Old Irish ☘️ Cottage Life

[@sheilabrewster6810]

That time was so right, when I lived on farm as a little girl. I remember the outhouse, and everything my grandmother told me. The Old Days are the Best.

[@jancallison3950]

I’m your age , and here in Michigan, in the time of my great grandparents, all of those homes would have been log cabins. Your Irish cottages are so quaint and rustically beautiful. ❤️

[@patrawish874]

The roof so cute :)

[@michelles2299]

But damp in winter and probably cold even with a peet fire

[@loriec6918]

My sister in law, Barbara, 58, died 4 years ago, today. I miss her. She and her daughter lived across the street from us. Many years ago, I learned how to sew from the widow who lived in the same house as Barb. The front bedroom, where she passed, was a dedicated quilting room, quilt stretched out, lone small chair, that I saw as a young girl. When I saw the beautiful quilts on the simple beds, I felt peace. Blessings to you, Colette, and thank you for comforting me, in my kitchen in Missouri. Love to the dear community, too.

[@bealtainecottage]

Sweet memories XXX

[@theblissfullone]

So beautiful, thanks for sharing this. ❤️🌷

[@bellabusa]

My condolences. She lives in your heart and the memories you share.💕

[@dianeyoung8068]

I am sorry for your loss Lorie.

[@maybesusie8599]

I love thinking that my great grandparents might have been born in a beautiful home like that, and I do believe that in the future more than just a few of us will live simply again. Thank you, Colette! ❤

[@bealtainecottage]

I hope so too!

[@jdicarlo77]

so nice to watch this right before bed time. thanks

[@montystelevision3238]

If I had a banging migraine, those beds and calm looking rooms would be a good therapy.

[@michelles2299]

If I had a banging migraine the music on this video would make it worse

[@abigailirvine3414]

Brings back memories Colette when we used to visit family in Ireland visiting a great aunt who still put the kettle over the fire to boil Beautiful blessings

[@paulasophia6358]

I was raised in rural New South Wales, Australia. My nan's house was a settlers' cottage with a verandah all around. She was of Irish descent, and her home echoed many of these beautiful, simple ways of living. Thank you for this beautiful montage Colette 💕🏠💕

[@kennyloggins961]

My grandma was Irish and I I've seen pictures of her family home from when she was little.. I always imagine the interior looked like this. I miss her and her son, my dad. I was weeping because of the memories it has brought back to me. It's a lovely video

[@kathleenroberts7972]

This was my fav of all the videos you've made and yet I am sure I have said that before! Simplicity is heaven on earth.

[@mrsgbee]

That was lovely thank you 😊

[@DottyGran247]

Beautiful words and visuals - very relaxing. Thank you & blessings to all x

[@TheUnnur81]

Oh how lovely 😊 I love places like this because the air is almost thick with history and I could spend hours just breathing in visions of long gone times.

[@JeanMcCormack]

Thanks Colette for some well overdue medicine for homesickness..I remember as a student nurse in Co. Donegal going out doing house calls visiting folks in their wee cottages, I will always remember the smell of the turf in the fire .everytime I open a bottle of single malt I take a deep sniff and I am transported back to the turf burning stoves in those cottages ❤❤

[@pamelacourtney8998]

Simplicity and Beauty. Blessings to all.

[@katherineb6102]

Beautiful! I would imagine the life lived there was not easy but I'm fairly certain it was more peaceful

[@karensakers5684]

Colette, the music you've chosen for this video is perfect , as is your soothing voice and words of wisdom. It has made me yearn even more for an Irish cottage. Blessings to you and beautiful Jack from North Carolina

[@parry3231]

Lovely. Thank you for sharing this video with us. Simplicity and functionality. Thatched roof, magnificence of character, solid design and construction. The fireplaces are very natural and are calling for a variety of uses, meals galore, comfort and convenience and warmth and use as a daily basis for living in the cottage. The color of red throughout the entire cottage is a interesting idea and it is functional as well. I was interested in seeing the components of the interior design and the functionality of the items.

[@XandruReguera]

Leaving with the seasons, a true normal life.

[@allsorts4041]

Such a peaceful compilation Colette!

[@BarbaraTechel]

This time in history of great transition, this is what I pray we return to. In my own way here in the US I strive to be more simple and love the land around me. Thank you for your continued inspiration. 💗

[@maxinedefty9462]

I'm glad you enjoyed the Ulster folk museum at cultra Colette. I love visiting there. The old Ballydown school at it used to be not far from where I live, I can mind it being being removed, numbered brick by brick, and taken to the museum. It was 1980/81 and I had relatives that used to attend this old school. My daughters attended the new ballydown school that was built to replace the old one, I used to work in it, it is still a lovely rural wee primary school with fantastic staff. Xxx

[@isobelsmith6999]

Thankyou, I think you're the only person to mention where this is!

[@francisjohnson665]

Oh my , I love the house. Brings back memories. I was born in 1947 so I grew up in simpler times. I think back on those days and realize how incredibly lucky I was. Lovely video.

[@lizdaugherty5607]

How wonderful to reminisce of better times and times that are important for us to return to in these days where everything is upside down! You have a beautiful gift that you freely share with the world.it might surprise you how many lives you have changed in a positive way.i am glad you use your power for good(lol) because your passion for mother earth has woken up people,me included.so, just wanted to let you know that you mean more to people then you realize.so thanks for your devotion,hard work to present videos and other things.you have a nack for showing things at the right time!

[@bealtainecottage]

Thank you Liz for these beautiful sentiments xxx

[@patriciaredick9849]

Stunning, beautiful simplicity. Thank you Colette.

[@undercoverbird8592]

I absolutely love this video. It’s so comforting. Thanks Collette. ❤❤❤

[@justme.1st]

“It is no small thing to celebrate a simple life” :) words of J R R Tolkien. Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the beauty in the simplicity.

[@SimoneWhipp]

I could imagine living in such a place. Clean, humble and purposeful. Thank you for sharing such heartwarming images Collette and for the gentle accompanying music. x

[@alanahhannah]

Mesmerizing and Heart Yearning,

[@BunsBooks]

Living in a thatched Irish cottage is my dream, they are so beautiful and simple, and they force you to live more simply too

[@bestinshadwell]

Just mesmerising ! Like each one of your uploads dearest daughter of Gaia. 🙏

[@vickigunnpermaculture1976]

I love this. Those wonderful thick walls! The wonderful handmade metal tools for hanging pots over the fire! The baskets and the linen spinning wheel! I love it all.

[@kesmarn]

How lovely! Thank you so much, Colette.

[@lindaedwards7840]

Hello Colette thank you for the video, very interesting indeed. My paternal grandparents lived in a similar cottage. I have an aeriel photo taken in the 50's my grandfather standing in front of his home. Sadly I didn't get to visit Roscommon to see it . It still looks the same outside but modernised on the inside I'm told . My Grandparents brought up a strong family, There were hard times as there was for many farmers of the land . Hardships came and went . Seasons didn't always provide the expected crops. My fathers family are musical, storytellers, and writers.They have a deep love for the land . I have inherited such love for all . Hugs and Blessings to you and Jack.🌹💚

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

Oh this hit me hard. Seeing the dogs above the fire, I have my great grandmothers. They had a set of lions too and they would hide sweets behind them for my mother. Then seeing the range and knowing my mother got burnt as a toddler when her cousin put the Cauldron lid on the stone floor and she sat on it and got badly burnt. My mother recalling her grandmother getting the electric in and realising that they would have to whitewash the walls because the new light showed up the oil and candle stains on the walls and ceiling. Discovering after my mothers death that a lot of the words she remembered they called things in Ireland was actually Gaellic not the English term she thought it was. That's been really sad as I'd love to have told her ❤ My mother was from Ballina and Castlebar ❤

[@jackipauls232]

Beautiful, peaceful video... blessings to you💚

[@lindahartman4543]

Thank you for posting the beautiful video and the tour. The music was a perfect accompaniment.

[@guitargirl7452]

We've moved to far away from that simple life. So beautiful. Everything has a purpose. Nothing is spare; all is needed and valued and made to last or made good again if it breaks. No throwing it away......we've got to get back to this and back to Mother Earth and away from centralised Govn control, or we're finished. Lovely pictures Colette. We can see how your little cottage would've once looked. Love and blessings to you and Jack 💓xxx

[@ellenlyons4090]

My mother and Father was Irish ☘️ I was born in Britain but went to Ireland every year to see both family’s. My uncle took me and my cousin to see where my mothers father was from a place called Enniskillen hope that’s right. We went up the Dublin Mountains and on the way we saw cottages just like the one in the video The windows and doors were tiny I was amazed and asked my uncle did people live in them he said of course. I was thinking it must be true about the leprechauns because only a little person would be able to walk upright through those doors. But how lovely they were against the green of the grass magical. And when stood at the top of the Dublin mountains there was indeed forty shades of green. My mothers favourite song. We went down on the other side into the town of where my grandfather was brought up and that was just as charming. My uncle said come on will get a drink he went into the post office we followed thinking why are we going in here. The front was a shop and the bar was at the back I was enchanted . And people were so friendly. It’s a day that has lived long in my memory.

[@debbieconnelley342]

This video was wonderful!!! I absolutely loved seeing these precious cottages. Thank you so much ❤️

[@leahharvey3291]

Beautiful 💖

[@garilynntrago6549]

Love this.

[@maryg1338]

Beautiful colors and Textures. Thank you

[@mandie3049]

Thank you Collette

[@Myworldrightnow]

I live in a very old house and have a 27 page copy of memoirs of a lady that lived here in victorian times The old bath is made of stone The house was left empty and boarded up for 13 years and I found it 30 years ago when out riding

[@Myworldrightnow]

What lovely rooms in the video

[@lizdaugherty5607]

So cool!

[@Michele-C]

What a beautiful peaceful video! Thank you. x

[@carolynmarie4008]

My great grandparents left Cork Ireland in the late 19th century because of the oppression they lived under in an occupied country where they were not allowed to speak their language or practice their religion freely. Even before and after the "famine" many Irish people barely survived. My Nana told me the awful stories told to her by her parents. Great Grandpa James loved Ireland and only fled because the Brits were after him for his political activities. From my reading and from conversations with people when I was visited Ireland conditions did not improve for the majority of Irish citizens until after WWII.

[@BarbaraC02]

Must be my Irish heritage, I found these images so appealing. Thank you for this lovely video.

[@cynthiahofer2903]

A lovely video you put together. Thanks!

[@glenysperry3421]

Thank you Colette. Being a quilter I especially enjoyed seeing these old heirlooms.

[@yolandagarza8489]

I love this video, it touched my heart in such a way it seems like I've there in pass life,.As time goes by it makes memories that much special❤.Thank you sweet Colette for sharing this timeless video,Blessings from Texas USA🙏🇺🇸

[@bridgetllewellyn7682]

When apples meant Autumn says it all. My mum was one of ten children who grew up in an irish cottage, how my gran was able to cook such wonderful things over her fire. Simpler times indeed x

[@lindylou3519]

Wow. It looks like the windows (including yours) in the cottages are chiseled out in order to form a window?

[@hilarywallace9927]

A beautiful video Colette , thank you . 💗

[@julielewisizame]

Ahhh, to live in the old ways...Very inspiring video. One day I hope to see Ireland. The home of my ancestors.

[@geeker211]

Beautiful. I can just picture these cottages among the rolling hills of green ❤️

[@michelleibbitson1205]

I love this video with the quaint cottages and the cheerful music 🎶 🎵 thanks for sharing Colette xx

[@kimcartwright8111]

Beautiful homes, built to last, for many generations to come. Living with the seasons and light is medicine to my weary body and soul. I honestly believe, deep down, I need that. Thank you for this lovely tour and wise words. Blessings to you and Jack.

[@enquery]

Distant relatives lived in Wicklow, Antrim, Kilkenny and Galway. Feels like home. Blessings.

[@MrsMMcG]

So gorgeously simple! I love it! Thank you for sharing Colette ~ bright blessings to you and Jack ✨🌛🌝🌜✨

[@johnoshea574]

I had a great bond with My Late Mother, Who told me that in rural Ireland She could recall that People Who Lived in Cottages were frowned upon, looked down upon by well off Farmers and well to do People of that time, while adding yet that it was the best of People Who were reared there.

[@pameladecicco6509]

Beautiful. I just bought an expensive book on irish furniture from the 1700's until now. The cast iron bed was fabulous. Thanks, Colette. Lovely.

[@elainerichards6406]

Thank you Colette for this thought provoking video, my grandmother was born in 1896 in a Stepney London almshouse, she never had much in the way of material things, but I never heard her Complain, when you look back most of us realise that we came from very humble beginnings and that they are the people that make up the backbone of Britain today. Blessings to both you and Jack.

[@laurathurlow3634]

Thank you for the tour of your beautiful home, Colette! It's almost as charming inside as out!...I got this crazy idea that I'm gonna get over my fear of heights and learn to thatch roofs when I'm out of this wheelchair! xxxx

[@corey3151]

Gorgeous cottages!

[@beverlybelcher3423]

What a beautiful video, Colette! I enjoyed every second of it. .. the handmade quilts, what looked like rag rugs... just so elegant in its simplicity.

[@sueb7065]

What a beautiful video. Life was a lot simpler then and we really don't need all these things we have today. I have to confess though i am a collector of old things and i love books.

[@donnagagne3813]

Wow; I enjoyed this so much. Thank you and Blessing to you and Jack.

[@brendatreaster6411]

Beautiful video, Colette!

[@vivianking8143]

Moved me to tears, I am really speechless as to express. Thank you for sharing. In Joy

[@moondancer5115]

This short video brought on a melancholy and feeling of homesickness... but in a beautiful way 😌❤😌🙏

[@jamesmagee5577]

Hi a fantastic video. Thank you. Take care

[@carolynhoover9444]

Beautiful cottage.

[@marianfrances4959]

May wisdom be regained...👍😎🇨🇦

[@teefrancis6005]

Such a beautiful video, Colette; just what I needed x

[@charlotterockel-kennedy8913]

This is exactly what I am looking for ❤❤❤ I live rural now but I want to go back to where my ancestors came from and my heart truly is in Ireland. I live in one with nature and have 2 Irish Cobs (sadly shipped here to Germany at a young age) and two Irish Greyhounds which were born in Irland. Germany is a lovely country but It's not home for me. My soul is calling me to go to Ireland. I don't want a fancy done up Irish Cottage, your Cottage is a dream 😊❤

[@cathylynnpietranton]

Colette we love this. Thanks. Hugs and love to you and Jack 💚❤

[@jankitteringham8483]

Lovely video Colette. So glad I live simply and in the seasons too. I cherish the memories of my Ireland holidays and the generosity of the people. We never camped on sites. A couple of drinks in the local pub and we were invited to set up tents in a field. That’s how we got to know the people and way of life. Simply wonderful.🥰🇬🇧

[@camf53]

Beautiful!

[@bernadettewunderlich7396]

So beautiful, peaceful.Thank you for sharing this, Colette.

[@shefalisharma9422]

Simple life, peaceful life … the spinning wheel, the barn, the roof, the beds… the old world charm .. the past.. the present … the future.. life on earth… transient…

[@michelles2299]

Not transient at all

[@susannautterback6815]

Beautiful

[@jodymcgraw8732]

Love this! ❤️

[@Sue-rp6dq]

So much more to look forward to, when food was seasonal, a lot to be said for a simpler way of life, I think its what we will be going back to, in time. When all the nonsense in the world is outed. X❤X X🐾🐾X

[@H537ilda]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@JRO-zz9lv]

So inspiring ❤️

[@nancypage1169]

Heartwarming and wonderful places, so beautiful!!!!!

[@patrawish874]

Wow, watching this was pretty nice. Thank you. I had no idea how you would take us back in time in this episode. I've always enjoyed your art that you've decorated your world with and your beautiful gardens.

[@susier7766]

Hi, Colette. Your lovely videos touch so many of us. Truly. I dream of living simply and I'm working on it becoming a reality for me. Blessings to you and Jack. Susie

[@dorasneddon774]

Love these houses and how they snuggle into the landscape... whitewashed, stone walls take the light gently, reflect it softly.

[@karareynolds772]

Oh so beautiful. I so long for a simple life 💗

[@cedarrockcabin3633]

In my younger days, I definitely got caught up in commercialism and trying to get to the next rung on the ladder. We were both working, making good money, had the big house and buying a second home which would one day be our retirement home; a fixer upper as we had plenty of time to fix it up, right. Not long after a life event woke me up. I got a call from my husband telling me he was being transported from work to the emergency room due to chest pain. He indeed had suffered a mild heart attack. Our lives started to change, but far too slowly. My husband was afraid to let go of the financial security. A few later I was diagnosed with cancer. It took that for us to make the jump. We had already sold our big house and moved into our small retirement home, still in need of repair on 2 acres away from the city. I kicked cancer (twice) and have never been happier. We still have too much, still purging junk we had acquired which we don't need. We both have inherited stuff we don't know what to do with and feel obligated to keep. But, I am striving to purge and for only keeping just enough.

[@richies6420]

Oh that music is fantastic... thanks for including the title... 😊

[@dianeyoung8068]

Very interesting how there is so much red that was used within the home.

[@mariawelling4194]

So inspiring! Love!

[@lolachlih3136]

I absolutely loved seeing the visuals of this beautiful rustic cottage makes me think of how times were back then and wondered if this is how my great great grandparents lived at one time so peaceful yet so breathtaking,love the music playing in the background❤ thanks for sharing this with us colette its appreciated 🌹🌺

[@rebeccadees2300]

Love these home...wish I could find one here where I live.

[@michelles2299]

My ancestors must have lived like this but I bet they cared more about family and neighbours than people do now

[@Paulco67]

Life in Ireland was exceptionally hard in those days. My uncle died of TB at 2 yrs old. Simple times, yes… but a very hard life. Let’s not over romanticize the past.

[@daggy1778]

good morning Colette......wonderfuk video...........