Traditional Irish Farm Life in Lough Cutra, Gort, Co. Galway, Ireland 1971

Joe Flanagan, Farmer, Folklorist and Raconteur from Lough Cutra, Gort in County Galway is the subject of Life-Style’s second film programme.
Joe and his older brother Patrick live without electricity, running water or toilet facilities. The programme reflects and explores some of the current changes in our way of life. For Joe and Patrick, not much has changed as they hang on to their traditional way of life.

[@mickeyh1961]

As a child growing up these two men would not have been out of the ordinary at all, I grew up in rural Ireland and saw many people like these men , it's not until I grew up and traveled that I saw people like this as uniquely Irish and a connection with our old culture and customs , honest earthly people living a simple but less complicated life , god bless them and may they rest in peace

[@MsZoedog66]

They carried their traditions to the new world, too

[@Rattlsnke]

It reminds me of the people living in Appalachia, among some other parts of the South. Happy living off the land, hoping for good weather for their crops so they are able to earn money and eat, canning goods for the winter months, shooting only what they need to feed their families who they have such close ties to, something hard to find nowadays, rarely having cellphone service and so many other things most of us are used to having, just being in a land before time. I am planning to move back there…

[@MsZoedog66]

@@Rattlsnke Wisdom indeed, if one can reach that space. I experimented once on myself seeing if I could withstand the advertising people are bombarded with in the first ten minutes of being in a particular store. I didn't even last the ten minutes. I am told by experts in psychology that it is humanly impossible to withstand these things. Wouldn't it be best if we outlawed subliminal advertising and the selling of the scraps of advertising space which result in ultimate 'cave-in'. Not picking on what you say. I agree. And I live in a rural setting free of a lot of that pernicious stuff. Lucky indeed! 🌵💗✌️

[@gburahbondo2948]

AMEN

[@lourdesbosch3074]

You always must write the name of God with a capital "G" ! . Always, my friend ! .

[@burkey548]

as a english man this is where my dad was from russmuc in galway what a brilliant and lovely man he was loved him with my heart i miss him every day he passed on 15 years ago love ya cloeman and all ways will xx

[@namesake-mx9nl]

I'm very sorry for your loss , lost my dad 2016. my dad was also from Galway , about five miles from Galway city . His family owned a small farm , but they and the farm have all gone . They worked so hard for the little they made , but i always believed that if i have any qualities at all as a man or human being , i owe him .

[@honoluluharry7664]

My sister has a nice home in Roskeeda Rosmuc...we go to Clarke's Bar...very very rural countryside...beautiful

[@SnailDark06]

Hello, I am from Mexico, I hope I do not bother with this comment and they may not respond, but if they do it would be great. I am looking for information about rural life in Galway in 1930 onwards, but I have not found much information about it, I thought it would be best to ask someone native. What I would like to know is about the names of the towns, what was the life like? What did they harvest? What animals did they raise? How was the economy and the currency? Did they speak Irish, English or both? What was fatherhood like? Religion, etc. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I also have the doubt about Connemara, I understand that it is a region, but what towns, cities and towns does it reach? (Sorry if my English is not good or understandable)

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

@@SnailDark06 Irish was and is spoken on the very west coast of Ireland, which include part of Connemara. Yes its a real place in County Galway where the religion is mainly Roman Catholic. I cant give much more information as i am from a neighbouring county in Ireland, and dont live in Galway itself.

[@SnailDark06]

@@jimbobjimjim6500 Thank you very much for answering and clarifying my question :) Don't worry, your comment has helped me.

[@MC-342]

I'm 63 and remember my grandparents living like this in rural Florida. No phones, electricity or car. I used to love spending time on their farm away from the suburbs where I lived with my parents. My parents got them hooked up to electricity and it was the talk of the farm community. They thought they were rich. And they were , in ways people could never understand. God bless them.💖

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Rich is not necessarily measured in money. I know exactly what you mean.

[@johnnybutler523]

Touch of “The grapes of wrath”

[@damianflanagan7359]

This is my uncle Joe...God rest him.. he died five years after.. Patrick the older one died at the age of 87..in 1987.. Irish was the language of the house growing up in South Galway.. This video brings back memories 🥲

[@Galwaybhoy]

I have this full episode recorded on the Sky box in my parents house (hope it's still on it) The episode was played in full back around 2012/13 when RTE were celebrating an anniversary along with many other old shows. The reason I recorded it? I happened to be at some book work while this was on and looked up at the exact time to recognise my own village where Joe happened to be bartering over cattle at some cattle show.

[@damianflanagan7359]

I saw the full episode on the RTÉ archives along with another video on Biddy Early...Wise Woman or Witch.. Joe was on that program too..

[@pmacc3557]

Brilliant

[@MrWhothefoxthat]

did you have a uncle called ray, his farther was a fisherman in Galway, he the double of Patrick, he lives' in Bolton in the uk, and god rest the boy's they did there time.

[@damianflanagan7359]

@@MrWhothefoxthat No I did not have an uncle called Ray.. There might be a connection though.. My father and his siblings grew up five miles south of Gort near the Clare border..

[@winsor68]

He's 59. My god. He looks 90. I'm supposed to be able to work until I'm 67 in today's world. I feel young suddenly seeing poor old Paddie at 59.

[@stormytempest3907]

Hello, Aye Lived Hard but Honest Lives, God Bless Them.

[@conormccormack7841]

Too much bread.

[@Katsem]

Hardly 90, but older than his years. He spent most of his life outdoors. That’ll age fair skinned people. And life is hard with none of the modern day comforts.

[@honeydate]

What a beautiful and simple life. Compared to now in compressed city life with its stresses and strain. How I wish I had lived that wholesome life!

[@rowgli]

The intro says he's 59 years old. Quite honestly he looks...a little older. Maybe the lifestyle isn't as healthy as first seems!

[@ketrianrenolsin9608]

It will be simple, but it will also be quite hard too. Pretty physical as well. It is easy to look at a portion of someone's life and see the things that could be better about it. We can all do things that can simplify our own lives though.

[@mentzerr]

absolute respect god bless men of nature of the power of mother earth

[@rebeldog8872]

I am of galic ancestry and native American, growing up on a farm we grew every thing we ate. we fished, hunted and butchered animals raised on a 150 acre farm. we were lucky to have a tractor but still milked cows and chopped weeds and wood. our main cash crop were tobacco and cotton, very labor intensive. my grandparents lived into their eighties, raised seven children and have many grand , great grand great great grandchildren who know how to work for a living. I just retired after 45 years in a factory.

[@qr8440]

Congratulations on your retirement lad, I wish you well.

[@tempestvideos9834]

Looks like some damn good bread.

[@TrueBlueEG8]

Proper men, in touch with the land and the nature, this is the way to live, self sufficient

[@taichihead42]

Not like the new Irish, soy boys, Lgbtxyz, Nigerians, Pakistani's and easthern Europeans.

[@johnduggan8398]

You are right .

[@dylan3657]

fried egg sandwich my favorite, and for a day up the bog bottle of tea in a woolen sock a cornbeef sandwich i remember it like yesterday

[@diarmaidoconnor9038]

I grew up doing just that. Tae in a whiskey bottle & off to the bog. I grew up in the Midlands & when I went to college I couldn't believe other people I met had never gone to the bog.

[@FurnitureFan]

And fraugháns for dessert 😉

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Amazing great captured video. Superb.

[@Nessevan]

Coming from The Netherlands, the accent is very hard to understand. But the fragments of conversation I can follow are fascinating to hear. What a wonderful time capsule to be a part of, albeit for only a couple of minutes. Thank you for sharing.

[@sl_721]

English was his second language. Irish was his mother tongue

[@uncleruckus4060]

I just found out my buddy Derek Doyle of ballyshannon passed RIP

[@simonsackett]

How primitive life was back then... and I was 7 when this film was made!

[@mumbles215]

I was a twinkle in me dads eyes

[@johnduggan8398]

Primitive? I guarantee you those men , who are actually men . Could , even in old age out work you boomer. Who's primitive the farmer here , or you pulling yourself off to naked women on the internet?

[@simonsackett]

@@johnduggan8398 Primitive: "very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency.". You having a bad day?

[@johnduggan8398]

@@simonsackett That word is very relative I would say . Efficiency changes with technological development especially . This was not" primitive ". Some definitions of that word really relate to anthropology , at that time was Ireland anymore "primitive" than elsewhere? Sure some places were more advanced and more industrialised but I wouldn't say we were "primitive" . And is industrialisation really such a good thing ? There are many arguments against it . I smell Jackeen Angloism and antigaelic sentiment Mr "Sackett". In your use of words to describe these hard working honest men as "primitive". Primitive behaviour is more common today than then I can assure you in many ways .

[@simonsackett]

@@johnduggan8398 You're definitely overthinking this. I said life was primitive, not the men. Primitive... basic... simple... not bad. Antigaelic? One whole side of my family is from Cork.

[@eilissmith8591]

When I was a young nurse in rural Ireland, we encountered an elderly woman complaining of abdominal pain I was helping her undress and was shocked to observe what I thought was a large growth on her back and upper abdomen, I asked-her how long she had the unusual shape on her tummy and back, “ och thats me truss, I’ve never taken it off “. The truss had embedded itself under layers of skin and accumulated dead skin.

[@gobnaitaine5103]

What's a truss?

[@seandelap6268]

This is the sort of life my grandparents/great grandparents generation would have lived and yet they just got on with it and didnt moan and complain about how hard they had it unlike those today who have really been spoiled and pampered in life they should try to go back and live the lives those men lived and then they would really understand the meaning about what a tough life really is.

[@johnj.anthonymcquade6876]

exactly sean exactly mo chara

[@davidorourke4311]

@Pecker Dúnlaing Space Dolphin Brigada I don't agree with every comment section on this video but I 100 percent agree with your s that those lads never needed antidepressants. Way less advertising 50 years ago compared with today. Maybe Advertising is causing so much of the Mental health problems of today.

[@typower9]

@@davidorourke4311 It is certainly part of it.

[@dellhell8842]

@@davidorourke4311 I agree that the more materialistic a society becomes, the more it divides into winners and losers as they perceive themselves. And those who see themselves as not winning often turn to antidepressants and addiction. Look at the opioid issues in the US. That said, there were plenty of mental health issues in Ireland back then. Unfortunately often with a binary solution, of pull yourself together or be committed to a mental hospital and all the stigma involved with that. I'll always remember driving around the grounds of St. Bridget's in Ballinasloe in the early 80s and being amazed at the size of it. Biggest building in Connaught then I reckon. The penny dropped with me that we had some major underlying issues in Irish society.

[@johanna2059]

@@dellhell8842 Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Eating Disorders, Gambling and Sexual Addictions have been around since Adam and Eve. People who have addictions to Class A drugs, which include alcoholic drink, prescription medication or street drugs, have a Disease that has been classified as such, by the World Health Organisation. The same applies to gamblers and see addicts. Addictive diseases do not recognise winners or losers, it doesn't care about social class or boundaries, it's a disease. It effects one in ten of the population. It always has and it always will and that goes for every country on earth.

[@disturbedcarrot]

Big farm for the time. Those old folks gave their bodies a fair doing. The calluses on his hand to hold the súgán like that, and he said they made 30 of them. It was hard but simple times, now it's easy but complex times.

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

Fascinating.

[@jimdyett5823]

Good video, reminds of a few old farmers I knew years ago though probably not quite as rustic as these, I thought he was going to start lifting the cows tail up and down to try to pump the milk out

[@GlobalistGazette]

Thanks for that. Excellent documentary.

[@TetraTerezi]

he was making history never once occured to him

[@JHatLpool]

A really great piece of film. Thanks for posting. Presumably, these guys speak with a heavy Galway accent. If 'yes', does the accent still exist ?

[@steve94galway]

It's very much confined to Galway country men aged 60 plus now unfortunately. Even a lot of the younger rural Galway farmers now don't quite have the same twinge to their accent. I think a lot of the accent developed when they were growing up and having a mix of Irish from the older folk being spoken at the time in the early 1900s and slowly English becoming the more dominant language in the area as they grew up until the later decades.

[@kungfooslap2983]

My best mate came over from Ireland.He and his brothers used to take the horse to school,or drive an old car…his oldest brother was 12 at the time…

[@SnailDark06]

Hello, I am from Mexico, it will probably take time to read this comment, but I am looking for information about rural life in Galway in 1930, because I want to write a novel and what better if it comes from someone native. What I'm interested in is the following: The names of the towns What was life like? Did people have their own farms or did they work for someone else? What did they plant and harvest? What animals did they raise? the economy, health, parenthood, religion etc. Any information would be good for me, I have searched the internet but it is not so complete. If you can help me I would really appreciate it. (Sorry if my English is not good or understandable.)

[@thesatisfiedcustomer4869]

Simpler times made more content people and real men.

[@ickbar]

Perfectly said. The fact he was happy to really shows we don't need a lot of the stuff we have shoved in our faces these days.

[@lindabrown0]

I would really want running water in the house. Not about to get a bucket and get it from the stream (lol).

[@NorthIce22]

You'll get whatever the men in your society will provide for you young lady.

[@crookedpaths6612]

I find I can only comprehend the end of the sentences.

[@gailday3781]

Invincible 😀☘️🍀

[@martinoneill1644]

Their happy out and still at it.

[@diarmaidobraonain]

59 and getting on!

[@Genetulsa1]

Another great upload

[@7ElevenAlphaCentauri]

Apollo 14 and 15 were on the moon while this was happening

[@seanmoore1805]

My mother is from farming family in North West Cork, Barony of Muskerry West, out in the middle of the country near to Kerry, she and her siblings sounded a little bit like the men in the video. Father was from country family too; but Westmeath, didn’t sound like them too much.

[@dennisgreene7164]

No hats on the table lads

[@cuhulainsblood]

I remember growing up in Ireland and American tourists would comment on how nice Irish people are in general. At the time I thought they were just romantizing. However fast forward a few years later and experiencing Antifa and BLM it was then I realized they were right.

[@mvl6827]

He just looks like my no-nonsense no-smiling farmer grand-dad. A lifetime of hard manual labour in harsh climates makes you like that I spose.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

God Bless Ballyvaughan ❤️

[@MiloManning05]

Some very Eerie similarities to the basques.

[@ciaranwhite2763]

He has a lovely skin fade in fairness

[@SuperCholdi]

What was the deal with the hay-twisting? I couldn't understand the guy in the first place but then the narrator started chirping on.

[@pflynn5072]

Lovely head of hair on him

[@petermcmanus4895]

The sort of life my uncle had in Summerhill in Meath.

[@Jojikiba]

Fascinating! But I can only understand about 30 or 40% because of the strong accent.

[@mumbles215]

Same as an American. But we understood 100% of the images.

[@davepowell7168]

The depth of Irish humour would have been hard to figure without subtitles in English. World Of Wonder where organic farming was carried out by such men so humanely toward their beasts . The might of ancient Rome left these people to themselves. I wonder why?

[@gailday3781]

❤️

[@PiperStart]

As happy as Larry.

[@gailday3781]

I had a fortunate life growing up 🍀 I'm very humble and greatful👍 but as I got older I was a Mick! Most of my childhood friends were not Catholic! Only the Italian community or the odd Irish culture 👍✔️

[@AnnieO100]

My Mother is Galloway.

[@jimkaspar8320]

I tried to turn on the captions but that was even more confusing

[@catalinforcos232]

any subtitles? 😁

[@VideoAssociates]

poor guy lost alot of his fingers from hard work on the farm

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

People aged much faster in those days, quite obviously. Hes only 59 and look at the muscle wastage and wrinkles already. No wonder people used to say life was short...In those days, it really was....

[@rubymorris44]

He looks 79 not 59!!

[@starcorpvncj]

59? Looka like 89. Must have been hard on the farm. And no water or bathroom? Ideal for the Irish. 'It's drier than an Irishman's towel' as they say on a dry summer's day in Australia.

[@bubbabooboo2512]

My dad told me we had familial ties to Galway and an Irish pub owner here in California told me there are a lot people with my surname there.

[@jackbo8606]

What's your sir name

[@bubbabooboo2512]

@@jackbo8606 Vaughan

[@MiloManning05]

@@bubbabooboo2512 very English surname

[@hortosoniclab3851]

No till? wow!

[@nigelhamilton815]

Father Taff would have looked after them.

[@Ma-fh9on]

Farm probably worth millions now god rest them

[@janettedavis6627]

How Ireland changed I lived there and things were very good I lived well beautiful apartment fully central heated and huge copper water tank. Now its rediculous, expensive and many made homeless Covid has created unemployment and the banks are glad to take back the houses.

[@sonicsabbath]

Amazing video, but, c'mon - black and white in 1971? Colour was more common then

[@richierich8334]

1:53 He's got a haircut that wouldn't look out of place in 2021 with this generation.

[@toddy505]

My god, 59

[@niconestra]

Was hat er gesagt?

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

You can tell by the way the dog is walking behind its owner/bossman and glancing over the fence that he did not give a dam about anyone, he was his own dog and no one was going to tell him what to do, Who said that it is a dog's life, for far too long dogs have received an unfair press and a given a bad name, I say leave the dogs along, let they get on with own business and you mind yours and then we will all get along with other just fine..

[@richardgiles2484]

And we complain about our standard of living today 🙄

[@arterial]

Sound quality is impressive, whoever filmed it on the day

[@gailday3781]

❤️

[@LarryLongtimegone]

Where do you unearth these clips, CR? They're amusing, nostalgic, captivating - and not just for the subject content, but for the wonderful detail of a world now gone. It's a long time since I've seen a man wiping a cow's arse with a hank of hay. Brings a smile to my face every time! Wherever you get them, many thanks for the work - you're a treasure!

[@Gtweet85]

He said it’s been a good life and he is a happy man, that says it all

[@damienmullan8880]

I grew up in the sixties in Antrim and from an early age we worked on the farm with my father. We had little or no money and life was really hard. I left school and got a job and later left the country. I will be going back soon Ireland is always in your heart and I have fond memories of working on the Farm.Beautiful country beautiful people.

[@nicosmind3]

Very true, Northern Ireland is beautiful with great people

[@RodneyOwl]

@@nicosmind3 what about the east, west and south?

[@John-ro1iv]

@@RodneyOwl relax will ya.

[@RodneyOwl]

@@John-ro1iv Just keepin it real John.

[@rinnin]

Best of luck Damien. Ireland’s now a horrible place since it became the 3rd richest country per person per capita. Countryside & culture all been pretty much destroyed for profit. That’s capitalism for ya. Profit at any cost while screwing people & planet

[@remaguire]

This reminds me of my Leitrim uncle, a country tailor. He didn't have electricity or running water until the 1970s. He told me once that he could run through the house in the pitch black. And it sure was pitch black in the Irish countryside at night! I also smiled at the hearth. When I first visited him in 1976 he still had it. He had wanted to put in a cooker, but my grandmother (born in 1870) wouldn't let him do it. "What would I have to look at in the night?" And speaking of Irish hearths and kitchens, my Leitrim aunt came to visit us in New York in the 1970s. Of course, we took her around to see the sights and one of those sights was a 17th century Dutch home just north of New York City. We walked into the kitchen and she immediately started walking around the kitchen naming off everything there. The docent was shocked and she just had to ask how she knew all this. "Sure, I was using most of them just last week!" The look on the docent's face was priceless. I miss those two. I can say, with no shame, that I adored them. They were salt of the earth and the examples of their lives has much to teach us "modern types".

[@leventakses1185]

Do you know the mc tearnans

[@remaguire]

@@leventakses1185 No, i don’t. Who are they?

[@theeaskey]

I am 67, I grew up like this on the north west coast .great memories.

[@MaryAnn-pd3pm]

You are blessed

[@mumbles215]

My family is from that way. Donegal. Long Live the Irish.

[@dannymcmince]

@@mumbles215 What part of Donegal Pablo?

[@zagman51]

Donegal? God’s own country. Killybegs has great memories.

[@johnnynoony1986]

I grew up in n w cavan on hard scrable mountain land, I'M now 90 yrs old ,all I remember is hard back breaking work ,was glad to get out of there I'm now retired sun drenched Arizona r

[@alecmaccnaimhin1781]

Guys like this fella absolutely fascinate me. I wish there were still fellas like him knocking around

[@Theflyingpotato]

There are a few

[@davidorourke4311]

Depends what part of Ireland your on about saying fellas like him still around (Probably more rural than average countys still have some lads like him).

[@dylandavos9645]

My grandparents were born and raised in Kinnitty, Co. Offaly. There are still people they know and their parents knew around that area/Clonaslee/Slieve Blooms that live exactly like this. Cottage houses with no TV nor mobiles. I went to visit a few with my gran a few years back, fascinating people.

[@Lily.Misty.Sun14]

There a many a fella like them, westmeath I know a few.

[@julibeswick-valentine3690]

There's plenty still here abouts in my area of West Cork.

[@eddie12454]

A simple basic life. Now we have smartphones, electricity, cars and we're still complaining.

[@patglennon9671]

They complicate things

[@DerPlusquamperfekt]

Phone bad

[@jayrollins4111]

complaining is some of the best parts of life

[@SJM6791]

I don’t care how much money or gadgets you have. A person without a purpose will always be unhappy.

[@SJM6791]

@@jayrollins4111-Lol, it’s become a sport in my house.

[@rossto862]

My ancestors were Irish farmers and I always wondered how they would have lived. This is fascinating. What a lovely man.

[@nealjohnston954]

What a beautiful channel. I was born in Belfast in 1972. This is a brilliant channel to discover. ☘👍

[@keithdonnellan5564]

Lovely memories for me! 73 now. Born in London my Aunty born in Quilty brought me up! I went to school as a 8 year old I think in County Clare, Quilty. Been there loads of times in the school holidays & I am lucky to have fond memories. I always remember going to Euston London many times to get the Irish Mail train to holyhead & then on to the Hibernia or the Cambria ships to Dun Laoire. WOW the crossings were rough! I am lucky.

[@briankelly8297]

It's great to have videos like this. The next generation won't relate to this idea of life style.

[@mumbles215]

The next generation? Ugh. The one we have now doesn’t even what restroom to use, I can’t imagine future generations. Cheers.

[@Leto_0]

Lol I bet you're baby boomers, the least responsible and most materialistic of any generation ever. The next generation is both picking up your slack and navigating a much more complicated world than you had growing up.

[@bremCZ]

@@Leto_0 Most materialistic? Boomers? You're having a laugh. The most materialistic generation is always the latest one.

[@bremCZ]

@Jay M Lol, calm down fella. I'm a Millennial with a wife kids. My parents generation as kids wanted a few things like bikes, books, dolls and footballs. As adults they wanted a house and car and the regular shit that goes inside and they kept the old stuff for decades. Every generation since has added to the list and required everything to be more advanced, whether it needs to be or not, and more modern. And of course each previous generation has generated that want, by marketing tactics. Kids have, and want more "stuff" now than ever before and they are targeted by marketing more now than ever before.

[@jupitorious7925]

@Jay M you obviously have a rare breed of children... A new phone now and then..!!!!!! Sums it up..

[@hardlines5472]

Way too much false nostalgia going on here. My family were from Lettermore in Connemara and lived the farm life. My Dad said the best thing they did was move. It was bloody awful.

[@user-ot1yt5zx9v]

My uncle Ned lived like this too in the Wicklow mountains what a story teller you would listen to him for hours he had to move down to the village of Roundwood because he was getting on I'd go and visit him he had "new technology" a light in him bedroom and running water and electricity kettle and a toilet in his whole life that's all that changed 😅 I often wonder what he would make of today 🤔💚💛🇮🇪

[@mumbles215]

I bet he wouldn’t stand for men in the ladies rooms. None of them would.

[@RoseSharon7777]

Wow he looks older than 59. Hard work on the farm ages everyone

[@handsome_jay_]

No plastic surgery out in roundstone I'd say

[@knov314]

@@handsome_jay_ 😄

[@johnhackett7155]

He may have done all the work, and the other joker took things easy, so he lived to 87.

[@Smartychase]

Everyone looked older that's why it's called the old days 🤣

[@knov314]

@@Smartychase ha, that's right!🙂 and hey, these were irishmen, very fair skinned, light hair...being in the field, in the sun takes its toll. I think they were quite handsome men myself!♥️

[@cymro6537]

59 years old ? He looked older - a hard life 😐

[@j.c4007]

a lot of work, cold, wind, rai n... Food not healthy? Perhaps alcohol ?

[@steve94galway]

I found his birth record in 1912, so its true. He also married at 23 just like he said in 1936. The men worked hard all the time in those days and the outdoor elements and lack of proper rest would have been tough on the body.

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

People aged much faster in those days.

[@frankmcnally5993]

@@jimbobjimjim6500 cap age is age

[@sl_721]

@@frankmcnally5993 hard work out in the sun all day ages you

[@uncleruckus4060]

When Ireland was Irish :-)

[@mcfcfan1870]

Very true

[@TheTW11]

Well now Ireland is the only country left in the EU whose first language is English and, with freedom of movement, 500 million people have the right to move over and there is nothing Ireland can do to stop it.... I'm not gloating btw. I think it's a tragedy. I love Ireland.

[@uncleruckus4060]

@@TheTW11 and Gibraltar ?

[@TheTW11]

@@uncleruckus4060 I don't think Gib offers the employment opportunities that Ireland does. Ireland is going to be swamped. but i take your point about the second language issue.

[@appleslover]

Not it's unrecognisably british..

[@scottrooney8954]

I could watch them boys all day long fascinating stuff RIP

[@gailday3781]

I'm humbled by these fine men❤️

[@rokhnroll]

This reminds me of my Grandad he was brought up on a farm in County Mayo.

[@iamachildofgodministry9360]

Them boys where hard as nails as we irish say God bless my irish bros in arms

[@dankdoctor6572]

yes, up the UVF

[@annviolet4727]

God bless the Irish. My Irish ancestors who made it to Australia had that "hard as nails," it gave them strength to meet the challenges they faced in this land.

[@knov314]

@@annviolet4727 My sentiments exactly, and the same for the many waves of Irish and Ulster Scots in the USA. They are a breed apart, to be sure. My great great grandmother was an Irish famine orphan. She made the crossing on her own, age 12.

[@annviolet4727]

@@knov314 Hi Katy, one of my grandmothers was just 14yrs. She came to Australia on her own as an orphaned convict.

[@knov314]

@@annviolet4727 Amazing isn't it? It's humbling to think of how much they suffered, here in NAmerica and in Australia...yet still made it through, and thrived. I've always been very proud of my ancestry. Glad you are as well, that's as it should be. Thanks for the reply!🙂

[@smeefamily54]

I was born in Carrickfergus and moved to Canada in 1954. I have never been back since but maybe someday I will get a chance. My parents told me all about my homeland. These two must have been a pair when they were younger.

[@Rhebarb]

I was so annoyed when he was explaining why they were twisting up the Hay and the narrator talks over him

[@jakenconor]

Me too. I'd have punched the narrator's lights out if I'd gotten hold of him.

[@ramloganfracic5761]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. Blessings

[@asifjavedcloud]

We come from a different country, but I have seen an identical way of living where we come from. Simple, hardy, subsistence farmers with open fires etc. Hardworking , honest and god-fearing people.

[@alastairward2774]

Lol.

[@sloughlin721]

🇮🇪✝️

[@DamianBrown]

Gives me an insight into how my grandparents lived, thanks.

[@punkrock1989]

Not everyone lived like that

[@brianmays1731]

Old before their time but they have lived and loved their lives.

[@choctaw6838]

Tough times. Though men god bless them 🙏

[@angelak497]

It's amazing how great his teeth look, probably all the fresh milk.

[@JulieAOK]

And no sugar

[@ThisisArtSoitis]

Yep, the real food diet. Westons A prices book on primitive diets around the worlds is a good read. Once sugar and processed food became abundant, children didnt get nutrient density as they grew causing narrowed faces and crooked teeth.

[@alastairward2774]

@@JulieAOK forget smart phones, a diet without sugar or highly processed foods would benefit us all so much more.

[@kilterkaos1]

I grew up on a farm in the 70s. It was 128 acres we had about 5 hogs 30 some head of cattle, two horses, about a dozen chickens. Every year we had a garden, and we raise tobacco. There was a little country store about 2 miles up the road where I had credit. Every Friday my dad would stop by the store to pay off my bill. That was the way I got paid for doing chores. I would go to the store and get a bottle of RC Cola and a bag of tater chips. And sometimes I would have Ethel make me a sandwich. “Put it on the bill”, I would say.

[@mumbles215]

Good times. Small town farm life is beautiful. I grew up in a small town (America) with just a general store and no corporations around. It was a thing of beauty....thanks for the story. Cheers.

[@southhillfarm2795]

special story. Glad these men's lives were preserved for us on film.

[@davidocallaghan6361]

Thank you for sharing these videos. Incredible pieces of history.

[@anoshya]

My wife’s father and his brother were just like this..living together for decades just the two of them in a similar dwelling...great life..very hard work..they had 100 acres which was seen as a good farm compared to most..life has changed in Ireland now..a lot less community etc

[@johnj.anthonymcquade6876]

that is because people are too interested in money nowdays and alot of foreign investment and people with no irish connection moving to our beautiful little island its ridiculous people would rather sponge off the system even when they can work than work hard and earn a decent living if there is such a thing now to hell with partition and british/eu occupation we need our 32 county irish workers republic proclaimed in 1916 at the GPO void007 Godbless your wifes father lol

[@N3rD44LiFe]

​ @John j. anthony mcquade @Brian Badonde Stop blaming the people like everyone wanted to give up this life, the powers that be have slowly whittled away and dismantled every support structure that was built up over hundreds of generations of struggle. The banks didn't ask for consent before they stole and the rich didnt take a poll to see if people wanted to live in concrete cubes, it was all done by sleight of hand. Soon enough it'll be illegal to talk about the freedoms once enjoyed by our forefathers because it will be seen as "noninclusive" and "racist". This isnt some slipping of one peoples in one country, its an intentional attack on every human being alive.

[@iamjustsaying4787]

It’s the world over. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@caleviwin]

@@johnj.anthonymcquade6876 religion and colonialism pretty much killed their culture.

[@johnj.anthonymcquade6876]

@@caleviwin listen man i've had 3 weeks to think about it and you are right religion and colonialism has destroyed many cultures but my whole point is i have no problem with people moving here but i want respect for the culture of ireland which isn't being respected were traditionally supportive of many stuggles across the world such as the palestinians and the civil rights of african americans in the usa and black english ppl in brixton and surrounding areas, you probably initionally felt i was a right winger by my comment i assure you i'm left wing just want the respect our culture deserves irish culture

[@hilltop521]

Olden days. In ireland people were more content then no TV Internet or mobile phones the man interviewing sounded like Cathal Shanahan

[@aidanhealy8274]

It was Cathal o Shannon

[@hilltop521]

@@uiscebeatha9476 ré Back in the 1960__----- 70 people weren't under pressure then now it's Mortgages property tax commute to work i phone get the kids to the creche keep the car up to date etc etc one could go and on

[@alastairward2774]

De Valera's fantasy Ireland, where everyone asked for little and obeyed the priest.