The Construction News was regarded as Paddys Bible, it had all new contracts starting up, awarded, and all construction/allied trade contracts for tender, in '74 I tendered for the re painting of a Junior school in York andd won it, re painted it in 3 weeks of summer holidays, that's why Irish lads knew where work was.
I grew up in the Ireland of the 50’s and ended up homeless in London at the age of 16. With a lot of luck and even more hard work I managed to get through night school and secure professional qualifications so that I could return to Ireland and make a living. To this day when I hear descendants of those privileged “De Valera’s people” appropriate the history of the Irish who had to emigrate my blood boils. How dare they.
Born n bred in London 70years ago, parents came here in 50's, my children always teased me, your English dad No I'd say a london irishman thats my blood😮
@Peter-sl6mf believe me my ears are well open ..i was bought up here in a farm and we were a big family .but we had nothing..but one thing we dis have is we were very happy with what we had ..and now going back to my previous answer..im talking about Ireland today ..and its a wonderful place to live ..and great place to bring up children..and ive lived all over the world ..and Ireland to me beats them all .♻️🙏🙏🙏
My father was forced from home because of family feuds over land and property. I re.ember him telling me in 1950 at 18. sleeping on park benches in glasgow with £20.00 in his pocket. Trying to keep the money tight. Until he got work permits to go to Inveraray and work on the hydro dam scheme. He stuck it out for 2.5 years. Living in camps in nissan huts. Freezing in winter. Eaten by midget in summer. dangerous work in the tunnels and up on the dam pouring concrete. Or on the pipe lines. Carrying pipes up hills on old track brengun carriers adopted. Many men killed and badly injured. He then headed to london. Did not like london. His parents would message him to come home at harvest time to work for 18 shillings a week. He was getting £18.00 and some weeks £30.00 in london. Family loyalty came first. Met my mother at a dance in Ardee. Got it together had a couple of kids. But the pull of the money and a chance to make something of his life brought him back to england. We returned to ireland in 1969. But the restrictive times and politics on the border. And the small mindedness of fianna fail and the people forced my father back to the uk. My mother was a town woman. Rural monaghan was too tough for her. How the country has changed for the worse. I was working in monaghan in 2007. I had a fall out on a job over work methods. And told the foreman/donkey who never left ireland to shove the job. Before i got home 20 miles away. Everyone in the area knew i told the donkey to go fook himself. S.all town ireland
I am from the USA and I love Ireland. I love the history and the culture. Unfortunately like most other countries, Ireland to has gone woke. It’s seconds me.
Get out of here. We re emerging from a prolonged period of repression of our people. First by the British empire and then by the Vatican empire. I grew up here in the 50’s and I know from personal experience experience how awful it was
Lovely to hear Ultan again, I have his wonderful book and the CD that was released thereafter.
Nobody worked harder than the Irishmen 💚🇮🇪
The Construction News was regarded as Paddys Bible, it had all new contracts starting up, awarded, and all construction/allied trade contracts for tender, in '74 I tendered for the re painting of a Junior school in York andd won it, re painted it in 3 weeks of summer holidays, that's why Irish lads knew where work was.
great men
I grew up in the Ireland of the 50’s and ended up homeless in London at the age of 16. With a lot of luck and even more hard work I managed to get through night school and secure professional qualifications so that I could return to Ireland and make a living. To this day when I hear descendants of those privileged “De Valera’s people” appropriate the history of the Irish who had to emigrate my blood boils. How dare they.
I am not fully sure of what you are trying to say
Fooook fianna fail
@@vincenthigginbotham8729is that sarcasm
Born n bred in London 70years ago, parents came here in 50's, my children always teased me, your English dad No I'd say a london irishman thats my blood😮
Dont understand that comment .Ireland is a brilliant place to live and bring up children..🙏🙏🙏
Maybe now. Not 35 years ago. Or the times these people talked about. Open your ears listen and learn
@Peter-sl6mf believe me my ears are well open ..i was bought up here in a farm and we were a big family .but we had nothing..but one thing we dis have is we were very happy with what we had ..and now going back to my previous answer..im talking about Ireland today ..and its a wonderful place to live ..and great place to bring up children..and ive lived all over the world ..and Ireland to me beats them all .♻️🙏🙏🙏
Memories men who broke back for nothing irish history ho do
But But I thought all Irish emigrants went to America and became Police Chiefs City Governers and District Attorneys
My father was forced from home because of family feuds over land and property.
I re.ember him telling me in 1950 at 18. sleeping on park benches in glasgow with £20.00 in his pocket. Trying to keep the money tight. Until he got work permits to go to Inveraray and work on the hydro dam scheme. He stuck it out for 2.5 years. Living in camps in nissan huts. Freezing in winter. Eaten by midget in summer. dangerous work in the tunnels and up on the dam pouring concrete. Or on the pipe lines. Carrying pipes up hills on old track brengun carriers adopted. Many men killed and badly injured. He then headed to london. Did not like london.
His parents would message him to come home at harvest time to work for 18 shillings a week. He was getting £18.00 and some weeks £30.00 in london. Family loyalty came first. Met my mother at a dance in Ardee. Got it together had a couple of kids. But the pull of the money and a chance to make something of his life brought him back to england. We returned to ireland in 1969. But the restrictive times and politics on the border. And the small mindedness of fianna fail and the people forced my father back to the uk. My mother was a town woman. Rural monaghan was too tough for her. How the country has changed for the worse. I was working in monaghan in 2007. I had a fall out on a job over work methods. And told the foreman/donkey who never left ireland to shove the job.
Before i got home 20 miles away. Everyone in the area knew i told the donkey to go fook himself. S.all town ireland
I am from the USA and I love Ireland. I love the history and the culture. Unfortunately like most other countries, Ireland to has gone woke. It’s seconds me.
Get out of here. We re emerging from a prolonged period of repression of our people. First by the British empire and then by the Vatican empire. I grew up here in the 50’s and I know from personal experience experience how awful it was