Shortlist 2018. Margaret Gallagher - Mullylusty Cottage. Cat 5: Best Int, Research and Recording.
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2018
- Margaret Gallagher lives in a 280-year-old, Grade A listed, thatch cottage in Co. Fermanagh, with no running water or electricity.
Margaret has actively, for over 50 years, maintained her traditional cottage and a way of life which otherwise may have been lost or forgotten; and she welcomes visitors, locals, school groups, media and all who are interested into her home. This has aided the active interpretation of architectural heritage but Margaret is keen to stress that it is not a museum ‘I don't like that, I don't think it’s a museum...everything in it is used. Everything you see in this cottage as museum pieces, I use because I need them. They are all I've got. I do not see it as a museum. I see it as my home with my things that I use every day. That my father and grandfather have used before me.'
Margaret has recorded and helped the interpretation of heritage on many levels, including founding the Belcoo & District Historical Society and sitting on the Historic Buildings Council for Northern Ireland; however it is in the upkeep and conservation of her thatched building that Margaret has conserved and recorded our 'endangered' thatch heritage, and an understanding of vernacular architecture.
A visit to Margaret at Mullylusty - hearth fire, cake that has been baked over the hearth fire, knees burning from the heat- the atmosphere, the smell, the spirit of the vernacular- is not something anyone, young or old is likely to ever forget.
This makes me inordinately happy to see after watching the piece on her from 1992! What a lovely soul. ❤️
Mirielle Jesmar Same here. I came here straight from there. Still all teary.
Me too!
Well said.
I would love to ask her about how many coats of white wash are on the cottage
I just watched the 1992 show !
What a great Lady.
God grant her many years.
many years in good health and strength.
What a joy it is to see this extraordinary, vibrant, inspiring woman seeming almost stronger, healthier and happier than in the original documentary a quarter of a century earlier. What a testimony to her incredibly demanding but clearly rewarding way of her life. She seems to take nothing from society, makes no demands on the environment and yet gives back SO much. I am truly in awe.
I just hope she’s not alone during these unprecedented times and she’s being supported during lockdown and Covid hasn’t effected her.
I am as well, Claudia.
She looks fantastic and vibrant! A testimony her way of living.
she does.
Best to Margaret Gallagher ! Saw an older video on her and her home a while back. This one is more recent. Well done. Thank you for the update. Hugs to you Margaret !!! From CT / USA
Beautiful
And Margaret looks so peaceful
You can see it I her face
God bless you Margaret
What amovy lady. May God grant her wish to be able to live out her days in her beloved home . To be truly content with what you have is a great blessing.❤
A lovely lady. I'll never get the hang of these mobile phone!
It's important to know how to be self-supporting and make do when times are tough. Too many in the younger generation don't have a clue how to build a house, plant and harvest a garden or put food up for the future, or how to sew and make clothes, curtains, etc. or bake bread from scratch. Glad I grew up on a small farm in Colorado! I learned all these and more, including how to milk our cow and churn butter.
Margaret Gallagher is much more than *architectural* heritage. She keeps alive a lost way of life.
my great uncle told me a story about my great-great grandmother. in Detroit, 1930s. She lived in a house, no running water or electricity. Her children lived in modern house, had bathrooms, running water and electricity. My great uncle asked why she didn't want modern she said "I am used to this. why change?"
I remember one time our power went out for days. My father insisted just go to McDonald's for food. This same man always told me, "Improvise, adapt, overcome" so I told him, but we've got a grill (as good as a fireplace) and charcoal. I cooked three meals a day there, coffee, tea, and boiled water for the bath. It is not hard work. It's just extra work. I would live like her, although I'd still like electricity if only for my computer, which is a good tool to have for knowledge and music and such. Everything else I'd keep the same!
So true!
I think Margaret is a amazing lady. I hope we hear more about Margaret.❤😊
I met her last year very nice lady .the house is so tiny inside.she made me feel very welcome.shes a very religious lady also .god bless her .
Margaret is my granny’s best friend and I personally love her she’s like a second granny to me she has the most amazing personality the best person you could ever meet!
Edit:
Although some people are lying saying she has died she is still very much alive don’t know where these rumours have came from!
Orla, could you ask Margaret if she would be willing to update maybe once a month
That's amazing! How amazing to know someone like this personally! I would love to write her a letter!
What town in Ireland ? And it is available to visit the home ?
You are blessed...
She is incredible
And now that we are cocooning she not far WRONG...IN fact she the clever WAN greetings from Dublin Ireland brother and sisters
Orla Gray wonderful!!!!!!
this was a perfect update to the film about Margaret Gallagher, i love it all. Thank u so very much :)
That film was a real eye opener. Beautifully done.
My name is Margaret Gallagher .my father is from Derry .I now live in Philadelphia.Wish I lived in your cottage .Thank you ..God bless
Dear Margaret
It was lovely to see your film this morning and hear you talk about your life and home. Also, the books in the background, your oil lamps and the rest, all lovingly cared for and used daily.
Thank you for sharing it all with us.
Isn't she just lovely! What a charming and wonderful person with such grace.
Wonderful to see her still going strong, love from England x
Still there! Wonderful! I know I couldn’t live like that! What an amazing woman!💕
God bless you Margaret
Fair play to ye Margaret and many more years of joy and happiness to you in your home sweet home...and if I was a betting man, I would say you are happier than 80% of the people in Ireland with all the mod cons...the older generations always say they were happier and more content before the country got notions of itself....
Nice to see Margaret again!
She has a soul devoid of hatred or envy her soul is happy and very passionate a passion for her way of living, its a life we all envy, beautiful woman lovely human being very rare.
I've seen a film of Margaret and she's a lovely soul , she proves that everything that's called important today is unnecessary and if all you're going to do is sit in front of the telly , you might as well go and help your neighbour whitewash his cottage or help in her garden . Bless Margaret for keeping a life of meaning . Angels shall sing her to her rest .
I so hope someone will carry on her legacy. This is amazing.
The coming Great Reset will be a fork in the road for everyone. Either we go down their upgraded technocratic route of full blown digital Communism, or we return to the land as our ancestors once did. Agenda 2030 is about stripping everyone of everything they own, and this will affect rich and poor. So people like Margaret will be better placed to navigate that particular storm on humanity.
@SebastianSevenInMay Kieran, her Nephew
Gee, I'm a 63 y.o. female American and my question would be "Would you take me in as a roommate....or let me have a similar cottage built next to you?". I envy her.
Modern life of more more isn't the way. Less is more and more is less. I think she's a great lady living a basic life with as few problems as possible.
My mother and her 5 siblings were born in Brittany, F in my grandparents' small thatched farmhouse (similar to Margaret Gallagher's cottage) and when they died none of the children kept the farmhouse. 30 years later during a trip to the sources, my mother found a modern farmhouse, the thatched roof had disappeared. 😢😢
Margaret I hope to God you read this your a amazing lady awesome human being 🙏🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌺🌺🌸🌸💐💐💐💐
may God bless and keep you always x
Thank you Margaret
For sharing your story and letting us have a look inside you home
Beautiful
just love Margaret Gallagher what she do is just amazing and so beautiful and so right-she did not allow them to fool her in to living a so called modern life with all its emptiness-Margaret can say when see dies that she had a life, her life and not a life that others did force her to live-an amazing women that İ just love and respect very much
I've wanted to go tiny house and off grid awhile, i think it's my ancestors speaking to my soul, build a waddle and daub.
Many in America are downsizing to have what you have, Margaret. Peace of mind and appreciation of your heritage. God bless you. You inspire me.
So lovely to see her here. I just love her story. I hope her sister is well too. PS, not all Americans want a huge house. I dream of a 3 room cottage such as this. Thanks for the upload!
Yeah, i think a lot of people would be perfectly content in a small, simple home. Unfortunately, the government doesn't like you building things the way you like 'em.
@@The_Gallowglass There are plenty of abandoned old cottages in ruins scattered throughout the country, particularly in the West of Ireland. Better to buy one of those on an acre of land or whatever and renovate than buy a greenfield site where you may not get planning anyway.
@@greenknitter :D
Next time I go to Ireland I should love to visit Beautiful Belcoo and maybe drop in on Margaret for a cup of tea. I'll bring the bickies.
Lovely lady
I would visit there in a heartbeat to not just see her amazing home but to meet this extraordinary woman and have her speak on it. Glad she well.
I'm following this lady..so as Hannah Hauxwell of England... both sensible and sacrificed personal needs to take care of their parents humble possessions . ..Worth emulating... silent but extremely strong woman. God bless
A more modern and current person than Hannah though and certainly more clean and well presented.
Love Love Love... Ms. Margaret. She is my breath of fresh air. She's a beautiful lost art.
Odd that a person with almost no modern conveniences is more happy and contented than anyone I know including myself. Each day I see people who look constantly stressed out and angry. In America we have lost much of our humanity and replaced it with anger and spitefulness.
She is so articulate and well spoken
I think that her articulation comes from her love of books and her heritage work and more importantly not being enslaved by the television and it's imported drudgery
A lovely natural woman we could all learn from
What a BEAUTIFUL story.
THANK you .
Can I come live there... this life with all the modern way, fast pace life is too much. You are living in the present. That's living!.
Michelle Stewart I want to live their too!!!!
I saw the old video about her and happily she is more beautiful than before. 💙 I love her because, her life reminds me about my early life when I lived in my grandpa house, which in a small village ♥️🌸
I'm so glad to see that so far she's still there. I watched an earlier interview from years ago when she expressed a desire to continue in the home until death. She is fit and amazing, beautiful woman and gracious life. She has been instrumental in bringing moderate tourism to the town.
There truly is no place like home. Margaret’s life epitomizes this to a tee. So pleased to see this update and hope Margaret continues to be happy and healthy. Blessings from America, dear Margaret.
Margaret is 10 years my senior and it please me no end to see this followup to the 1992 documentary. I hope Margarets health continues and she can make another update in 2021 for her 80th birthday
I’m surprised more people haven’t asked how she’s doing during coronavirus and the lockdowns. I hope she’s not on her own in isolation. It’s times like this which shows why community and having modern amenities are so crucial. We need to progress together otherwise people like this are left behind.
Very wise and lovely woman. Would love to hear more from her. I think many today wish they could simplify their lives. That's not to say her life is easy, but it's so evident how much it means to her.
She comes across as a very independent and happy lady.
Absolutely 100% full credit to you Margaret. I envy you living in and retaining exactly the great culture.. Healthy way of life. We are all so spoiled these days. Reminds me of my Grandmother's description of how she cooked n baked bread n made butter !!!! Much respect to you. God bless x
I am so glad you are still living in your blessed cottage !
Thank you for the wonderful update on Margaret. So glad to know many are following her. May she continue to be happy.
God keep and love ye, Margaret.
When this lock down is over, I'm going to visit Belcoo. Wonderful lady and home.
She seems to me as a wonderful person. God watch over her and keep her healthy!
Fantastic history..Like going back in time..
Beautiful life. Simple yet tough. I grew up on a farm. No running water and no electricity. Simple gardening, we ate fresh vegetables that mum planted with a helper. Not dangerous. No robbery.
Today it's not that safe.
Take care love from South Africa
Thank you for sharing Margaret's life story. May your days remain happy and in your home. God bless you Margaret.
Thank you for this . A beautiful lady. God bless Margaret
What a wonderful life and person she is !
God bless Margaret
I love it too Margeret!
Just beautiful 🙌🏻❤️
God Bless you Margaret 🙏✝️
From New Zealand l just joined your website youtube. And just recently watched your first day V, log. Im overwhelmed and moved by your way of leaving lm from New Zealand 🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲. And my deceased husband is Scottish (FRANCIS CONILLIOUS GUISE). God bless his soul, by any chance you have email. Love to correspond with you in person. I have the highest respect for you young lady. Long leave Ireland & the irsh people. Love from me pamela guise from New Zealand. God bless you lm so proud of you keeping the irish tradition old ways going especially your family cottage. 😇😇😇😇😇
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What an incredibly interesting woman ! How lovely she is ! They could never have found anyone better qualified to research and collate the masses of information related to the history of the area than Margaret. She is an encyclopedia herself, with the most humble and kind demeanor!
beautiful
Gracias Margaret por tu testimonio 😘😘😘😘
I was so glad to see this update. Margaret Gallagher is a peach! She is a font of knowledge.
This woman is amazing.
I live her adorable accent, i could listen to her always. What great lady...
Amazing lady,God bless you
I admire her so much. Living this way takes a lot of hard work. she is a very knowledgeable woman .
90% of the world have zero idea about personal survival, e.g. they are unable to provide their own food, energy, water, shelter etc. They lost those skills honed over thousands of years by their ethnic ancestors, and so are sitting ducks in 2021 for whatever the likes of WEF, United Nations and their ilk throw at them with Agenda 2030 / Great Reset / Covid etc. People like Margaret are sadly more rare these days, and I hope that changes ASAP!
Beautiful, simple life. I love it. Long life Margaret. Gerard lacey, Wexford.
Yes thank you, it's the first one I saw, I,d love to visit Margaret sometime, she seems so genuinely welcoming . G.
amazing woman ❤️
What a fantastic lady! Inspirational! Makes one wonder about what is really important in this world.
Woman like her survived along time on by doing so much hard work. Great story. But you have to remember she hates when people say her home is a museum.
She is just amazing, strength to her arms. What a beautiful way to live.
wonderful story
Lovely home. My father grew up in a house just like this cottage. GlanGevlin Co. Cavan. God Bless from across the pond.
Beautiful lady if a EMP ever happens YOU will be worth you weight in gold to be able to show people how to not only get by but to really live...
I love your house! Less is always more. Bravo, Margaret.
Beautiful video, traditional places have an amazing charm! 💕🌼🌿
Long live Ireland 🇮🇪❤️
Thank you! I like videos that feature what we really need as people, a living example of the ways of simpler living, not that there is not a type of technology surrounding this beautiful home, but that the things people think are necessary for a happy life, don't have include the technologies that are so prominent in today's average home! Long life to miss Margret!
She’s amazing
My goodness, what an amazing woman. God bless you Ma'am, with all your knowledge....
Class.
Outstanding! This Will Always Be Remembered. Thank you for passing on a great wealth of knowledge.
I love her!
A very abundant life! God has surely blessed you Margaret ❤️🙏❤️
Thank you, I love to hear her talk about how the house was built and the timbers needing soot. Since the 90's I've grown much interest in natural ways of building. Practised strawbale-building and cob-building, as a volunteer in self-sustaining communities.
First in the UK and later in The Netherlands, where an experiment is going on with empty plots, sold to people who have permission to build their home according to their own design. Living space isn't present much with wide open views, like Margaret's home. It's a densely populated country, Holland. It's why I've chosen to live in the S.W. of Britain, maybe Ireland later.
You're welcome here to Ireland if you do decide to :)
Glad to see you're still livin' the dream ...
She should have her own UA-cam channel..seriously..
I'll subscribe just for the tips alone on wood fire cooking 👍👍😁👍👍
She's ten shades of awesome..
Loved this! Watched the documentary before this and I really like seeing how she is doing. Just lovely!
hope someone will carry on her legacy
So touching… warms my heart and soul ❤
What a lady what an up load much better than the usual rubish I honestly love these folk I honestly do God go with them Long live pure honesty/nature !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She’s such a beautiful soul.
Love this!
I believe in the teachings of Jesus. A simple way of life often leads to great comfort. She has been blessed with so much and has blessed others.