Should Pubs Open Late on Sunday? Co. Wicklow, Ireland 1972

[@peasantsrevolt4780]

I like the man who says.. "I'm against drinking all together.....welll.......not all together but within reason." That cracked me up.

[@seamusburke9101]

I bet he's a laugh after a few pints!

[@Alex-gn2rb]

He would put up a good argument with himself.

[@warburtonsbread481]

🍻

[@stephenirons1892]

🤣

[@dando1898]

I’m a pioneer against the drink. Apart from on an evening.

[@jimmahon6369]

Really like these videos. Always gets me how balanced, articulate and decent people seemed even if they saw the world though a slightly different lens than we do half a century later.

[@eamonhannon1103]

Yes people seemed to be moderate in their views . Not the same today !

[@connienail4013]

Completely agree!

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

@@eamonhannon1103 i dont know how someone could be more radical than me

[@zackb161]

there minds weren't scrambled by radiation from tvs and phones yet

[@jackjude]

Meanwhile kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnXVmpeLodx7n7s

[@finolaomurchu8217]

The man with the English accent was lovely and sensible. And the little boy, mentioned drinking and driving, very good.

[@haralamc]

An Irish man walks into a pub. "What'll you have?" the bartender asks. "Give me three pints of Guinness, please," says the man. The bartender brings him three pints, and the man proceeds to sip them alternately -- the first one, the next one, and then the third one, until they're all gone. He then orders three more. "Sir,” says the bartender, “I know you like them cold. You don't have to order three at a time. I can keep an eye on you, and when you get low I'll bring you a fresh cold one." "You don't understand,” the man says. “I have two brothers, one in Australia and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday night we'd still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three Guinness Stouts too, and we're drinking together.” ”What a wonderful tradition,” the bartender says, smiling. Every week after that, the man comes into the bar and orders three beers. But one week, he orders only two. He drinks them and orders two more. "I know what your tradition is,” says the bartender sadly, “and I'd just like to say that I'm sorry that one of your brothers died." "Oh, me brothers are fine,” says the man. “I just quit drinking."

[@alephthiago]

Thats a good joke hahaha

[@barney6888]

That's priceless.

[@michaelmclaren92]

Gold

[@liamg353]

I lived through it all The Holy hour =closed from 2 to 4 pm on a Sunday, though a lot of pubs just closed the door and left whoever wanted stay there. The 3 mile limit= if you lived or said you lived more than 3 mile from the pub i.e You were classed as a visitor, and could get in early and have a drink before 12.30 on a Sunday. I saw the change in the closing hours from 10 to 11 pm on Sunday night. Iv'e sw]een a hell of a lot of changes since I first started drinking in 1965 when a pint Guinness was1shilling and sixpence and a large bottle Guinness was 1shilling and seven pence.Old Money of course. Whiskey and other spirits was dearer than Beer, It is the opposite now as Beer is dearer.

[@samaraisnt]

:)

[@JulieWallis1963]

Where are you drinking? A pint of local ale in my local pub is £2.95 (ish) my husbands drink of choice. But a whisky is £3.50, £4.50 for a double, my drink of choice.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

@@JulieWallis1963 He said it was a long time ago. They obviously don't sell a drink for a just shilling anywhere any more.

[@liamg353]

@@JulieWallis1963 The double you talk about is only 2/3rd the Irish measure and it's Whiskey which we gave to the Scots and they still cannot spell it properly, plus you are talking Pounds whereas we deal in Euros

[@liamg353]

@@JulieWallis1963 I was talking Euros so with the different wexchange rate it is much the same.and the English measure in Whiskey/Spirits is only 2/3rds the Irsh measure so there ya go. You have learned something today.

[@Anton33175]

The kid gave one of the smartest answers

[@michaelwalsh9145]

He was a child back then as it was before the mid Atlantic accents and Americanisms

[@declantwomey7525]

History in our hand brilliant thanks for sharing 👍🏻☘️☘️☘️

[@darraghkelly1744]

“They should be at home with their missus..” his smile 😂 he knows his missus a will see it

[@thehound9638]

I bet he scored that night!

[@Felix-rising]

The priests pretending they don’t know drinking hours 😂

[@p.v.b533]

haha

[@anonUK]

"That would be an ecumenical matter."

[@finolaomurchu8217]

There are many priests very fond of the drink, not as bad as Father Jack, but not far off.

[@elwolf8536]

Careful now

[@dylanmurphy9389]

@@finolaomurchu8217 I have an Irish friend who was alcoholic the whole time he was an arch bishop. He’s recovered now.

[@michaelcullen5308]

Filmed in Wicklow town.

[@hugostiglitz6914]

No one seems to notice in those days that's all that happened in a pub, drinking. The days when food in a pub consisted of crisps or peanuts. If it was a fancy pub you could get a toasted ham and cheese sandwich!😂

[@samuelwoods164]

Ha I remember getting toasties as a kid with my dad, they would have the sandwiches wrapped up on the bar they would toast them in the wrapping, never thought about them for 30 years then the memory came floating back at the mention.

[@dylanmurphy9389]

They are the best pubs, I can only dream of how great it was to smoke in them. We should have specific ones

[@gerRule]

Now everyone crowds into the toilet for a line

[@spike6643]

Pickled eggs were available in one of my locals in rural Scotland. You needed extra drink if you ate them to stop constipation! 😂

[@lovelyhurlin6494]

I'd only disagree when I'm dying in work on Monday morning.

[@johnathanryan2117]

If any person interested in this subject or its wider connotations can do so, get hold of a book called " The Pub and The People" Its a 1938 Worktown ( Bolton, Lancashire) study and although some of it is dated and of its time, its a fantadtic and still relevant detailed exploration of the Pub and drink with some surprising conclusions. Bill Naughton the playwright ( Alfie , amongst others) was Irish born but largely Lancashire raised, and his 3 part biography has several long descriptions of the Pubs and drinking as a wider experience from an Irish viewpoint seen through an English background. Great read for those interested. Great little video. Some proper characters on there!

[@Discover-Ireland]

Great footage and it’s not so long ago there weren’t any shopping centers opened on a Sunday

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

We were just talking about this today. In my opinion it gave the week structure. Half the time I don't know what day of the week it is!

[@Discover-Ireland]

@@theeggtimertictic1136 😂

[@spike6643]

I remember going to Inverness on a bus trip from rural Perthshire one rainy Sunday in 1975. The whole place was closed apart from one Chinese restaurant!! No kidding. It was very religious Presbyterian then. The wee chinaman had never sold so many takeaway fish and chips in his life. Maybe the most boring Sunday in my life.. apart from on the way home we sang celtic and Irish songs to antagonise the proddys on the bus! 😂

[@Discover-Ireland]

@@spike6643 lol

[@Wrz2e]

3:03 That would be an ecumenical matter!

[@ladylaois8184]

So wonderful to see this. Sadly like everything the pub culture is forever changed. Some blame the smoking ban some the past two years. Reality everything is changing and not for the better. Great days where things were less of a concern in many ways x thanks 🙏

[@JustDaniel6764]

95% of the pubs in my town are now mosques or Islamic schools.😢

[@Gin-115]

@@JustDaniel6764 Is this true? And What country?

[@JustDaniel6764]

Uk, East Lancashire.

[@taemi5507]

@@JustDaniel6764 how did that happen? Seems a bit random to turn pubs out of all things into islamic buildings

[@JustDaniel6764]

@@taemi5507 trust me pal it’s happened I can post you a link from an article tonight where another has gone. It’s now to be a home for a Muslim family.

[@jack-zz9hb]

You'd be game to take on a pub these days...it used to be the social point of communities, where you went to meet people and have a catch up..sure you can sit at home now and talk to people on the other side of the world via face time etc... that, and the price of a drink in a pub compared to what you can buy for 20 quid in a superstore off sales and drink at home. The Irish pub is on its knees, those that are still opened that is...more needs to be done to help promote the local pub trade, certainly in the more rural areas anyway.

[@PJP812]

agree 100%

[@connoroleary591]

Amazing. Ireland has changed so much that we should consider changing the name, because it's simply not "Ireland" anymore. A name that would define our corporate identity, maybe Facebook will sponsor a soulless new name for the sad, Faceless reality of no homes, no community's, no culture.

[@thet1375]

I agree. Ireland isn't Irish anymore. Where has our culture heritage and identity gone? The EU has destroyed it with multiculturalism.

[@marksoreilly94]

the song "The Rare Auld Times" was written around the time of this video, nostalgia is all rose tinted glasses, old people in 70 years will do the same about the present, and on and on forever

[@connoroleary591]

@@marksoreilly94 i think it is a little more than that Mark. Someone from the 1500's could return to Ireland in 1970 and see huge changes, but the people would essentially be the same. The conversation, the culture, the landscape. Today someone who died in 1970, would not recognise what most of us have become, or how much our landscape has changed. The way we have interacted with the modren world has been to suck up the worst aspects and jettison that about ourselves that was unique and special. What could we have done? For starters when we joined the EU we should have preserved our agriculture. Turned ireland into a high end organic food producing country. Preserved the small farms and small fields. It would mean greater profits for less production and make Ireland's landscape, in the modren world, look and feel unique and consequently a huge draw for visitors. We should not have focused so much bad planning on Dublin, with its shoebox apartments and unconnected suburbs that stretch out soullessly into counties Kildare, Wicklow and Meath. Market towns around the country should have been better exploited, instead they are dying or dead, while ugly ribbon development snakes its way across every road in the country. Ireland has changed so much; we might as well drop the name "Ireland" and call ourselves "Metaland" instead.

[@queball685]

I think this can be said about pretty much any popular european city

[@thet1375]

@@connoroleary591 Well said Kevin. What is the point of Ireland without Irish culture heritage identity history and Christian roots. Ireland is no longer Irish. Sad to say it but Ireland is gone.

[@seanmaher7733]

That was delightful to watch.

[@patrickj.feeney3936]

Pubs ruined our family life, particularly on a Sunday when we were left in the car outside the pub while our parents drank.

[@NoName-fo7mz]

Lol cry more😂

[@patrickj.feeney3936]

@@jakehiller6444 because they put drink before family.

[@patrickj.feeney3936]

Sorry but I can't. They were intelligent people, who made a choice. I don't drink like they did, that's my choice.

[@Anny-me9ny]

0:54 “and I’m against drinking altogether... not altogether but”

[@dylanmurphy9389]

If you expected them to all say it’s fine because they are Irish just remember that people were still passionately Christian then.

[@karkkimarkkinat2109]

We must go back

[@michaeligoe3935]

When we had authentic teeth.

[@stephenirons1892]

🤣

[@carlosthesciencebish3846]

Such a random freaking comment😂🤣

[@joeydunlop7613]

Nothing succeeds like a toothless parrot. in eire it's called a pidgeon.

[@mctapoutos7426]

"I'm a pioneer" we need people like this now gen z is killing Eire

[@glennmeade2390]

Some fine heeds of hair on display here😄

[@antoindearg5614]

Is there a chance the fella interviewed at 0:39 is a relative of then Wicklow County Councillor Seamus Costello? More than a passing resemblance.

[@thet1375]

When Ireland was Ireland. Our culture heritage identity were still intact.

[@geometricstranger7198]

You're the beacon of Irish culture. Complaining about foreigners on KZbin. Such a noble person.

[@marksoreilly94]

The whole "good old days" thing is a farce anyway, there's examples of people in ancient Rome pining away for the good old days and complaining that the young people lost their values, nostalgia is just rose tinted glasses. Wasn't the song "The Rare Auld Times" written around the time of this video? same thing again, old people will always miss the past, but it doesn't make it better or worse

[@thet1375]

@@geometricstranger7198 You again. You think Ireland is just a chunk of land that anyone can have. No regard for the indigenous people who's ancestors died for Ireland throughout history. You have no idea what you're promoting. I wonder do you feel the same way about China, Russia etc for example. The Irish have to lose their country because of woke EU and govt and people like you shamefully support this.

[@geometricstranger7198]

@@thet1375 Do you really want to model Ireland off Russia and China? They are disgusting governments that murder innocent civilians and militarily invade sovereign nations. I'd spit on the Kremlim and CCP if I could.

[@thet1375]

@@geometricstranger7198 Nice virtue signalling there. What about Argentina? Or Brazil? Nigeria? The point is those countries have preserved their culture heritage and identity. Yet Ireland is no longer recognisable because mass uncontrolled immigration has been forced on this small island.

[@animallover19581]

Sad when the young lad says they shouldn't be coming home drunk causing depression. Some things never change. Slainte,🍺🍻🍺🍻🍺🍻

[@alanforde4922]

Causing crashes I thought he said. Ur point still stands though.

[@finolaomurchu8217]

@@alanforde4922 People who are drinking, drugging, or using mobile phones (weren't invented then, but is a serious problem now) getting behind a wheel and killing innocent pedestrians occurs. It is a real problem especially if the driver is speeding as well.

[@DrummerJacob]

He never said anything about depression.

[@colin6673]

@@DrummerJacob Drinking is terrible for depression though

[@cs3105]

Was this from a time before drink driving was illegal? Was it from the time when you could get a licence to drive a car without any sort.of test or check to see if you knew how to drive? The people, and their clothes, are wonderful. Their clothes look built to last. Thanks for the great videos!

[@tearitloosetearitloose4670]

Absolutely priceless. Outstanding.

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

Nice to see David Cameron was Irish. The guy in the white jumper is the spitting image of him. Just with unkempt hair.

[@gerRule]

I’ve no idea what times the pubs close at these days since I gave up drinking and smoking years ago but some memories just came flooding back to me of before the smoking ban and before the euro being able to buy 4 pints for £10 and have a smoke with my pint, good times 👍

[@shane6115]

Why did you give it all up.?

[@gerRule]

@@shane6115 I didn’t like how i acted when I was drunk and it made me feel horrible and depressed the next day, I used to wake up with pains in my chest when I would sleep in my smokey room and I was paranoid about cancer or at least some sort of problems so I figured it was best to stop both of them

[@shane6115]

@@gerRule well done fella, I gave up the smokes years ago but I still enjoy a few beers at home on the weekends but I don’t do pubs anymore. Anyway the pub scene is gone as far as I’m concerned.

[@gerRule]

@@shane6115 well done to you too then it’s very hard to give up those things

[@shane6115]

@@gerRule the smokes were a killer to give up, and I act ok on the beer 🍺 so no worries there.

[@hansmatthia32]

A thinking priest a rarity these past two years

[@benji.B-side]

2:13 Jim Dale from the 'Carry On' films.

[@lestercranmer2631]

and the one in the white jumper and wild hair reminds me of david cameron, especially the thumb nail

[@joelarkin4268]

I love the videos about lreland 🇮🇪☘️☘️☘️🌈

[@rabc1558]

Two innocent priests should have been politicians 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@grai]

statistically there's a good chance at least one of them was a paedophile

[@susanmurdock9055]

Love listening to the channel

[@SteveScottRootsMusic]

That young lad looks like a little Paul McCartney.😄

[@TheDominionOfElites]

Think the people should’ve been free to choose… plenty of people were just hitting the bottle at home

[@romancandlefight1144]

Libertarian priest has my respect 🙌 So I guess.. rest in peace father 🥲

[@msgfrmdaactionman3000]

I remember getting a beer at 4 AM in Jacksonville, Florida if you Irish are looking to party all Sunday night.

[@leodass]

No pubs on Sunday!

[@ragingpagan8847]

I’m from Ireland myself and don’t drink but a hard working man deserve a drink. But not on the job

[@mrsuperger5429]

Hairstyles back then were so funny ! 😂

[@Democracy_Manifest]

Before social media algorithms pitted us all against each other in the name of screen time

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Irish men are the cutest!!!!

[@COIcultist]

Pubs shut at night in Ireland? That is news to me. What times did pubs officially open on a Sunday? I can remember the walk from the church to the back door of the pub on a Sunday morning. I can only remember this the once can anyone tell me the story. I was in a pub in Limerick with my Father in the 1970s and the barman came round explaining that the pub was open, but he couldn't serve drinks for a period of time did my father want to get a drink in, in advance. Would this have been timed around The Angelus?

[@cfaul100]

This was the Holy hour law.

[@Alex-gn2rb]

It sounds like that 2-4pm holy hour on a Sunday mentioned in this clip too.

[@benhur1959]

The official opening time on Sunday was 12.30

[@cfaul100]

@@benhur1959 Still is.

[@joeybloggs2100]

Your one at 3mins seems like a wild one.

[@senanmolloy9766]

When Ireland was Irish 😭

[@MacGiollaCostigan]

How is it now?

[@Whywiththeusernames]

So true

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

I fully agree with that very wise boy, stop the drinking and improve your driving, let the people live, stop coming home drunk and fighting with the family that is strongly advised for the heavy drinkers, for t he mandate drinkers, enjoy yourselves, take it easy, drink slowly, keep save and don't knock anyone over on your way home.

[@catrynwilliams4353]

The man at 2:15 is the most Irish looking guy I've ever seen, like a little leprechaun he is 🤣🤣

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

That's what I thought too 😏

[@electricrussellette]

He looks like a caricature from the 19th century.

[@anthonyofarrell513]

Well they didn't spend it in the Barbers

[@neilrobson3064]

Looks like a young David Cameron in one of these clips?

[@seandelap6268]

I wonder what all these people were saying in 2020 and 2021 at least the ones who are still living.

[@vancouver9928]

What the fuck has happened to this country and where have all the foreigners come from?

[@murrayp4]

1:08- My Spirit Animal

[@rossmorebaz]

this was filmed in wicklow

[@Irishguy97]

Was this law ever accepted and passed ?

[@burntbacon7995]

No.

[@jbs9231]

There's 6 day's of drinking, That's enough.. 😅

[@larryoconnor7094]

Not a job, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, hot water, jobs, condoms, basic educational qualification between them and they're asked about extending pub opening hours? Jesus wept.

[@diesel_man99]

Anymore of Wicklow town

[@dockunkle8555]

We Serve Jameson to the Catholics All Day Long, that we do. tanks for det !

[@jamieoneill87]

0:09 David Cameron??

[@benji.B-side]

Good spot haha

[@davidh9529]

The first lad is Ethan hawke

[@andyarmstrong1493]

3.34 Ted and Dougal?

[@kindnessfirst9670]

They came home from pubs about the same time of night most Americans arrive at their bars.

[@truthplease4868]

The report possibly shudent have being Take in the car park of the annual pioneer excursion to knock ⛪️

[@Tian.S]

Disagreeing without an obvious rival. Disagreeing in confidence. Kindly. These folks were really thinking about their answers, trying to give the best one to their ability. Nowadays people disagree, because CNN or FOX tells them they should.

[@TheBenzer9]

0.17 that is either " son of Sam " or John Hume

[@georgedeathe4683]

Love this , just like Da .

[@45pints87]

Love old guy at 1:50 saying “ah now ive think theyve had enough by 10oclock of sunday night”😂😂

[@brianbadonde8700]

crazy how different Ireland was, Ireland is still rapidly changing especially demographically and I don't give a shite what anyone say's, less and less Irish = less and less Ireland, a country is not just a geographical location, ''multiculturalism'' is our strength 🤣, that's like saying the more of our family members that die or move away the better it is for our family, Mmmmm not really

[@thet1375]

Ireland is dying. It's no longer Irish.

[@ladylaois8184]

Very true

[@marksoreilly94]

speak for yourself, more sexy brazillians please!

[@thet1375]

@@marksoreilly94 That attitude is the very reason Ireland is finished.

[@marksoreilly94]

@@thet1375 I dunno man, I think you're only 3 moany internet comments away from discovering time travel

[@ScubbaSteve3000]

Pubtown of America. Belleville ,Illinois. Can't walk 2 blocks without hittin a bar. Gateway to the west 😊

[@brucetindal7399]

A few Farmer Michael's there

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

“DRINK?! OOOOHHH YESSSS!”

[@antonolan]

Wicklow Town.

[@Wa3ypx]

Anyone from Pennsylvania remember when bars were closed on election day?

[@__seeker__]

1972: “Well, I shouldn’t think a person would have any need beyond what’s currently available to him.” 2022: “Alcohol is racist,” probably.

[@jhibberd6290]

David Cameron 0:09

[@celticrose2]

2:46 lol 😂 👍🏻

[@TheBenzer9]

3.02..like a pair of senior counsels..Good ones..any court law students study these two guys lol

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

I tink the barbers should open later ..😅

[@er3947]

One fella got knee capped for say no.

[@Whywiththeusernames]

Mad how an Irish stereotype is just to be hammered the whole time..When everyone has their own opinion about it and always have

[@robertdoyle687]

Couldn't get near the bar for the feckin guards 😂

[@cantthinkofausername8698]

Different world. Now no one can afford to go to the pub.

[@sherp2u1]

Pubs and drink have destroyed generations and the country....made them thicker and more depressed...

[@eamonhannon1103]

A very depressing one sided view I think . To balance this view of drinking it also brought a lot of great memories merriment and crack ! I miss the days when pubs were an institution of Irish culture

[@sherp2u1]

@@eamonhannon1103 It probably did for some people, but for every great memory, there are about 20 horror stories of friendships destroyed, fights, injuries, bad blood, health destroyed, alcoholism, divorces, separations, adultery, assaults and crimes...DUIs, accidents, deaths on the road from gob shoites driving home drunk...men spending their week's wages on drink...people are sick of auld boring pubs in most cases now anyway, and the price of drink too...the off license and petrol stations killed the pubs...

[@eamonhannon1103]

@@sherp2u1 Sorry I do not agree . There is good and bad like everything else with drink . Social drinking in moderation is something to be valued . Of course like everything else there can be a problem side to drinking but to give a balanced picture we need to look at the good and the bad sides of drinking, pubs . Now we see people drinking at home . This is a very bad development in my opinion . Much better in the day when people went to their local pub to meet up with their friends and neighbours for a “ few sociables “ The French have their wine , the Italians , their food and we used to have our pubs . Places where the community met and socialised . Sadly they are closing down now around the country . Something I think we will deeply regret in the future . An institution of Irish culture being casually discarded . The pub was as important to Irish culture as Traditional music or the Irish language but we seem to be happy to see them fade away . Not me , I think action should be taken to preserve the Irish Pub and sociable drinking .

[@vancouver9928]

@@eamonhannon1103 Well said Sir 👏 👍 👌

[@dwaynedibley6339]

The guy @00:50 sounds just like Ted Hastings from Line of Duty.

[@Brian_yeah_that_brian_Strang]

I understood some of this, but not much

[@madeleineking3221]

See how the women used to wear a scarf around their head going outside.

[@vancouver9928]

Great times. I want my country back, please. I'm voting for the Irish freedom party next time.

[@greglyons2526]

Back from who?

[@vancouver9928]

@@greglyons2526 if you need me to answer that Question then, Please don't have a good night have a great night.

[@seanoreilly1832]

IM AGAINST DRINKING ALL TOGETHER...well not all together

[@paulmcgrath3248]

There would be a stampede for the restaurant ahe

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Should be open all hours all days

[@user-vw6xp5nl6t]

‘And the next question is.. should a man be allowed to go outside without any pants on?’

[@smithel3538]

2:51 what?!

[@romegavadquez6310]

1972 and color tv still wasn’t invented in Ireland

[@My2CentsYall]

I was 1 years old.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

DRINK, Dring & More Drink, Cheers

[@charliekavanagh1217]

The demon drink .All pubs should be closed and return to the church

[@nitinkataria3474]

Why B & W in 1972

[@rhenzlemuel09]

Gordon Ramsey @2:31