Taking a look at our 300 year old farmhouse and what the future holds for these old buildings.

This week we step back in time 300 years and look at our old farmhouse. We also take a look at some other old buildings on the farm and see what the future holds for these old buildings.

[@conniearancivia7599]

It's hard for me to imagine growing up in a house like that. I can't imagine not having running water and electricity. I feel so blessed after hearing what a hard life these people had.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

They were incredibly tough people back then Connie, not sure Id survive those times either without my home comforts.

[@123456BobJackson]

Thanks for the tour! very interesting..........your should be proud of you heritage

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Bob

[@TO-sp6do]

GREAT GREAT VIDEO LOVE stuff like this amazing thank u

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks, Glad you enjoyed it👍

[@henrymckay731]

Thanks for that Cathal interesting.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Glad you enjoyed it Henry 😎👍

[@richardpower1798]

Brilliant history lovely job Cathal👍

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Richard.👍

[@beyondnow1600]

Sorry, I'm a bit late to the comments, but this was fascinating. I loved it. The history going back at least 9000 years, but to see that the last 300 odd years is still right there, preserved in those houses is fantastic. I sincerely hope they are still there in another 300 years.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Glad you enjoyed it.👍😎

[@eamondempsey3018]

Interesting video Cathal. Nice bit of history there. I'm sure that house will be there in another couple of hundred years. It's in safe hands.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Eamon, I hope it is👍🤞

[@TO-sp6do]

Would love to hear more history of ur family and farm very cool thanks for sharing

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks, I will try and do something else history related.👍

[@stephenmurray2993]

Great bit of history

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Stephen.

[@stephenmurray2993]

@@FlyingFergyMan the fireplace is the heart of the house

[@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery]

Nice history lesson there Cathal. I think its very important to do our best to maintain and protect our history and heritage. Our own home farm is very similar, with a cottage in Great condition we still use from 1840 and older buildings from the 1600's we think..

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Alan, could not agree more, that sounds very interesting about your cottage and older buildings, make a good video..😉😉

[@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery]

@FlyingFergyMan we are re roofing the older buildings sometime in the next year, so I might do something then 👍

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Could do with some roofs sorted here as well.😁

[@patrickosullivan4021]

Very interesting video,, house is in great condition still

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Patrick. Needs a bit of work in places but not bad condition for its age.

[@user-ke8nz7if4m]

great history lesson cathal grew up in an old house similar to that and have restored a few over the years your right about the plaster keeping in the damp, what you need is a good roof and remove the plaster to let the walls breathe and try to light a fire in it on a regular basis , thanks again for the video matt.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Matt, fair bit of refurb required but maybe some day.👍

[@eugenehaveron3014]

Cathal, yer da, me and most of the family grew up in front of that fire. An acre of peats cut every yr to fuel it, that was a slog on it's own each yr lol, the farmhouse was renovated in the late 70's, the last place to have electric supplied to it in the area, great memories and thanks for showing it, ❤

[@FlyingFergyMan]

That is right, I have great memories of sitting in front of it, with great yarns and ghost stories being told. The cutting of the peat was a slog, as you say there was some serious loads came out of the moss on the back of the 35!!!

[@barrymallon9373]

Great vid today. I remember houses like that. I grue u in Tyrone. And I remember whigh watching. Brings back memories for me!!!!

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Barry, glad you enjoyed it.👍😎

[@bobpaterson1845]

Interesting look back in time on the history of the farm buildings 👌

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Bob👍

[@multipower617]

Forgot to say great to see Co Antrim history, i grew up near cullybackey but moved across the water 30 years ago

[@padraigking5185]

Good stuff

[@marcusd2380]

Didn’t expect a video like this but like other comments very interesting for sure. If ur interested there are two good day outs. 1. The old history park n Gortin which traces how folk lived in this country 1000’s of years ago go up to recent times. 2. The famine village up near ballyliffin in Donegal. This place is well worth a visit and very informative on history over this past few hundred of years.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Marcus, I am interested in history and the two places you mentioned would be right up my street, Ill check them out for sure. 👍😎

[@ciaranthompson11]

Can’t wait for the Halloween story!!

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Cheers Ciaran, Im looking forward to doing that one 👍😎

[@multipower617]

Great video, very interesting, long time since i seen a crane like that over the fireplace And the byre, i suppose the dairy was added when the pipe line went in

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks, My father says the dairy was built when the byre was built but that it then got altered when the pipeline went in. 👍

[@paulthompson8467]

Very interesting video really enjoyed it our family came to our farm in the early 1800s and we are still here

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Paul, I am glad you enjoyed the video. 👍😎

[@petergardner2334]

ideal for holiday lets homes it would make some useful income you need to use lime morter render👍👍

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Peter, would be great as holiday accommodation, take a bit of work to get it going.

[@Gearoid35]

Great content, love the history of old houses, similar to farmer Phil,

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Gearoid. 👍😎

[@williambowman7589]

Another great video Cathal keep them coming 😊

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks William.

[@MasseyDave]

Nice ole fire place and horse brasses

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Cheers Dave, like something you would see in the museum.

[@gerrywray42]

Hi Cathal, great to see you are taking care of your Co. Antrim (glens) heritage. I,ve been living in California for 20 years now and, although I've had a great life here, still miss my home in Ballymena. Your videos are a constant reminder of life in the glens with your father adding the old familiar dialect and much loved sayings. Good luck with the channel and keeping up" the auld place."

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Gerry, after 20 years in the states you can still understand the local dialect. 👍😎

[@user-pi8ic8tg6i]

Very interesting video I was surprised by the small size of the houses compared to the farm houses in Cornwall from the same period 👍🥟👍

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks, that house is typical of a rural Ireland farm house on a small farm, those with money had much bigger houses.👍😎

[@user-pi8ic8tg6i]

Sorry I didn’t mean any offence Iam just a farm worker the farms I work on are mostly big farms with lots of money! But not me !😢

[@FlyingFergyMan]

No offence taken Mark, I was referring to the big houses on large estates from 200-300 years ago.👍

[@user-pi8ic8tg6i]

👍

[@MasseyDave]

Morning 👍👍

[@casto-]

Great look round the old farmhouse. At 6”2 I’d probably have been crawling around on my knees in most of it 😆. I love the old stories and uses a building has had. an estate i contract to used to be about 2500 acres now down to about 65 acres… a Victorian owner found booze and women and lost all his money 😆. Has an old chapel apparently from the 16th century (when the original house was built)

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Casto, hes not the first man to fall foul to the ladies and liquor, very sad though to see such an estate be carved up like that.

[@emmetparker5269]

I really enjoyed your video of the history of your family farm ,cathal . It would be nice if the old house and buildings could be made into holiday homes . I know it would take a lot of money. T

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Emmet, it would be a fantastic use for them 👍

[@stephenkelly2067]

When u look at these and how people lived and modern day people now often working 80 plus hrs mega mortgages to build and maintain mega houses with often 2 people living in them bound be happy medium

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Could not agree more Stephen. 👍😎

[@philipjmcloughlin5880]

Great video nice to hear the history of the old buildings

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Philip, Glad you enjoyed it👍

[@johnprendergast3173]

Great video Cathal. We have similar sheds which could tell some stories.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks John, If only the walls could talk. 👍

[@calumanderson5617]

A very interesting video indeed, believe me these buildings will still be around compared to the new shockingly new so called house's if came across, (no pride of workmen ship these days 🙄) I could tell you so many stories in my case but too long to type, especially the haunted out house in the glens were no-one wiped their bum after taken a number 2 😅, thank you for the video, I'm off now to clean my Pendulum especially what I get called at times especially when three generations share the same birthday's soon. 🙂👍

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Calum, glad you enjoyed it. 👍 That sounds interesting, haunted house in the Glens.

[@stephennesbitt8337]

Very very interesting video 👍

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Glad you enjoyed it Stephen.👍

[@aidanquinn5498]

Thanks for sharing, grew up in a old long house like that, we had a boiler house with large open fireplace for cooking, I believe they kept adding to these houses for tax reasons so they were still one structure, ours is gone now.

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Aidan, pity its gone but thats progress I suppose. Cant keep them all 👍😎

[@greggroome2791]

👍👍🙏🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks Greg.

[@abbiejones1843]

Very interesting .why are the doors painted red ,? And painted white ,,?

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Thanks, The doors are painted red as that has been the colour for many years. The walls are whitewashed.

[@aaronringland6251]

Well did you get rid of the old car. Yet. Would be interested thanks

[@FlyingFergyMan]

It is still there, never pulled it out of the shed.

[@aaronringland6251]

@@FlyingFergyMan I'm banbridge direction. If you wanna let me know or I can give you my contact details somehow