Documentary series from the makers of 'Hands'. hands.ie/ Joe Hogan, philosophy graduate, and family - basket making and farming by the shores of Lough Nafooey on the Galway-Mayo border. Still going strong today: www.joehoganba...
That little boy toddling around with the two geese at the very beginning is probably around 41 years old now in 2019. I wonder what his life is like now? What a wonderful way to spend a childhood!
I think the video mentions that the little boy is called Daragh. I know that another of Joe's sons, Ciaran, is a basket maker too, he has instruction videos on here on RU-vid.
What brought me here was Joe Hogan being presented a lifetime achievement award by the president of Ireland this year. I'm not sure if it is the same Joe but they look similar in the face a few years removed.
For a craft person like me i really enjoyed watching this documentary,the culture,sorroundings,their way of life,the baskets on how they do it and of course the people! Magical! ✨
That toddler playing around make me remember when I was kid and visit family in country side... Im close to crying remembering it as even if today we are surrounded by all that fancy things like phones, internet and games, those old days where so... real and happy.
What a nice film. What caught my eye was that it had Lough na Fooey in the title. I have bicycled through Finny a number of times since 1983, and as recently as 2022 and 2023 with my sons. Such a remote seeming, quiet and gorgeous place. I was saddened to see that Duffys Shop and Post Office had closed, but seeing the name on the building still brought back memories of long ago. I would look forward to seeing the Hogans though, the next time i am back! Sorry to have missed them all these years.
Thank you so much for this. I was a teenager when the Hands documentaries were first shown and loved them so much so thank xyou for uploading them. I had not heard of the Patterns ones though and really hope you have more as I really enjoyed this look back into simpler times, it is almost like meditation!
As did mine at about the same time, but to the US via Virginia. The southern accent we have has been traced back to Irish immigrants along with a lot of our customs, especially the making of whiskey.
That's a very good philosophy of his at the end , do what you like as long as it doesn't affect anyone else . Many people would take note of this fellow . 👍🇬🇧
Great uploads snadhghus. I've enjoyed them so much and my mom too. The narrative is so good, so well paced to. The documentary director and wife and crew really did a fantastic job.
What a wonderful film; the paradise that is the West of Ireland, and the timelessness of basket-making. Watching this the stress of my day just fell away. Some lovely wisdom in amongst it all: 18.00 "I wouldn't ever divide my time into working time and free time...the day is long in one way and it's a wrong thing perhaps to call your work 'working' and your free time 'free time' - maybe it's better just to mix them up and see what each day will bring you...". I'm going to memorise that. This film is clearly from the 1970's, and it's interesting how some things haven't changed. A world "full of trouble and conflict" is mentioned, sadly just as it still is today. However, perhaps reassuringly, more and more people seem to be reconnecting with crafts and the pursuit of a less throw-away life - more hand-made utilities and fewer cheap items from factories. Spoon-carving, basket-weaving, green woodworking, knitting and felting - they're all on the upward curve right now in the UK. There's a real sense of smug satisfaction in weaving a storage basket for the home instead of buying a mass-produced one imported from overseas. And if you grow the willow yourself, the satisfaction is even more intense. If you enjoyed this, I suggest you search for 'Jack Hargreaves' if you don't already have his box sets on your shelf at home; it will be right up your street. And see this one also ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pa50Ag_bv6w.html
I used to be a basketmaker making all manner of shapes,sizes and uses.Our family business did the rounds of the craftfairs and gave demonstrations.It was a very enjoyable time but when a well-known swedish warehouse opened up close by work seemed to drop rapidly ,so much so that it wasn't feasible anymore .Still i still repair the odd one here and there.
I own 4 large handmade baskets. They are over 38 years old. I’ve used them every day of my life since I bought them. I would not change them for any reason. I love these baskets. I have 2wicker baskets with lids. I use them for storage and if I had my way I would own more. 😊
Delores and Joe are still in Lough Na Fooey! Joe is the most respected basket maker in Ireland and gives residential courses at his home place, I believe Delores's makes amazing brown bread for the attendees. His son Ciaran is also a basketmaker.
All this is well and good, but I remember the rage one of my sisters-who ran an organic vegetable farm with her husband-felt when it hit her that her other siblings, who had worked hard in their lives, too, as teachers, psychologist, computer/microwave communications worker, would be retiring with pensions and health insurance assured. Because, of course, they had no health insurance, no retirement benefits or anything, unless they wished to sell their farm, and they didn’t! You either answer to a clock, or you don’t, but either way, you can’t kick about what you’ll do when you get old, or if you get a chronic health issue. Everything sounds good to somebody!
The cottage and the mountain shown at 5:00 is here? www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B035'03.3%22N+9%C2%B033'55.5%22W/@53.5842462,-9.5676007,824m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d53.58425!4d-9.5654167
see these little hands on trades are unfortunately dying out, for mass consumption where they get children from china in disgraceful conditions to make these things paying them very little money or if at all and whacking them out at extortinate rates. and our national language is dying out too its coming back in the north in areas like doire and western bheal fierste and eastern and northern bheal fierste and areas in fermanagh and county armagh and tyrone as well newry but in areas like dublin its barely spoken which is a shame. I'd love irish reunification and independence from britain and the eu not for racist reasons like brexit as i believe any person is welcome here but for the freedom of the nation under a 32 county unified independent irish free workers republic where our language would be irish gaelic and we would be people led, plenty of homes free education free health care called slante care and god and people given rights to all the people of 32 county ireland, and accountable police defence forces prison service authority and government to the people where our people are united too and the national flag is flying everywhere aka the tri colour i hope and wish for that its my dream!
Patterns is a series produced for the RTE by David and Sally Shaw-Smith. Disappointingly, you have chosen to share these wonderful films here without assigning credit or asking permission of the filmmakers or RTE. By sharing these films in this way, you are depriving the filmmakers who worked extremely hard to produce these works of both their due credit, and their royalties. Evidently their continued livelihood is not something you’ve given any thought or consideration to.
Boring as hell what's to do but work ,a pray to come outa there , So a collage guy that had a free ride from his parents an then got a girl Pragnet an then became a basket maker ,much good that collage degrees did ,waist of family money ,,just like today but it's gentrification where the collage kids run out the natural people an there way of life ,for generations,but at least he trying to fit in instead of taking over ,
