Letterkenny in 1975 - Donegal, Ireland. Horslips Medley. 

I remember camping at the Letterkenny Folk Festival during the summers of 73 and 74. There was a competition and I remember a very good Irish/American band called Pumpkinhead winning. Seem crazy seeing the town with so few cars. Happy memories of seeing the Horslips in Derry and at Borderland in Muff.

I was 2 years old when this was taken. I can just imagine me mammy draging me around doing the shoping. Mental that letterkenny still looked a lot like this until the early 90's.

My home town. Nice to see the two way traffic on the Port Road. While the town has grown to over 20,000 today, the structure remains the same.

Lovely video. Mark 2 Cortina,my first car.Love these videos. When cars had class.

The "Golden Grill" Letterkenny! At 0:56 and at 1:47! Many a fine night I had there in the early 1980's with a crowd from Fanad! I remember Rock Stewart! The drive back up to Portsalon was always a bit hairy! Thanks for posting... the music is a treat. This is just what I needed to see today! Fine memories.

@shyboyzzzzz Just spent 3 weeks in your beautiful country...Most of it in Letterkenny....people seemed to be very proud of their houses and yards..flowers every where. Cool place mate ...

Great footage of a bygone era :) I remember being there that year in the summer for the folk festival.

Brilliant

@DorbyDog This is just an edit I made of "Letterkenny - Portrait of an Irish Town" which is posted here on RU-vid in 4 parts.

4:36 that dart board payed for itself lol

I can almost hear Tubular Bells in this music. Mike Oldfield is from an Irish family and you can see the influence

Music by Horslips

@Paulmanorbier Notice Raineys at 0:37 back in the day when people actually gave a gift as a wedding present. Nowadays it's hard currency or gold bullion... How times have changed.

@DamianNixon Yes indeed, Horslips brought traditional music to the forefront in the 1970's. You should cover one of their acoustic pieces Damian, say, "The Best Years of My Life", Rescue me" or something off the "Aliens" album ( some great lyrical songs on that one)

Love your video Lee. I'm a student filmmaker from Dublin and I would love your permission to use some of this footage in my college project? Sadhbh

mad...... no bus stop at the oatfield

My Grandad drove those buses... 4:01

3.28 the clock outside Ulster Bank says 11.34am.

Dear Mr. McDaid, I am a film student in Colaiste Dhulaigh. I am making a documentary about a relative of mine that went to the US and vanished n the 1970s. Can I please use 15 s of your brilliant video in my documentary? George Sharpson.

3yrs b4 my birth, oulboi told me plenty of craics..since he just got out of "the hell hole of europe". im born.. 78.. yeeee boooiiii...

Those are the days when Ireland was Irish so sad what's happening.....

two way traffic

Not a mobile phone to be seen ah those were the days 1police man for the whole town

Isn't this letter Kenya?

This music Is creepy as hell!