Mosney abandoned holiday centre

Abandoned Mosney holiday centre 2016
If u used to go to Mosney for your summer holidays heres a little walkthrough of mosney 3/7/2016 . Sad to see it falling into disrepair .
The walkthrough starts a the chalets down to the mosney lounge and bobs amusements to the lake .My apologies for recording in vertical mode as i only got the camera and didn't realise . if i go back i will re record it in landscape mode.
Hope u enjoy anyways.

[@thetrinity5728]

I went here year in year out during the 60's and 70's. It was heaven on earth in those days! The best days of my life! So sad to see it fall into disrepair. It was a national treasure.

[@EefsBeatz]

Very sad thing to see. Had so many good childhood memories in that place.

[@damienomalley9810]

Very sad to see. Used to go there for Community Games in the 90's. Was a great place. Them old chalets weren't much better back then! As the footage was going through each area I could see it as it used to be. Very nostalgic. Eerie too. Thanks for putting this up. Brought back some great memories..

[@Rheinmeister09]

Kind of emotional watching that. Growing up on a farm your school tours were your holiday's in the 80's. This was one of my favorites...it was such a treat. Sad to see how it has fallen into disrepair.

[@aidanmckinley3490]

Jasus our family first stayed in those Chalets in 74/75. I was 4 or 5....It was just fantastic...I can still see swimmers looking out at us from behind the glass as we walked outside!

[@paulathomson493]

there's an old chair sat outside an abandoned chalet... where once the sun set....and some old soul sat to watch their children play...happily..in mowed grass..laughing and giggling ..simple fun.. another long day of excitement coming to an end... a nice hot bubble bath..and off to bed. ..before waking early...off to breakfast....balancing on the painted white curbside. .that led like a maze amongst flowers and bushes..to the food halls.. where you would be seated next to new friends...smiles..happy chatter...another whole day of fun to be found...simple...happy. ..golden days...'his true intent...was for all our delight ' Billy Butlins. ..the original dream maker ❤

[@stevenwade7466]

Just beautifully written .

[@yellowbelly1805]

sad seen it this way...i worked in all the bars in 88 and 89 seasons.. and went on holidays there with the mother and family for many years before that..I was last there in 2001, i got the train out to laytown from dublin took a stroll down the beach and went in through the nature trail entrance...fortunately the gate was opened ,..I wasnt in there long when a security guard drove up and asked me why was I there..It turns out that we knew each other from the 88 ..89 season ..he gave me a tour of the place..It was now a refugee center. I got to meet a few old faces..pj from limerick was still driving the tractor. I must have given two hours chatting with everyone....I had a tear in my eye strolling back down the beach to laytown..Fond distant memories of special days with my mum and family..and the many friends i made in 88 and 89

[@Repofireland]

yellow belly a big fat man from Drogheda I bet u in big blue ford car

[@Emerald007007]

I was a redcoat there in 86. I'm so glad I still have photos from that time.

[@stevenwade7466]

Jack is all this still standing in 2023 ?

[@Emerald007007]

@@stevenwade7466 no idea sir

[@jamesmcdonagh5154]

We should set up a petition to get this up and running again for famines, it's badly needed in these times!

[@misswomble]

The Irish government leased Mosney to became an accommodation centre for asylum seekers, It has a population of around 195,000 people.

[@TonyByrneIreland]

Amazing to see it again, have so many memory's of getting lost in that place as a kid .

[@EmlynBoyle]

I remember playing the arcade games in Bob's Leisure Centre. And while it's sad to see the place like this, it's also a trip down memory lane. So thanks.

[@aoifeosheirbhin6849]

OMG really that was my childhood and made my childhood the best it was look at it really makes me sad I would love to go back miss it so much now it really is the land of makebelieve I will always remember it no matter what happens this was a good video of a trip down memory lane though MISS IT 💔💔

[@tomratican6345]

our family went to mosney every year and it has given me some of the best memories of my life....this is very sad indeed and I hope that one day it will be revived into something just as magical x

[@jamesmcdonagh5154]

From I heard?? I thought all the refugees went into them 12years ago, I went there every year and I loved the big leisure indoor pool and rowing boats!! Great childhood memory! So sad to see it closed, we need to get the young people away from computers and back out into the FRESH AIR AGAIN LIKE IT USED TO BE!!!

[@shane329]

The real tragedy here is not knowing how to use your phone in landscape mode.

[@stevenwade7466]

Well you get your arse down there & do it landscape mode . Show us how it should be done !!!!!

[@jpmccathmaoil3836]

So sad, so many great memories of going there as a kid. Seems with some investment it could be useful as short term accommodation once again. So much land and space. Fast track planning. Demolish the old small cabins, and replace with modern units.

[@MrDjyoungstar]

its absolutely crazy when you go down there it really is i went down on christmas and set up a santa grotto for the refugee kids living there as part of my job,,, even the way the kids walk around oblivious to the history of the irish people that went to mosney before them,, im 32 now but i remember when i was 16-17 down there on holidays and it was like a world in itself,, i remember our shallets got burned down and we were upgraded to the shallets that you film at the start haha crazy,,, i remember the night club zanny shakers,, drinking a flaggin of cider ,, actually a half a bottle and you would fall in there twisted ,,,haha,, the security guard down there was sound let us walk around and have a butchers,,,, very emotional to say the least and amazing really if you have memories of mosney

[@allinwith2sChip]

Good comment

[@pclm]

07:01 I spent so much time and money in that Laser Dome, although it was called Laser Quasar when I was there in the early 90s. This whole video is filling me with a bizarre combination of sad nostalgia and creepiness just because of how silent and dead the place is.

[@stevenwade7466]

Paddy is the camp still standing in 2023

[@IchBinDerVerlorene]

This broke my heart but thank you for uploading it. If you're ever heading back there, would love to see what the inside of the cottages and the apartment blocks look like now. Or where the swimming pool used to be if you managed to get in for a look. Thank you for doing this.

[@PaulGloverPhoto]

Talk about a trip down memory lane...other than the decay and overgrowth, not much seems to have changed. We holidayed there almost every year from before I was old enough to remember, until about 1990 or so, and then one time more after that maybe a couple of years later. Right where that white fence is, cutting off the road alongside what was formerly Dan Lowry's and the pool area, was my spot, shuttling between the amusement arcade and then back to the bar to get more 10p coins. The old ballroom was in that building too, along with the American Grill (?) with its hot apple pies and doughnuts, and the "American Bar". The "Mosney Lounge" used to be the Theatre Lounge and was the only pub on the camp the kids weren't allowed in after a certain time of night, and looks like it still has much the same decor it always did. I might very well have stayed the last time in one of the chalets you were walking around. Sad to see it decaying like that, but I can't imagine any way it could be run as a holiday spot again without being completely redone anyway. Different times. Just wish you'd held the phone right way around for video is all. ;-)

[@AnGhaeilge]

This is so sad to see. Went to Mosney twice with my parents, have very good memories of there.

[@geraldineohagan5553]

Hi , thank you for your effort to share this. Timely though, as I am trying to link back up with the staff of 1976, best year ever! Carmel, Bernie, Christine, Helen, Vincent any one out there!

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

I want to go up there and poke around, are there still refugess and security there?

[@waynemolloy4282]

loved this video it brought back so many memories from my childhood I loved mosney ,

[@Scrapper.]

Worked in Mosney and lived in a chalet for two seasons in the mid 80s. Fun memories.

[@AKAten4]

so sad, the memories tarnished by this attrocity, some of the best days spent here, some1 should buy this place and bring bk to life

[@seanycage2610]

Awful sad, loved there with my mates from Belfast.

[@Powertoyah32]

crap there goes my childhood memories, the dragon slide in the pool was brilliant, and the big yellow spinning wheel.

[@Irishrover101]

Dragon slide was that in the pool going under. lol I got friends with one of the life guards up there she let us go free every time one day whatever happened I got an awful bang to the head going down list my bearings I should of claimed the arses of um but I was only bout 15 16 but they gave us a free holiday up.there the next year I think I was there least 5 or 6 of my teenage years loved every time there great memory and very sad to see what's left I mean it was a gold mine I would of brought my kids up there had it been open so big shame really

[@musefan12345]

***** yeah i get what you mean now although plenty of funparks still exist today in a "claim society" filled world, i think mosney would still have existed but the standards would have been a lot higher

[@musefan12345]

***** yeah the closet we have is probably tayto park but as you say its not a holiday centre, your right i dont think there is one

[@musefan12345]

+anamcroi you too bud

[@martinmcneela7336]

If i remember right the yellow spinning wheel was called Tempest.

[@JohnSmith-nu9jz]

Never realised how much Mosney reminded me of The Village from The Prisoner, until now.

[@davidlally592]

at least Portmerion (in N W Wales nr Portmadog) is still open ...its a hotel (charge levied for day visitors)...

[@gyp3xp48]

A trip down memory lane to think that so many families spent their happiest times holidaying in these blocks. Not luxury but still fun as a kid. With costs of travel increasing now, maybe we shall see a revival of such budget holiday's. For the kids, it is as good as going halfway around the world.

[@stevenwade7466]

Shame so many of the Butlins are now gone .

[@Sweetscenteddream]

This is so sad..... I always used to go to Mosney as a child,Pity they won't bring it back!

[@johnfinnan5383]

At 9:11, it looks like that is where the old funfair used to be with all the rides. The two roofed areas housed carousels for the kids and that. Out in the open air, were things like the ferris wheel, the giant red slide, the space roundup, etc...

[@ELPaso1990TX]

Looks in relatively good condition hardly any smashed windows considering it’s been shut 15 years! Even the dining room all laid out etc. If this was in Britain it would have been totally wrecked by vandals after just a few years of being shut. Good video thanks for uploading it.

[@titanic6377]

so sad to see it run down was the highlight of my summer holidays as of most families back then a day trip with the summer project....use to look forward to it all year

[@CeltSSoldiersClan]

Never been but remember the Ad's and people going from my town going, very Sad to see.

[@swolenicole3699]

So sad to watch this 😖 great memories going there on the summer project as a child

[@patrickmckenna3657]

It was half a Centuary ago ,when I worked there ..as a litter boy and carrying bags on Saturdays..So Sad to see this Such a sad film .Makes me so sad it all ended...

[@geraldsmyth8158]

I was a Greencoat there in 1979 when Paddy McKenna and Mick Lyons were senior civilian members of the security staff.

[@erikahogan2234]

I want mosney back I went there ally life and wanted to bring my son now but can't I loved that place so much

[@waynemolloy4282]

So many memories of here it's so sad

[@tomratican6345]

very sad....my family used to go there every year and we have some amazing memories forever

[@barrynbreen]

Jesus this is upsetting to watch

[@stevenwade7466]

Barry did you holiday there ?

[@barrynbreen]

@@stevenwade7466 indeed

[@stevenwade7466]

Is it all still there as of March 2023 Barry ?

[@barrynbreen]

@@stevenwade7466 it's a refugee camp now for asylum seekers. The original mosney is well gone and dead

[@stevenwade7466]

@@barrynbreen Sorry to hear that . Sir Billy would be turning in his grave . Thank you for such a quick reply .

[@downey2k9]

Had some great times here with the community games, it was the perfect location for it

[@donemix]

woah, really brought back memories - thanks for the upload

[@dennismcateer8607]

Even if it were to re-open its doors how many peoiple would go back? I mean the people you once went with grandparents aunts uncles who have now passed. It was the people in the place that made it. In my opinion even if it was to open its doors again it would never bring the same feeling. Its not just Mosney that has changed but the whole world

[@flipflopwindsurfing434]

Dennis McAteer trabolgan seems to be making it work !! Tayto Park seems to be doing well also ,,,, thought tayto Park wouldn’t last

[@dennismcateer8607]

I am planning on going to Tayto park and Funtasia with my daughter next year. I doubt it would create the same feeling as mosney, But if it is half as fun then she will love it. Thank you for the info and or the video. It was such a trip down memory lane

[@stevemcgovern5840]

@@flipflopwindsurfing434 trabolgan now you’re talking 85-89 fantastic times 😊

[@waynemolloy7671]

All the happy memories i have of this place its sad to see it like that now i loved butlins

[@erikahogan2234]

Bring back mosney for my son he would love it I went there for years come on bring it back open it again

[@Klynch111]

For those who keep saying to reopen it, attendances were dropping, and let's be honest it's so delapatated and run down now, only thing would be to level it. And the money it'd cost to even get it back up to a half decent condition would be sky high. The days of a good decent holiday camp like this in ireland are long gone, sun holidays are getting so cheap. And I remember many a summer going there also, my last memory of being in mosney was for homelands, now that was one to remember 😂

[@markkirwan696]

So sad to see. still great memories. Went there when it was called Butlins in the mid to late 70's. Great bit of footage. always thought it was much bigger.

[@geraldineheller9526]

This is so sad my summer holidays was here for years loved this place

[@dr.reynard1183]

I may not have been but although old and it's hauntingly beautiful and from what it seems like serene and I may have loved to visit or have even stayed, I always feel respect for such places and I feel respect for Mosney

[@TomahawkMark]

Shocking waste, it was always fun going here as a kid.

[@fjmpurecomedyapril7th413]

It's like a scene out of the walking dead, minus the zombies

[@waynemolloy4250]

I've absolutely great memories of this place it was our majorca as kids the youth now get way to much don't appreciate anything

[@dazedpixidust1150]

I remember going there as a kid, its in bits now!

[@eolaindowney3513]

I live beside the place, it is home to 600 migrants, a refugee centre now, people in there are waiting up to 16 years in the kip to get citizenship for Ireland. GIVE THEM CITIZENSHIP AND RETURN THE PLACE TO ITS FORMER GLORY PLEASE.

[@garytalbot085]

They say it really closed down because of people finding cheap holidays away but the place was never empty so I don't believe that.

[@wobblewobble7330]

Thanks for vid. Much appreciated 👍

[@tonyhayes4378]

It would probably cost more to get rid of all the asbestos materials than it would cost to refurbish the centre now. Still was a great place to go for a week away. Was there in the late 70s first holiday away on our own. Nowadays it's all Spain for all the 18 Yr olds. Probably cost the same price as mosney back in the day. Great laughs in the indoor pool mooning all the drinkers dan lowrys. 😀

[@cheekofme]

that is an utter shame there, that place was sum buzz back in the day

[@qwer8907]

My parents went on holidays when it was called Butlins listening to there stories it was a more innocent time i think it must of been the early 70s i was about 4 is Ireland any better now sure we can go to Spain or futher

[@01dl2373]

I had happy times there as a kid and good memory's its so sad to see abandoned.

[@JohnzzzView]

Still lives on in childhood memories thou!

[@garethmurtagh]

Always remember the smell in those sheds caused by the dodgems, you felt like throwing up!

[@fastrace14]

It was abandoned because it became old fashioned and wasn't worth keeping it going, visitor numbers were dwindling and it wasn't popular anymore.

[@patjmaher027]

the south camp was in bits even in 1992 - 1995 when i worked in mosney as the resident DJ even then we used to joke it would make a great target for the irish air force next door in Gormanstown camp - Hi to any of the early 90's staff coming across this

[@EdWard-ev6hw]

so many happy memories!!! Its such a shame to see the state of it now!

[@thetrinity5728]

In the 60's and early 70's it was a great place for families to holiday! The troubles in the North and the introduction of self catering saw the arrival of a yob culture which turned off families and so resulted in the decline of the camp and its eventual closure. Last visited it as a day tripper in 1994 and it was a sad sight to behold.

[@dennismcateer8607]

I holidayed in Mosney from 1983 - 2001 and never once witnessed yob culture the place was well ran and money spoke as the mosney family got £5m for the land to provide it as a camp for refuge

[@apjpisared]

@@dennismcateer8607 That was the real tragedy here. Fianna Fail Arseholes cared more about money than what happened to the community. By all accounts it wasn't exactly losing money, but the government paid them a fortune to turn half of the land into direct provision.

[@gasnjuice6450]

sad to see this... some nice family memories of the train ride and days down to this place! R.I.Ruins

[@apjpisared]

Yeah passing that train station is depressing in its own right.

[@Ronald7077]

I still have my “ Slane” butlins enamel badge and others from 1957 and 1962. As a child we stayed in one of those chalets.

[@juliejones2103]

Heartbreaking to see mosney camp left like this. Such a shame. I hope it gets done up and reopens one day.

[@alannahfitzpatrick3335]

It’s been a direct provision centre for 15+ years people live there

[@atinukeadeniran]

That has changed now. Its now called Mosney Village and is absolutely gorgeous now.

[@Adrian-qr9mu]

Who remembers the glass walls in the pool??. Swimmers could be seen when eating in the restaurant . Children these days don't realised what they missed. Sad looking at how its deteriorated 😢

[@barrymccormick2965]

In all fairness. This is mostly South camp which wasn't inhabited since the 70s. People are daft talking about reopening Mosney. Totally impossible to staff it with minimum wage. Live in rate in the 90's was about 60p an hour

[@speakertreatz]

north camp or south camp or wherever, the last time i holidayed there, in 1989, i covered the length and breath of the place over two weeks and there wasn't any area that was in disrepair of any kind, never mind this level of ruin.

[@barrymccormick2965]

Nature reclaims. Any hope of it ever reopening disappeared with the introduction of minimum wage.

[@speakertreatz]

and rightly so, if people weren't going to be paid what they're entitled to for the work they do, anywhere. tragic to watch though, i couldn't actually look when they got to the lounge! great memories

[@barrymccormick2965]

Not saying they should. Nostalgia and reality are poor bedfellows. I was reared in Bultins/Mosney. From being there in the 70's when my dad was Stage Manager of the Gaiety and did puppet shows in the Playhouse, my Uncle Ents Manager, Sister & cousins redcoats, etc... to the 90's when I maintained the machines in the amusement park. I have a huge emotional investment there but rationally don't see it ever reopening in it's old form

[@speakertreatz]

nostalgia and reality are grand bedfellows once you can tell the difference between them.

[@lindamalone3439]

Best childhood holidays here .

[@Adrian-qr9mu]

Same. My allowance as a kid going was 5 pounds

[@independentpuppy7520]

That's sad. Wish I could buy it. I would have it restored to it's origional glory and have it as a living history museum. It's the only origional Butlin's left. Would be great to restore as it was and let people visit.

[@erikahogan2234]

Bring mosney back I would go back and bring my son love to seeit come on restore it open it again only better and bigger

[@erikahogan2234]

I am so mad looking at this holiday camp closed for good bring back mosney happy days it's like after cherbybol a ghost camp not fair

[@gameball2003]

Alfred Hitchcock , The Birds. Strange place

[@rivolinho]

What an odd atmosphere an abandoned holiday camp with seagull sounds has! Only went to Mosney the once in the early 90s. My only memories are jumping into the deep end of the pool because my friend could swim and i just assumed I could do. Queue nearly drowning but just about grabbing the ladder and hauling myself up to see a very disinterested "life guard" sitting in a chair at top. Also was it called "Quasar" - basically paintballing with lightguns? Oh and of course, the underwater pool window!

[@allinwith2sChip]

Very good mate

[@waynemolloy4282]

Very sad but at least we have the memories

[@CARNLOU]

So, so sad this. There's whispers of this being reopened, but I wouldn't be holding my breath.

[@patrickglynn3614]

I use to love going here as a child. It's a shame....

[@madladpjl]

its so sad seeing it like that

[@pajodublin]

how did you get access to the site?

[@barryfitzgerald6844]

so... can I still get a chip bundy?

[@JAMMAN1701]

I would love to know how you got in there, I went today with some friends but there was security and we were not allowed in.

[@leecassin]

If this was 2016 what year did they move all the refugees into it? I thought it was before 2016

[@JAMMAN1701]

Very sad to see this video, How did you manage to get in?

[@FreeLearningHere]

+1 Was there any security?

[@savedfaves]

What's to secure?

[@kieranfitz]

+savedfaves copper wire

[@JAMMAN1701]

Yes it was secure, it still has residents and security. We were not allowed inside. The security guy said it was an accommodation center now and they get lots of people coming to ask if they can walk around but they don't allow it. Its not abandoned. I would love to know how this person got inside!

[@trucker-ron]

Walk back in time epic days as kid,wish i could bring mine

[@DaithiSan]

So sad use to love going there as a child

[@ryandevlin6493]

loved there when I was a kid. sad to see it like this

[@bobbyjopapworth9428]

'Dont look back Ashley, dont look back, it will drag at your heart until you cant do anything but look back"

[@sambee8982]

Mosney could've still been a Butlins Resort if Butlins still owned it. I'm pretty sure that the holidaymakers and day visitors would've been relieved to have a Skyline Pavilion to shelter from the rainy weather.....

[@apjpisared]

Lots of arseholes will say it wouldn't have been viable into the 21st century. But that s horseshit. Look at how many Butlins still operate in Britain. Their weather is the same as ours more or less. The problem here was some well connected arsehole wanted to sell to the government for a huge profit instead of looking for a buyer to keep it going. Said arsehole was facilitated by FF cronies who cared more about making him rich than keeping a place of real enjoyment and community alive. If anything think of how such a place would have been so attractive today when flights are chaotic and the hospitality sector at large is full of gougers. It could have been a real fun place in the summer, for less hassle than going abroad, and cheap housing in winter.

[@Klynch111]

If they ever want to make a movie about an apocolypse, this would be the perfect place.

[@edd4383]

I think this was the butlins that was there idk if butlins mosney was demolished or not but it is sad to just see this

[@realhelathylifestyle]

stayed there as a kid. Looks like corrugated asbestos roofs. Problem....

[@declandawson9600]

I still miss mosney so much

[@kieranmcbreen680]

2001?? I was there for with the community games in 2006 and stayed for the weekend competing??

[@joecarrolljnr]

Many happy summer holidays spent there. Shame it's in ruins now.

[@bsfbestshortfilmsonyoutube]

If I cycle out there is it possible to gain access ?

[@flipflopwindsurfing434]

The security isn't really aloud let anyone in .... U could ask but don't think they,ll let ya .... or walk down the right hand side of the place and jump the fence .. Thats what i did

[@davidmurphy8364]

Well this was depressing, isn't it an Asylum centre now?

[@Klynch111]

Yeah, there is a video floating around somewhere on KZbin, one of the kids who lives there recording it.