The Humours Of Kitsy Cotter, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick, Ireland 1974

[@paulbreen8533]

When I was a kid, all the old people in the village had lived most of their early lives without TV or radio. They had a much more engaging and interesting conversational style than the sort of grunting that goes on nowadays.

[@orlalolo4585]

Village life changed forever, especially now with the government putting ppl from all parts the world into our small towns and villages , Ireland is not the Ireland of even 5 years ago sadly

[@edwardoneill9559]

The EU will destroy Ireland

[@ericablair4425]

And no smart phones ! More human !

[@noelfleming3567]

Well said sad times now 😢😢

[@Jo-kh1yo]

@@orlalolo4585 Only man created countries. It`s one earth, that we all share. That`s just life.

[@matthewmcmahon6032]

Wonderful to see Kitsy it brings back happy memories when I met her every morning on my way to school in Abbeyfeale in the early 60s - a wonderful lady

[@thresagraham8181]

How wonderful 😁👍🌻

[@noelfleming3567]

Simple times nicer times❤

[@tinasavage674]

The world needs more kitys 😊

[@twomeymichael2000]

Wonderful character Sad that these people are far and few in Ireland now Watching the video takes me back to my childhood

[@fluffybunny7840]

The holding of hands…so sweet ❤️

[@alanoneill3065]

I like the affection that the young folk have for Kitty

[@lydialily846]

Back when “ gay “ meant happy 😂

[@crystalpower1217]

😂😂

[@FabianMacGintyONeill]

You could scour the improv comedy clubs of the world and you'd never find a better person to do 'Yes And' than a rural Irish aul fella or aul wan. She never misses a beat throughout the whole video. Amazing

[@NeverBelieveALie]

[@aileenwarren5916]

My mother was from.Abbeyfeale and she remembers this lady couldn't understand her accent ha ha as she has been in london since the 60s but thank you utuve for the memories for my mother

[@d.beaumont9157]

What a wonderful lady. She reminds me of my grandma Gilligan. The words came thick and fast. Tuning your ear in as a young lad was hard work, never stopping to take a breath. We had no TV in those days. I miss listening to her tales.

[@stephaniewalker3288]

God bless her where ever she now is ☘️

[@jimbrennan3953]

She's a great character of a woman. There used always be various types of characters around in communities back then, before mobiles and multiculturalism. Despite the abundance of doctors and engineers from overseas nowadays, they don't integrate or have an understanding for our own unique quirks and ways

[@rolandscales9380]

The next two generations of incomers are pretty much guaranteed to acquire the quirks and ways. I've met Welsh-speaking Indians and a Nigerian cockney, and seen Scots-Gaelic-speaking Pakistanis on TV, and that's just for a start.

[@scottfree3759]

The hands! Sweet!❤

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

I have just learned a lesson from this fine woman Kitsy Cotter, from now on I am going to drink a tall glass of Porter every day, as a nondrinker I will also have to learn how to come with hangovers but if it makes me laugh so loud and heart like this lady I will be halfway to Heaven, But I refuse to wear a similar flat hat/cap, I will not do that, what would the neighbors say, I have my standards to live upto

[@electricrussellette]

I remember growing up in the 80s, the old people would shake your hand and not let go until they finished the story about one of your grandparents growing up and how they were "the devil of a man altogether!"

[@seandelap8587]

These sort of characters are needed in modern Ireland more than ever but they are fast dissapearing unfortunately

[@ciananmacreamoinn9253]

You find these characters every day still in every community in Ireland...you just have to find them!

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

@@ciananmacreamoinn9253 I have to fully agree with you

[@elizabethcurtin4468]

That type are all gone now ,very sad.

[@orionxtc1119]

Irland now part of Africa

[@rolandscales9380]

@@ciananmacreamoinn9253 I think they went to England.

[@Kittiesdawn]

Love her…

[@elizabethcurtin4468]

My dad was from glantin,And he married a Kildare women.mum loved it there.

[@jasonobrien1989]

Wonderful memories.

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

Will we ever see characters like this again? Has the internet killed them all?

[@FabianMacGintyONeill]

This island will never run out of entertainingly mad people. Recently moved back to rural Westmeath and the characters are abundant as ever!

[@itsmeitsme99]

The European Empire is slowly eradicating wonderful people like Kitsey. Sad.

[@AffectionateAstroStation-lx5is]

Fucking mobile phones were the worst thing ever invented .

[@connoroleary591]

Poor woman died on the breadline, meanwhile, her character achieved immortality as Mrs Doyle in Fr Ted 😂

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Good but you are not as funny as this fine lady was, God rest her soul in eternal peace in Heaven, I bet St Peter said to this new angle as she entered into heaven, have your fun but keep the noise down, this is a peaceful place, we don't want every drinking poter for breakfast every morning, that will not be allowed

[@spike6643]

Fantastic! There's a wee village beside me in Perthshire that was full of irish characters like this in the 60s. They came for the potato picking initially. Lovely people in special times.❤

[@spike6643]

Ps.. their descendents are all still here and sit on the Celtic bus with me. Great people!

[@palecap]

Reminds me of Johnny Mealy of Moneen Roe, Clogh, Co Kilkenny, may God be good to him.

[@rightturnclyde1564]

My Mum's from Moneenroe - I'll ask her if she remembers Johnny Mealy 😀

[@palecap]

@@rightturnclyde1564 Brilliant. He lived on the road up to Sacred Heart Church from the N78 by the Railyard

[@rightturnclyde1564]

I have family buried in the graveyard there, and family still in the Railyard. Lovely place

[@timothyosullivan2904]

I remember many moons ago Frank Hall doing interviews with Kitsy Cotter on a few controversial issues and getting her views on many different stories .

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

2nd cousin Kitsy Cotter was full of fun great wit but when she went drink, fights would break out all over the place,, dear old Kitsy Cotter was never knocked down she had too much fighting spirit, she went undefeated and when she passed on to her heavenly reward with howling laughter and a wide smile on her face, it took over 25 minutes for her to complete her journey through the Golden Gates, Saint Peter keep asking more quests so he could set back and enjoy the great fun of meeting and chatting with |Kitsy Cotter as she entered into Heaven but she has not changed her way and still drinks a pint of cool black Porter for her breakfast early each morning then sits back and smokes a fag, them old woodbine are her favorite

[@AffectionateAstroStation-lx5is]

​@@jamesbradshaw3389. Shut up you fool your not funny.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

In her younger days Kitsy Cotter, got herself into a lot of trouble caused by heavy drinking, staying out late, mixing with high society, gambling on the horses and dogs, illegal fishing and brewing and selling Poitín, illegal butter trading across the border causing trouble, always knocking over the dustbins on her way home from the pub on dark nights, often suffering black eyes and bruised lips, her lovely hair in a mess after fighting for refusing to leave the bar, I could tell you much more about my dear 3rd cousin but I think it would be best if I keep some of our family secrets our dearest and most lovely Kitsy Cotter for some other time

[@ME24689]

We'll take all that with a pinch of salt.. 😊

[@anthonyduffy1278]

@james She sounds like a lot of fun!😂🤣👍🏻☘️

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

@@anthonyduffy1278 She was great fun, full of life and a wild woman

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

@@ME24689 please do and enjoy and have fun

[@naomiobrien3136]

Sounds like a great character 😂

[@timothyosullivan2904]

AH Kitsy was a Star in her own wright May she rest in Peace .

[@laurasands8322]

That was a view of Ireland despised by the politicians here now who want a multi racial progressive Ireland.

[@Bagpipe13]

Love it ❤

[@davidmorris6278]

Bless her

[@taizymcc]

My dad was from Abbeyfeale. He met a Dublin woman.

[@ShoJ369]

Kitsy would have been delighted 😊

[@catherineoconnell3213]

@67 never see the likes of it, no more...... 21/05/2024

[@willowhilldesigns7]

She seems so interesting, but I can’t understand what she’s saying.

[@roundtowerproductions]

Irish National Treasure. Kitty Cotter should be on the back of an Irish Bank Note If Ireland ever takes back her Sovereignty.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

I second you on that

[@markruddle5136]

Was this the same Kitty Cotter that recently passed away in Abbeyfeale aged 104? If it is, her recipe for life is very sound.

[@memisemyself]

I think it's her.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

104 years of age, she proved herself right and the doubters wrong

[@connoroleary591]

No. It wasn't her. The lady who lived to be 104 was called: "Kitty" and they owned the largest restaurant in the town. The lady in the video has a similar name, but she is definitely not a business woman, and her hallway is a basic working class dwelling from 1974.

[@markruddle5136]

@@connoroleary591 Thanks.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Working class you say, but we are all working class, yes, if you have to work for a living, very few of us have our own oil wells and gold and diamond mines, I have only in small gold mine, which provides just enough to be able to keep a large pack of wolves away from the front door

[@rabc1558]

She reminds me of Pauline dooley from the fair green

[@trina415]

😂😂😂 bless her

[@sunshine-bs2jx]

I wonder what age she was there

[@tay7366]

She was 38

[@ЕвгенийНадийный]

Чудове відео. Велике велике велике спасибі усім ірландцям і Уряду Ірландії за підтримку України.

[@trixiteresa9887]

❤🎉

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Whey, they you would understand

[@gerrynicol3951]

Who was the reporter

[@laurencesmith-ct9th]

She wore a belt whenever she felt a pain in her didly push , a comical vest to save her chest from common cold or the cush . She drank quinine and spirits of wine whenever she felt the drop ................................

[@markhilbert6573]

The trouble is shes only 23

[@jeanniemullinder9038]

what language is she speaking ???

[@AffectionateAstroStation-lx5is]

Swahii brother.

[@rolandscales9380]

"It's English, Jim, but not as we know it."

[@Tom-h6j7v]

Yappy daisy

[@norahsearle7237]

🌈♥️🙌🏻