I remember doing this at my Irish dancing class at school in 1963. Scottish dancing we put our arms in the air and pointed our toes dancing across 2 swords ⚔️ how things changed a few years later 🤣🤣 Notice how no one was over weight in those days - we were always hungry eating between meals hadn’t been invented 😂
I suppose this is a specially invited audience - very little was left to chance in those early TV broadcasts - but yes, it is incredibly striking. Looking at street shots from Ireland all the way through to about 2000 shows a very lean crowd. After that, we were straight into 'convenience' and restaurant/takeaway food as a major component of the Irish diet. And what a difference it has made to the average Irish person... a disaster in the making, I'm afraid.
You'll have a beautiful time. Just don't spend much more than 2 days in Dublin- if you go there at all. Big city with big city problems if you get my drift. Up to it's ass in homeless junkies.
Looking at those very fine happy dances I spotted several Rudolf Nureyev's and Margot Fonteyn's, their grace and athleticism is to be greatly admired, their dainty feet hardly touch the floor and I am talking about those hard-working men, No smoking and drinking large beers here, all very refined, why was I not born at the right time
@@arianrhodhyde7482 Smoking and Drinking, I am shocked, I can not believe this, Please take a look at that handsome young man in the white shirt, tie and dark trousers, that young man would never have entered through the doors of any pub or hotel bar
@@arianrhodhyde7482 not near as much drinking as today. The pioneer movement was massive, you'll still have a large cohort of "aul lads" who won't touch a drop since those days. By comparison, I can't name a peer of mine (mid thirties) who doesn't drink.
@@Chilavertish I would be surprised if there wasn't much less smoking in Ireland today than there was in the Ireland of the 1960s. As for drinking, I'd guess that people don't drink as much as they used just by pure volume of liquid consumed (do people drink 15 or 20 pints in one night anymore?) but because of a switch to stronger alcoholic beverages like wine the amount of alcohol being consumed is the same or greater. I don't drink and off the top of my head I can think of two other people in my age cohort (early 20s) who don't drink: my father, who'd be in his fifties, doesn't drink and never has. I will admit that non-drinkers are still fairly rare.
The second dance is Siege of Carrick. One of my favorite because it gets a bit wild and fast at the last swing around, you can see the couples struggling to make their sets because there is literally no time to pull it off.
@@electricrussellette For many in my generation, we would have ended up having no appreciation for music at all, if the only aural options available to us were Trad, C&W and Folk. Everybody steals in music. Rock was partially lifted from lots of places including the Blues and J.S. Bach. Off to listen to Black Dog now.
My name is fergus mccormack lovely memory I played during with noel the nicest man I have ever known rip fergus mccormack london ❤
Dancing, full heads of hair and polished shoes....Magnifique...
Very attractive people and culture.
Beautiful Dancing & music!!!!!
great footwork from some of those people
I remember doing this at my Irish dancing class at school in 1963. Scottish dancing we put our arms in the air and pointed our toes dancing across 2 swords ⚔️ how things changed a few years later 🤣🤣 Notice how no one was over weight in those days - we were always hungry eating between meals hadn’t been invented 😂
I suppose this is a specially invited audience - very little was left to chance in those early TV broadcasts - but yes, it is incredibly striking. Looking at street shots from Ireland all the way through to about 2000 shows a very lean crowd. After that, we were straight into 'convenience' and restaurant/takeaway food as a major component of the Irish diet.
And what a difference it has made to the average Irish person... a disaster in the making, I'm afraid.
So true. Not a fatty in site.
A smashing upload.
Very cool find!! Thanks for sharing this!!
So perfect.thanks 🇨🇮🎼🎖
I would like to think they are all still alive and dancing.
Woa, I did not expect to hear the presenter speak Irish all of a sudden ahahah
This video sparks so much joy!
So much like Australian bush dancing shows our Celtic roots
I am coming to live in Ireland in March or April 2022, can't wait!
You'll have a beautiful time. Just don't spend much more than 2 days in Dublin- if you go there at all. Big city with big city problems if you get my drift. Up to it's ass in homeless junkies.
Bring rain gear.
@@kennyworth007
The junkies have lost touch with their culture .
That man went on to be a Fianna Fáil adviser..
Yes Sean Duignan. He was government press secretary to the Fianna Fáil-Labour Party government between 1992 and 1995.
@@dellhell8842 my memory is still intact.. 😂😂
They all danced nicely
Looking at these old videos from 50-60 years ago the most striking change is how fat and overweight we have become.
Looking at those very fine happy dances I spotted several Rudolf Nureyev's and Margot Fonteyn's, their grace and athleticism is to be greatly admired, their dainty feet hardly touch the floor and I am talking about those hard-working men, No smoking and drinking large beers here, all very refined, why was I not born at the right time
It's a tv broadcast, not a documentary. There was plenty of smoking and drinking going on in Ireland at the time.
@@arianrhodhyde7482 Smoking and Drinking, I am shocked, I can not believe this, Please take a look at that handsome young man in the white shirt, tie and dark trousers, that young man would never have entered through the doors of any pub or hotel bar
@@jamesbradshaw3389 there are a lot of young lads in white shirts and dark trousers in that video Mr Bradshaw. It's in black and white
@@arianrhodhyde7482 not near as much drinking as today. The pioneer movement was massive, you'll still have a large cohort of "aul lads" who won't touch a drop since those days. By comparison, I can't name a peer of mine (mid thirties) who doesn't drink.
@@Chilavertish I would be surprised if there wasn't much less smoking in Ireland today than there was in the Ireland of the 1960s. As for drinking, I'd guess that people don't drink as much as they used just by pure volume of liquid consumed (do people drink 15 or 20 pints in one night anymore?) but because of a switch to stronger alcoholic beverages like wine the amount of alcohol being consumed is the same or greater. I don't drink and off the top of my head I can think of two other people in my age cohort (early 20s) who don't drink: my father, who'd be in his fifties, doesn't drink and never has. I will admit that non-drinkers are still fairly rare.
The first dance is the 4 Hand Reel. I cant remember the second dance.
the tune was Haste to the Wedding, maybe the dance was the same
Another Ceili teacher corrected me. It is the Siege of Carrick
The second dance is Siege of Carrick. One of my favorite because it gets a bit wild and fast at the last swing around, you can see the couples struggling to make their sets because there is literally no time to pull it off.
Great ceilidh band sound……
Glad I found Led Zeppelin in the early 70s.
Where would we be without the Brits......
.....stealing African-American music without acknowledgement.
@@electricrussellette For many in my generation, we would have ended up having no appreciation for music at all, if the only aural options available to us were Trad, C&W and Folk. Everybody steals in music. Rock was partially lifted from lots of places including the Blues and J.S. Bach. Off to listen to Black Dog now.
No place for the Clare Battering in that set...more resembles Scottish Dancing...
We sold our traditions, customs and culture and for what?
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