Family Life on a Farm, Co. Kildare, Ireland 1966

[@thehairysnot8069]

Days that will never be seen again

[@berniehartzenberg8535]

God bless those days.Give anything to have those days back. They were the best.

[@avengernemesis7990]

I hear you and agree.. Australia

[@RebellionWarrior]

Well one day, “time travel” may be a reality. Would you be interested?

[@dellhell8842]

From Wikipedia: 'Alan Gillis (born 22 September 1936) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician and Farmers' leader. He was president of the Irish Farmers' Association from 1990 to 1994. He was elected to the European Parliament at the 1994 European election for the Leinster constituency. He was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in the European Parliament. He lost his seat at the 1999 European election to party running mate Avril Doyle. He stood unsuccessfully as a candidate at the 2007 general election in the Kildare South constituency.' His wife Irene died in April 2020. She was predeceased by her son Stephen. Alan and Irene had two other children born after this was filmed - Anna and Barry. Alan died on 6th May 2022.

[@radharcanna]

I remember Alan Gillis in the media in the 1970s. Sad that they lost a son at that age.

[@cattlewranglerwalsh116]

Alan Gillis, I didnt catch the name during the video I remember him from the IFA.

[@DCFelix67]

Thanks for posting this info.

[@seandelap6268]

The farm was the backbone of the Irish economy during these times.

[@deathdeath6883]

Never lived this life but for some reason I miss it.... must be human nature

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

You have got that correct

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Great to see, this lovely family, hard-working farmers living the Life of Riley with 2 houses, In my town, people would love to have that old house to live in, they feel like they struck gold

[@MariaMartinez-kg6ns]

God bless that family

[@joebyrne5277]

Brilliant video as always. Keep them coming!

[@patrickheneghan2794]

God be with the days..

[@anthonymctigue9038]

YES

[@lowtide90]

Honestly dude, your Doc's are amazing. Much appreciated

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Dude you say, we must be neighbours

[@pellakilbane]

Lovely video reminds me of my summer holidays in Midfield Swinford with my Granny Grandad OBrien beautiful memories I will never forget 💚

[@jokersgiddygrin]

I understand this is only a snapshot of that families life but it looks positively idyllic compared to the Louth/Meath farmers I grew up around. They had things much harder in the same era.

[@nielsebbesen7821]

BREAKING NEWS: Wholesome Irish content is wholesome!

[@radharcanna]

A lovely film. RTÉ reporters had very Anglo accents back then!

[@tictacmantips1]

Dublin West brits

[@jenniferdunn3560]

No, they were just well spoken. That is an Irish accent.

[@krismccrackin2281]

Sadly, Stephen (aged 2 in this film) died in 2018 unexpectedly RIP

[@thelureofhistory8683]

2021...and still the same down little rural villages which is 👍

[@shanemoore4140]

Very nice life

[@MariaMartinez-kg6ns]

Thank you it beatiful video

[@anthonymctigue9038]

GREAT BEFORE FOREIGN INFLUNCE

[@uyoebyik]

It wasn't great. They only show normal families in these documentaries. There was a lot of mad dysfunctional families on farms back then too

[@declantwomey7525]

Pure class thanks for sharing 🙏🏻💪🏻🇮🇪👍🏻☘️☘️☘️

[@cattlewranglerwalsh116]

Some mighty cows and yields for 1966.

[@Discover-Ireland]

Imagine all the archives RTE has got in its vaults from years and years ago.

[@cattlewranglerwalsh116]

They should rerun them it would be a welcome break from the constant wall to wall covid farce.

[@Discover-Ireland]

@@cattlewranglerwalsh116 Yes very true.

[@ogstopper]

Superb!

[@marybhip]

The good 👍 oul days before telly or phones or internet’s or any such of a thing? And we spoke proper English, and We minded our own business. We didn’t know what we had….

[@tictacmantips1]

And we helped each other save the hay bring turf home for free

[@pubkrocknroll]

Very true, my father was brought up on a farm in West Cork and he still reminisces about the great times they were. Simple times.

[@seandelap6268]

It's really not that different in rural parts of Ireland today.

[@michaeloconnor9809]

That figure of 700 has risen sharply in modern dairying as the number of lactations has fallen due to pressure for more production in modern pharming

[@cattlewranglerwalsh116]

The majority of his cows were milking 12-1800 gallons any cow not giving more than 700 gallons after her second lactation was culled.

[@enhancesoutheast5964]

Are the family still on the farm?? The kids would be adults in their 50's

[@bluegtturbo]

Jaysus fitters must have been earning good money in the 50s!

[@krismccrackin2281]

Alan Gillis RIP May 6th 2022

[@sir243_simr]

Is the farm still going

[@krismccrackin2281]

@@sir243_simr I have no idea, there may have been other children in the family who continue to operate the farm.

[@caezar55]

Truly prosperous times when people did actually get better off year after year.

[@jodyguinness3864]

great video. fair play.

[@thereunionparty]

What a beautiful, pastoral scene as lovely cows chew the cud. And then the narrator intones "but if she does under 700 after her second calf, she's culled straightaway".

[@cathyjacobs1042]

I know😬 I was all content like the cows looked then 🤣

[@PeppyZeb]

I was hoping it would end on a high note!

[@cathyjacobs1042]

@@PeppyZeb yes bit of a shocker 🥺😅

[@michaeloconnor9809]

With modern pharming pressure that figure of 700 has risen sharply as the number of lactations has fallen due to push for more production.

[@markcorr6704]

@@michaeloconnor9809 not entirley true. Plenty cows now producing 10000 kg milk and going well into 10 or 12 lactations.

[@Yungkingstonn]

RIP cows ☹ and possibly the fella in this video

[@johnflynn1639]

Nope he'd still alive at 85yrs😉

[@Yungkingstonn]

@@johnflynn1639 Good to hear! 👍hope he's keeping well

[@cattlewranglerwalsh116]

@@johnflynn1639 Did any of the young lads take over the farm?

[@mattinoleggero2707]

I would love to marry a Irish cow! Beautiful! : )

[@marylynch951]

Lol

[@grantlawrence611]

I was thinking the same. Oh not the marriage part.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

They would refuse your offer

[@timber8403]

A lot of pressure on those cows to stay above 700 gal. cull line...

[@tictacmantips1]

That house and land probably worth 50 million now

[@ciarandevaney385]

REAL NEWS typical towny , everything about money

[@qui0736]

A better world

[@Johndonvan861]

Very wealthy family for 1966

[@davidbrennan3613]

He was a very organized farmer

[@jodyguinness3864]

cows happy out...

[@our-days-are-short8254]

Culled for not producing more than 700 after her 2nd calve? How flipping mean is that. The poor lass just wanted to live. I know its a long time ago but blimey. I don't half feel sorry for them. And their male calves that don't even get to suckle now in a lot of farms.

[@benji.B-side]

How did that cow lose its tail?

[@cattlewranglerwalsh116]

Probably got it caught in a trailer during transport. Tail docking was allowed one time, it was done with a rubber ring put on the tail to cut off the blood supply.

[@gentlegiants1974]

Just the switch got lost, it happens. Gets caught or snagged on something or stepped on by another cow while she's lying down.

[@JohnDoe-jn3es]

Interesting

[@satsumamoon]

This wasnt ablut family life. It was about how much milk these cows "gave". .

[@wildthunderbird]

How did Cherry loose her tail?!?! A cow doesn't just loose a tail

[@djmurp2]

Another cow probably gnawed it off during transport. It happens.

[@gentlegiants1974]

Usually gets snagged in something, or stepped on while she's lying down. It happens. It is like tying a rope around our waist long enough to brush the ground and just give it time and it will get caught or tangled on something.

[@mvl6827]

At the same time and place the Irish RK Church was preying and abusing the young and vulnerable . Not a great time to be alive for many!

[@meadowm1742]

What a stupid comment. Some bad apples in the church as in wider society.

[@mvl6827]

@@meadowm1742 but the wider society doesn’t pretend… big diffrence

[@Alphae21]

islamaphobic comment

[@mvl6827]

@@Alphae21 Islamophobic? You got that right, I am, and for very good reason. Islam is, amongst others, a primitive, violent, discriminatory and backwards medieval doctrine. All those Islam dominated countries have medieval lifestyles. Where people want to leave in their hundred thousands and nobody wants to enter. Shake off the past my friend. For the sake of humanity and yourself.

[@Alphae21]

@@mvl6827 im islamaphobic too, i assumed you were blindly hating christianity while liking other religions, my mistake

[@uyoebyik]

The music is cringe