Dublin, Ireland 1960s in color [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added

[@NASS_0]

Like And Share Please

[@martinvernerHasAids]

Ireland for the Irish

[@Wayne55231]

Oh don't worry, I have this as well as hundreds of other old Dublin videos ripped/downloaded in full quality. Beautiful video and brilliant work. This will never video will live on well after we are gone.

[@gerardjames9971]

This is more than a walk down memory lane, it's like a time machine. Thanks for creating and posting this I really enjoyed it 👍

[@AgencyScum]

I love the lack of road markings..." There's your tarmac, now go figure it out. " The traffic soundtrack is a little incongruous; the car horns are a low pitch American " PARRP! " instead of a higher pitch, polite english " beep beep. " ( most of the vehicles are British-made with a smattering of european types ). Spectacular footage. Many thanks for posting and I hope my car horn comment helped.

[@malahammer]

relax will ya

[@empedocles200]

Apparently the Dutch are going back to this way in parts. By removing signs/markings it makes the people take notice of the surroundings and responsibility leading to safer driving. Wouldn't mind it in modern Dublin which is a forest of bollards, signposts and traffic lights

[@tonyquinlan7341]

Unfortunately those days are gone forevermore, beautiful video.

[@dedwin8930]

I went by my self to Ireland at 18 yrs old by myself from USA. 1966 . Bought a Bultaco motorcycle in Dublin.Traveled thru Europe ...

[@Gabriel-br4qe]

what was europe like in the 60s?

[@dedwin8930]

@@Gabriel-br4qe it was a beautiful trip still a lot of horse drawn carts, delivering milk, bread, etc. lotta dirty diesel trucks black smoke. A lot of poverty a lot of nice people. All the children seem happy playing in the street with next to nothing or barrel hoop kid had a half a rubber ball on his head like a helmet, I bought some of the little kids ice creams that were hanging around me. Go visit if you can just stay out of the big cities out to the small towns countryside doubt if it’s changed much at all thanks for your comment.

[@dedwin8930]

@@Gabriel-br4qe in the 60s you could get bed-and-breakfast above a pub very clean for under three dollars. You could pitch a small tent out on a countryside hill no problems bye Dennis.

[@Gabriel-br4qe]

@@dedwin8930 that's very interesting to know friend, thanks for replying

[@mrbigbosskojak]

People like you are what's great about KZbin. Thank you for sharing your adventurous spirit. My Grandfather, from Dublin, did something similar pre WW2. Fair play to you and God bless.

[@gerardleahy6946]

Great video. I really enjoyed the old cars. I am a lifelong car enthusiast and could identify almost all of the cars featured. From the models shown, as well as the absence of others and some registration numbers, I would say the footage dated from 1965 or 1966.

[@johnstevenson483]

I've been waiting a long time for NASS to do a video of Dublin or any other city in Ireland. Good on you, it looks amazing🇮🇪

[@carlenedutoit9134]

Love the way everyone dressed up so nicely with hats galore..even those riding bicycles

[@romeolajh1602]

no lgbtq or green party

[@JohnH108]

Nothing to stop you from dressing up nicely with a hat galore.

[@dharding5510]

My mum was born in 1930's and said it was a tyranny to have to dress in hat and gloves when you went out. Also, she says what she remembers of the 1950's, in Dublin, was that it was grey! Weather, buildings, life! I think we are much better off now, materially, but life has always been very hard for some folks. The colourisation is amazing. I remember still getting on those buses to travel to secondary school in 1981 - they were built to last!

[@Xerrand]

@@JohnH108 Apart from the fact he'd be laughed at by everyone, either openly or behind his back lol. At least if he's from a small town. Probably ok if in Dublin.

[@JohnH108]

@@Xerrand He might start a new trend though.😄

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

The pace of life seems so calm and relaxed and easy going. Excellent video

[@markmoran916]

That’s because Ireland was an economic basket case

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

@@markmoran916 Yes, but that was long before we achieved total happiness as a nation in the 21st century!

[@frankharrington8528]

Now, we owe 4,oooeuros per person to the dew international bankers. Ireland is a vassal state to the eu, just as they had planned from the start.​@markmoran916

[@gerRule]

Seems slowed down if you want the people waking

[@spacetweek]

It looks chaotic and crazy to me!

[@Scrapper.]

This is wonderful. The bus with 'Cork Dry Gin' emblazoned on the side, followed by another bus with 'Guinness - For Sure!' on its side was amusing. Being a traffic warden/conductor, waving your arms around for hours was probably a tad exhausting, not to mention teeth-grindingly tedious. Thanks for upload. Cheers from Louth.

[@patmitchell8821]

They were not traffic wardens. They were members of An Garda Siochana who were due to do this duty for a certain length of time each day along with their duties, They were also at a couple of different points in O'Connell St before traffic lights were there. You might take a chance going through a Yellow traffic light but you wouldn't do it when a guard put the hand up with the white glove on.

[@thomasburke3416]

No traffic wardens uniformed persons directing traffic members of An Garda Siochana Irish Police.

[@sanguinefan1734]

This is fabulous! There was a lot more cars on the streets than I remember from my childhood in Dublin's city centre. But what memories are evoked! Great to see Nelson' Pillar still standing. I recall going up to the top for the first time only a few weeks before it was blown up in March 1966. Great job, thanks.

[@Wtfukker]

a lot more buses too , counted more in 8 mins than the entire city has now :P

[@wexfordrob]

Why is it great to see Nelson’s pillar standing?? A symbol of British imperialism. wtf is wrong with you??

[@johnlloyd3377]

I love all the Ford Anglias, Cortinas and occasional Corsairs with a smattering of Opels and BMCs.

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

So enjoyable to watch, in many ways simpler times. Thanks NASS for your uploads and work restoring these great masterpieces, it' amazing to think someone was behind the lens back then recording these scenes for us to see what they saw and then for you to restore and bring to the viewer in the 21st century. As always, thank you. Best wishes to the uploader,loved ones and fellow viewers,not forgetting the origional recorder too ❤❤❤.

[@annierichards]

It's amazing to see traffic freely flowing around the College Green and Connelly Bridge areas. It looks like that in the 1960's you could drive across Dublin and reach destinations in 5-10 minutes that now take an hour or more. So much for progress.

[@tonybarrett8543]

Because the country was dirt poor and most people couldn't afford a car. The city was in a terrible state, and as you can see, all the black on the buildings, polluted very badly. That was a death sentence for many.

[@caoimhecampbell5985]

Cars destroyed the urban fabric of the city centre for themselves and everyone else. So happy to see the push towards pedestrianisation and public transport. Still a long way to go but the city centre is becoming a nicer place to be every day.

[@michaelkilbride2927]

Not every one wants to live like you

[@karhukivi]

@@caoimhecampbell5985 I lived in Dublin then and it was a nice place to walk around. Not any more, I hate the place now, remove the cars and the feral gangs take over. The city is now all bollards, bikers, beggars, buskers and billboards, blocking the pavements!

[@ceannscriteach81]

@@tonybarrett8543polluted as the main heating source was coal fires in every building.

[@killiannolan7960]

This footage is clearly pre 1966, as Nelson's Column is clearly visible down O'Connell street just as the camera vehicle is about to turn right from Westmoreland street into D'Olier Street. The IRA blew up Nelson's Column in 1966. Lovely to see the art deco canopy in front of the Olympia Theatre on Dame street, too. Thanks for the video👍

[@thomasburke2683]

Probably early 1966. The car reg KZI was issued about December 1965. If there were any Christmas signs, or new year sale notices, I didn't see them. Therefore I reckon early 66, between late January and 8 March, when Nelson was blown apart.

[@samnicholson5051]

Nelson's column is in London

[@data1656]

​@@samnicholson5051was one in Dublin the IRA blew it up

[@cbnewham5633]

​@@samnicholson5051there wasn't just one 🙄

[@cbnewham5633]

​@@thomasburke2683as there are no Christmas decorations it has to be after Twelfth Night (5th January). They will have observed this far more rigourously than they do these days 😄

[@AiBilly]

I was born in 1960, I remember every one of these cars. Became a mechanic when i was 17 and worked on most of them ahhh great memories. One thing though. None of the vehicles had the horns/hooters that are in the video

[@BrianPatrick-rj3bm]

Yeah post edit sounds are a bit crap

[@donna1018]

@@BrianPatrick-rj3bm. Yes the introduction does say colors and sounds are not historically accurate.

[@bluegtturbo]

Me too.. Born in August 1960. All I can say is thank God for Toyota. With the possible exception of the Minor 1000 those old cars were terrible...😂

[@eoinoconnell185]

A modern electric scooter probably has more power than most of them too.

[@WizardOfTheKremlin]

Any Idea what that truck is at 2:42 and any subsequent trucks?

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video nass, great work,amazing footage of beautiful Dublin,I'm amazed by the width of the roads in the 60s👍😀👌

[@smalldreamarts]

It was nice to see Gings Costumers in Dame Street on the right with the Canopies outside. That whole block was gutted and is now a small square near City Hall. I used to get my dancing costumes from Gings for shows I used to participate in from the Desmond Dominican Academy of Dance. It's sad to see how much has changed. Happy memories though.

[@SecretWars98]

Another Nass journey into the past showing everyday people around the world just doing their thing! Always a treat & I love how the streets are so clean they almost look like water! 🎞 ❤

[@taralewis6661]

Such a beautiful city.. without all the 'glamour' of lights & screens etc. Personally I think life was better back then. We were friendlier, neighbourly, kind to others. Now we have our headphones on & are heads are looking down towards our phones...

[@dedwin8930]

Sad

[@WearertheRESISTENCE]

No me. Speak for yourself

[@tonyinit8488]

Beautiful? It surely is in the eye of the beholder ! 😅

[@malahammer]

Only people with their heads in their newspapers and not being able to get into town regularly enough etc. Dublin is still a friendly place. There were probably proportionately as many shysters, skivers, pickpocketers, etc. back then also. Rampant abuse in the church, and poverty was worse then. Far less disposable income for so many more than today.

[@Ligerpride]

The roads are incredibly smooth. Also, note that you could drive down both sides of the quays, in both directions on both. Now you can only go in one direction on either side and you can't use most of the lanes with a car or even get down at all unless you're a bus or taxi.

[@eoghanii7049]

One should remember the size of cars has almost doubled since then. Mammies driving SUVs dropping their kids to school, it's madness

[@classactsexpertiseandinspi4815]

​​@@eoghanii7049 Your misogyny is showing - so the target of Bike Nazis is clear " Mammies" - ie Women who can't use bikes because of their caring duties driving dependant relatives to school or medical appointments. Men alone in 5 or 7 series BMWs are no problem? Most SUVs are electric or hybrid so are environmentally friendlier than small petrol hatchbacks that people like you assume Women should drive.

[@philmurphy5584]

Tough times where I was growing up.

[@lorainemurray433]

I can just about glimpse the facade of Coady's of Dame St. Our old family business. Great video. Thank you.

[@NASS_0]

Thx!

[@irishboy70]

Great video. Video started near the oldest section of the Dublin including ChristChurch and down by Dame Street, Trinity College.

[@SteveCondron]

I loved the city back then. Way too busy now.

[@David27mk]

This is amazing to see what Dublin was like back in the Day fantastic work Nass 💯 percent just came across your channel scrolling through KZbin this is a rare piece of video of what Dublin was like, I think in your description you work and remaster footish of old videos. Well I just subscribed looking forward to seeing the rest of your work best of luck with your channel 🇮🇪

[@radiogramgramophonetoons5802]

Great cars from my childhood

[@leinster22]

Cortina’s, Morris Minors and Minis, Renault, Fiats, Triumph Hearld, Bedford Trucks

[@Brian-nf6bt]

What a great film brought back the time I spent in Dublin in the late 1960's and drinking in The Bailey gone but never forgotten

[@TonieNorman-g3h]

Thank you for a wolderful memory lane trip through Dublin. Seeing Nelson's pillar gave me a pang!

[@yourfairytechmother]

This is so cool. I was just there in July near the Temple Bar area and saw several landmarks I recognized.

[@asan1050]

NASS! Thank you for posting.

[@NASS_0]

Thx bro

[@db50]

At 4:45....the bus coming out of Anglesea Street, to make a right turn into Dame St. Could you imagine trying that today or even in the 70's....the bus had already made a left turn from Fleet St into Angelsea St, this was the time the 50/50A/50B/56 terminated outside the old ESB offices on Fleet St.

[@AfroGaz71]

Police presence on O'Connell Street! Haven't seen that in a while.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Could say the same about Nelsons Pillar.

[@leinster22]

You didn’t look in the pub

[@Pc2349-d8t]

​@@philipmcdonagh1094up went Nelson and the pillar

[@piotrkowalski8025]

Dzięki za film , Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku 😊

[@ToiOraLAT]

Love this channel.

[@gerRule]

I think the fact that I know these roads so well made it so more enjoyable

[@wulla2]

We visited Ireland for a family holiday in 1962, staying mainly in county Waterford but travelling around. We really enjoyed it, but the poverty was absolute - only two houses had electricity in the small town where we stayed, local public transport was mainly by horse and cart, there were no free health services, and the only readily available food was potatoes and salmon poached from the local river (both delicious though!). We also travelled on a train which only had gas lighting. I have real affection for the places we visited, the friendly people we met and the experience of ‘Irishness’. But please don’t get too misty eyed!

[@animatewithdermot]

Best comment on the thread; "nostalgia" used to be seen as a mental illness, and I think it should still be. All the people here cooing over the footage wouldn't last a week back then before cracking. "A simple life", my arse. Some of my mother's stories would curdle your blood.

[@eoincasey5461]

Nelsons Pillar still there so this is before 1966. Also we now drive in the opposite direction up and down the quays.

[@herberthartwig8544]

Please Like and Share as Nass requested, He’s doing a Fab job for us uploading these videos, thanx guys 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@NASS_0]

🙏

[@dharding5510]

Excellent job. Well done. A great historical resource!

[@oneblueorange]

This is Gold......thanks for posting it.

[@PuenteAJ]

What a fabulous video thank you

[@NASS_0]

Thx!

[@Robert_The_Great]

Interesting, and looks like the normal bustle of a mid-sized city. What is noteworthy (in an almost odd way) is how glass-smooth ALL the streets are! Perhaps it's a result of the restorative process, who knows (?).

[@stainlesssteve25]

The cars were beautiful back then

[@nomanwonder5133]

Getting by in a simple life. No mobile phones, no computers, basic vehicles and Irish culture at its best. If only I could go back in time!

[@outlander234]

@@speicherkanal4894 You the migrants dont miss the old times too? Every single country they come from used to be much much better in every way. the standard of living and development was high all over the world but the Elites that run this f**** planet, the anglo-saxon elite, wasnt too happy about that so they covertly infiltrated and destroyed every single one of them. If you look iran for example in the 70s it was progressive country, democratic, education, women dressed as they like etc. and then all ruined.

[@KillerTacos54]

@@speicherkanal4894spot the racist challenge

[@Gordongecko5555]

After an hour you would be bored sensless wishing you were on Facebook or KZbin

[@Berlin-Kladow]

Ireland was an impoverished third world country back then where nearly all the young educated left for overseas. You would not want to lib there at that time .

[@shhshs9139]

⁠@@KillerTacos54just say you hate the native population

[@46magno]

Good better times that the world will not see it again. Somebody didn’t like and more wars were in the agenda. Excellent footages! Thanks for reminding us about that!👏

[@TheDanEdwards]

"Good better times that the world will not see it again" - oh yes, the Cold War, the Troubles in NI, pollution run rampant. Good times!

[@freepadz6241]

1960s Ireland, better times? Are you off your rocker.

[@PinchePerroMetiche]

@@freepadz6241 @Berlin-Kladow bullsh*t! My grandparents didn't have any money, and yet they had a nice house near the sea and near the airport, and they were able to pay the heating and electricity bills without any problems. Now you have people with good jobs who can't even afford a tiny flat in the suburbs and have to keep heating off cos they can't afford bills. My parents have a lot more money than my grandparents and they would never be able to afford a house where my grandparents lived today. So just shut up already!!

[@djcheckmate1]

Simpler times at least.

[@keithodonnell6907]

Absolutely fascinating. I work near Dame Street and was trying to see if any of the shops/brands from back then were still there - don`t think they are.

[@user-fh1rz1uq6c]

Great video, but your sound design makes Dublin in the 1960s sound exactly the same as Los Angeles in the 1930's from another video I watched.

[@The1313jeff]

LOL I grew up in the '60s and so I am having a hard time looking at this video as an old video, That may be me walking on the street for all I know LOL🤣🤣🤣

[@benhur1959]

And that was me running after you! Great memories😊

[@petergibson2318]

The road surfaces looked immaculate. No white or yellow line in sight.

[@ericfreeman273]

Loved this thx for sharing hey can ya please find some of Limerick thx.

[@Mister.Rico101]

Nice Video 👍 Thanks NASS 👍

[@crazychicSHENA]

My Dad and his family are from Dublin ❤😊

[@hello959ify]

I love those double decker buses. I wish we had them still.

[@dovesfan1]

Amazing 😍

[@comingupforeire7050]

No crazy taxi drivers beeping at everyone every 10 seconds, no sirens blaring every 10 minutes.

[@leinster22]

Those cars.. Ford Cortina’s, Anglias, Morris Minors and Minis, VW beetles and vans, Austin Cambridge, Fiats, Triumph Herald……great

[@Backpfeifengesicht45]

Yes. Because reliability is so underrated.

[@johnnorth1961]

Brilliant thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍❤

[@andrewg.carvill4596]

Interesting to watch this closely with a view to figuring out exactly which year it was. Two buildings narrow it right down. The new Liberty Hall 6:18 was completed and opened in 1965. Nelson's pillar 6:07 was demolished (blown up) in March 1966. People were wearing overcoats and the trees bare of leaves. Therefore this video was almost certainly taken during the winter of either 1964/65 or 1965/66. Buses, car models and registrations, and clothing fashions (e.g. 'stiletto' heels!) all tally with the mid 60's.

[@adriennebyrne8237]

The people beautifully dressed and looked like free parking 🅿️ everywhere. Dublin was stunning back then ❤

[@karhukivi]

It was, I was a student then and Dublin was a lovely city. Now I hate the place and avoid it if I can.

[@jacobvidjeskog]

That was way cool man!

[@alcoyne3333333333333]

A big trench in the ground for the roadworks. No barriers because people ware aware that it's a hole and dangerous without 200 signs to tell them .

[@peterstudley1804]

If i had to date this i would say 1965 , as the newest cars i spotted were 2 vauxhall victor 101s also known as the FC which were launched in 1964.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Pre 7th March 1966. Old Nelson is still there.

[@peteroshea2396]

Fantastic! Road markings & bollards, that's where we went wrong. 😢

[@MegaDeansy]

We were in Dublin 3 times in the 60's (holidays) and I remember these streets just like this film.!. As I got older I returned in the 80's,, 90's and 2000's - finest capital in Europe - and I'm from Edinburgh !. I love Ireland and it's people, even though I'm a tad jealous of them what with them being responsible for their own country - ach well, no doubt we'll get independence when the very last drop of oil has been taken !

[@countys32]

Dublin before I was born, we're literally time travelling here.

[@chrisblay]

Love the old bus adverts for Cork Dry Gin and Guinness.

[@AlgiAlzd]

No smartphones, no internet.

[@rantzzzrantzzz2568]

It's even more colourful now.

[@alastairstaunton7081]

Great visuals. Sounds not appropriate - cars horns were wrong type and were never blared like this or as often. Usually just a short bip or two or more likely not sounded. But the authentic visuals are great!

[@Ronald-o9x]

Half expecting to see a horse and cart😅😅😅!! Good ol' Dublin 😊😊!!

[@vivreamourpatience425]

Si doux et si apaisant 🙏🏻🥰🌹

[@RodrigoPalma700]

Great, thanks.

[@73reider]

The cars & people are gone of course but the Buildings are more or less the same in 2024..

[@norbertholstein2604]

The Learner bus driver was doing a grand job

[@SCALE_SLOTCARS_AND_RC]

Nothing has changed, obviously the car driver was a southsider and afraid to go to the northside 🤣😅 I was laughing at the audio clips over the film ...it must have been Italy because you hardly ever hear car horns on Irish streets even now . And sounding a horn at a pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing would be very frowned upon 😅😂 but love watching your composition of this great time in Eire 🇮🇪

[@the4amigos805]

O'Connell Bridge House was completed in 1964 and opened in 1965. Nelsons Pillar was destroyed in March 1966. So the video has about an 18 month window from late 1964 to March 1966

[@elbowjames7625]

Dubliners are a lot more energetic than this video would suggest. Increase your playback speed to x1.4 or x1.5 for more realistic action.

[@PatKennedy-z1u]

It was beautiful once, before the tents and such.

[@declanbroughal795]

You do notice most of cars were made in Britain at that time Dublin looked good

[@Invenery]

Not a pothole in sight! Look how wonderful the road surfaces were!

[@joanne6408]

I’m surprised that there are no electric/phone wires on poles, as we have in the US. Were they burying wires that long ago?

[@ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

utilities are buried in Irish cities

[@None-zc5vg]

Note the absence of traffic lights and controlled pedestrian crossings. Those traffic-gardai must have had their health damaged by the air pollution.

[@ginettesos]

As a Dub I have to say I enjoyed this! The City Centre really WAS the centre of everything at that time when I was a kid and more or less up to around 2012. Lots of sights to see, some still there thankfully. But the grimy buildings are now back to their original colour. I would only I have one comment to make on the speed - it seems to me just a fraction too slow. On the plus side it does leave more time to look at the sights. Thank you again. ✨💖☘️✨

[@ShortAndSweetAcousticGuitar]

What's actually mental is that it's been 60 years since this video was taken, and Dublin still looks pretty much exactly the same now as it did back then 😂

[@seamusdoherty]

And we are meant to believe that modern Dublin is so much better

[@robsmithadventures1537]

Ireland a very different place then.

[@stonge11]

The traffic is insane now. The pavements are crowded with people as well. Imagine driving around like this.

[@aislingcorrigan574]

I'm old enough to remember when the traffic on the quays moved in this direction. The opposite to how it is now.😂

[@marylou9672]

2.49 ''Guinness For Sure'' sign on the side of the bus you would never be allowed to do that now.

[@mytorment]

It's an improvement

[@declanmcardle]

@1:10 The Irish House

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

A few Ford Anglia's there, my Dad later married a lady from Ireland and she used to call them Angela's.

[@antaibhshaglas3737]

God be with the days

[@Coachk.g]

The traffic is going up the north quays towards the park, its the opposite direction today.

[@downloaddave-s4e]

What's the story with Nelson's Pillar, is it coming or going?

[@sean_d]

Looks a bit like Patrick Kavanagh approaching the bridge on the footpath at 0.44

[@mb-vf3qb]

Thank u4 this.wow

[@MargaretRooney-h7x]

Remember when you dressed up to go into town

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Definitely not filmed after the 7th om March 1966, Nelsons Pillar is still standing.

[@trishaprett7721]

Remember going to see it,taking some stones as souvenir,10 years old,Then to Bewleys for treats.

[@artemvsprime]

This vid is such a vibe