Ports, Past and Present: Rosslare Harbour (2022)
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- In this film, we look at Rosslare Harbour and how the community is connected and intertwined with the ferry route that serves this Irish port town. To get to know the landscape and the history, we hear from the people in the know. We meet up with six local characters, social historian Madeleine, maritime historian Leo, scout leader Adrian, folk musician Brendan, horse rider Sabrina, and local surfer Jack. We hear of their passion for the heritage, and how their love for the place they call home is shaping the future.
Produced by Mother Goose Films and shot on location in ferry port towns of Ireland and Wales. Commissioned by Aberystwyth University as part of the Ports, Past and Present project. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Co-operation Programme.
Cynhyrchwyd gan Mother Goose Films o gwmpas porthladdoedd Iwerddon a Chymru. Comisiynwyd gan Brifysgol Aberystwyth fel rhan o brosiect Porthladdoedd, Ddoe a Heddiw. Ariannwyd gan Gronfa Datblygu Rhanbarthol.
Lovely village, worked there in 1977/78, great memories
Brilliant. Jimmy from Wexford 🤗
Thank you, Jimmy. We're really chuffed you enjoyed our little film!
We crossed from Fishguard to Rosslare and back again the same day to collect a large, fragile antique item from Wexford..It was lovely to see the coast of Ireland appear through the early Dawn.
Lots of golden gorse about, {March time} so wish we could have stayed longer ..I was afraid of being seasick on the crossing, as St George's Channel is a very rough part of the Irish Sea, but I used meds, so was thankfully ok.
1:21, the Y shaped water tower{?} is easily visible from the Sea.
Staff on the Ferry were lovely..But think a lot of locals were being replaced with 'Cheaper' overseas workers, which is wrong {They should be paid the same}
Edit: the item we bought was made in London around 1870/1880 and would have originally been packed and sent to Ireland by rail and Steamer around that date.
We talked to quite a few locals in both Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour who habitually enjoyed a day-trip to the other side of the Irish Sea and back. We feel it's such a privilege to live so close to the ferry link.
@@portspastandpresent On a lovely calm day, it would be very doable.
On a rough one, less so!
The staff {Stena Europe} said a few days before we went, that Artics were tipping over despite their lashings, and that passengers weren't enjoying the journey..But on a smooth day, much better. :)
Re the Cattle..On the small ferries of old, it must have been mercilessly rough for the poor beasts. It was bad enough for the humans on little ferries.