Life in The Connemara Gaeltacht, Ireland 1969
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Tusicint nua ar an nGaeltacht. A look at modern life in the Connemara Gaeltacht.
For many people, the Connemara Gaeltacht is associated with summer holidays, and tourists are well catered for in villages like An Spidéal.
Teacher Pól Ó Foighil moved to Cois Fharraige from County Tipperary seven years ago and is the founder of Coláiste Lurgan, a Irish language summer school in Indreabhán. He is aware that people need to make a living twelve months of the year, and creating secure employment starts with improving basic infrastructure, such as local water schemes.
Gan usice ní féidir linn dul áith ar bith.
At Rosmuc a Gaeltarra Éireann factory employs thirty people. It is powered by electricity from the ESB Screebe turf-burning power station.
Pádraic Ó Catháin a lecturer in University College Dublin grew up in this area. He shows An Cheathrú Rua, the largest village in the Conemara Gaeltacht which has its own dance hall, bank, national school and comprehensive school.
People here make a living from many jobs, and while living standards in general have improved, he is not happy with modern house building styles which bear little resemblance to traditional Connemara cottages,
Tá na sean-nósanna imithe anois, fiú amháin na tithe.
This episode of 'Gaeltacht’ was broadcast on 13 March 1969. The commentator is Annraoi Ó Liatháin.
'Gaeltacht' was a series of programmes looking at life in the Gaeltacht in the late 1960s. Over the course of a year producer and director Colm O Laoghaire and a film crew visited eight Gaeltacht areas. These are An Rinn (Ring) in Waterford, Bhaile Bhuirne agus Cúil Aodha (Ballyvourney and Coolea) in Cork, Corca Dhuibhne (Corkaguiny) in Kerry, Conamara (Connemara) in Galway, Oileáin Árann (Aran Islands) in Galway, Iorras (Erris) in Mayo, Anagaire, An Fál Carrach, Croithlí, Gaoth Dobhair agus Rann na Feirste (Annagary, Falcarragh, Crolly, Gweedore and Rannafast) in Donegal and Ráth Chairn (Rathcairn) in Meath.
'Gaeltacht' was first broadcast on 13 February 1969.
I can tell many stories about Connemara Gaeltacht, Ireland, they were hard times, great times, sad times, brilliant and lovely normal times, During my younger days living there I collected hundreds of thousands of stories and memories that will live fresh in my mind even if I was lucky to live 10 lifetimes, There was a famous postcard produced by the great John Hinde on my dear departed Father and Mother standing in their Sunday finest clothes beside a parked car with a stone built bridge nearby on a beautiful sunny day in the wilds of Connemara way back in the 1960s
I would love it if you recorded videos telling us your stories. Too many of these memories just disappear, and a forgotten story is a sadness.
@@tziirkq That is very kind of you to say. I have been asked quite a few times to write a book of happening that I experienced during my life and stories that I have gathered. It is only very recently that I have begun to write down and store some of those stories and maybe someday in the future I will release a book of a 1,000 short stories, each will have more than a few grains of truth in them. You are correct about stories being lost forever because we did not record them when we had the chance. My dear departed father, a Connemara man with many more stories, ancient songs and poems, My brothers, sister and I would hear several different stories most days, I can not recall my father ever repeating a story. We made the great mistake of not recording my father telling some of his stories and reciting poems, they are now lost forever. I wish you all the very best
The language of the ancestors. How beautiful it sounds; it is ideal for stories; for literature; for song, and for living life. ❤
You are absolutely correct in what you say
My great grandmother was a Connemara woman. Go raibh maith agat xxx
The B&Bs were a good way for Gaeltacht people to earn a few bob from tourism until Dublin regulated it away in favour of guesthouses and hotels.
ah the good old days
The good old days, we were younger then
Working your ass off 80 hours a week just to stay poor with no hope of a better life. Sounds great
@@joesullivan-y9r sounds like now
@@shutup2751 I guess if you live in some 3rd world country it is. Not in any developed nation
@@joesullivan-y9r you seen how much housing and rent is in this country? you a FF/FG voter by any chance?
The Ghaeltecht was always regarded as a place of salvation, a place where the old thousands year old Celtic/Gaelic culture of Ireland existed and continued. Relatively free of foriegn (i.e. anglo) influence. All one would have to do is drive to.the remote western coastal regions and cross the Gaeltacht border and once you arrived at the first Irish speaking settlement, village or town, you were "home" It was a great experience.
It's nice to hear Gaelic with minimally "British" undertones...
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Are these videos okay to download and share them on a page without crediting you? Because I've seen them up on another page, not crediting this channel.
Life in The Connemara Gaeltacht, Ireland 1969 2000am 15.10.24 ah freeport. i think Uk has become a massive freeport...
like Craggy Island and This Is JInsy 😁
Back when Ireland was actually Irish .... sigh
Question: how do you pronoune "Gaelic"? Is it "gay-lick" or "gah-lick"?
Neither its Gaeilge ( gale gaa.) Gaelic is what they speak in Scotland, maybe that's why you are hearing a British accent in the back of your head.
@@rudithedog7534 Thanks. Much appreciated. 😀
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Traditional life has a petrol station and tennis? 😂