I remember camping at the Letterkenny Folk Festival during the summers of 73 and 74. There was a competition and I remember a very good Irish/American band called Pumpkinhead winning. Seem crazy seeing the town with so few cars. Happy memories of seeing the Horslips in Derry and at Borderland in Muff.
Pumpkinhead were based in Sligo. Thom Moore died a few years back but Rick Epping is still around and spends time in Sligo. He worked for Hohner for many years designing harmonicas. The other members were their wives and I’m not sure if they’re still around.
I was 2 years old when this was taken. I can just imagine me mammy draging me around doing the shoping. Mental that letterkenny still looked a lot like this until the early 90's.
@shyboyzzzzz Just spent 3 weeks in your beautiful country...Most of it in Letterkenny....people seemed to be very proud of their houses and yards..flowers every where. Cool place mate ...
The "Golden Grill" Letterkenny! At 0:56 and at 1:47! Many a fine night I had there in the early 1980's with a crowd from Fanad! I remember Rock Stewart! The drive back up to Portsalon was always a bit hairy! Thanks for posting... the music is a treat. This is just what I needed to see today! Fine memories.
@DamianNixon Yes indeed, Horslips brought traditional music to the forefront in the 1970's. You should cover one of their acoustic pieces Damian, say, "The Best Years of My Life", Rescue me" or something off the "Aliens" album ( some great lyrical songs on that one)
@Paulmanorbier Notice Raineys at 0:37 back in the day when people actually gave a gift as a wedding present. Nowadays it's hard currency or gold bullion... How times have changed.
Dear Mr. McDaid, I am a film student in Colaiste Dhulaigh. I am making a documentary about a relative of mine that went to the US and vanished n the 1970s. Can I please use 15 s of your brilliant video in my documentary? George Sharpson.
I remember camping at the Letterkenny Folk Festival during the summers of 73 and 74. There was a competition and I remember a very good Irish/American band called Pumpkinhead winning. Seem crazy seeing the town with so few cars. Happy memories of seeing the Horslips in Derry and at Borderland in Muff.
Pumpkinhead were based in Sligo. Thom Moore died a few years back but Rick Epping is still around and spends time in Sligo. He worked for Hohner for many years designing harmonicas. The other members were their wives and I’m not sure if they’re still around.
Lovely video. Mark 2 Cortina,my first car.Love these videos. When cars had class.
My home town. Nice to see the two way traffic on the Port Road. While the town has grown to over 20,000 today, the structure remains the same.
I was 2 years old when this was taken. I can just imagine me mammy draging me around doing the shoping. Mental that letterkenny still looked a lot like this until the early 90's.
@shyboyzzzzz Just spent 3 weeks in your beautiful country...Most of it in Letterkenny....people seemed to be very proud of their houses and yards..flowers every where. Cool place mate ...
Great footage of a bygone era :)
I remember being there that year in the summer for the folk festival.
The "Golden Grill" Letterkenny! At 0:56 and at 1:47! Many a fine night I had there in the early 1980's with a crowd from Fanad! I remember Rock Stewart! The drive back up to Portsalon was always a bit hairy! Thanks for posting... the music is a treat. This is just what I needed to see today! Fine memories.
4:36 that dart board payed for itself lol
Brilliant
I can almost hear Tubular Bells in this music. Mike Oldfield is from an Irish family and you can see the influence
His mother was Irish. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oldfield
@DamianNixon
Yes indeed, Horslips brought traditional music to the forefront in the 1970's.
You should cover one of their acoustic pieces Damian, say, "The Best Years of My Life", Rescue me" or something off the "Aliens" album ( some great lyrical songs on that one)
@DorbyDog
This is just an edit I made of "Letterkenny - Portrait of an Irish Town" which is posted here on UA-cam in 4 parts.
Music by Horslips
@Paulmanorbier
Notice Raineys at 0:37 back in the day when people actually gave a gift as a wedding present. Nowadays it's hard currency or gold bullion...
How times have changed.
Things have changed over 45 year three world population keep lreland white out of the EU
My Grandad drove those buses... 4:01
mad...... no bus stop at the oatfield
3.28 the clock outside Ulster Bank says 11.34am.
Love your video Lee. I'm a student filmmaker from Dublin and I would love your permission to use some of this footage in my college project? Sadhbh
Not my footage I'm afraid, Sadhbh; RTÉ's! - but I don't mind you using it
3yrs b4 my birth, oulboi told me plenty of craics..since he just got out of "the hell hole of europe". im born.. 78.. yeeee boooiiii...
Not a mobile phone to be seen ah those were the days 1police man for the whole town
They couldn't afford them back then?
Dear Mr. McDaid, I am a film student in Colaiste Dhulaigh. I am making a documentary about a relative of mine that went to the US and vanished n the 1970s. Can I please use 15 s of your brilliant video in my documentary? George Sharpson.
You can use whatever you need, George.
two way traffic
Those are the days when Ireland was Irish so sad what's happening.....
Ireland was morw sad back then, all the young were leaving for jobs and never coming back
Isn't this letter Kenya?
Today yes,but mass immigration has changed it into Letterkenya.
This music Is creepy as hell!