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What a city it was. Before it was destroyed by invaders and treacherous politicians

I'm from wexford,I used to go to Dublin a lot around that time and I used to love it there now I just couldn't be bothered

That was a helluva good rendition of Hendrix Hey Joe! Superb!

These videos are shite

Ah, the last gasp of old-school, real Dublin.. It's a different place nowadays, no soul, no venues, and far from welcoming. We still love other nationalities.. Dont let our governments' crap/greedy/corrupt policies that fuel unwarranted racial hatred make living here an unenjoyable experience. We need drastic immigration and housing reform.. Bare with us, again we still love, and welcome you. We're just going through a few changes. (and to racist small minded c*nts.... Love yourselves; open your eyes and focus on the pricks with the briefcases - it can be done without hippydippy bulllsh*t. )

Here comes the racist fools. Dublin was a kip then and it's a kip now.

No Latinos, Africans, Asians or Slavs - the good old days and we didn't realise what we had...

When Ireland was Ireland ruined now sadly

The first wave..........

Me and a freind visited Dublin back in September 1999, coincidentally and unbeknown we went on the weekend of the all ireland football finals, the people and atmosphere was something else, absolutely love Dublin!

When the country had less, it had way more than today. If ya know ya know

Aye the good old days. The place felt distinctly Irish and as an Englishman working there it really was the land of opportunity. The people were amazing, welcoming and friendly...i truly loved dear dirty Dublin and the surrounding counties.

Great footage, that busker made that little keypad himself, watched him there so many times.

Before the Poles, Gypsies, Africans, Brazilians, etc all came. Such happier times.

Perfect selection of shots and very well edited. For me, 'peak' Dublin was around 1995. The economy was just taking off, unemployment was low, wages were rising, lots of new places were opening up in the centre for younger people to socialise. People had money in their pockets and new shops and shopping centres were opening up. By 2000 (the year of this video), the pressure was already building. Traffic had gotten really, really bad, house building was beginning to fall behind demand, and so house prices were already climbing to their February 2007 peak ( they would subsequently by 55%, and it's only now in 2024 - 17 years later - that they are at that level again ). I haven't lived in Dublin in 20 years, but watching this I can remember a lot of the shops as being new in the mid to late 1990's. They are mostly long gone now as the chain stores have replaced them ( and made every European shopping street look pretty much the same : thank you Zara, H&M, Primark, Mango et al ). I do remember that busker, and tipped him many times. When I go back to Dublin now all its problems are worn on its sleave : still no effective public transport ( demonstrating just how small and closed minded the ineffective politicians are there ), still terrible traffic ( did you notice the large trucks going righ through the centre, something you don't see in other European cities ). homelessness much more in evidence, and the city looks like a soleless kip. It used to be a kip with character. All the best ! Up the Dubs !

ah ! before the great invasion . thank you for sharing

Irish people didn't realize how good they had it. Destroyed their country because of their corrupt nature and sheer greed.

Awful times for my family personally but glad things have changed for the better.

Not a single one of those doctors or engineers in sight. Wow!

When Ireland was safe and Irish now it's just vile dangerous and full of illegal economic migrant criminals 😭

Now it's full of these damn coloured people!

Wow amazing footage, i remember Dublin like this growing up, amazing place with real character. Its unfortunately a total kip now and doesn't remotely resemble this amazing footage anymore.

Before Ireland was captured by the Globalists and its fine people were sold out for low quality enrichment.

That was the year Trevor Deeley disappeared December 2000.In Baggot Street where the canal flows gently by in Kavanagh country. Still nobody knows how somebody could vanish like that in the centre of city. So sad. No time for fighting and fussing, as the Beatles song says. Carpe diem. Time makes ghosts of us all 🇮🇪☘🇬🇧

Always seemed so gritty back then.

Googled when Beth Orton played the Olympia so looks like this is around march 2000?

7:31 Jim Morrison version! Love it!

Dublin is a shithole

Great kid!!!

It was great no non nationals no euro live was easy

Dublin was great back then. O,Connell Street has been wrecked.

I know that guy. I walked around Dublin and had a coffee with him. I can't remember his name though. He had worked in a circus for awhile in his youth.

0:50 I remember hearing years ago that "phoenix perk" was almost sued by the producers of Friends because the font style they used was the same as the coffee house "central perk",never found out if it was true tho,still phoenix perk didn't last long.

Thanks for the memory’s 👍👍

Dame St has changed for the worst, we could sit outside the bank on a sunny day have a coffee. People would meet there as it was the meeting place for all kinds of reasons. Now another office block has risen up in the meeting place. Greed as usual setting the pace. The Dublin soul is nearly gone and in its place a black hole appears. 😱😢

i use to work in a guitar shop around there.

Before the invasion

Fantastic thanks for posting.

The piano guitar guy.....I remember him well...😃😃😀

Before the shit hitvthe fan world wide

Thank you for posting this. I can remember this busker. He was excellent!

6:31 He wasn't expecting that!

Thank you for uploading this. It's bringing back great memories of Dublin almost 20 years ago.

This is how I exactly remember Dublin when I was about 5 years old. Thanks for the upload.

Hi Ian, Could I use some of the bus footage in my short film based in Dublin? Thanks, Cal

i was in dublin at that year and saw that man a couple of times in grafton st , i often think about him as i remembered him played hotel california with that artifact in his ovation guitar top hole , and now, 17 years later....i can see him again! thanks for post this! thanks

Love it!!

Ooooh! I like him!!!