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

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

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

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.💖

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.

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 🥲

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.

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

Amazing great captured video. Superb.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Fascinating.

Thanks for that. Excellent documentary.

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…

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.)

Invincible 😀☘️🍀

Their happy out and still at it.

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

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

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.

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.

Some very Eerie similarities to the basques.

Lovely head of hair on him

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?

He has a lovely skin fade in fairness

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

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.

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

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

As happy as Larry.

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.

My Mother is Galloway.

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

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

Farm probably worth millions now god rest them

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.

Father Taff would have looked after them.

And we complain about our standard of living today 🙄

My god, 59

Sound quality is impressive, whoever filmed it on the day

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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!

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

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.

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".

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

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

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

Looks like some damn good bread.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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 🤔💚💛🇮🇪

I'm humbled by these fine men❤️

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

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.

Simpler times made more content people and real men.

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

When Ireland was Irish :-)

I could watch them boys all day long fascinating stuff RIP

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. Blessings

Tough times. Though men god bless them 🙏

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

What about the abuse of many children on these farms, eighter sent to work on these farms as cheep labour. Some that where fostered and adopted went through horrible abuse by their host's. No one to turn to , so so sad. Still makes me angry. 😔✊☘️

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

Life was harder then and yet people seemed content. Life is easier now and yet people seem malcontented. Funny ol' species.

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 ?

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

It's hard not to contrast with our current society.. My God, we drive through fast food places & get an entire meal in 2 minutes.. They had no running water, no elec, phone, tv... Purely fascinating to me

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

I want so badly to research the Irish side of my family; I was born in the US as the third generation on one side and second on the other. I have been blessed enough to visit Ireland and never met a kinder, harder working, or more thoughtful people. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I’d come home, somehow; I was even allowed to help a family cut hay and work sheep! 🤩 I grew up doing both in the U.S. How can I feel homesick for a place I’ve only been once, and for a short time?

I love this because I am Irish 👍🍀🥊🌙🇮🇪➕🌙

From America...we stand solid with the Irish!!!Just saying!!!My mother 100% Irish and My father Half Irish and Dutch...I am an Irish American!!

As I got older and well educated, I thought my culture was so strong and invisible 👍 so strong 👍🍀➕🌙

I can understand about 1 out of 7 words that he speaks. I am a native speaker of what we call "English" here in America. It is amazing to think of all of the momentous world events these men lived through as they toiled daily on their little plot of land, blissfully uninvolved in the madness of modernity.

No one is gonna comment on his amazing hair?

my mommy grew up on a farm in Ireland. I used to love hearing the stories of how they looked after the animals. I was so shocked when I studied animal care and learned how animals in factories are treated. I always try and buy local produce and meat from local farms now.

My great great grandma Mary mulryan is from Galway she gave birth to 31 children yes 31 lol

2:53 “I’ll get a hatchet and cut the whole thing off” 😂😂

Nice big Aberdeen Angus there, I grew up next to a farm that reared them , stern looking beasts

He's just 59! Life was surely much harder back then! Now a days it's a hard life if you watch netflix for a year because of the pandemic? :P

Mr Flanagan look's closer to being in his '70's, rather than the stated 59 years of age. Life and work was obviously so much harder in those days. I also love the old, all the girls in the family becoming nuns concept. From my understanding, this had been a very common scenario in Irish society, with it probably being more prevalent than in other Catholic countries. Also, boys being heavily encouraged/pressured into becoming priests or brothers as well.

The conversations over tea must have been great 👍

When Ireland was still Ireland.