there?

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#6 01-05-2012 02:11PM

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Time to get the Liveline involved!! i.e. Talk to Joe

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#7 01-05-2012 02:11PM

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mosnia

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#8 01-05-2012 02:12PM

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Went to a rave at Mosney back in the 90's and got robbed. Can i blame it on the roma?

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#9 01-05-2012 02:13PM

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Ireland needs some class of a theme park. They could really work on making Mosney something more than it used to be....... Could also be a good one for providing jobs.

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#10 01-05-2012 02:15PM

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It's no Leisureland, Salthill

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#11 01-05-2012 02:16PM

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i prefer funderland, as it fcuks off after awhile

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#12 01-05-2012 02:16PM

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Could be a goer....I remember the original Mosney, it was a terrible kip but we have come a long way since then. I think with the right people behind it, it could be a huge success.

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#13 01-05-2012 02:16PM

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Here's a link to there facebook page. They seem to be trying to start a petition there http://www.facebook.com/ButlinsMosney

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#14 01-05-2012 02:18PM

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My memories include bandaids and dead flys in the swimming pool and people mooning you as you went past the swimming pool that had glass instead of walls.

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#15 01-05-2012 02:19PM

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Oh my god, i would love is this reopens!!! im so there if it does!
Many a happy summertime spent there back in the day, think the last time i was there i was about 12 so it would be as nostalgic as anything!

Just hope they dont change everything around, leave it all arranged the same and it would awesome to head there again!

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#16 01-05-2012 02:25PM

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Just looked at some of the photos only just taken a while ago. Everythings still there even the furniture. I say it would just take a bit of cleaning and a few safety checks to get the place going again.

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#17 01-05-2012 02:27PM

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Why did no reporter (Undercover) get to evaluate the place over the last number of years?

If anybody ever got hold of the internal workings of our asylum system in Mosney on video, now that would be headline news.

3 pubs concert hall, 20 snooker tables etc. etc.

Always wondered what went on "behind the wire" at Mosney.

Never seen any of the inmates complaining, except that is when they tried to remove them from their sub-standard abode!!!

Sorry for meandering just being nosey I guess.

Well it once was the only holiday camp in Ireland, then the Celtic Tiger showed its head and if I remember right the owner received a "Mint" for the lease of the premises. Everybody wins.

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#18 01-05-2012 02:28PM

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It didnt seem safe when it opened, I imagine 12 years of being idle hasnt helped!! We need a proper theme park, not the shite attempt that was mosney

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#19 01-05-2012 02:30PM

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I dunno. I was 10 last time I was there. I might not be able to get away with flashing people having their dinner in the restaurant via the glass part of the pool anymore.

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#20 01-05-2012 02:33PM

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I am Bugs wrote: »

Why did no reporter (Undercover) get to evaluate the place over the last number of years?

If anybody ever got hold of the internal workings of our asylum system in Mosney on video, now that would be headline news.

3 pubs concert hall, 20 snooker tables etc. etc.

Always wondered what went on "behind the wire" at Mosney.

Never seen any of the inmates complaining, except that is when they tried to remove them from their sub-standard abode!!!

Sorry for meandering just being nosey I guess.

Well it once was the only holiday camp in Ireland, then the Celtic Tiger showed its head and if I remember right the owner received a "Mint" for the lease of the premises. Everybody wins.

First of all, there was a good number of journalists all over the place doing reports - constantly.
There was even a documentary made about the place - one when it was a camp and other when it was a place for refugees.

Their accommodation WAS NOT sub-standard - all the accommodation were fresh built and the old chalets were knocked down prior to this.
They had the best of everything they wanted. That included everything from buggies to clothes to food.
The food that they ate was the VERY SAME food that the staff ate.

My father worked (just retired) on the site for over 16 years and I have been in it many times since.
(I worked in it as a teen for a few seasons also, many, many years ago.)

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#21 01-05-2012 02:34PM

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davet82 wrote: »

will the refugees be working there?

No, it will be public sector workers as they are the only people around with experience of working in holiday camps!

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#22 01-05-2012 02:38PM

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If anyone is interested, I supplied MANY items from Mosney in this thread here to view: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055957929

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#23 01-05-2012 02:42PM

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i went there for the community games in 2002 when i was 12 for a table quiz.

got my first **** from a girl that day

good times

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#24 01-05-2012 02:49PM

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What is the new fun fair ride, dig a mass grave Slobadan style. Kids get to sit on out of work Santa's dressed as Radovan Karadžić,sounds fun to me.

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#25 01-05-2012 02:52PM

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I was more of a Butlins in Wales kid, Mosney was beneath me frankly. I went one year and i found the place to be truly abhorrent.

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#26 01-05-2012 02:53PM

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ah the memories,
The coke slide........
the big red mushrooms......
cutting me guther on the slides
first time i fingered a girl was behind shalet 7b .....
Then there was the time my mate crapped in the pool beside the underwater window that looked into the chipper

Bring baCK MOSNEYYYYYYYYY

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#27 01-05-2012 02:57PM

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Never visited Mosney, but I've heard stories:eek:

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#28 01-05-2012 02:58PM

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It looks like a concentration camp in the 2010 video on youtube.

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#29 01-05-2012 03:00PM

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kitty9 wrote: »

i went there for the community games in 2002 when i was 12 for a table quiz.

got my first **** from a girl that day

good times

You'd had a few from boys prior to this?

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#30 01-05-2012 03:01PM

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Mosney 2012: Experience the mind numbing boredom your parents had to go through when you were kids.

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#31 01-05-2012 03:01PM

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Dancor wrote: »

My memories include bandaids and dead flys in the swimming pool and people mooning you as you went past the swimming pool that had glass instead of walls.

Also a beehive in every bin.

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