Ballina 1966

[@sherp2u1]

Fine men, fine men indeed, broad shouldered, tall, straight as a die, and comparing the Gardai standing around, most of them are over 6ft tall...Some of them are veterans of the war of independence, the civil war...and maybe 1916...I wouldn't mess with any of them...salute from Galway...

[@justinneill5003]

Some big lads in that procession, from the same cut as Michael Collins, and the grim faces say it all.

[@flojotube]

a BANSHEE or shadow creature is captured at around 57 seconds in the background... this is an INCREDIBLE bit of footage.. the arms & legs are so abnormally long and curvy... the thing of nightmares

[@ConorMcGuire]

Thanks so much for this Amazon footage of Ballina

[@justinneill5003]

I've never seen this shown on British TV. Strange, that...

[@Christeky]

Ha, KZbin put this on my list of recommended videos. It probably figured that geographically, I was close to Ballina and would probably be interested in some historical footage of a town near me. Well, it was right - kinda. I live very close to Ballina...............Australia!! This is clearly footage from Ballina in Ireland. It took me a little while to work it out, I kept thinking; where is the ocean and the beautiful girls in bikinis and the Holden station wagons with surfboards hanging out of the tail gates or on the roof racks? All of which would have been typical of Ballina, Australia, in 1966. Not to mention, sunburnt kids licking dripping ice creams with towels wrapped around their waiste's walking barefooted on scorching footpaths while seagulls swooped, searching for unguarded hot, salty, chips. Ah, those were the days! Thanks, KZbin ......for the memories! Believe it or not, I'm Irish by descent.

[@sherp2u1]

Sounds too much like California and stupid Yanks for me...but enjoy mate, to each their own...!

[@eamonmacdonnell2627]

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Easter Rising. 1916.

[@jeffreyloftus3617]

You can see the string attached at 1-01 just before it passes the post

[@brianmcdonnell2241]

Top men and women.

[@ciarandolan9980]

Ruairi O ' Bradaigh in colour party . Can anyone identify others?

[@johnfinbarr1160]

The man with the glasses at the beginning with the trench coat buttoned up and the fedora hat (if that is what you call it) is the spitting of Mártín Ó Cadhain, the man who wrote Cré na Cille.

[@Eisreachtach1916]

@@johnfinbarr1160 Ní hé Máirtín Ó Cadhain, an scríbhneoir, atá ann.

[@johncorcoran9844]

Wish i lived in this ireland

[@nowitsdark00]

Edel Golden, I saw what you did here, and i love you for it. Did Easter fall in April that year? Lol

[@kevinarmstrong668]

Can anybody else see something weird in the background 57sec ??

[@davefitzpatrick731]

Wonderful to see this video . I walked in this parade , and was so proud to do so .

[@walken1996]

Yep i saw that....

[@kevinarmstrong668]

@@walken1996 put in slow Mo even weirder 😬

[@walken1996]

@@kevinarmstrong668 I put it in slow mo,very strange quite eerie

[@marymary5494]

What am I looking for?

[@declanruddy8285]

The red nun in backtound 57 seconds

[@donnasmyth45]

What do you make of that??

[@theeaskey]

Keep walking you did not see anything...trust me

[@dechannigan2980]

Funny how time slips away

[@BillWhirl]

Hard to credit they couldn't get 15 out of that lot to win an All Ireland😅😅😅

[@seancarrollxo]

0:57

How it used to be. The Irish in their own country!