Sugar Factory Carlow, Rise & Fall 1925 - 2006

Pictures of the Sugar Factory Carlow in a slideshow

[@noelduffey2395]

Thanks for the pictures and music. My uncle drew beet into that factory with his lorry . I helped out loading the beet with an old chaseide loader into the cleaner and then went for the spin , usually from Wexford up to Carlow. Very fond memories..

[@upthereds4939]

Was that an armer salmon cleaner loader. The good old days eh Noel

[@noelduffey2395]

It was indeed. She took a fair bit of swinging to start of a frosty morning. And make sure to keep your thumb out of harm's way 😉

[@upthereds4939]

@@noelduffey2395 ha ha would love to have them days back , used to Love the smell of the factory wafting all around Carlow around this time of the year.

[@edwardogrady6587]

I remember in May 2005 being stopped at a restaurant/ filling station in Urlingford when the convoy were en route to Mallow with the turbines & other equipment, some sight. Tragic to think then that after only one more season the entire industry was confined to history. Greencore and it’s greed left a huge void in Irish agriculture that was never filled. Not to mention the spin off industries that also benefited hugely.

[@sonicee565]

I got my first ever wage packet out of the sugar factory....My da (Leo Farrell ex Eire Og !) used to drive for sugar distributers....his mate didn´t turn up one morning....so i spent the day moving sugar around the back of the lorry for him....his boss (Mick) heard about it and stuck 5 pounds in a real wage envolope for me...i was 5 !!! Maybe thats where i got my work etic from !! MAKES ME VERY SAD to see what has and is happening to Carlow and Ireland in general......all the best from a Carlowvian abroad !!

[@jtb1245]

Your Da was a Gentleman for sure 🌟... a great character ... he raised a lot of money for different causes ...Rip ❤️

[@davidbrennan3613]

It's a shame to see it gone

[@sebastianyeadon6055]

Very sad video, im from barbados home to many sugar factories and found myself here while browsing for golf in carlow. Here in carlow at university at the moment and would of loved to gone and seen the factory.

[@davidbrennan3613]

It's sad to see a factory like that close down,it created a huge amount of work for road haulers and agri contractors as well as generations of workers in the factory itself

[@csbsdunbar]

This video was really a great production! Music was so well chosen. First video of yours and I'm gonna subscribe. I just wish I had the chance to see the finished project.

[@tcod3137]

To think of the men that started that factory, and had to convince farmers to grow beet, and it was all giving away, for 32 pieces of sliver from the great EU, I could be wrong but I think Britain will be proven right to have left the EU.

[@ABFMick]

Our own government sold us down the river by closing this factory. The ultimate blame lies at their feet.

[@pauldargan]

Brilliant Video, well done...

[@donaghmccarthy4278]

Greencore,s greed at its finest

[@padraigsisk4057]

Plus the Government. They put a donegal person in as minister for Agriculture. Writing was on the wall when Carlow closed.

[@atmosfericmarte]

Está trilha sonora é algo divino ♥️

[@themadfarmer5207]

Greencore. The Cromwell of the sugar industry. Bertie sed we didn't need . De de De jobs. We had high end jobs. The then minister for Agriculture looked confused as usual