Story & Song of Co. Clare, Ireland 1979

A long tradition of storytelling continues in the pubs of County Clare with tales of a sick cat, a rise in the price of the pint and the Owenogarney.
Balladeer Sonny Welsh from Caherhurley, Bodyke, County Clare finds an attentive audience as he recites ‘Timmy Coffey’s Cat’ telling the story of a sick cat who recovers and kills mice.
Sonny enjoys all the old songs but found that he was not the best singer. Instead of singing, he began to give recitations.
In Sixmilebridge, Christina Hoban is a prolific poet and has been chronicling local and national events since she was first inspired by a local protest over a rise in the price of a pint.
Have you heard of the strike that is on in the Bridge?
Sure the porter is all packed away in the fridge.
It was the boys’ decision when the pint was increased.
Because of the cider, the pubs had them fleeced.
The publicans met and decided to raise the price of the pint and their stock in trade.
But says Laurence to that, we’ll not be outdone.
We’ll go on the dry and then we’ll have fun.
In the town of Kilkishen, another local bard PJ Halloran describes the inspiration he found in a flowing river and wrote ‘Where the Owenogarney Flows’ which he also performs in song.
This episode of ‘PM’ was broadcast on 27 March 1979. The presenter is Doireann Ní Bhriain.

[@TheDrumlinBoy]

Sonny used to work on the roads for the council, cutting the sides of the ditches with his slachers and scythe. He used to work passed our house in Belkelly and Sonny loved to tell us stories and poems. That was in the early sixties when I was a young boy of 5 or 6, My father came from a place called Ballymalone not far from Caherhurley. I have always treasured times of youth with people like Sonny stoytellers, singers and musicians. RIP to one and all.

[@ailishmcelroy3532]

This is where I live. I love this, so many characters around the place.

[@ruairi4901]

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[@dellhell8842]

@@ruairi4901 Only 183 votes for your party leader in Dublin Bay South.

[@baronzaebos8888]

He didn't make that poem for fame or profit. He did it for his community. He was passing by a river and wanted to put the beauty of it within a context that he could relate to others.

[@ruairi4901]

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[@adbl.d6324]

life IS change..only stasis is death. move with the river and share what you can with those you care for along the way

[@thomasmccormack1183]

The first time I was in Ireland was 1978, so this rings very true to my memory of our travels and the people we met. You had to listen real hard when the old timers told their stories. And when everybody laughed, well you just joined in. Slan.

[@bluenorsky5207]

The faces of the gents at the bar are full of character and fantastic.

[@staffy4389]

Probably all passed now, makes you think.

[@ruairi4901]

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[@olerasmussen72]

agree indeed but what language they speak ?

[@keithdonnellan5564]

@@olerasmussen72 - I know. leo vodka was your problem. Vote to leave the eu if you can.

[@ruairi4901]

@The Dúnedain *The National Party in Ireland is a true nationalist party and promises to enact mass deportations when it gets into power* *You should look The National Party up on KZbin*

[@sean864]

Back in the old days we had great story tellers great poets, no tv no mobile phones. People would sit around singing and telling stories.

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Salt of the earth ❤

[@MARKETMAN6789]

These old videos are priceless of an age gone by

[@ruairi4901]

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[@leewesley480]

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[@juanbo1982]

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[@HenryRaeburn367]

Its 1979 not that long ago

[@lauramartin6440]

This brings back memories from the '70s. Thank you for taking these out of storage and putting them on the web. Life was different than and there's a lot to learn.

[@Lissadell1916]

This is just wonderful, sadley there are so many pubs now where a pool table, large screen TV or amplified music etc.has replaced all this wonderful stuff. I love nothing more than wondering into an old traditional pub where the chat and craic is vibrant and you just know at some point it will break out into an all night singing session of old trad songs, when Irelands history will be retold. But you can never plan these things, they just somehow sort of "magically happen", but when they do, oh boy...some of the best nights of my life.

[@stacyblue1980]

Some of my family were from Clare. And Cork and Fermanagh. Clare has a great musical background and history. The storytelling is important no matter where it is from. God bless Ireland. 🌹

[@keithdonnellan5564]

Happy memories I'm 73 now but lived in Quilty as a young lad went to school there. Kilmurray Ibricken School up the hill from the village. Quilty is now a tourist resort.

[@florenceobrien2822]

So ur Donnellan am OBrien from Mullagh

[@florenceobrien2822]

💝

[@gordonmculloch4904]

It’s amazing to think this is only some Forty odd years ago. The world has changed so much.

[@squeek5810]

Regards and respect to all, in ireland from us in Australia, be safe and happy.

[@MaryAnn-pd3pm]

Best wishes to you too Wayne

[@catherinelove3043]

I’m 4 th Gen Australia 🇦🇺with paternal Ancestors name O’Brien. I feel 💕luv for these folk🙂

[@whiteiceslippy143]

The old six mile bridge has changed a bit lol. Only came through it yesterday as im here in Limerick. Love the channel man. God bless all.

[@mkAYY825]

the content on this channel just keeps on coming, and getting better, amazing.

[@ThairishTimes]

Storytelling is in our blood, brilliant

[@cigh7445]

It's not, it was part of the culture and tradition that was passed down. And it's few people that still have that tradition. Naturally enough I suppose, since we've had television and KZbin now for as long as any other English speaking country!

[@herculesv1.247]

@@cigh7445 It actually goes much deeper than being in our blood so to speak. It stimulates the brain in a very significant way. It's similar to the same sort of comfort as sitting around an open fire. It's been used as a means to entertain, educate and connect with one another for thousands and thousands of years. It's much more than just part of a particular culture, it's part of the very essence of what it is to be human

[@ThairishTimes]

@@cigh7445 i’ve lived abroad for 10years now and believe me no other nation can tell a story as good as the Irish. We have a natural knack for it

[@cigh7445]

@@ThairishTimesFair enough I'll take your word for it :). Still a trait passed down culturally though

[@vikramad36]

@@herculesv1.247 I agree with ya. Ballads, poems, couplets, etc. may be thought of as being part of oral tradition through which one generation communicates with the next. But it maybe much more primal than that. It makes us play, memorise, emote and think. It makes us human. They are found in all cultures albeit in different forms.

[@selina4586]

My father was born in macnagh maghera he borrowed a bullock from the family farm for his fare to the uk 1950s , miss his accent and those stories 😞

[@ruairi4901]

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[@tonymurray814]

Independent man despite his lowly status, be very proud!

[@klawler9028]

Is there a better nation in the world? God bless Ireland 🇮🇪

[@rmssca]

Sorry Keith. You’re confusing the past with the present. The Ireland that you think is long gone.

[@seandelap6268]

Great nation led by absolute idiots as I'd the case with the establishment in many countries the world over.

[@elephantsmemory3142]

@@seandelap6268 Hear Hear

[@MaryAnn-pd3pm]

Yes Keth. God bless Ireland. And god bless you

[@calftobeefwexfordpaul1482]

One thing is for sure and that's you'll never meet another nationality that can be more helpful,positive and welcoming but the flip side of that is if you do them wrong you'll never meet an nationality that would shun you just as quick for taking advantage of them

[@markkettle762]

Thanks for finding and posting another gem from the recent past.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

Oh wow! I haven't been to Clair county in 10 years. Went to the doolin music festival for my family reunions. God I love Ireland. Thanks for posting this.

[@patsavage1245]

I've done Doolin. Loved the place. It's like the end of the world.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

@@patsavage1245 but also like if want to be there if the world was indeed ending, if that makes any sense. So beautiful

[@ranica47]

*Clare. It's not spelt like the girl's name Claire.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

@@ranica47 *I don't Clare. I used the mic, so I didn't notice. Hence why most words on my comment are spelled the way they are.

[@MaryAnn-pd3pm]

Love Doolin

[@odonnchada9994]

God Bless Co Clare And Their Great People. From A Leinster Man. ☘🇮🇪

[@breenirwin2356]

Went there first time ever as a dub Great people

[@odonnchada9994]

@@breenirwin2356 Like The True Dubs Great People.☘🇮🇪

[@joenolan4917]

The old mans poem puts a tear to the eye.

[@jamesmcguire5606]

These are my people and I love them and the rich culture they've passed on to us.

[@charliekavanagh1217]

Wish we had those days again .Note the twenty major on the counter

[@bernadettekelly2772]

Beautiful back then ! Country and Folk.the 💕💕

[@bastogne315]

You Wong find Major or Carroll's anymore.

[@michaelobrien8420]

Yeah, really is too bad that Ireland has become 'Woke' If you disagree...you're a racist..right? 🙄 1916..decades of struggle..oh well..that's what happens when You let yourselves be brain-washed. It's really not important, if IRISH children lose their Country and culture...right? Just as long as the asylum seekers are comfy... Irish Americans tried to tell you what was going to but we're all big fat racists...right..? .oh well...look on the bright side you can always emmigrate to 'Amerikay" Oh wait...😂😂🙁 Keep those masks on Irish Sheeple...Leo has your best interests at heart..👍😂

[@johnmilligan6605]

It's easy to look back and remember the simple nice stuff but for very many people Ireland back then was a living hell thank God today we live in a more multicultural progressive society a bit closer to what the men and women not 1916 died to help create to day we have taken our place amount the nation's of the world at long last

[@michaelobrien8420]

@@johnmilligan6605 ..😂

[@docall18]

Back when old people were respected

[@PaulGappyNorris]

Yep, sad times.

[@oakwoodnymph]

So true. Many memories of growing up in clare when part of our lives was was directed to help our elderly in the community. Sadly that is now controlled by the establishment.,and not remembered and passed on by the people.

[@johnb8935]

Brilliant people then pity not many left to tell stories like that now the lady a great person

[@davemiller7633]

Oh God bless these beautiful people

[@ptpeaty]

The landlord of The Roadside Tavern in Lisdoonvarna (think he was the village postman too) used to be good with the stories and poems. I recall going there in 1974 and being bowled over by the locals drinking there who would suddenly stand up and launch into an old ballad to a hushed audience. Priceless.

[@John-ro1iv]

You can still get that in places believe it or not. Singing is just in our blood when it comes to a night out.

[@ptpeaty]

@@John-ro1iv On one occasion I was at the Roadside, I am sure there were a couple of guys from Planxty there, although it wasn’t Christie Moore.

[@deezmemes126]

When Pubs looked like your own house with pints. Now we have fecking bikes, butter churns and fishings nets swinging out of the ceilings and twee photos of Diddly Ireland everywhere.

[@mauraoconnell3962]

They often were there own homes . Ok

[@deezmemes126]

@@mauraoconnell3962 Elementary, my Dear Maura! There appears to be no excreta!

[@missadventuresmotorcycledi2773]

At the same exact time I was playing with an all girl Punk band Thd Boyscoutz based in Dublin, ☺️ I love my trad. Wonderful video. ❤️

[@cigh7445]

Back when Irish people still had some Gaelic sounds/substrate influences in their English. Only old Gaeltacht people still have that naturally now. The soundscape of the country is melding into the greater Anglosphere, even most of those who learn Irish are learning it with their English sounds instead of Gaelic ones :(

[@Fatfrogsrock]

Ireland is getting less and less Irish and more and more global and we keep getting told how great and positive this is. It is my arse.

[@cigh7445]

@@Fatfrogsrock For the record I wasn't alluding to immigration or anything like that at all. This process was well underway long before the country had any (more or less) immigrants, the process simply turbocharged from the early nineties on with the Celtic Tiger and new technology. Immigrants get socialised over time into the culture and language of the host country, and we are socialising people who come here into the part of the Anglosphere which we allowed to form long before they arrived. The English of Ireland was noticeably 'un-Gaelic' in parts (Dublin, the middle and upper classes) for probably hundreds of years, so this is not a new process but a turbocharged one, and leaning towards American influence now over British influence

[@jackgunning]

@@Fatfrogsrock Did you not watch the same video as me. Ireland looks like literally like a third world country. Of course it’s a good thing.

[@nervesinapattern7261]

@@jackgunning Rural Ireland was rustic to call it a third world country is abit of stretch. There’s no soul and sense of community like they had back then.

[@dellhell8842]

@@jackgunning That's what stood out for me as well. This was 1979, the year I started university. Yet rural Ireland looked more backward then than rural England did in 1939. Yet you have those who decry the modernisation of Ireland because ...foreigners and claim the old boys in this clip would be shocked and horrified by it. They'd be shocked by it alright, but they would soon settle in to the much better living conditions and resultant greater life expectancy. I'd love to have a time machine to send the modern naysayers back to the 1970s for a month; they would be even more shocked. With no Internet, the only regular audience they would have to listen to their bad mouthing of the country would be in the pub. The pub was always an expensive place in which to talk shite; even in this video, they are complaining about the price of drink. You needed to work physically a lot harder than today to pay for your spot on the high stool. The wouldn't be settling into the 1970s, they would be whinging to return to the modernity they claim to despise.

[@che_guevara67]

such innocence.....beautiful

[@che_guevara67]

@J T actually yes i do..i know loads of them...im from dublin but my parents are from tipperary and galway..they lived in almost unbelievable poverty yet speak of those times with fondness not to mention what my grandparents went thru..so yes..innocence..

[@finbar3660]

@J T outrageous accusations

[@zagman51]

Spent more than a few nights in Crotty’s bar in Kilrush - dear old Peggy long gone. Happy days.

[@charlesscottkelly]

Before the days of hunched people looking at phones and TVs with 24/7 football on them.

[@ruairi4901]

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[@ruffian2952]

It isn't the 24/7 football that bothers me it's the hunched people. No man ever stood straighter than my grandfather on the way to Mass.

[@bitTorrenter]

@@ruairi4901 Well you have to take your quota of refugees don't you? It's not like Brussels is going to be your mate.

[@kavalogue]

It's no better. Swapping social media for great story tellers who fueled extreme drinking sessions. Both ways to kill yourself just varying in routes. Times haven't changed. Rot away in a pub. Rot away behind a screen. All that's changed is the toys

[@terryhogan6003]

Bodyke, Sixmilebridge, Kilkishen. Such wonderful memories of summer holidays in Clare, the birthplace of my parents.

[@ruffian2952]

It's a long way from here to Clare.

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

The "Timmy Coffey's Cat" story puts me in mind of a Tom Waits/Primus song, "Tommy The Cat". Incidentally, Tom Waits would be right at home in that bar, playing & singing about The Piano havin' been Drinking.

[@SJM6791]

The gentleman at the 48 second mark is priceless!!

[@Cristinact]

Agreed!!

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

Agreed .. I love his Popeye laugh ...

[@tommorrissey5023]

Love these old films what it was like back them times the yarns the old people would be telling none of that now 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@warrenmilford1329]

I love how the older lady at 2-10, is relating how everyone is saying they're not going to drink, because of the price rise for a pint, but she knew that this wasn't going to happen.....they'd still drink, no matter what the price. Quite amusing.

[@ccahill2322]

warren milford, how are things in the outback, Warren? Funny how drawn to to real people. Either great minds think alike, or fools seldom differ. I think without being conceited, that it's the latter. But the pubs have been closed down, and the Post Offices and the little villages where real human beings used to meet, as the Judas politicians carry out their masters plan. We all have "Cuckoo" governments. Nice to run across you again, mate. Take care.

[@warrenmilford1329]

@@ccahill2322 Bullshit!! Fair dinkum,I was thinking about you this morning (about 8 hrs ago, my time). Was perusing a bit of stuff on the formation of the Australian Labor Party, (they spell labour the US way, not me spelling bad) and I remembered that, John Joseph "Joe" Cahill, that the road in Sydney is named after, and that you once mentioned, was an old Labor man, so I thought of you. Irish and Irish decent folks played a huge part in the formation of the A.L.P., which was basically started after a couple of huge, and bloody at times, sheep shearer's strikes, in the late 1800's, in the bush and outback of my home state, Queensland. I'm descended from shearers, from both sides of the family, who took part in these strikes. Anyway, I had to laugh at that old dear in the video, because that price rise thing happens here, with heaps of complaints, but no noticeable drop in booze consumption. Ha Ha. And yea, it's a real shame here to, that in a lot of bush/outback towns, P.O.'s and banks are closing, left right and centre. Strangely, the pubs in these places manage to stay open. Ha Ha. There'd be a bloody riot if they closed down. Sad to hear about the Irish village pubs. Also, maybe you are right on both counts, great minds think alike, AND, fools seldom differ. Anyway it's great to hear from you mate, I hope everything's going really good for ya'. Take care and stay well.

[@warrenmilford1329]

@@ccahill2322 P.S. My "bullshit" exclamation meant, I can't believe I'm hearing from you, it had nothing to do with your comment's content. That's used as a term of real surprise here, as well as telling some one that they're talking real bullshit at times. It's all in how you say it, which doesn't come across in print.

[@ccahill2322]

@@warrenmilford1329 , Warren, really good to hear from you too. I have many first cousins in Queensland whom I've never met. Also in Newcastle, NSW. It is not easy to speak up for " the rights of man" especially on here in these times, for you/I will be attacked by chiselers, con men and the brain dead as well as the brainwashed. One might even make the comparison to sheep but that would be unkind to the poor old sheep. Keep safe friend and stay in touch if you can. It would be nice to have a long chat some day, but not through here for the reasons I've just mentioned. I am not paranoid but as an Irish politician pointed out some years ago: "just because you're not paranoid does not mean that they're not out to get you."

[@shamrockshore6308]

@@ccahill2322 I didn't know Henry Kissinger was Irish.

[@adrianoclincho1852]

Those were the days Great channel man keep it going💚✌️

[@noelmaher4633]

79, I was on MV Irish Pine heading to China from Constanza ROM vai Suez, Djibouti..Clare Bosons mate on board, he spoke and sang exactly the same as this...

[@robertomeara3469]

Our country today will never look like this again,sad days.

[@jonmelon9792]

I used think, a long time ago, that if the price of a pint went to a pound, that I would definitely give up the drink. Aah, sure, still thinking about it...

[@andrewlyng4855]

Haha...🍻

[@coolmacatrain9434]

0:45 Memories of ages past and gone ..of horrors to horrific to dwell upon ...of times and places left untouched ....and notions to awful to dwell upon! the face

[@terencegorman4672]

Very nice watching from Australian with a Donegal hart

[@malduddy6901]

Watching from Donegal..

[@silverbullet8338]

Another great upload thanks man ✌👊

[@charlesmaximus9161]

Beautiful. I want this back, not just for Ireland but for all peoples the world over. Yes, there were miserable times and much hardship, but the loss of folkways and tradition should never be abandoned, not for anything. Traditional Catholic Ireland has become secularist liberal Ireland, a vapid shadow of what it once was, no different than any other shallow, faceless, open borders "progressivist" nightmare today. You who see this as a positive, I assure you, your children's children will curse you for it.

[@markc.6950]

JUST LOVELY!!!!

[@seankennedy5502]

If they were alive today...they would have something to say ! 😊

[@E_O_S_]

Can't beat County Clare what a beautiful place

[@cymro6537]

The ancient Celtic tradition of poetry , story telling and song has also survived in Wales - but only in the Welsh language - the difference being with Ireland is that when this was filmed in 1979 although their native language had almost disappeared ,their traditions hadn't - they'd just transferred them to English.

[@patrickbrett1552]

What a piece of history

[@sentimentaloldme]

As a Clare man this is a treasure. The reference to "Dr Bill"....is to the late Dr.Bill Loughnane a great character ..former member of Dáil Éireann and The Tulla Ceili Band..I think he's sitting next to the man reciting the poem..."Up The Banner" 🇮🇪

[@ruairi4901]

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[@sentimentaloldme]

@@ruairi4901 This is trolling...Tell that to all the Irish ..that took over parts of America & England..when there was nothing for them in this country .

[@oakwoodnymph]

@@sentimentaloldme your comment is such a sad reflection of Irish society today. If you have nothing to offer to the future of our people, then retreat to your "bubble", keep on watching the tell lie vision, and embrace your new stage in life as a enoch.

[@colmpadden318]

Lovely property people makes me proud to be Irsh 😎🇨🇮

[@shalveable]

Then use the right flag :-D

[@andrewlyng4855]

Colm this is our flag 🇮🇪 this one 🇨🇮 is the Ivory Coast flag.

[@johngill7776]

Wayne Rooney did the same mistake using the ivory coast flag when wishing a Happy at Patrick on he Twitter account.

[@colmpadden318]

@@andrewlyng4855 still irsh

[@colmpadden318]

@@johngill7776 turn your phone up side down kid 😎🇨🇮

[@Kingbeer01]

Not a mobile phone in sight Brilliant.

[@gunnerglory]

Of course a JFK plate on the mantle in that old ladies house, lol

[@bobzubb]

gave them faith and hope!

[@irishcountrygirl78]

My granny had a giant picture of him in the living room, the pope got to be in the good sitting room, where she kept the phone, when the phone rang there was a fuss to get the key to the good room so someone could answer the phone. Weird now thinking back on the old ways of the people of those times, but that was their normal.

[@ruairi4901]

*They would be shocked if they saw Ireland today* *Irish people will be a minority in Ireland by 2050* *Vote The National Party🇮🇪*

[@cogeek797]

A wonderful Catholic woman she is!

[@Abcd-hr9ot]

Wont ever see this again now that we are a suburb of brussells

[@rhymeocerous]

It's an odd and quite sad thing indeed that in an endless push for diversity from political elites in Europe, everywhere ends up seeming more or less the same. Be that Malmö, Brussels, Marseille or Dublin. The essence of a place and it's people can only be diluted so much before it loses what it was that made it distinct.

[@levitation25]

Great stuff

[@josephmurphy1509]

I thought we had color Film and Cameras by 1979??

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

This is where the very great and saintly Phil Lynott of the Thin Lizy greatests rocking band in the history of brilliant music learned some of his great skills of storytelling, it was handed down to him from long ago, it came to Phil from way back in time from blind Raftery and Phils greatest by several hundred times grandfather Oisin who was the son of Finn, My Celtic cousin Van the man Morrison was also know for pooping into old out of the way pubs along the coast to set back listen to the storied been told by the locals, Van got truckloads of inspiration and ideas from those times, in this short film Van can be seen having the time of his like listen to a story that he never heard before, look at the joy and smiles on Van's face

[@paddymurphy1238]

West Clare has a great history of music and song

[@keithdonnellan5564]

I know. Kilfenora Ceilidh band are the Co. Clare heavy metal outfit . I'm a Black Sabbath fan and 73 yo. & love both! I lived in Quilty as a young lad!

[@adrianmacgrath5814]

This is East Clare

[@nevillegriffiths4395]

when it started in the pub, I had a flashback to the wicker man

[@declanokeeffe84]

0:15, two taps in that pub and a jug of water for the whiskey. Guinness on one tap, what would have been on the other tap? Was it Harp?

[@punchthedog]

There are four taps in that shot. Two of them are Guinness. One Harp and one Smithwicks.

[@chrismcguinness7814]

Guinness lite

[@gunnerglory]

Guinness 0.0

[@MonaLisa-lu8zi]

We prefer to play the Harp 😉

[@chrismcguinness7814]

And the way sally o brien would look at you

[@michaelflynn7688]

How'd these guys memorize these stories? Pretty amazing

[@stacyblue1980]

Same as our grandparents. ...but how did our grandparents do it? miss them. They were the salt of the earth.

[@choctaw6838]

1:52 that dog ain't moving for no blow-in 😂 Fabulous video of time past.

[@patsavage1245]

Border Collie's, my fav's. If you tell them to "Stay", you could drop a feckin' bomb and they wouldn't budge.

[@choctaw6838]

@@patsavage1245 😂

[@bastogne315]

These lads n lassies had more smarts than any fecker coming out of a NUI today.

[@thet1375]

We can fight for this Ireland back. People like Varadkar and bilderberg Coveney have destroyed our beautiful country but we must not give up.

[@ruairi4901]

*Join The National Party🇮🇪* *It is the only party that will save Ireland*

[@oakwoodnymph]

@@ruairi4901 blessings to your efforts to address the situation and comments. Agree with many of the issues but with respect, the national party should realise that many nationalists are not Christian. The tri colour is not historicly a chosen elblem. Patrick the patrician is another story. Our countries history is much deeper. Unity can come with understanding. Be the water.

[@steveosullivan5262]

Mom and dad were from Ireland. This was of their time. It was a time, and everyone knew, it would soon be over. TV changed thing, long before the computer. Long distance calls from Ireland, well we were to be quite as church mice. Irish immigrants, longed for pubs like this.

[@TodayFreedom]

Walshe (pronounced “Welsh” in the west of Ireland) is a curious name. It’s actually the name Brannagh / Breathnach which was the Irish for “Briton”. It’s often mistakenly translated as meaning “Welshman” etc but that’s a myth- it stems from the fact that the Normans who brought the name to Ireland were mostly settled in Wales before they headed off to Ireland. The later English occupiers who went around translating all Irish surnames into English simply thought “Well ‘Wales’ is good enough a translation”. The irony being that the Normans who were originally given the name Breathnach by Irish locals had nothing in common with the later English colonials. So one of the most common Irish surnames was actually a nickname meaning “Brit”. But it didn’t mean then what that term means today- a Briton was a native person anywhere in that island BEFORE the Saxon invasion. Those Germanic non-Celtic groups were never called Britons. So the name Walshe referred to a Norman group who didn’t speak a word of English, and who treated the Anglo-Saxons just as badly as the English government later treated Ireland. Fascinating stuff.

[@Neo-mw1pp]

Wha?? Bollix im a Walsh and im Irish, I ain't no briton....nothing curious about it 😠 Source for this information??

[@basilemariton]

What a load of nonsense. The Normans did have lots in common with "the later English colonials", and they didn't treat "the Anglo-Saxons just as badly as the English government later treated Ireland", they treated them incomparably worse. Also the English weren't "occupiers" but fellow subjects of the same crown, whose presence was as legitimate as that of any other resident of Ireland.

[@basilemariton]

And if "Walsh" means "Celtic Briton", how is it a mistranslation, I wonder oh wise man ?

[@TodayFreedom]

@@basilemariton Because the Anglo-Saxon word for “Welsh” (Wealh / Wealas) didn’t refer to Welsh people alone at all- it was used to describe ANYONE in Britain who wasn’t Germanic. . So the name “Walshe” literally means “Briton” and does not mean “Welsh”. Try using less sarcasm next time

[@TodayFreedom]

@@basilemariton Ah...so you’re just here to tell us how wonderful Crown Rule was for Ireland! Get fked. Blocked.

[@wfl6887]

JFK on top of the fireplace.

[@chillinvillanful]

The older Irish love JFK

[@AG-fl3kl]

And St Martin de Porres

[@cuhulainsblood]

@@chillinvillanful and so dose this youngerisjh one.

[@seandelap6268]

Can you imagine them being around today and seeing all the social distancing and people wearing masks and pubs and restaurants being shut for the best part of the year they would think they walked into a parallel universe of fantasy but what seems like fantasy is alive and well in 2021.

[@25pappy]

Give it a rest....

[@davyjose1978]

@@25pappy Why? He's right.

[@25pappy]

@@davyjose1978 can you not just enjoy the video for what it is? A nice wee break from Covid talk ruined by covid talk in the comments.

[@davyjose1978]

@@25pappy Fair enough. Its hard not to be fed up with what's happening though. However, he's not wrong on what he says, but yeah, perhaps it should be said elsewhere.

[@eileenhavern77]

@@25pappy can't believe you complaining about someone talking about Covid then you talking about it more!!

[@michaelhanford8139]

Is that Van Morrison in the thumbnail (2nd from the right)? 😮☺️

[@sean864]

van morrison just randomly sitting at the bar lol.

[@shanef8728]

no fancy pints of lager or cocktails there lol!

[@seancourtney9021]

I wonder if the Interviewer is Doireann Ni Bhrian?

[@DashDrones]

I've gone very dry Joe..

[@johnmc3862]

The real deal.

[@staffy4389]

The little girl in the red coat , thought I was watching Schindlers list.. and ol St. Martin on the mantelpiece.

[@thehairysnot8069]

From what part?

[@Jesse__H]

county clare, it's in the video title

[@shanemcnamara5224]

What part of co clare?!

[@thehairysnot8069]

@@Jesse__H Clare is a big place you spaz

[@mrsinn2642]

Are you looking for an eircode?

[@thehairysnot8069]

@@mrsinn2642 your mam, Karen

[@NGE71]

Watch carefully... 0.40s guy disappears then the old guy who done away with him laughs at 0.49s that laugh!! And Van Morrison on the right was oblivious to the whole thing!

[@donjones3824]

Look at the guy sitting at the bar on the speakers left. He looks exactly like a young Van Morrison!

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Thanks Don, That is Van the man from Old Belfast town, on one of his day trips searching for the true and mistic

[@donjones3824]

@@jamesbradshaw3389 hard to believe it’s him, cos I can see a hint of a smile!

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

@@donjones3824 Stop have a small very slight doubt in your mind, that Van, if this film was another 15 minutes longer you would see Van sitting on over in the corner with guitar in hand as he sang the Streets of Arklow ,, And as we walked Through the streets of Arklow Oh the color Of the day wore on And our heads Were filled with poetry And the morning A-comin' on to dawn And as we walked Through the streets of Arklow And gay perfusion In God's green land And the gypsy's rode With their hearts on fire They say "we love to wander" "Lord, we love" "Lord, we love to roam..." And as we walked Through the streets of Arklow In a drenching beauty Rolling back 'til the day And I saw your eyes They was shining,…

[@donjones3824]

@@jamesbradshaw3389 I was being facetious. Van’ never was famous for showing any joy in his expressions!

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

@@donjones3824 Old brother Van can be quite funny when in a private company and with not cameras around, he was off his guard on this evening

[@nofollowers6964]

Give me a few beers like that and I'll recite the library of congress word for word.

[@nsummy]

Was that a photo of jfk behind that lady?

[@rorstap]

49 seconds in 😆😆😆

[@markdoherty4273]

Thought that was Van Morrison sitting there second from front!

[@aarondoodles3380]

People won't be able to tell stories or even worse won't know what a story is 😳 in 30 odd years.

[@paulkimber1754]

Is that a young Van Morrison at the bar ?

[@megantoolin2045]

Is that Van morisson sitting next to the old man ?

[@haimbenavraham1502]

Gd an Ireland I used to know.

[@haimbenavraham1502]

@for repeated and serious violations life is too comfortable for ye guys over there. But that could all change.

[@rubydawn1]

so cosy like you just want to be there

[@Semisopochnoi]

Fond memories of a trip in Clare in the early 70’ with my girlfriend. We’d got a lift on a horse-drawn wagon on the road to Lisdoonvarna! Magic. However Ireland was very poor and ruled by the Church. Very friendly with us French people. Keen to learn about the wide world. A lot of patriots, but not a hint of these stinking nationalists.

[@oakwoodnymph]

Stinking nationalists?. Take note Of your own land before asumming your understanding of this land, its people and its centuries of oppression.

[@Semisopochnoi]

@@oakwoodnymph Don’t pretend not understanding what I mean. I’m quite aware of the centuries of oppression by the British rule. France has often proved to be behind the Irish patriots and revolutionaries. Nothing to do with today’s racist and xenophobic nationalists! Ireland can be proud of Patrick Pearse as of Leo Varadkar.

[@oakwoodnymph]

@@Semisopochnoi your welcome to the ver rat. Quite sure he will play the piper in any country.

[@stephencampbell8732]

dont gee Apint like the pub on the road miss the pop inn.c/brig 🤪🤕

[@tommcconville677]

Isn't that Jimmy Connors second from right? lol

[@rp1049]

What's Van Morrison doing there ?

[@sallyfrederick-johnson8865]

The 21 dislikes must be Liberal and they want to "shut the door" on the past. If we don't remember the past and learn from it, then we are doomed to repeat it.

[@ruairi4901]

*Join The National Party🇮🇪* *It is the only party that will save Ireland*

[@ruairi4901]

*Follow The National Party on Twitter and KZbin*

[@ruairi4901]

*Irish people are set to become a minority in Ireland by 2050, due to mass immigration into the country* *Vote The National Party🇮🇪*

[@zivkovicable]

@@ruairi4901 36 million Americans claim that Irish is their primary ethnicity. Population of Ireland - 4.9 million. Per head of population, no other country has exported more humans than Ireland.. & historically not always welcomed with open arms.

[@ruairi4901]

zivkovicable *I'm sick of hearing this argument, it literally makes no sense* *Some Irish people left in the past, so Irish people that stayed in Ireland should replace themselves in our own country with millions of immigrants from the Third World*

[@kd2239]

0:48 LOL

[@davidplummer4034]

Well the price of of a pint now🙄🙄🙄

[@ranica47]

There's a guy at the bar who looks like a young Van Morrison.

[@dirtyleeds5748]

I used to know a girl Olga from Clare beautiful but I found it hard to understand her accent.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

All anyone needed to understand another person no matter where they come fore or their accent is your ears and eyes

[@wicklowtownireland2110]

Not a foreigner in sight, how I remember

[@danhealy3261]

So called " progress " abolished all this.

[@breenirwin2356]

Not for small ever increasing minority Its was a small minority that sparked the flame of Easter 16 went to clare recently Loved it from a Dub. Real Ireland is still alive in alot of peoples heart we need that spark