Potato Farming in Ireland ** Documentary by Videos of Irish Farming Life

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  • This film follows the fortunes of several potato growers throughout Ireland and also gives a short history of the potato, a crop synonymous with Ireland. We look at the importance of potato growing here in Ireland, showing how the humble spud stills plays a vital role here to this day.
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    Produced by Thompson Video Productions Co. Derry Northern Ireland.
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  • @bwghall1
    @bwghall1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    spud picking in the 1940s. and diving between rows when a plane came over just in case it was the Germans. all the women shouting dive for cover, us kids loved it.

  • @russellrlf
    @russellrlf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love these videos. It is amazing that a tuber from South America could become so important to Ireland.

    • @VideosofIrishFarmingLife
      @VideosofIrishFarmingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you are enjoying them, thanks for commenting!

    • @jeksixten5751
      @jeksixten5751 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have Incan descent this is Amazing to see how important potatoes to other countries...

  • @patrickcodd7010
    @patrickcodd7010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As an Irish man living in Australia i find your videosios so very interesting. God bless your work and. God speed the plough.

  • @peteacher52
    @peteacher52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Helps to make sense of the relentless slog that was growing potatoes manually, fishing from currachs and maintaining a modicum of comfort that was life on the isolated Blasket Islands before 1920.

    • @user-qn9fj9vd8q
      @user-qn9fj9vd8q 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Lord God, please help not to take the land from ordinary farmers of Ireland, their children cry, they handed out a lot of food to charity, treating everyone, look at their dark faces from the sun and strained hands. Thank you very match.

  • @SurprisedAlbatross-op4ik
    @SurprisedAlbatross-op4ik 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very very good and interested in it all very good

  • @robertstewart3638
    @robertstewart3638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks that was very interesting to see how it’s changed from when I grew potatoes in the 70s

  • @Meanfidler
    @Meanfidler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very good video, thank you.

  • @paulbeech7276
    @paulbeech7276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love it...Picked spuds by hand in the early 80s November time....must of been 14.

    • @VideosofIrishFarmingLife
      @VideosofIrishFarmingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks Paul, Glad you enjoy it. We have a video specifically on gathering spuds coming up in a few weeks.

  • @parlainthtownie85
    @parlainthtownie85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This made me so hungry. I had potatoes for lunch and now after watching this I want potatoes again.

  • @gburahbondo2948
    @gburahbondo2948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Ireland

  • @eilissmith8591
    @eilissmith8591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great story, makes me want to pop up to the glens of Antrim, then over to the causeway coast.

  • @stephenross1581
    @stephenross1581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very informative and interesting video, thanks for posting, Stephen

  • @Daytona2
    @Daytona2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good to see, thank you.

  • @duncanosborne4871
    @duncanosborne4871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My dad worked on a farm in the uk they grew peas and potatoes, i can remember seeing the crowds of women arriving in the mornings picked up by the farm in the land rovers too pick the peas or potatoes i have done that as well.
    Its ashame that nowadays the old ways have given way to mechanisation, as with so many people being made redundant due to the pandemic it would of given loads of work too locals

  • @ChefEarthenware
    @ChefEarthenware 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I enjoy these videos, thanks.

  • @liveweathermike8714
    @liveweathermike8714 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting video on Irish potato farming keep up great work with these informational films

  • @blameusa7082
    @blameusa7082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love these videos.

  • @shinawillmn
    @shinawillmn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting and informative.

  • @listairgin
    @listairgin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great informative video, thank you. 👌

  • @ronaldlucas5360
    @ronaldlucas5360 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoyed

  • @charlesyoungblood1402
    @charlesyoungblood1402 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding Video and very educational .

  • @donalfinn4205
    @donalfinn4205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very interesting I must say. I love potatoes and it’s great to see these agricultural videos.👍☘️

  • @dougcarroll9623
    @dougcarroll9623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember picking spuds in quarter tonn boxes got 7 pound per box boy was that hard work I could only manage 2 in a 12 hour day

    • @gregorymalchuk272
      @gregorymalchuk272 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What year was this? I want to run the inflation calculator on it.

    • @dougcarroll9623
      @dougcarroll9623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gregorymalchuk272 1982

  • @arthura.applegatejr.7145
    @arthura.applegatejr.7145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t understand why JD is the most prominent when James Oliver had a plow works 10 years before Deere‼️

  • @rebelcounty2078
    @rebelcounty2078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great Videos. Very Interesting. 👍

  • @alanmitchell7322
    @alanmitchell7322 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    very interesting vidio

  • @rudrakshpainuly1294
    @rudrakshpainuly1294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Atleast Ireland still have their potatoes even after the worse potato famine cuz of the Brits.

  • @stuartf2946
    @stuartf2946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I really enjoyed this video and continue to catch up with the rest. The farmers do work so hard, even with mechanisation it is still a very long day for them. I am an avid potato fan and thank the lovely Irish for producing such great quality potatoes.

  • @Cypher791
    @Cypher791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chip Inspector... i was born for this job =D

  • @markward6076
    @markward6076 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    During the great potato 🥔 blite. Ireland grew more than one food crop that should have saved them from starvation.

    • @patricksheridan7899
      @patricksheridan7899 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They forgot to tell everyone that the crown took the rest of the food.

  • @MichaelTaylor-fk7mn
    @MichaelTaylor-fk7mn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Like it

  • @jeksixten5751
    @jeksixten5751 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Same thaime"

  • @debbiegamon1232
    @debbiegamon1232 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is life changing so dramatically. In three years no potatoes grown here?

  • @RayNomadic
    @RayNomadic ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting I subbed.

  • @diamantschwarzmet
    @diamantschwarzmet 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting see the stones used as a drainage. In Germany they are carried away and not used for anything.

  • @redeye9140
    @redeye9140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good ole Irish potatoes, good for the body, good for the soul.

  • @jasvindrasidhubrar3829
    @jasvindrasidhubrar3829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very very informative and intresting video! 🇮🇳

  • @greggroome2791
    @greggroome2791 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏🙏👌👌👍👍

  • @lenscap8925
    @lenscap8925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was the prognostication of the end of potato growing in that area correct? If so, what is the crop now, or are there houses on the land?

    • @thomasstrong6632
      @thomasstrong6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The gobshite (farming expect) was as most experts tend to be, very wrong.

  • @swrtsolutionsinc.1092
    @swrtsolutionsinc.1092 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Improvements to both quality and quantity of potatoes grown over SWRT Solutions Inc. subsurface membranes have been demonstrated by research completed at Michigan State University.
    ➢ 59% more tubers per potato plant on irrigated SWRT.
    ➢ 38% greater leaf area per potato plant on irrigated SWRT.
    ➢ 35% greater potato tuber yields, 395 cwt/a on irrigated SWRT.
    ➢ 33% better specific gravity of potatoes grown on irrigated SWRT.

  • @abeonthehill166
    @abeonthehill166 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    But can you solve this in less than ten minutes .....?
    A miller ground out 336 pound of wheat into flour .
    Enough to fill 128 bags ; some were 2 (Ib) and others were 7 (Ib) bags of Flour.
    How many 2 (Ib) bags and 7 (Ib) bags of Flour were filled ?
    If a 2 (Ib) bag is sold for £2 each and a 7 (Ib) is £6 each; how much were all 128 bags sold for ?
    If only 25% of the total selling price of the Flour was profit ( after expenses ), how much profit did the Miller have for the 336 (Ib) of Flour sold that day ?
    Regards.......Abe

  • @sddfksdfsjs
    @sddfksdfsjs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The homie Lne

  • @brucemiller8109
    @brucemiller8109 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This film must have been done in the 1990's because the cost of a JD or Ford 135 Horsepower Tractor is 145,00.00USD. Every thing keeps going up.

    • @tdolan500
      @tdolan500 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      From the plates on the vehicles its definitely after 2002. Maybe around 2004.

  • @cs-rj8ru
    @cs-rj8ru ปีที่แล้ว

    You're not gettin me chips!

  • @kirkbrandt8143
    @kirkbrandt8143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    an gorta mor sorois sorai de anam 🙏

  • @ikyist
    @ikyist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Haha no way I'm from Ballymena

  • @bsanders7061
    @bsanders7061 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Way too many ads.

    • @tonymurray814
      @tonymurray814 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got premium on utube. No adds at all for $10 a month. Best money I ever spent!

  • @Improveng1
    @Improveng1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and great commentary. It's a big thumbs-up and a sub from me.

  • @MrjackieG
    @MrjackieG ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought the potato famine was caused by the British army seizing the potatos and stealing them

  • @johnperry5102
    @johnperry5102 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why did you have a fammin, didn't you grow other crops besides potatoes, didn't you have cattle, sheep, goats, chickens

    • @patricksheridan7899
      @patricksheridan7899 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The english crown took the rest of the food for themselves, history convienently left that out

  • @jimfix9846
    @jimfix9846 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tatos tatos growing tatos

  • @joshjerrome8227
    @joshjerrome8227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did the potatoes survive and were they kept farming in the north ?

    • @VideosofIrishFarmingLife
      @VideosofIrishFarmingLife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Josh, Yeah we're still farming potatoes in the North.. Thanks for the comment

  • @amn2760
    @amn2760 ปีที่แล้ว

    POV: It's year 1845

  • @nonyadamnbusiness9887
    @nonyadamnbusiness9887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stayed 5 minutes, left in the second advert break.

    • @Daytona2
      @Daytona2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No adverts anywhere with Adblock Plus :)

    • @geraldneary1948
      @geraldneary1948 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Boring

  • @splishsplash9036
    @splishsplash9036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    tò many advert breaks to keep my interest on the film so switched off after 20 minutes

  • @christopherdavies752
    @christopherdavies752 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    U make potatoe growers look bad

  • @glenvillesmall8684
    @glenvillesmall8684 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    To many adds, greedy channel.

  • @Aut0five
    @Aut0five 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    its a pity that irish potatoes tasty so nasty. Must be the peat soil.

    • @Timberdoodle197
      @Timberdoodle197 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your arse sir

    • @geraldneary1948
      @geraldneary1948 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's probably gay or something.

    • @davidnyc487
      @davidnyc487 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You obviously never had Irish potatoes, because they are the best.

  • @vinnitca1990
    @vinnitca1990 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Хорошо что я увидел это видео ! это эще одна страна которую я не хотел бы посетить.