Magnificent Ireland 70 years ago 

I was five years old when my dad took me home to Ireland when this was filmed , brought up in England but my heart was always in Ireland.

I visited Achill on the 25th August 2015, although my heritage is Irish I’m English by birth. I was 55 at the time and my was...I'll come to that in a moment. It was a horrible heavy drizzly day, the sort of rain that get you wet through in seconds without you realising it. That wasn’t going to spoil our mood, I was in God's corner of the world with the most beautiful lady I have ever met, and it was a special day to cheer us up even more. We went into one of the many little potteries of the little island, and gosh what a talented person created all those amazing wares. I heard an accent I’d known all my life: "Are you over here on holiday, it’s terrible weather for an holiday." I explained indeed we were, but more than that it was our honeymoon: "Oh congratulations to you Sir, Madam you have my heartfelt commiserations'. This jovial conversation carried on for several more minutes whilst my wife chose a beautiful and now treasured piece to purchase. As he was carefully wrapping the piece he asked of our plans for the rest of the day. I told the potter that it was actually my wife’s fortieth birthday that day, something we hadn’t taken fully into account when planning the wedding hence it was her choice for the day. "Please accept this with no charge, and very happy birthday" he said handing over my wife's chosen piece. That made my wife's birthday so special. It wasn’t necessarily the potter's friendliness, or even his generosity that made it so special, but the way he did it. It wasn’t being polite to a customer, it was him being as he would be with anybody. It was because it was all so natural to him that made it special. I’ve been to many countries and my wife has been to more, but nowhere will remain in our hearts like Ireland.

Respect from Poland! Hope our European lands, values and beliefs will remain with us forever 👍God bless Ireland

Thank you so much . . . . real scenery . . .real people . . .overcoming and making the best of what they had.

I have lived 8 years in Dublin. I just realized how I connected to Ireland . God bless you brave Irish people!

Such beautiful beauty 💚🇮🇪love from New Zealand 🇳🇿💚

Most of my fathers side came from Ireland. So nice to get a glimpse of what it would have looked like for them. So beautiful and simple. We can’t go back to those times.

I was in Bunratty Folk Park, it's amazing place to go back to the past ❤️ I love Ireland 💕

Carna. Co. Galway 65 years ago. My mother rented a cottage there in 1969. It was a memorable holiday. The tide went out for miles and the tide pools were rich with all manner of creatures! The sights and sounds were not unlike these. A very traditional way of life.

Beautiful footage. Thanks so much for posting.

This is incredible footage of the west of Ireland, what a gem to stumble upon, like a trip back in time! Clare, Dublin

Delightful, thank you for this! Greetings from Oregon, USA.

Old days west of Ireland beautiful scenery in short filming. I enjoyed the shot at 8.30 second two women are cycling and riding on the donkey 65 years ago in Irish countryside. Old Ireland's fascinating story peace of mind.💂😁

Ireland is still my most favourite country.....,

You have no idea how badly this makes me want to sit down and cry because I can't hop in my TARDIS and go back there. Almost forgot, bless you, kind sir, for posting this.

You brought me HOME, If only in spirit which is always breathing in the crisp clean air of Home 🇮🇪

The Ireland of my childhood. It doesn't need the overpowering bagpipe background music.

Thanks Michael for this momento, so close to my heart: I lived there in Conemara,Recess in 1952-54 with my granny and uncle. I still have fond memories of climbing with uncle up into the Maamturk mountains, running barefooted Zelter Skelett over the moss covered slopes down to the cottage !!! Sad to see how Ireland and its folk have changed!

Great footage. My family is from Mayo, so I know these areas well. I did notice all the Scottish music!!!

The title says it all. Magnificent Ireland. My grandmothers family was born in this wonderful land, her maiden name was o`Brian and I am proud to have her blood in my veins. God bless Ireland.

Love ireland,my family come from there.Thank you for the upload

Beautiful -- I love it!

When everything was clean and pristine.

That is so beautiful that is an evidence that God exists! Thanks a lot! Marvellous video!

Michael Rogge 65 years ago I wasnt born. Thank you so much for share this valuous video!

Thank YOU!! Brings back memories!!

Nice ..I Grew Up With Most Of This Stuff Here In Donegal from 1950....But There Were Many Sad Days Too...With Poverty .Stigma..Church Ruling School Punishments ETC ETC..They Was Nothing Magnificent About It A Lot Of The Time...Times Are Much Better Now..We Are No Longer The Irish To Laugh About ...TG...

Shows the "Impermanence of all things" we really are just passing through this life...

Wish we stayed that way😞😞

Fantastic thankyou for this lovely vidio with lovely memories of my family from achill

It's a long time ago since this film was shot, but it was beautiful. Winifred Thompson. Lisburn. Northern Ireland.

Even wear suits for fishing in them days...!! Thankyou the beauty and scenery was stunning looked a calm day ...❤️

Simpler day ! And time's !!! 🍀

Love you Ireland

lovely old pics of our area of Connemara

I LOVE THIS !! WHAT BEAUTY THANK YOU.

Its super lovely!

Fantastic footage, thank you so much for sharing this with us on RU-vid. I intend to check out you other videos. All the best from Derry, Chris

Lovely wee film, regards the music i just turn sound of, but any way people love to morn about something, i dont care where the music comes from, still adds to the film i am glad i can sit in my home and watch a film from 65 years ago, wonderful we can do that these days, thank you so much for the share.

What a gem that was

I wish ireland was like that when i am growing my dad was some lucky man

I feel like crying !!!!!

Michael, Thank you so much for posting this video. This video will forever give my Grandchildren what the West was like when their Great-Great- Grandparents left IRE in 1898 and 1903. A true gift to us all. (Sorry I mentioned the Pipes in an earlier message.... that was totally stupid on my part)

Different world from now ,thanks Michael.

Thanks for sharing another great vid.

My Father and mother always dressed up to go away anywhere. Dad wore a ‘sport’ coat, tie and a dress hat ( Fedora ) any time he went shopping. Mother wore dresses and a hat or scarf in public ( this was in Michigan, U.S.A. 1950’s and early 1960’s ).

lovely ireland great country loved all over the WORLD

From that hardship comes beauty and revelation : I remember the bog road...rough, unpaved with rocks , ruts and rivulets climbing through the pines and then the mountain gorse and heather. Wind hurrying the white clouds into azure sky blue. We passed the remnants of an old stone hut buried deep in ivy. “Don’t go there.” It’s cursed, a relic of the famine. Until we came to our own little plot of bog, my father there since sunrise. Thin as a stick he was, white sleeves rolled up, his big workman’s hands cutting out the squares. Two-sided spade, he pressed it down, raised up the ancient life, heavy with water. Back-breaking work. No horse nor mule nor donkey, but boy and dad and sisters Helen, Joan and Mary. The turf was saved high and dry for winter’s kitchen fire, warm and cozy, And memories too, to last a lifetime.

In 1978 I visited relatives in Bantry in West Cork, at a time they were still trading horses on the village green. It retained a few traces of an older period quickly disappearing even then. I prefer my memories of that visit and will probably never go again. Sometimes its better that way.

I love Ireland I visit 3 time. My Mother from County Cork and my Father from Kildare!

Ahh, good old Ireland.

Connemara is so beautiful.

Nephin beg mountain in the background :) I live in Newport!!

Thank you for sharing Mic!

Beautiful

What happened to old ireland and what state will it be in for future generations.we have lost our culture, identity, morality and faith.we have lost our nationhood.slaves to the empire and now slaves to globalism.very sad.

I love their fishing outfits, very classy!! This was really enjoyable....I hope to return to Ireland one day.

oh for a return to those glorious days! lost and gone forever!

Really enjoyed this clip! On reflection: 1954, nine years after the second world war, and about 32 years after the South claimed independence,and the North being held on to by the British settlers. My one and only connection are friends who had immigrated to the South in th elate 70s and mid 80s, where upon visiting them , and contrary to all that was said about the Irish, back here in England, I found the most hospitable people imaginable, who had no problem either talking about their politics or religion. Salt of the Earth folk as ever I had come to meet ! It was an amazing experience in cultural differences that only the Highland and Hebridian Scots showed in all my travel across the UK. That is not to say there were no unpleasent folk but, personally I never came across anyone who was not freindly and very helpful during my visits. Even the postman knocked on the door to introduce himself,though he had no mail to deliver, as diid a son of a local farmer who came to the cottage to offer his and his family's help if it were needed. And this I consistantly found to be the way. No class issues,just considerate human beings willing to offer a helping hand,or a bit of turf. And a fight if you wanted one too ! But try and cheat them and they will wreak revenge in the cleverest ways imaginable, as I came to learn when someone I knew who immigrated to Cork, disputed ownership of land seperating his newly bought property to his neighbour's. Now it has to be said,the 'Blow in' friend of mine had, prior to his move ,done an insurance scham back in England on some very valuable antique furniture,which was reportedly destoyed in a fire, The furniture in question was moved out under darkness, before the fire happened and was shipped to Ireland,where it was then stored in a barn on the newly bought property. A nice little money maker so my friend thought, being he recieved a payout of thousdands of pounds from the insurance company back in England. As far as I was aware,this was unknown to his irish neighbour, when the dispute got to a level and intransigence of my 'Blow in' public school educated friend , when he found the said barn burnt down one day on his return from a business trip. And along with it, all the Antique furniture ! The irony of this was that my friend found himself in a position that he could not have dreamed of, and was unable to make any complaint for fear of being found out about the insurance scham. Shortly after the fire he accepted the boundry line that he had so 'hotly' disputed over. And from there on he and his neighbour got on with life and no more disputes arose between them.

It so beautiful god bless Ireland always

Thank you señor Michael , so nice

That was lovely, thank you!

Thanks for sharing, Michael! This takes me back to a bygone time I can barely remember. (Don't worry about the music ;-))

Finally we hear some Irish music love it...

JV 6400 , 1937 Riley Big 4 Kestrel saloon , petrol . Was in an auction in 2006 in the UK , so still motoring =) Love it , thanks , shared with friends

très beau film !!! nice pics

Love the sound of Irish bagpipes, or was that Scottish bagpipes, oh well. Those Irish mountains are so very tall and magnificent. I did not know mountains were as high as those over in Scotland. Love those Irish streams full of wonderful tasting trout. Good to see that Scottish black-face sheep being imported and bred in Ireland back then

Thank you for sharing this Absolutely beautiful video and the awesome music excellent performance and this so beautiful Scottish pipe tune and video about Ireland.love it. My dear friend Michael Have a beautiful Wednesday Warm hugs from my heart and much ԼƠƔЄ from Huggie

Those poor beautiful donkeys though being made to work so hard

Just Brilliant !!!

Music was fine..Amazing Grace, played by bagpipe, is like no other!!! Thanks!

Awesome! Only happened upon as I found a property I’m interested in. Excellent to see this thanks 🙏

The music was from "Gaelic Airs, Hornpipes and Jigs" by Ian McGregor & Scottish Pipe Band (according to Shazam).

That's the year I was born. People at that time were as happy or as unhappy as they are now. They had no high expectations of life. Hard manual work for both men and women was the order of the day. Chlldren had to work like adults. Only primary education for 90% of the populace. Second level was for the privileged and those who won scholarships. I got the tail-end of this way of life as Ireland was beginning to modernize from the sixties onwards. Electricity was the big leveller. I saw my first televison in 1960 in sombody elses house. Within a few more years nearly every house had one. Most houses had Wet or Dry battery radios for decades before that. I find the video nostalgic and sad that my Ireland is gone forver as neeeds must I suppose. Progress is progress whether we like it or not. The person doing the film was a lover of our scenery.

Nice video. My family is from The Neale in Ballinrobe, County Mayo.

How beautiful

Beautiful love Ireland

Lovely video. Thanks, Michael. All the Best from Galway: Renzo *

Lovely! It reminds me of my childhoods holidays here when we came to see my grandparents,great times, so free! The bit at 1:23 made me chuckle- Bridie and Mary are having an oul' chat and Johnny's there thinking "Would the two of ye ever stop gassin'? I'm dyin' for a pint!"LOLOL!

Nice Old Footage.

Newport mayo is at the start of the clip the black oak river he is fishing in

In that era Ireland was the poorest nation in the “rich” part of Europe

Brilliant!

God's graced land☘️

Doesn't look like much has changed in 60 years, rural Ireland will always look the same.

Powerful , life looks so much easer. What have we done to the world and are country.

I am a student in Ireland, love this country very much.

Fabulous, no processed food or mobiles, little traffic. Much simpler times..and they managed

4:44 is st.johns church in Ballinasloe, Co.Galway.

About that music... hahaha. Thanks for sharing nevertheless. I'm more than happy to point you in the correct direction of some Irish Music. ;) Beautiful footage.

Ireland was a relatively poorer country both in absolute terms and compared to its Western European neighbors and a quasi theocracy . Ireland has evolved a lot since the 1990s would want to visit one day

At 4:39 are these Travellers? I'm a Traveller myself and the time this was recorded my family didn't have wagons because they were to poor only hand made tents

The car in the video is a 1937 Riley Kestrel, amazingly it has survived and been restored. Google JV6400 for images.

Beautiful woow

Beautiful. Go raibh mile maith agat. Mary Quinn

Thanks for Sharing........

it is still magnificent lets try our best to keep it so

I'd love to hop in a time machine and just go back there! Probably only 2pence a pint! Haha

I think the car is a 1938 Riley Kestrel 16 HP.

Homeland to many !!!!! 🍀