what's so funny? if you're Irish and laughing at pommie currency, he's old enough to have used shillings, both british and free state shillings. in fact, when this was filmed the shilling was still used if you are yank, then that explains it@@papermachevolcano
That last scene was brilliant. And now we see why he hasn’t gone hungry. Shoot, I’d have given him money as soon as I slowed laughing long enough to reach into my pocket.
I once made a fiddle from a turtle shell, but it did not play loudly enough to be of use. I made a cigar box guitar (4 strings) about twenty years ago that plays just fine. After I retired, I started making fretless gourd banjos as a hobby. I made and sold over 200 of them over the last 10 years. When you're busking, a home made instrument always draws a bigger crowd. It was grand to see an older gentleman doing this while I was still in high school. I hope the tradition never dies.
Well, I’d say that’s true. I bought a kalimba made from a coconut at a farmers market a couple years ago, from the maker himself, and I’ve loved it from the first moment I saw it
Do you know how many people those days did that? There are still inventive people today. But on the other side, yeah, as as example, today people prefer to buy, say, a new sock rather than sewing a torn one.
@@DaviSilva-oc7ivMan im 42 and i get angry when some guy starts the "in the past everything was better" speech. Even today there are many amazing artists. What happens with this thing called "The Internet" is that anyone can be a composer and show their creations to millions around the world. On the other hand we are flooded with more content so it numbs our perceptions.. and of course when we get older nothing feels new.. like newness in the life of a 17 year old person Cheers.
Yep people still do that now but not to that degree, they have these really poor made knockoffs the cheapest being found on the internet that do the job for a crappy __ that breaks in a few, weeks, months, years, due to not being able to be handled well, or so on.
I'll be honest I didn't understand a single word he said after 1:22 but he seemed passionate Edit: for those too lazy to read the replies: he said that his old violin broke but he couldn't afford a new one so he made the one in the vid out of an orange box & he was offered a lot of money for it but he wouldn't sell it
He couldn't afford a violin, so he made one out of an orange box. He was offered lots of money to sell it, but wouldn't part with it. The joke at the end was that he said anyone could play that violin, even the interviewer. 🤣
In my view, as a Belgian, the Irish are very musical. An interview like this is a rarity in today's media. The interviewer treated the interviewee with all respect and even with a touch of humor The old man's smile was priceless. What a contrast to the interviews you see today.
@@seronymus I am Flemish. As for that supercomputer, I don't know if such a thing exists. However, it wouldn't surprise me, because I can hardly set foot outside, or there is a camera or license place scanner somewhere. LOL.
Ja dat is waar, ik wist altijd al dat Ierse mensen heel erg muzikaal zijn van zichzelf. Ken je etude no.6 (of ook wel Last rose of summer genoemd) van Ernst? Wel, de melodie van dat stuk komt uit een Ierse volkslied. Dus ja ik wist altijd al dat het zo is. Daarom houd ik zoveel van Ierland, hele lieve mensen en mooie cultuur 🇮🇪💚🤍🧡
@@Jabafish Inderdaad, een fantastische melancholische melodie, die me tranen in de ogen bezorgt. Dat er een harp op de Ierse euromunten staat is heel terecht. Indeed, a fantastic melancholic melody that brings tears to my eyes. It is quite right that there is a harp on Irish euro coins.
I love this old school people with their honest facest, usually minding their own buiseness....And suddenly they start to play and leave you stunned....!
@@srnunan4783 somewhat archaic word that in this context just means in multiple pieces. You'll often see it in fantasy settings: "With one swing of his mighty broadsword, the orc was rent asunder" meaning the orc was cut in half and is now in two or more separate pieces
My Dad brought his accordian over from Galway many yrs ago when he was 19. He hooked up with another Irishman, fiddle player named Larry O' Keefe and they played on Long Island at many Irish dances in the 50'-60's Neither one read music but boy they could play! I taught myself guitar as I grew but couldn't keep up them on the jigs and reels. They left me in their dust. Miss em both but the music will not be forgotten.
I had a granduncle that was a fiddler, used to play in The Black Shop pub in Castlecove, Caherdaniel in Kerry years ago. He was an old man when I was a kid and I'm nearly 50 now.
Once again a video that is utterly beautiful ,and somebody has gave this masterpiece a thumbs down .......what in the name of the wee man would make someone do something like that ......a non musician obviously and I wonder what else is going on in his mind .....we will never know ......
@@conmcgrath7502 Because of you, I've just learned the meaning of "pax vobis", for which my sincere thanks. A term, it seems, as wonderful as the gentlemen in this video and as beautifully crafted as their instruments. And also with you, dear Sir... :-)
@@ankavoskuilen1725 thanks for your input , but unfortunately these people are everywhere ,and obviously don’t have a musical note in their tiny little minds .......thank you ...I’ve settled DOON noo
Fantastic. Love the boys in the background watching the proceedings. That homemade violin sounded as good as either of the other two. 👍❤ What an amazing slice of history.
What a brilliant clip. I can just imagine the old fella responding to being asked "can anyone play the violin?" by saying "Certainly, even a big ejiit such as yourself".
When I was a kid in the 70's Pat the man across the road had some fellows round for new year one was Pat Maguire and another was Joe Burk. What a fantastic evening we all had. Brilliant!
OOoooh Ireland's folk I love you so damn much for this easy-fun way you've got in music. This auld grandpa is just so perfectly funny and sweet ! Love from Bretagne !
It happens ALL the time. It's absolutely insane how thousands and thousands of talented musicians live in total obscurity, and people mostly listen to catchy pop nonsense.
Growing up in Wales, my grandfather was a coal miner who played the fiddle for the people in our village. He was a hero to the kids there and the parents would beg him to teach their kids how to play the fiddle. Fiddlers are the aristocrats of the working-class. If you were a tradesman or a miner who could play the fiddle, you were respected and loved, just like my grandfather.
The interviewer later did sports presentation. Bill o Herlihy is his name , he passed away a few years ago and he was very much loved by the viewers . Some of the finest fiddle players though are in Co. Clare. I say that as a Corkonian , but I got to hand it to the musicians in Clare.
@@punkrock1989 I care. Bill O'Herlihy anchored RTÉ sports broadcasts for many decades. He was the presenter for 10 FIFA World Cups and 10 Summer Olympics. Legendary broadcaster and much missed. So yes, I care.
Can "anyone " play the fiddle in Ireland? !!! These guys are amazing, I bet they were playing as soon as they talked and walked, 1966, seems like another age, a year before I left home in Rathfarnham ( Dodder Road!)
I don’t know if this has been processed with some kind of noise reduction or what, but as a sound engineer I’ve now been surprised by multiple old vids from Ireland, some older than this, where the audio quality was certainly better than say a recording in America at in the same period.
all jokes aside, it just depends on what tape it was stored on. Most recordings on here are home recordings on tapes that have been re-recorded as often as security tapes. I'm sure, if you'd rip all the original broadcasters tapes you'd have 50% passable, 40% good and 10% very good quality.
My family is from the southern United States where the cultural music of my ancestors is country music. We have a mix of African and European music, and I can hear it a lot in the early country music recordings
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I've seen lots of talented people play the fiddle with the bow, but I've never seen someone play the bow with a fiddle. I love it.
Cf. 2 Samuel 1:18
Why are you a communist
Your man at the end was class.
@@seronymus Where did you get the artwork for your pc from. if I may ask.
@@seronymusbecause yes
That ending was totally unexpected! I bet the old fella made a few shillings, in the pub, betting that “anyone can play the violin”!
Won himself some pints more like haha
That was such a Chad move.
Today ppl be like everyone can play minecraft
what's so funny? if you're Irish and laughing at pommie currency, he's old enough to have used shillings, both british and free state shillings. in fact, when this was filmed the shilling was still used
if you are yank, then that explains it@@papermachevolcano
Can we just appreciate this guy played a violin/fiddle like a BOW with Irish Washerwoman I’m actually blown away
@@ruairi4901 fuck your National Party. Vote to make Connolly proud
@@ruairi4901 so sad bro they’re my damn ancestors it’s my forefathers homeland...
@@ruairi4901 word, I will, thank you. Hope Ireland stays Irish...
Can we just try original comments that don't start with "can we all", "can we just", etc?
Can we stop all that political bullshit ?!? Yes, we can!
Made it out of a bit of an orange box...omg..these men are fabulous
My grandfather was 100% Irish but born in America in 1900. I have his father's violin and a doll's house he made out of orange crates.
@@mollytrudeau4189 My bedside table is made out of orange crates. They sure don't make 'em like they used to.
@@ruairi4901 bro isn't your party run by an alcoholic groomer
That last scene was brilliant. And now we see why he hasn’t gone hungry. Shoot, I’d have given him money as soon as I slowed laughing long enough to reach into my pocket.
I once made a fiddle from a turtle shell, but it did not play loudly enough to be of use. I made a cigar box guitar (4 strings) about twenty years ago that plays just fine. After I retired, I started making fretless gourd banjos as a hobby. I made and sold over 200 of them over the last 10 years. When you're busking, a home made instrument always draws a bigger crowd.
It was grand to see an older gentleman doing this while I was still in high school. I hope the tradition never dies.
Well, I’d say that’s true. I bought a kalimba made from a coconut at a farmers market a couple years ago, from the maker himself, and I’ve loved it from the first moment I saw it
John! I'd be very interested in buying one of your banjos. Could you get me your email or contact me at mine? It's tylerex11@gmail.com
I once made a drum kit using three buckets
do you have a website id love to see your work
hope you’re doing well my good man :)
Omg that was just class. It really brings home the hard life back then...if you couldn’t afford it you improvised
Round of applause for him - improvising and making his own violin. People now are so stupid with technology they'd never have his initiative.
Do you know how many people those days did that? There are still inventive people today. But on the other side, yeah, as as example, today people prefer to buy, say, a new sock rather than sewing a torn one.
Hard or easier life? today if you can't afford you complain about the bad luck... Then people use their time and abilities to get through anyway
@@DaviSilva-oc7ivMan im 42 and i get angry when some guy starts the "in the past everything was better" speech. Even today there are many amazing artists. What happens with this thing called "The Internet" is that anyone can be a composer and show their creations to millions around the world. On the other hand we are flooded with more content so it numbs our perceptions.. and of course when we get older nothing feels new.. like newness in the life of a 17 year old person
Cheers.
Yep people still do that now but not to that degree, they have these really poor made knockoffs the cheapest being found on the internet that do the job for a crappy __ that breaks in a few, weeks, months, years, due to not being able to be handled well, or so on.
I'll be honest I didn't understand a single word he said after 1:22 but he seemed passionate
Edit: for those too lazy to read the replies: he said that his old violin broke but he couldn't afford a new one so he made the one in the vid out of an orange box & he was offered a lot of money for it but he wouldn't sell it
Same, I came to the comments hoping for a translation!
Basically his old violin fell apart and he couldn’t buy another so he got a few bits and pieces together and created the violin he has there
@@rachelrose9741 thank you for the translation
He couldn't afford a violin, so he made one out of an orange box. He was offered lots of money to sell it, but wouldn't part with it. The joke at the end was that he said anyone could play that violin, even the interviewer. 🤣
I actually thought he said lunch box at first, but knew that couldn't be right.
In my view, as a Belgian, the Irish are very musical.
An interview like this is a rarity in today's media.
The interviewer treated the interviewee with all respect and even with a touch of humor
The old man's smile was priceless.
What a contrast to the interviews you see today.
Are you Flemish or Walloon if I may ask? By the way do you know "the Beast" supercomputer is in Brussels?
@@seronymus
I am Flemish.
As for that supercomputer, I don't know if such a thing exists.
However, it wouldn't surprise me, because I can hardly set foot outside, or there is a camera or license place scanner somewhere. LOL.
Not only in your view also in my view, makes us two Belgians 🤣
Ja dat is waar, ik wist altijd al dat Ierse mensen heel erg muzikaal zijn van zichzelf. Ken je etude no.6 (of ook wel Last rose of summer genoemd) van Ernst? Wel, de melodie van dat stuk komt uit een Ierse volkslied. Dus ja ik wist altijd al dat het zo is. Daarom houd ik zoveel van Ierland, hele lieve mensen en mooie cultuur 🇮🇪💚🤍🧡
@@Jabafish
Inderdaad, een fantastische melancholische melodie, die me tranen in de ogen bezorgt.
Dat er een harp op de Ierse euromunten staat is heel terecht.
Indeed, a fantastic melancholic melody that brings tears to my eyes.
It is quite right that there is a harp on Irish euro coins.
Someone needs to send this to TwoSetViolin
Ling Ling challenge for sure
@@LouisBertrandTech you guys need to stfu for real
When ever there is a violin video - the twoset fans are already there
Aye, ling ling wannabe!
When you practice 40 pints a day
I love this old school people with their honest facest, usually minding their own buiseness....And suddenly they start to play and leave you stunned....!
Wonderful videos what would they think of our lives today ???
@@janeday9148 robots, sold to corporations. But now I'm free and i have eternal life thanks to Jesus.
"The violin I had fell asunder"... Thank God for Orange-box makers..
I'm American, but I have one my great-grandfather made from a cigar box during the war. Very resourceful people
What does fell asunder mean and where does this word asunder come from?
@@srnunan4783 somewhat archaic word that in this context just means in multiple pieces. You'll often see it in fantasy settings: "With one swing of his mighty broadsword, the orc was rent asunder" meaning the orc was cut in half and is now in two or more separate pieces
The Swedish "gå sönder" means "go to pieces". asunder and sönder are nearly related. And also related to the German word "sondern".
@@srnunan4783 The word is used in a famous Irish song called, "The Minstrel Boy". It's on UA-cam, sung by Tommy Makem!
That ending was absolutely unexpected and incredible.
Smart talented creative people.
My Dad brought his accordian over from Galway many yrs ago when he was 19. He hooked up with another Irishman, fiddle player named Larry O' Keefe and they played on Long Island at many Irish dances in the 50'-60's
Neither one read music but boy they could play! I taught myself guitar as I grew but couldn't keep up them on the jigs and reels. They left me in their dust. Miss em both but the music will not be forgotten.
I want to learn accordian, but it looks so difficult, and there are so many different types
That last scene made me laugh out loud 😂
Good stuff.
Same here.
he play irish washerwoman tune
@@JustFiddler it sounded like it, and then it didn’t, and then it did 😆
@@kimchi2911 we did it 🤠
I love to see auld Irish fellas playing the fiddle. makes me proud to be an Irish man and a fiddler myself.
*Yeah, great Fiddle and Violin playing here*
Can you play Be Thou My Vision? It's a classic ultimately from a writing by St. Dallan from the 500s AD
@@ruairi4901 and even more than that, the Irish people must return to Orthodoxy and lvoe their native Saints! ☦ 🇮🇪
@@ruairi4901 here’s hoping we can keep our beautiful island as traditional as possible. God save Ireland 🇮🇪
@@seronymus When was Ireland Orthodox...??
I had a granduncle that was a fiddler, used to play in The Black Shop pub in Castlecove, Caherdaniel in Kerry years ago. He was an old man when I was a kid and I'm nearly 50 now.
We are Irish people its hard 2 sit still listening to this proper toe tapper
😄
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone ... it’s with O’Leary in the grave 😔😥🇮🇪☘️
@@bouncer2005 September 13! The poem's actually going to be on a new album, sung by John Doyle :)) yeatsinsong.com/
@@ruairi4901 Blaming foreigners will not help. You will need to address the increasingly anti-family culture we have today.
He’s doing very well for a man of 37 years - but it’s been a hard life.
That made me laugh. 😉
37 my arse. He only had his first legal drink the week before.
Once again a video that is utterly beautiful ,and somebody has gave this masterpiece a thumbs down .......what in the name of the wee man would make someone do something like that ......a non musician obviously and I wonder what else is going on in his mind .....we will never know ......
Well, two now apparently. Not me, I hasten to add! Glad I don't know what's going on in their minds.
Pax vobis.
@@conmcgrath7502 Because of you, I've just learned the meaning of "pax vobis", for which my sincere thanks. A term, it seems, as wonderful as the gentlemen in this video and as beautifully crafted as their instruments. And also with you, dear Sir... :-)
Never mind the thumbs down. Don't let it bother you. They will always be there.
@@ankavoskuilen1725 thanks for your input , but unfortunately these people are everywhere ,and obviously don’t have a musical note in their tiny little minds .......thank you ...I’ve settled DOON noo
@@LittleNoiseBoy Many thanks!
OMG he can play the song by having the guy hold the bow and just moving the violin!! Wowee.
It sounds kinda horrible though.
@@riva9111 They are SELF TAUGHT and they were too poor to make a violin so they MADE IT THEMSELVES bro
If this video doesn't lighten your mood, you've got some serious problems!
What a gem!
Everything is subjective, you might think it's amazing and somebody else might not so get over yourself.
@@punkrock1989 You get over yourself, bud...
Priceless
Fantastic. Love the boys in the background watching the proceedings. That homemade violin sounded as good as either of the other two. 👍❤ What an amazing slice of history.
That orange box violin may be the best thing I've seen today.
One of those moments at the end where the interviewer had no idea what was about to happen! hahah
What a brilliant clip. I can just imagine the old fella responding to being asked "can anyone play the violin?" by saying "Certainly, even a big ejiit such as yourself".
Extraordinary. What a nice man.
Bloody fabulous, and brilliant men of Cork in the 60’s
Yes and a young Bill O'Herlihy..great upload.
@@tomgreene2282 Holy shit! I was there wondering why he was so familiar.
@@envueltoenplastico Okey dokey!
*They would be shocked if he saw Ireland today*
*Irish people will be a minority in Ireland by 2050*
*Vote The National Party🇮🇪*
Great archival film, a treasure.
Who would dislike these sweet sounds? Pray for them.
Tan's.
I reserve the right to dislike a few of them ty but twas a pretty sweet clip still.
Damn, would love to see these guys play in person!
When I was a kid in the 70's Pat the man across the road had some fellows round for new year one was Pat Maguire and another was Joe Burk. What a fantastic evening we all had. Brilliant!
That was awesome, thanks man !
OOoooh Ireland's folk I love you so damn much for this easy-fun way you've got in music. This auld grandpa is just so perfectly funny and sweet !
Love from Bretagne !
So much talent and so little exposure. Imagine how often this happens throughout the world
It happens ALL the time. It's absolutely insane how thousands and thousands of talented musicians live in total obscurity, and people mostly listen to catchy pop nonsense.
@@holliswilliams8426 Well music is subjective man, just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad.
An absolute classic. What a gem.
God bless these fellows, their music and their country!
This is the most Irish interview ever.
This video makes my heart happy!
Well Dunne 👍
I see what you did there
Right to my heart. Hardy ,Happy and talented!!
Lovely people! How hard times can make people shine in purity and grace!
great to see this!
Great footage ! It's just a strange feeling they have probably all passend away in the meantime. RIP, Gentleman and musicians!
That was delightful, the end made me cackle out loud!
How are you doing 😊😊😊
Class.
Stunning, thankyou for making my day.
Growing up in Wales, my grandfather was a coal miner who played the fiddle for the people in our village. He was a hero to the kids there and the parents would beg him to teach their kids how to play the fiddle. Fiddlers are the aristocrats of the working-class. If you were a tradesman or a miner who could play the fiddle, you were respected and loved, just like my grandfather.
that ending was absolute comedy gold man
Brilliant, the Irish gentleman responds so quickly to the interviewers questions.
Yep, he talks faster than I can listen!
Bernie Dunne had the best sound with his homemade violin!
Awesome! I just wish I knew what he said! 🤔😄 God bless him! It is impossible to discern where he ends and his violin begins! Lovely!
The interviewer later did sports presentation. Bill o Herlihy is his name , he passed away a few years ago and he was very much loved by the viewers .
Some of the finest fiddle players though are in Co. Clare.
I say that as a Corkonian , but I got to hand it to the musicians in Clare.
Omg who tf actually cares 🙄 just shut it and give over about people are long dead and didn't do anything that important.
@@punkrock1989 I care. Bill O'Herlihy anchored RTÉ sports broadcasts for many decades. He was the presenter for 10 FIFA World Cups and 10 Summer Olympics. Legendary broadcaster and much missed. So yes, I care.
When I hear the fiddle ! it reminds me of my scouse Irish blood, with both of my great grandparents being born in Ireland.
This is old school genius! Lol. I love it. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, so wonderful, thank you!
Thanks for sharing this. These videos are gold.
Love this! Always loved the fiddle, and it's great to see the locals.
The trick from 2:18 is magical. It reminds me in a way of seeing Hendrix playing his Strat behind his head! Irish ingenuity. Love it. 🎉🎉🎉
I love this! This is all bonkers!
Beautiful
well that brings a smile in my heart and a dance to my feet xx L
Larry Wall Fitzpatrick from the Commons in Tipperary fiddle player was a distant relative of mine on my grandmothers side.
@@tipperary1082
Yes going way back
Are you the real Paulie Gualtieri?
@@jayd1974
No hehehehehe
Does anyone really care ?
Love Irish music. So glad it made its way to America.
Thank you it beautiful vedio
This video is a treasure! 👍👍💖💖
Can "anyone " play the fiddle in Ireland? !!!
These guys are amazing, I bet they were playing as soon as they talked and walked,
1966, seems like another age, a year before I left home in Rathfarnham ( Dodder Road!)
Ireland's best years are definitely behind us!
Definitely so if we're not willing to protect our heritage.
Just like the rest of the west, the future is looking pretty dark in more way than one. Gonna be a violent and trashy end if we don't fight back.
Ireland is prospering atm what are talking about?!
@@iforbach4003 fight back against who?
@@largebill1245 Kalergi plan.
simply amazing!
I don’t know if this has been processed with some kind of noise reduction or what, but as a sound engineer I’ve now been surprised by multiple old vids from Ireland, some older than this, where the audio quality was certainly better than say a recording in America at in the same period.
That just be the quality earth and people the sound of Ireland is, Jacob. Nuthing like it in the world!!
all jokes aside, it just depends on what tape it was stored on.
Most recordings on here are home recordings on tapes that have been re-recorded as often as security tapes. I'm sure, if you'd rip all the original broadcasters tapes you'd have 50% passable, 40% good and 10% very good quality.
Thanks for the video so fun
How are you doing 😊😊😊
I'd no idea it was that easy to play. All I need is to find such a fella and I could play as well.
Bravo RIP old guy .
True talent! Thanks!
Wonderful, and amazing!!
LOVE the box violin!
How are you doing 😊😊😊
Leaving this for when this video blows up
So much talent
Gorgeous
Excellent 👌
This is fantastic
They are great !
this made me smile
*UA-cam - making me watch videos I didn't know I couldn't live without since 2005*
Great! Thank you!
Thank you.
Brilliant ❤️ 👌
Thank you for posting this video. Bernard is my grand dad.
God bless all these people RIP
I think they rock!!
I dig it!!!!
The ending was awesome!!
Proper good. Love it.
Love the violin on the bow rendition of Irish Washerwoman at the end !
Priceless 👍😁
My family is from the southern United States where the cultural music of my ancestors is country music. We have a mix of African and European music, and I can hear it a lot in the early country music recordings
Wow.. simply wow.
Amazing!
I think my friends family are obsessed with the violin, he says they are always on the fiddle.
Loved that