The 70's and 80's in Ireland

Tony EH wrote: »

Very, very, quiet.

Nonexistent, in fact

Fritzbox wrote: »

The first official language of Ireland is Irish - surely the official name of the Irish currency would be an Irish language word, which I don't think "pound" is. Is "punt" an Irish language word - I thought it was some sort of boat? If you asked an Irish speaker, in Irish, to tel you what his wages were, what word for the currency would he/she use?

Edit: I think cameramonkey's post might help in my question.

Oh my God, forgive me for my sins....I confess I’m a native speaker....... god help me in this thread.....lol I had a ‘punt’ and ‘pound’ purse...:pac:

MTV:USA on a Sunday afternoon

Vincent Hanley wasn't it?

I remember the different types of Dublin buses too!
My first being the RA type (hop on hop off), followed by some smelly old Leyland busses that always seemed to be falling apart, then there was the super-dooper 'Van Hool' automatic buses, well I hougjt they were super (maybe they were crap)?

fryup wrote: »

the official term was punt

Official name or not ,Punt was Irish money. Pounds were british. You's ( not ye) southerners mightened have called it that but it was a way to differentiate the money

The Ryanline started in 1988

Hamsterchops wrote: »

We were very much behind the curve though, they say the 60s happened in the 70s and the 70s happened in the 1980s in Ireland, and that is very true!
Our society was very stifled, inward looking and repressed, which is why why someone of my vintage is now so impressed as to how we have caught up in the last few decades, and how well we now compare to any country in Europe....

What about the 90s, did the 80s happen in the 90s?

its_steve116 wrote: »

What about the 90s, did the 80s happen in the 90s?

No, the 60s happened in the late 80s/early 90s here. The 70s didn't happen at all. We then squeezed 20 years into 10 and caught up.

A lot of people seem to be operating off an assumption that Ireland has 'caught up' to western Europe.

But that's only partially true. We've learned how to mind our own business when it comes to our neighbour's private affairs. We've put together an economy which is generally buoyant. We have a very strong education system. There is still significant ground to cover before we catch up. For example we are very far from having west European standard of health service. We're even further away from having a functional housing market and a sufficiently stocked social housing system (which ironically is something we had in the past). The standard of public transport is lower than all of Europe and parts of North America and Asia. Private services like banking and insurance are also hands-down, worst in Europe. Public and private corruption is rampant but I suppose it's hard to say if it's any better or worse elsewhere.

Overall I think it's premature to say we've caught up.

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Anyone remember proper metal bins & bin lorries? The lids were always blowing off in high winds

And the mess it would make when the arse rusted out of it.

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Theres a partial 1971 black and white episode on YouTube, on phone can't link.

Do you know what the status of Fortycoats & Co is? Again just a partial episode on YouTube and that's it. I think it ran up to about 88 or 89. Was there a radio series as well? Ive a funny feeling there was.

There was a documentary on TV3 some years ago about Irish kids television - still have it on the DVD recorder. Pretty sure it has Fortycoats clips so I imagine some of it is intact.

Here is the RTE Guide announcing the start of it - January 1983. The character of Fortycoats first appeared in Wanderly Wagon in 1979 but wasn't played by Fran Dempsey - instead it was Bill Golding (who previously played Rory). I found that annoying at the time - and still do.

Ryanair started in the 80s all well.