Making Fiddles For Fun in Garrykennedy, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1974

[@nelldaly3274]

Thank you for sharing! My mother, now 84 years, grew up playing the fiddle in the evenings with Julia Clifford and Denis 'the weaver' Murphy in Gneeveguilla, Sliabh Luachra. R.I.P to them now and Johnny Leary, wonderful musicians. The skill of that fiddle maker is beautiful to watch..gifted. 🎶🎶♥️

[@johnhanniffy]

What I enjoyed most as a child when we called to Gerry was the lovely honey from his hives.

[@liamhayes1011]

What comes across is the joy and pleasure this man derived from his craft. The attention to detail is stunning: the joy of making the instrument that makes the music is profound. Bravo!

[@crispincain5373]

These video touch me all the way into my heart.

[@evanpyne4729]

Please never stop! As an Irish person who moved from Ireland when I was a kid, these videos let me experience my culture and learn. Thank you

[@l-m4224]

Really loving these videos! A piece of history captured 👍🏻👏🏻

[@redkop510]

Who needs all this modern machinery? A craftsman in the flesh.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Jerry the master producing beautiful musical instruments that will be played and enjoyed in 500 years time, Dónal that very fine player fully understands the craft that Jerry is explaining to him, the fiddle sounding bright and sharp and as sweet as a nut

[@eddie12454]

Wonderful. More of this please. Have Irish on my mother's side. Thank you.

[@nmatthew7469]

The joy and pride watching him play his fiddle he made with his own hands.

[@patryan2458]

Wonderful to have this priceless record of times gone by.

[@haimbenavraham1502]

Tremendous work. To produce beautiful music. Gd bless his hands, from here to heaven and back again.

[@margaritanaughton7210]

Gracias por os recuerdos. En especial de mi padre y tios. Mi padre era una gran memoria de su Irlanda en Argentina. Especialmente de sus escritores y poetas. Abrazos Maggie

[@declanokeeffe84]

Them were the days when you could smoke in the workplace. Another great clip.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Just so refreshing to watch - complete opposite of the average KZbin luthier with their wall of tools, rigs and jigs, everything polished and perfectly clean like its never used. This guy makes instruments out of nothing with no tools and half last week's dinner down his front! REAL!!! :D

[@georgealderson4424]

I wish we could have seen the craftsman actually making the instrument as well as talking about it. What a lost opportunity but thank you for what we have received anyway

[@sydneywood4511]

Jeez he might be good like but did u expect him to make it in a less than 6 minutes video!

[@georgealderson4424]

@@sydneywood4511 No😀

[@endreszatmari2302]

Well yes, because I barely understand a word. English is my 2nd language though. Anyway it's great to see this master craftsman.

[@georgealderson4424]

@@endreszatmari2302 Even if English is your first language he was not easy to understand because of his accent Endre. Glad you enjoyed watching him in any case. Blessings and peace

[@sentimentaloldme]

_Thanks for posting this...All those old musicians were my heroes_

[@teaspoon1711]

The characters ... and pride in your man's face at the end. Thank you.

[@jonser20cent68]

I wish there were more of this programme. Thanks very much, fascinating subject and a lovely tune. 😊

[@williamgregory1848]

Growing up in Wales, my grandfather was a coal miner who played the fiddle for the people in our village. He was a hero to the kids there and the parents would beg him to teach their kids how to play the fiddle. Fiddlers are the aristocrats of the working-class. If you were a tradesman or a miner who could play the fiddle, you were respected and loved, just like my grandfather.

[@dscoufobattleship9381]

good historical content, thanks

[@bretdouglas9407]

Sense of touch. Hes eyeballing it and im sure its perfect

[@shafur3]

Looks and sound beautiful!

[@eugenedoyle9960]

The way he starts smoking his pipe admiring his craft being played 🎻 beautiful. ☘️

[@bouncer2005]

That made me smile 😊😍

[@72mossy]

My granduncle was a fiddler in the Balck Shop Castlecove Kerry, years ago

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Couldn’t for Christ make out anything the old pipe-smoking fiddle maker said, but it was a joy to hear him all the same.

[@bontrom8]

I have some Irish heritage, and got to visit for the St. Patricks day parade a long time ago. Saw some landmarks, but these videos really help me learn way more than that visit. Thanks.

[@diggerjim6977]

Genius and gentleman

[@charlesdickens6706]

.....once a year in February ( summer ) we have The fiddler's convention in our locality and fiddlers and other musicians come from all over Australia to attend . The music I heard played in video is familiar to me from our annual convention .

[@rd6203]

💚 Nice! I wish someone would go through and caption these, tho, since I can't read that man's lips... he doesn't even look like he is speaking!

[@Anthonyinkz]

Fantastic but we want more

[@choctaw6838]

Amazing people back then

[@mactcampbell]

He's certainly very interesting. That new fiddle has a good sound also. Just to turn out an instrument to look like that is quite a feat, but, when it has a good sound also, it is an extraordinary feat.

[@russianbot1420]

👍👍👍

[@georgel74]

When the frost goes through your hands..

[@paulbrewer2513]

I LOVE THE Irish you can see it is a very old culture and people and the land looks old , unfortunately theyve disappeared and other influences are creeping in great we can see these treasures on film.

[@Nicholas-gv8ok]

whats the name of the reel yer man plays at the end?

[@xfactorcritic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYnYnolsbJyLasU

[@seamusnolan4083]

The mountain road I think

[@piedrablanca4815]

Perhaps Glackin´s first fiddle were from a craftsman like this...tradition is the most beautiful thing in a country!

[@markdonovan1540]

Craftsmanship is the heart of a civilisation, whereas industrialisation has basically ripped out that heart for the sake of mass production and the profit it brings to the few.

[@bhgardeners]

You just wonder ,all that talent and who will follow on, such a shame if his knowledge would be lost to the World

[@cristinavelasco9818]

👏👏👏👏👍❤️🇪🇸🙋

[@richiec9077]

What is the tune the fiddle player plays at the end of the clip?

[@patryan2458]

The Mountain Road - the two-part version.

[@richiec9077]

@@patryan2458 brilliant, thank you

[@richiec9077]

@@patryan2458after a quick search of KZbin that's still the best version I've heard yet🙂

[@patryan2458]

@@richiec9077 Have you seen Kevin Burke playing the three-part version of The Mountain Road? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZWqmWuomqh0oZY

[@richiec9077]

@@patryan2458 I have now, thanks for that. He is brilliant on the fiddle also

[@larrykeane8876]

Good

[@harryfurphy1491]

Nice tune at the end. The mountain road is its name. I play it from time to time. But the slurs at the beginning of the tune can be a tad annoying.

[@rerite2]

Fiddle Maker Lives Matter.

[@judymanning2538]

❤❤

[@thetwoboyos8366]

Tom Waits grandfather...

[@williamswhistlepipes]

The green mountain

[@robertedwardbullock6681]

This sort of handcraft isn’t learned from books (though the recipes for the varnishes etc are written down). The knowledge is transmitted along from person to person - a living thread connecting us to the past. “I make me own inlay.”

[@dhss333]

Wales & Canada not mentioned.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Came for the fiddling; stayed for the pipe smoking.

[@rodneystu1943]

!

[@peterbach1126]

his hands.

[@πλούσιομετάλλιο]

Vocal of all prank

[@seandelap6268]

1st.

[@helenmulhall164]

Bm

[@edmundpower1250]

Spent most of his life in prison

[@TimWilliams-zq9bb]

This proofs that people can talk complete bollocks!

[@josephkenny6011]

Brilliant straight out of Darby. o,gill