My Mother was born on a small island of the Ros Muc peninsula...... The island was called Ilaunmore and I had Great times on there as a kid during my summer holidays over from the UK ..... my mother is 83 now and she has dimentia but when I play her some beautiful videos like this her eyes light up when she hears her spoken tongue again .... Very emotional to see
God bless your mother I had a similar experience with my mother god rest her soul my mother would never give up she would keep going on mater what. Even on her death bed and the pain she was in still would not give in 😊
Those very poignant words....."Nothing goes on forever". Such a beautiful, sweet, gentle, humble & very hard working man was Peadar Mhicí Ó Conghaile. A man that possessed such integrity. A human quality not always seen today. I thank God for the gift of your life. RIP Dear Peadar.🙏
That's was a mighty film. They had to work hard but there was a dignity to that generation that is sadly lacking today. R. I. P to them all. Their likes we will never ever see again.
Our life passes by in the blink of an eye. The good we do so often goes unnoticed by the world, but God sees it and knows about it. Peader was there for the pregnant cow to help her birth the heiffer. He was valuable and precious to his kin. What a loss, but a good life lived, only a heartbeat of it in this video. Thanks for sharing, RIP. Peader.✝️
RIP Peader ...thank you for the beautiful and informative documentary of your Life and that of your Island. You left a great Legacy behind of a real hardworking man who had a great wisdom and kind soul. God Bless 🙏🏴
So sad to see the grave dug ready for peadar, his final resting place.A great wise peaceful man.Thank you for showing us this brilliant piece. Much appreciated.
This is a beautiful video of a very good man. He may reflect what the islander’s lives were like. There is lot of love here of family friends animals of all kinds and the land. There appears to be a deep seated respect for the almighty creator and a heart at peace with himself and the world.
There were many occasions when I"got the rod" because of my inabily to master the "Irish". But even now at 76 yrs old, I can recognize a few of the words in this wonderful documentary.
Thank you Peter Matulla for this incredible video...it was bitter sweet as is Life...but always worth the journey when you meet incredibly decent people like Peader along the way. 🙏
In many ways he lived a lovely natural life and was in tune with nature. The work was hard but it kept him fit and healthy. Our world is so corrupt and evil and we have lost our way, unfortunately. I also like the way they backfilled the grave in front of the mourners in those days. I remember this in my childhood days. The shovelling of earth over the coffee is final and an acknowledgement of death. Now they lay a piece of plastic over the grave and wait to bury the corpse later almost like an act of denial that the person is dead. How stupid is that...?
❤The YOUNG Have This Same Strength!❤ Though the challenge is different and we know they may face actual hard times, The SPIRIT of these strong people is within them!
we learn so much from the old days simple but harder life compared to today people were content then ,,,, even now in their old age , no regret just good memories ❤ good music with the video
Just look around at the beautiful area and scenery made by God above so helped by this man and many thousands of other people's hands over many years, they built those stonewalls and homes that will last for thousands of years to come, their lives were hard but also very good lives, their wars were bad weather, poor quality land, some hunger and after sadness for family members who emigrated and never returned, those people had many other good things happening which made their lives peaceful, brought them near to God and blessed. Talamh Pheadair is resting in eternal peace in heaven and having the greatest time telling other people his stories when he worked the hard and beautiful lands of his home place Inis Meán on the Aran Islands, off the coat of Clare, Galway city, and Connemara
Such wonderful viewing. I so love my ancestral Ireland & it's people, specifically witnessing some of it's people's history. It's so wonderful to listen to Peadar speaking Irish & I do hope that more young people learn this ancient language, as to keep it alive & well. I myself have been learning for many years now & I can speak some Irish. I know my ancestors spirits are proud to know. I thank God for the life of Peadar & for his life's legacy. His death was very sad & what a true loss, but we got to witness a very wee part of Peadar's life, through this intriguing & enjoyable documentary. RIP Dear Peadar.🙏
en fantastisk film. Väcker många egna minnen från Aran -öarna. Inte minst lördagsdansen med dragspeloch en trumma och danser som jag inte kunde alls. Reels och jigs förstås men mycket annat. Mitt irländska ressällskap kunde förstås och hen dansade på medan jag stod och titttande sippandes på en porter
Been the Arran Islands a coupe times. Absolutely adore the place. Family from Co Galway. But that islands of Connemara just make me feel so much warmth and piece. What a human being, what a man. He's poor wife was so upset. Losing her best friend. Such a lovely video, with so much inspiration but sadness at the end. Love the music also. Thank you for sharing, really enjoyed that. 💚👍
Take note of how the cow automatically tends to her newborn calf and the calf heads immediately to her mother's milk bag...this is possible because within the hearts of each and every living being is Gods presence as a person guiding us and giving intelligence
Or it could be instinctual patterns of behaviour encoded in a species genetic code. Which to me at least is just as incredible and awe inspiring as any God which ever one you choose to believe in
@@michaelmalone7614 yes DNa is there And encoded but as we see that any software has to be first encoded by a living Person it also points to a living Person God distributing His knowledge in this way
@@alllovingcowherdboy4475 "software" as we understand it is a useful metaphor for how DNA encodes the proteins that drive biological processes. But like any metaphor it has its limits and at some point the metaphor breaks down. DNA does not need to be "encoded" by an intelligent designer. Random variation of said genetic code along with a feedback mechanism (our environment and whether or not organism survives and procreates) is all that is necessary for very intelligent designs to occur. The fact that there is anything here at all really is amazing. Whether you attribute that to "God" is up to yourself but what is most certainly not true is the stories we humans tell ourselves about this God or Gods. Be it Islam, Christianity, Judaism, it's all just a bunch of Iron age or Middle age collection of fairy tales, and fairy tales that cause many problems in this world. Is there a God? Who knows. Is religion X the one true religion? almost certainly not!
@@markbeames7852 wrong... it's called instructions from within the heart in which God lives minutely Explain why a ladybug who never sees it's parents nor is given lessons on how to fly or what to eat does these things when and where necessary...
Recorded on magnetic tape . We hear the wow n flutter. It's generally inevitable. Helps to fast forward and rewind and repeat a few times to break the adhesion,, partly static n partly the particle emulsion degradation.
OLD TIMER LEAN BONE HARDY MAN FULL OF GOOD NATURE WISDOM MUSIC CARING A LOVE OF THE NATURAL WORLD .NEVER B A RACE LIKE OLD STOCK AGAIN ALWAYS Had a laugh ETERNAL REST TO ALL STRIKES A CORD IN MY HEART WHEN I C THESE OLD SCHOOL PEOPLE ALL GREAT WORKERS AND HEALTY .
Raw reality of island life. We go there as tourists with money in our pockets and a light heart to see what the islands are like, and come away satisfied. Underneath the surface are tales of tragedy and hardship. Women slaving to draw seaweed to grow potatoes. Not glamorous at all
So strange. At the end, a man said that the people who die aren’t remembered for very long….how can that be, when they all know each other, when they see the same people all the time bc there are so few left? I can see it happening in a city, but not on a tiny island in the Atlantic!
sometimes it is that people choose to move on. They detach themselves from the memories involving a person so that they may continue in their own life less burdened with grief of missing something
I believe that I may be related to Peadar we share the same last name, (O'Conghalaigh translated Connolly) also my Grandfather was born on inis meain. However, similar last names were common and i guess islanders would be referred to by thier father/husbands name. I just need someone's help to verify if I'm correct, but in the closing credits it says "Le Peadar Mhici bhi." Im not sure but i think that is his "island name" opposed to his official last name which was on his coffin.
I never saw a Cow Calf Just saw them out on the Field Loved seeing the Aran Men used to come to Ennistymon They were dressed With every thing Was home made Even there Shoes And Spoke Only Irish But in our Town Lots of Shop Keepers Spoke Irish As we had to Pass Irish in School I loved Irish but it was very Hard If u lived in the Town My Grandfather Spoke Fluent Irish But he had Died before I was born I loved Living in Ireland but my Mother wanted us to come to America But I Did alright I worked Hard for A Dollar a hour And We were alll together as a Family but I Used to Want to Walk. Down my Town with all my Friends Laughing At Having fun Going to the Pictures And had a few jobs
I used to Deliver Lunch to the Bookie. It was a woman And it Was run by the Goverment And deliver Milk to PeoplE who were elderly. It was a lot of fun And Bring Stuff To Mrs Henry’s fromDanahers Bakery. To feed the Chickens Those Chickens must have been Sweet I wonder 😅
Tá an Éire seo sa chré anois. Ní beidh a leithéid arís ann. In many ways they had a better life. The highly educated youth of Ireland are now living ten to a house, and the only way to a decent life is a one way ticket to Australia. For what did our Fenian dead die for?
@@voraciousreader3341destructive circumstances can be set in motion before you’re ever born, not all things are personal choice and a lack of bootstraps
Surely the cow doesnt need help that early. Poor thing looks in so much pain. Should be more natural. So sad she had to give birth 12 times and they are taken away 😢
He spends most of his time moaning about the hard times .I'd say even as a young man you'd have to X ray him to find work in him .Why didn't he emigrate and give it a right go for a few yrs abroad and come home with money But that's only my opinion .The real hard work in Ireland is done by farmers who have good land and tend to two hundred animals and more and keep them in top condition .He yammers about one cow calving ,imagine calving down a hundred maybe ten in one day alone with a calving jack at night,Then ten more then following night xmilk x feed their calves bed sweep the slats and fodder the lot ,Not much time for talking there . But you won't hear them talking about hardship Theyre just grateful to God to see they day they wake up to do it all over again the following day
The work to break the limestone:to make arable land, to establish fields. The difficulty in delivering the calf(s), the struggle just to keep body and soul together! If their lives weren't hard, I don't know whose is.
Guess Willie you didn’t hear him when he spoke about breaking up the giant limestone rocks, clearing the land & preparing it with soil, clay and sand? Etc
My Mother was born on a small island of the Ros Muc peninsula...... The island was
called Ilaunmore and I had Great times on there as a kid during my summer holidays over from the UK ..... my mother is 83 now and she has dimentia but when I play her some beautiful videos like this her eyes light up when she hears her spoken tongue again .... Very emotional to see
Dia dhuit a chara.
God bless your mother I had a similar experience with my mother god rest her soul my mother would never give up she would keep going on mater what. Even on her death bed and the pain she was in still would not give in 😊
An Ghaeilge go Bragh! Blessings on you mom.
Those very poignant words....."Nothing goes on forever".
Such a beautiful, sweet, gentle, humble & very hard working man was Peadar Mhicí Ó Conghaile.
A man that possessed such integrity. A human quality not always seen today.
I thank God for the gift of your life.
RIP Dear Peadar.🙏
That's was a mighty film. They had to work hard but there was a dignity to that generation that is sadly lacking today. R. I. P to them all. Their likes we will never ever see again.
Dignity? Lacking today? What the hell are you talking about??
Our life passes by in the blink of an eye. The good we do so often goes unnoticed by the world, but God sees it and knows about it. Peader was there for the pregnant cow to help her birth the heiffer. He was valuable and precious to his kin. What a loss, but a good life lived, only a heartbeat of it in this video. Thanks for sharing, RIP. Peader.✝️
RIP Peader ...thank you for the beautiful and informative documentary of your Life and that of your Island.
You left a great Legacy behind of a real hardworking man who had a great wisdom and kind soul.
God Bless 🙏🏴
The Old man was measuring out 22paces "A chain" in Scotland, he called it "a tape" he said he got £2 for a chain of drystone dyke!
Thank you for this. What a beautiful life. Rest In Peace Peader O Conghale.
So sad to see the grave dug ready for peadar, his final resting place.A great wise peaceful man.Thank you for showing us this brilliant piece. Much appreciated.
This is a beautiful video of a very good man. He may reflect what the islander’s lives were like. There is lot of love here of family friends animals of all kinds and the land. There appears to be a deep seated respect for the almighty creator and a heart at peace with himself and the world.
There were many occasions when I"got the rod" because of my inabily to master the "Irish". But even now at 76 yrs old, I can recognize a few of the words in this wonderful documentary.
To be fair he's a very strong accent!
Thank you Peter Matulla for this incredible video...it was bitter sweet as is Life...but always worth the journey when you meet incredibly decent people like Peader along the way. 🙏
In many ways he lived a lovely natural life and was in tune with nature. The work was hard but it kept him fit and healthy. Our world is so corrupt and evil and we have lost our way, unfortunately.
I also like the way they backfilled the grave in front of the mourners in those days. I remember this in my childhood days. The shovelling of earth over the coffee is final and an acknowledgement of death. Now they lay a piece of plastic over the grave and wait to bury the corpse later almost like an act of denial that the person is dead. How stupid is that...?
A lot to learn from the old ones, tales to tell !
What a treasure this is to watch! Thank you!
❤The YOUNG Have This Same Strength!❤ Though the challenge is different and we know they may face actual hard times, The SPIRIT of these strong people is within them!
we learn so much from the old days
simple but harder life compared to today
people were content then ,,,,
even now in their old age , no regret
just good memories ❤
good music with the video
how wonderfull lovely to listen to peader god bless all ,salt of the earth jennifer
Just look around at the beautiful area and scenery made by God above so helped by this man and many thousands of other people's hands over many years, they built those stonewalls and homes that will last for thousands of years to come, their lives were hard but also very good lives, their wars were bad weather, poor quality land, some hunger and after sadness for family members who emigrated and never returned, those people had many other good things happening which made their lives peaceful, brought them near to God and blessed. Talamh Pheadair is resting in eternal peace in heaven and having the greatest time telling other people his stories when he worked the hard and beautiful lands of his home place Inis Meán on the Aran Islands, off the coat of Clare, Galway city, and Connemara
God bless him. We visited the Aran Islands in May 2007, a lovely time. I had my very first Guinness there.
You need to visit smaller aran islands. It's much more authentic
Very moving and a privilege to listen to his wisdom. 🙏
Such wonderful viewing.
I so love my ancestral Ireland & it's people, specifically witnessing some of it's people's history.
It's so wonderful to listen to Peadar speaking Irish & I do hope that more young people learn this ancient language, as to keep it alive & well. I myself have been learning for many years now & I can speak some Irish. I know my ancestors spirits are proud to know.
I thank God for the life of Peadar & for his life's legacy.
His death was very sad & what a true loss, but we got to witness a very wee part of Peadar's life, through this intriguing & enjoyable documentary.
RIP Dear Peadar.🙏
An mhaith. Continue to learn our language x
An mhaith. Continue to learn our language x
Great epitaph....he didn't care much for the drink
I loved those days with mam and dad
en fantastisk film. Väcker många egna minnen från Aran -öarna. Inte minst lördagsdansen med dragspeloch en trumma och danser som jag inte kunde alls. Reels och jigs förstås men mycket annat. Mitt irländska ressällskap kunde förstås och hen dansade på medan jag stod och titttande sippandes på en porter
Been the Arran Islands a coupe times. Absolutely adore the place. Family from Co Galway. But that islands of Connemara just make me feel so much warmth and piece. What a human being, what a man. He's poor wife was so upset. Losing her best friend. Such a lovely video, with so much inspiration but sadness at the end. Love the music also. Thank you for sharing, really enjoyed that. 💚👍
A Great man of so much life experiences RIPxxx😊
When men were men. RIP SIR. 🙏❤️
YES ABSOLUTELY
Oh give over
Beautiful! just that...Beautiful! Bless that man. I'll be singin RA tunes on a Tuesday nite.
This was so compelling to watch - just beautifully filmed - the toil so clear - a life well lived .
That was lovely. Thanks so much for posting.
Take note of how the cow automatically tends to her newborn calf and the calf heads immediately to her mother's milk bag...this is possible because within the hearts of each and every living being is Gods presence as a person guiding us and giving intelligence
Or it could be instinctual patterns of behaviour encoded in a species genetic code. Which to me at least is just as incredible and awe inspiring as any God which ever one you choose to believe in
@@michaelmalone7614 yes DNa is there And encoded but as we see that any software has to be first encoded by a living Person it also points to a living Person God distributing His knowledge in this way
@@alllovingcowherdboy4475 "software" as we understand it is a useful metaphor for how DNA encodes the proteins that drive biological processes. But like any metaphor it has its limits and at some point the metaphor breaks down. DNA does not need to be "encoded" by an intelligent designer. Random variation of said genetic code along with a feedback mechanism (our environment and whether or not organism survives and procreates) is all that is necessary for very intelligent designs to occur. The fact that there is anything here at all really is amazing. Whether you attribute that to "God" is up to yourself but what is most certainly not true is the stories we humans tell ourselves about this God or Gods. Be it Islam, Christianity, Judaism, it's all just a bunch of Iron age or Middle age collection of fairy tales, and fairy tales that cause many problems in this world. Is there a God? Who knows. Is religion X the one true religion? almost certainly not!
wrong. It's called survival instinct.
@@markbeames7852 wrong... it's called instructions from within the heart in which God lives minutely
Explain why a ladybug who never sees it's parents nor is given lessons on how to fly or what to eat does these things when and where necessary...
It's a great piece of work, I think!
Recorded on magnetic tape . We hear the wow n flutter. It's generally inevitable. Helps to fast forward and rewind and repeat a few times to break the adhesion,, partly static n partly the particle emulsion degradation.
thank you for the subtitles brother, this one of my favorite videos ever
OLD TIMER LEAN BONE HARDY MAN FULL OF GOOD NATURE WISDOM MUSIC CARING A LOVE OF THE NATURAL WORLD .NEVER B A RACE LIKE OLD STOCK AGAIN ALWAYS Had a laugh
ETERNAL REST TO ALL STRIKES A CORD IN MY HEART WHEN I C THESE OLD SCHOOL PEOPLE ALL GREAT WORKERS AND HEALTY .
Thank you for posting this video. I enjoyed it very much.
jag var på inishmore i slutet på 60-talet. Med fraktbåt från Galway. Sedan curraugh in till ön. Det fannas ingne hamn
What language?
@@TRAVELLINGCHANNEL1 Svenska Swedish. I.m from sweden, stockholm
But some say that i have to be from Limerick when they listen to me
@@alarmerads ok. I am from Brazil but many words in Irish are similar to Portuguese.
Very enjoyable.
Tha mi tuigsinn,moran bho Alba ,gle
mhath,
Tapaidh leibh a rithist!
Na Gael uillig go bragh!
@@andaimhineach4131 tapaidh leibh.
It's crazy. I notice a lot of similarities between gaelic and gaelige
Stunning video. Thank you for posting.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹😍😍
Excellent video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Ní raibh aon bruascar ag an am san, ach saol sláintiúil simplí a bhí ann imithe go brách.
Táim ag ceapadh go mbeidh an cinéal saoil sin ag teach tar ais go ceann piosa.
What normal natural people and buetifull setting ❤
A great documentary
Superb film thank you
Perhaps, a relative. Rest in peace Peter.
Beautifully made video, thank you 🌹
What a lovely video
Love the Van Morrison soundtrack.
Impressive stone wall!
Amazing people
Raw reality of island life. We go there as tourists with money in our pockets and a light heart to see what the islands are like, and come away satisfied. Underneath the surface are tales of tragedy and hardship. Women slaving to draw seaweed to grow potatoes. Not glamorous at all
I totally agree.
Slaving? Why?
@@TRAVELLINGCHANNEL1- Very, very hard work!
Seaweed is a source of food aswell
So strange. At the end, a man said that the people who die aren’t remembered for very long….how can that be, when they all know each other, when they see the same people all the time bc there are so few left? I can see it happening in a city, but not on a tiny island in the Atlantic!
sometimes it is that people choose to move on. They detach themselves from the memories involving a person so that they may continue in their own life less burdened with grief of missing something
I believe that I may be related to Peadar we share the same last name, (O'Conghalaigh translated Connolly) also my Grandfather was born on inis meain. However, similar last names were common and i guess islanders would be referred to by thier father/husbands name. I just need someone's help to verify if I'm correct, but in the closing credits it says "Le Peadar Mhici bhi." Im not sure but i think that is his "island name" opposed to his official last name which was on his coffin.
Beautiful story as I often calved a cow after my husband Joe died at 49yrs from a brain tumor in "89 R.I.P.
Connolly is a very common name. I'm also connolly. Working back on an ancestry site is best way to check
First ive learned about scrógaí! Would that cow pat not smell when burning?
Go hiontach ar fad! Míle buíochas as an gclàr seo a dhésnamh. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Beautiful….a more interesting and less dramatic update of “Man of Aran” , the 1934 documentary by Robert Flaherty
I never saw a Cow Calf Just saw them out on the Field Loved seeing the Aran Men used to come to Ennistymon They were dressed With every thing Was home made Even there Shoes And Spoke Only Irish But in our Town Lots of Shop Keepers Spoke Irish As we had to Pass Irish in School I loved Irish but it was very Hard If u lived in the Town My Grandfather Spoke Fluent Irish But he had Died before I was born I loved Living in Ireland but my Mother wanted us to come to America But I Did alright I worked Hard for A Dollar a hour And We were alll together as a Family but I Used to Want to Walk. Down my Town with all my Friends Laughing At Having fun Going to the Pictures And had a few jobs
I used to Deliver Lunch to the Bookie. It was a woman And it Was run by the Goverment And deliver Milk to PeoplE who were elderly. It was a lot of fun And Bring Stuff To Mrs Henry’s fromDanahers Bakery. To feed the Chickens Those Chickens must have been Sweet I wonder 😅
😊
What year was that? My mother grew up in ennistymon in the 50/60's
Tá an Éire seo sa chré anois. Ní beidh a leithéid arís ann.
In many ways they had a better life. The highly educated youth of Ireland are now living ten to a house, and the only way to a decent life is a one way ticket to Australia.
For what did our Fenian dead die for?
Great
When people gets away from the land and nature and the rejection of God out of our daily lives, it's down a cul de sac of self destruction
I don’t agree. Self destruction takes choices and volition. If a man finds himself in a cul de sac of self destruction it’s bc he put himself there.
@@voraciousreader3341destructive circumstances can be set in motion before you’re ever born, not all things are personal choice and a lack of bootstraps
@@voraciousreader3341-Rejection of God is a choice, make no mistake.
jag kan inte prata gaelic som gjorde förr på Aranöarna
We just call it irish or gaelige
scrogai! is this an Island word? Can't find it in any dictionary
“Cow pats.” He says it around 22:30.
Hard times
What island is that on
skall vara "ingen hamn" inte ingne
WEMON THEN WERE 10 TIMES STRONGER THAN 2 DAY MY GRAN MOTHER AND MOTHER WERE BETTER THAN THE MEN WE HAVE TODAY
Speak for yourself Tál 🇮🇪
And my tiny mum not even 5 ft tall could work all day cooking, cleaning and garden even in her 70’s. Way stronger than both her daughters.
That poor cow
Wonderful insight...awful music throughout.
All that white privilege.
Surely the cow doesnt need help that early. Poor thing looks in so much pain. Should be more natural. So sad she had to give birth 12 times and they are taken away 😢
He spends most of his time moaning about the hard times .I'd say even as a young man you'd have to X ray him to find work in him .Why didn't he emigrate and give it a right go for a few yrs abroad and come home with money But that's only my opinion .The real hard work in Ireland is done by farmers who have good land and tend to two hundred animals and more and keep them in top condition .He yammers about one cow calving ,imagine calving down a hundred maybe ten in one day alone with a calving jack at night,Then ten more then following night xmilk x feed their calves bed sweep the slats and fodder the lot ,Not much time for talking there . But you won't hear them talking about hardship Theyre just grateful to God to see they day they wake up to do it all over again the following day
Imagine taking the time to write down a belittling opinion of a deceased old man you never met. A hard head makes for a soft ass.
The work to break the limestone:to make arable land, to establish fields. The difficulty in delivering the calf(s), the struggle just to keep body and soul together! If their lives weren't hard, I don't know whose is.
There is always an asshole who thinks he knows everything, willie must be a farmer are you willie.
Guess Willie you didn’t hear him when he spoke about breaking up the giant limestone rocks, clearing the land & preparing it with soil, clay and sand? Etc
@@DChristina farmers today do all their work sitting down burning desiel