Clare Travelling Shop, Ireland 1982

[@shooster5884]

We had a travelling shop coming til about 2000 or a little later here to our farmyard in Mayo.. It was great for the elderly who had no transport. As well as all the shop items, both food and all other household basics from needles to washing powders etc, he would have any vegetables, jam, bread etc that any other households had surplus to sell to him along his route. He took our surplus eggs to sell on.. and we'd buy some of other neighbors homemade stuff if he had it. It was a fantastic service.. a real part of the community. You'd be sure to have the big shopping bags, the list and the purse ready at the door that morning not to delay him whenever he arrived.. And be hoping that the buns or maybe sweet cakes that you wanted weren't already sold out! You could ask him to bring a particular item for you from town the next week. He was very obliging that way.. The image of the traveling shop now only a ghost image in the yard in my mind.. It was one of last things of that old way of life of fresh made from the cow's milk salted butter and the soda bread, the home bacon and that delicious bacon fat to fry an egg in.. the pot of home grown spuds on the table, cabbage and turnip.. the desserts of queen of pudding and stewed apple or pies and homemade custard ... .the BlackBerry jam.. and the dressing up for mass on a Sunday.. neighbors sharing boiled eggs and tea on the bog.. etc Yes, the travelling shop was the last surviving remnant of a different way of rural life...

[@martinkeary8187]

Lovely memories.

[@Eddie-ev9bv]

You could say that the travelling shop is back again, as Super Value and Tesco have vans out delivering shopping to homes , which have been purchased on line. The wheel has done the full circle!

[@BrianWeldonproductions]

​@@Eddie-ev9bvNot even remotely the same thing.

[@annepartington9002]

.remote deliveries by wholesale now shameless local cmunities this will of helped out all.

[@shooster5884]

@@Eddie-ev9bv Aah they don't go to the rural farms up the mountain lanes...only a certain radius from the store..

[@andrewmellon5072]

The travelling shops gave credit and bought eggs, when people had no cars they provided great service up until the late 80s.

[@drewsimpson5967]

Nice video. Bernard o'Halloran liked his bread alright.

[@GhastlyCretin]

Loved his bread, despised combs.

[@pascalennis9123]

He wwasnt on the atkins diet thats for sure

[@pascalennis9123]

I wonder did he sell pies aswell

[@hangedups2608]

😂

[@Eddie-ev9bv]

How did he survive a winter in that ramshackle "house" with a hole in the roof and broken windows?

[@annhennessy178]

I remember these shops from my youth in tullow in Newport County tipperary my mother god rest her would take us up the passage to the road and we, d always get a sweet from the man my mother loved buying chef sauce as the shaking off the van on the road always loosened the sauce in the bottle we had no inside toilet of fridge or esb but we were happy in 1970

[@OscarOSullivan]

Extra Special Bitter

[@nobodynoone2500]

Thank you for preserving and sharing this history. Always things change yet stay the same. Stay close to your neighbors and fellow countrymen. We only live one life.

[@mitch2620]

I left Ireland in 1979. Born and raised in Mayo. These films bring a tear to my eye.

[@peadarmacconnmhaigh4337]

I have a memory as a child on holiday in Tulla in the late 1970's or early 1980's visiting family and walking down Tulla high hill to go to Mass. I wonder if my memory is right and the church is near that high hill? I also remember a travelling shop that used to visit my mum's home farm in Mullingar and the excitement of it arriving. Such good memories of going to Ireland as a child.i met the kindest people I ever met back then in Ireland.

[@nobodynoone2500]

Not a big fan of google, but I bet street view might help. Memories are precious.

[@derekdevaney2242]

Indeed your memory is right… the church in Tulla is on the hill, Tulla is known as the wind swept hill

[@peadarmacconnmhaigh4337]

@@derekdevaney2242 thank you Derek for confirming this. I have very nice memories of Tulla and the farm near it where my family and I used to stay. Lovely quiet place with lovely country people. Blessed times.

[@mairesavage6815]

I love the 1980s...Golden era in some ways..hard too..harder times ..that's life..@paddy Sullivan VHS 📼 1990s..

[@kevinloftus8122]

I remember in 1979 in ballybofef co donegal climbing a tree as an eleven year old watching the van man coming from 2 miles away on Wednesday great memories

[@spazzymacgee5648]

Still nothing happening in donegal

[@johnwayneonacid1366]

It was common back then if you had a van to do a few nixers as money was tight. I remember seeing my secondary school teacher selling food from his parked van in the Slane 1982 Rolling Stones gig. McElroy ye Legend.🤘

[@eamonhannon1103]

I was at the Stones that day . Great music . Drunk as a skunk !

[@ProFTowN]

ahh the old irish..great actors..

[@alisonlaing5626]

I,m from Wales and remember these kind of shops.......round our old housing estate............one for bread/cakes............on for soft drinks/fizzy aswell.............and maybe others etc...........the good olde days etc....................

[@elizabethburns-rj3qy]

Thanks for sharing your footage of yesterday's. In my home town Derry Northern Ireland we still have mobile shops continuing the old tradition of arriving in housing estates and elderly home area's which is great to see ❤ from Ireland ⚘🌈🌍5:08

[@spazzymacgee5648]

😂😂there's no mobile shops in derry now. Enough of the nonsense.

[@Khatoon170]

Thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel. In the past only travel aboard or looking for books to learn new information. Nowadays KZbin channels as open universities for every one google is our library. I looked up for meaning of traveling shop means company or shop that makes travel arrangements for people . Ireland is very beautiful and have great history too . County Clare in Ireland or known as nicknamed banner county . Motto true to our heritage. Clare name derives from Irish word means level surface .

[@pcset12]

great number plate for a shop "pie"!!!

[@peterkiernan1668]

Mr.O’Leary drove a van like this in my area,great flash back.

[@KayHannon]

Our travelling shop done every pub on his when he got to us at 11 pm he fell asleep good craic in culfadda them days rip val ❤

[@Peter-gi3re]

I remember Paddy Fitzmorris from Ballinlough coming to my grandparents farm in the early 1960’s with his van selling groceries. We were little kids and would spend all day looking out the window to see if he was coming. It was our only way to get sweets while spending the summer at our grandparents farm.

[@jerrycarr]

Very Nice

[@janettesessarago4690]

W🌻W 🍃 what an amazing gift to have a travelling shop

[@enhancesoutheast5964]

What was that rusty pick up truck at the start...??? Cool Jews Jaws harp music.. And that box shaped fiddle.. Wow! The mellow tone from it.. This video is a treasure.. ❤

[@nobodynoone2500]

The pickup is a 1939-1947 dodge. Not sure what year, but most had that same grille.

[@enhancesoutheast5964]

@@nobodynoone2500 it's probably long since turned to iron oxide.. Bur how did it end up an Irish small farm.?

[@shaungilmartin1505]

I remember the travelling shops in South kilkenny in the 60's. as kids we'd be out for our sweets and comics during the wet days of the Summer holidays

[@Khatoon170]

Clare county have natural attractions such as Lisdoonvarna town where’s love , history , traditions. Father ted house . Historic island Scattery island . Many great golf courses. Loop head and lighthouse. Fanore beach sandy paradise and visitors explore world famous natural landscapes. Ailwee caves . Bunratty Castle folk village. Marvel at wonder of cliff of Moher Ireland most famous natural attractions. Thank you for giving us chance to read learn new information improve our English as well . Best wishes for you your family friends.

[@UndiscoverdGenius]

This was a tradition in Appalachia in America as well

[@pascalennis9123]

I used to love that bread ,cut with the oniony knife

[@eamonhannon1103]

As I recall , we called the travelling shop “the bun man “

[@kerrysupporter]

Fine looking bread

[@timothysimpkins6229]

That old woman was 91 years old in 1982. She was born 1891 if my maths is correct!

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Loving the registration number!

[@rudidedog243]

My dad used to drive an ambulance for the local Red Cross, an old ford transit and it had a Clare reg, right over the back door where the poor unfortunate casualty was stretched in was the most inappropriate reg 800 DIE

[@andyarmstrong1493]

@@rudidedog243 Perhaps that might be just right 😆

[@rudidedog243]

@@andyarmstrong1493 yeah always gave me a laugh, I remember going to car rallys in it when we were kids, sandwichs and tea waiting for somebody to get hurt...... innocent times.

[@cathalmaccarthy424]

My late father Sean MacCarthy, used to sell fruit and vegetables to Andy Mc in Tulla all through this period. Andy and all his family were fabulous musicians and the mainstays of the famous Tulla Ceili Band. Anybody who's interested in this period in Ireland and likes a laugh needs to read 'The Devil Wears Farah' published by Umbrella Press in 2023. Andy Mc is actually mentioned in the chapter called 'I Dont Have A Timber Heart' .

[@johnking5174]

Watching this, it is like we have entered the TARDIS and went back to Ireland of the 50s and not the 80s. Seems some parts of Ireland are probably still like this now in 2023.

[@jakecavendish3470]

These still exist in Co. Down, although mainly just veg and bread these days

[@prefeitobear9209]

Irish people are fascinating.

[@wc6220]

Sounds like a pat short comedy sketch set in oz...... 😂😁😀

[@johnking5174]

Just what I was thinking

[@fiddlejohn9305]

Are there still any traveling shop vans operating today?

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

It’s not exactly the same thing, but in the west some of the supermarkets (principally Super Valu) will deliver like this.

[@fla0741]

Looks like Bernard might have people combing over tonight

[@sarahanderson2601]

Hey is there any people with the last name Curry. ,( County Clare Felamyage) thank you 👍🏼

[@patscanlan2678]

Bernard was more in need of a travelling barber....👱👱👱

[@tomasoionnaigh4855]

Liam o Connor from Freshford done this in the 60s,70s and early 70s.

[@serbkebab2763]

Did they accept Apple Pay?

[@seamusolunacy]

Ireland is changing now. My mother is from Ennistymon . She remembers a pedlar selling his wares in the 40s. Known as the Jew man. Local kids used to skip behind taunting him. 'You killed our lo ord you killed our lo ord. ' True story. 😅

[@sandraswift3489]

Hes not had. A cuppa since last week good man put kettle on.x

[@carmelcrowley158]

Imagine, in a path l9ng ago. The siopa ag dull go daoinna, sa country side. Where everyone knew everyone and everything was understood. People, travelling shop. One day week.. order for next week in tow as the fiddle took.

[@mikesweeney651]

Uber Eats of the 80s 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@annedonnellan6876]

Deliveroo

[@mayoconnor3942]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@higgy636]

PIE 55

[@NickMullet]

That Jews Harp is brutal 😂 strange choice.

[@crazychicSHENA]

Mom and Dad and my granny who are all from Ennis Ireland said" 80's Ireland was so Fun and family organized in the farming industry on there farm. Now with All The E.U. sympathy lover's and illegal immigrants it's Changing in places like Dublin😮🤷🏼‍♀️.

[@spazzymacgee5648]

@crazychicSHENA take you're xenophobic agenda elsewhere you hypocrite

[@johnking5174]

Why does Ireland of 1982 look like 1952? Seems Ireland then was decades behind the rest of Europe.

[@shooster5884]

@@johnking5174 It was! But that's what made it special.. and most even in the cities then.. the middle aged parents were from down the country... all parts.. they'd be supporting their home county in the football and hurling... And for many their summer holidays was to go down home with the kids . And there was hardly a foreigner living here... I'm not mentioning that to di with immigration now ... But rather that you ' 'knew' anyone you met ... You only needed ask ' what COUNTY are ye from..?'.. and in the country there were either townies or farmers ... and ye knew what that meant.. because in almost 10 out of ten, the families of those who had moved to cities had lived in the same place in the home county for generations ...so there were strong connections in the cities with the counties.... Now if your in your thirties forties in the cities raising kids.. many of that age their connection with family in their parents or grandparents home counties is less or gone in some cases.. and they're raising their kids in a multi racial and cultural society that has hardly one generation roots here... and asking 'what COUNTRY are you from?' doesn't give you automatic familiarity and understanding of what that means to the person if you aren't from their country yourself... 😊 And if course the other major difference of Ireland in the 1980s was that there was no social media or mobile phones.. If you wanted to talk to someone you found a public phone box or used the house phone if you had one...or you got in your bike or the bus and you physically went to them. And if you wanted information on something you went to the library and got a book and watched a documentary on it in the TV... but there was no playback so you had to make sure you were home at the right time to watch it! It was a different world altogether...

[@o00scorpion00o]

If the Current Irish Government keep applying more and more tax on energy the Irish people will be back to living in poverty, many are struggling now as it is with massive taxes on petrol, diesel, heating oil Gas and electricity, people can hardly afford both heating and electricity as well as run their cars, these days as the Government must tackle climate change by making sure energy is unaffordable except for the wealthy and politicians themselves. Ireland is a tiny Island country and has no impact on climate one way or the other yet we're being punished by extortionate tax on energy as if we're the ones causing climate change, all the Government of Ireland are doing today is pushing more and more people into poverty.

[@Saywhatnow-o3w]

I’m from Donegal and I believe these people should leave to speak English properly . Some gossip out of them.