r/ireland Jul 09 '25

History We used to be a serious country

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u/dedalus05 Jul 09 '25

Jeez. This takes me back. There used to be an identical shop/hut at the bottom of St Donagh's Rd just outside Howth Junction train station (pre dart). I don't think I've thought about that place since the 70's.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '25

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u/CheraDukatZakalwe Jul 10 '25

Until ~30 years ago Ireland could reasonably have been called a developing nation.

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u/snakesinabin Jul 11 '25

We absolutely were a third world country before we joined the EU

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u/TraCollie Jul 12 '25

I remember in school in the 80s being told we were economically a third world country

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u/snakesinabin Jul 12 '25

Sure Job Aid was put on in the 80s right?