Dan following the cattle along a lane secretly curtained, and perfumed with bushes and brambles. A place for children to play outlaws and pirates, the haunted country lane of everyone’s childhood. Just wow. What a phrase. Transports me back to 6 years old
My family is from Crumlin - I was born in Belfast and left Ireland in 1956. How I wish the world could go back to this simple way of life; forget the great reset, we need the great resist.
Since I have discovered this show I regularly show episodes of Hands to my children - 8 and 11 - and they love to watch it when they eat a bowl of something before going off to bed. The entire series is a miracle and to my mind more worthy of preservation than Star Wars
I remember seeing these programmes on the TV when I was a kid. They were contemporary then. I didn't much enjoy them thinking them boring. I rediscovered them in my 30s on the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ who were rerunning them over 10 years ago. I saw then what a wonder they are and the quality I had the maturity to appreciate. So great I can rewatch them now at nearly 50 on TH-cam. So cool!
This is UTTERLY EXTRAORDINARY. In almost every conceivable way it is extraordinary. What particularly moves me is the literary quality of the narration. Have you heard such well-written words on any TV programme in the past quarter century? It almost sounds like it was written by Seamus Heaney. Just think of how far we've fallen. And to think people were living like this just a few years ago. Amazing.
Loved this, my great grandfather Patrick McCormick came from Lisnaskea , and while I didn’t know him , my grandfather had that same lovely quiet way about him just like these lovely people. He even wore the same cap , reminds me of him a lot ❤️
Lovely story. Beautifully written very well narrated by Benedict Kiely. Thank you for helping me reconnect to my history. Our family of Scots-Irish became wealthy shopkeepers in Dublin. They built Castle Coole, around the corner from the town of Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh. My son and I visited from the states and learned the story of how building a castle can ruin your finances.
Hello from America! My mothers maiden name. Bonnie Besse Kelley! My middle name is Kelley! We come from a long line of O’Kelley’s. Very proud of that I am. A good and kind people with rich beautiful traditions
I feel like my family has had a similar lifestyle but I am 42 and am from rural USA (California, Idaho, Arkansas). I've made butter plenty, taken care of lots of farm animals, and my dad is a blacksmith. I feel blessed to have experienced the simple, good life 🙏
This reminds me of my granny's house. She lived in Co Derry with neither electricity, water nor any other amenities. Water came from a pump in the garden, light was from Tilley lamps downstairs and oil lamps in the bedrooms. Cooking was done on the range, which she lit every morning at 0600. Down the road Uncle David made butter exactly like that, and could make anything from wood. He made me a tiny wooden wheelbarrow when I was probably 5-6 years old.
Love Hands, watch them regularly, this family is all living together, and all have their jobs to keep them all going, amazing, however, this makes me so hungry for the current bread with the strong tea, and that homemade butter looks so amazing. Takes me back to my grandparents' rustic farmhouse in Wexford Ireland, no running water or loo inside the house, cooked most food over the open fire, and my gran made unpasteurized salty butter and spread it thick on warm current bread.
absolutely fantastic program, beautiful writing, beautiful narrative . And what saddens me even more today is to think that Loch Neigh the largest freshwater lake in Western Europe. Is polluted to the point of dying, i’d love to know who did that polluting
As much as we'd like to believe everything we see is a pristine slice of life, we can't forget the effect the camera's presence has on the people's behavior.
And now look, all the people wanting to return to a more traditional, or more manual lifestyle - the Artisans, those disenfranchised from the city. But who can teach these old skills? it is getting hard, forcing people to reinvent these skills. It takes a long time to learn. We let these lifestyles die - laughed at them even especially in the1980's. More-fool us. Being English, I know little of Ireland, but these videos are amazing. These people more so. Thank You for Archiving this series. They are Gems.
What a good life. I was a city boy here in Australia and went out to work on a farm clearing Mallee scrub and also growing grain/clover seed. I was a bricklayer before but the farm work was hard, it was long days and serious manual labor, especially loading out Mallee tree roots in 100 degrees and a burning sun. But it was no doubt the best few years of my life and I regret ever leaving and coming back to the city
Prophecies is telling us Jesus's return will be very soon then we will see our loved one very soon. Of course no one knows exactly when but I pray every day it's soon.
without hyperbole, this video, for me, is the best thing I have seen on youtube, end stop. This is what I needed. Thank you for posting, thank you for sharing. Speaks to me.
I’m sure lots of you will know it,but for those that haven’t had their hearts touched by one of the best films EVER made,you simply must see THE FIELD. 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
How marvellous this show was . They don’t make hardy folk like the Mulhollands any more I warrant . Such a well made and narrated document of a time and place which is rapidly if not totally disappearing . Glad I saw this . 👍🏴
I first went to Ireland in 92’ as a 20 year old from London but having an Irish grandmother. I went to the dingle peninsula for a month and fell in love with the land, the people and a girl. I’m so glad I got to see “old Ireland “ as I call it that was much like this. Oh and a proper pint of Guinness too! I thought talk of the black ice cream were all exaggerated. No. It’s true. Rare now in Ireland but the occasional pint in certain pubs is blissful, and dangerous.
Well I didn’t think I’d end up watching the whole of that when it popped up on my feed. Brilliant. I love that there’s a home for this sort of content on TH-cam
@@ThisIsGoogle Well, today's RTE no longer produce this kinda stuff. Now they produce daily debauchery, encourage men to be women and women to be men, prepubescant genital mutilation and the killing of babies in the womb.
reminds me of Machu Picchu, stones that fit together so perfectly that they must've been carefully carved out to match or maybe they just took those walls directly from the ground And rebuilt them in their final place, adding rounded edges for aesthetics it's crazy to realize how much our eurocentric view blinds us to the simplicity of the olden days's crafts I wonder what humanity was capable of many millennia ago, all the old forgotten knowledge that we've lost what was our culture like in pre-historical times? and how much of it is still alive in many forms, present in almost all cultures all around the world? how many versions of the same ancient myth? how many variations of the same old idea? I hope one day we can unify ourselves as a single tribe again, one with all different kinds of ways to express ourselves, but yet deeply rooted in a common connection to our past and our species's.
The more I watch videos such as these, the more I learn about & appreciate our heritage. As a much younger person, at the time these programmes were broadcast, I was more interested in pursuing my social ventures and interests rather than absorbing these beautifully crafted documentaries of our country and life. My formative years were a mix of city, town and rural and I have memories of farmsteads and lifestyles such as those documented here. Much of the rural land l roamed, explored and played in my childhood is now sprawling estates, supermarkets and other urban features of modern living; no longer a sleepy village. Such is progress - alas.
My grandfather (who died before I was born) was Jim Mulholland as well, left Armagh NI in early 1900's and emigrated to Canada. Not sure if these lads are related distantly but it gives me a sense of where he came from and what life might have been like for my unknown ancestors there. I have also been drawn to stonework through an interest, genetic? who knows. Thanks for posting these vids. Cheers.
Reading through the comments and just to clarify, this is an extremely romanticised version of rural life as a farmer in Ireland. Poor education, poor infrastructure/amenities, and 5 am starts in depths of winter are a reality this piece has left out! Still a great look into traditions though
Some of this series was shown on the BBC many years ago. A superb example of what television should include. All that is on BBC now is soaps, quizzes, antiques and cops and robbers.
Now in my 60's and English, my childhood holidays were spent in Donegal on my grandparents' farm. This video reminds me of the wonderful times I had there and the family and friends whose company I loved so much. Thank you for sharing this. I will now recommend it to my grown up sons who have heard so many stories of those holidays.
This takes me back to a time that was so real. I was born in co cork 1966 i left my mother land 1988 and arrive in the good old USA I'm here over 30 years and I miss the life of my youth. However we must forge on. This show brings tears to my eyes and a lump in my chest. A time gone by. A lovely time!!!
So nice to see this and all the government is doing to day is destroy any thing that is anything to do with Ireland as fast as possible we are in a very sad country now unfortunately ,
I am also from Cork living in the UK since 96 As they say no place like home I'm a rebel true and true and so proud to be 👍 as they say ( UP CORK) home is where the heart is 💯 ❤🙏
Miss those times ,I'm 53 from Dublin,when I was a kid me my two brothers ,and me ma, and Da, would head over to mayo just at the foot of cropatrick ,I would of been 2year old and went each year until I was about 6 it was very similar to this we now have a holiday home just up the road from where we went and still good friends with the family who would rent us a cottage ,it's such a beautiful place and I miss those times so much ,who needs to go abroad when we have such a beautiful country right here at our door step ...
Awe. My family are from tubbernavine, lahardane, near castlebar. Crough Patrick to my right and Nephin behind me. I remember the old days and old ways fondly.
I just recently discovered this program and I'm totally hooked. It's one good thing about YT, because without it i would have never known this show existed (in USA)
I'm glad I got to see this. Although born of Irish kin-despite being born and raised in Pennsylvania - this film touches me deep within my soul. I long to walk those green meadows of Ireland...
The Paddy's will always talk of home, no matter how far they are from it, and your yen is a testament to how well they told their stories. People are place, as much as place is. Good luck
I want to thank you so much for uploading this absolute gem of a series. It’s such a shame that the times have changed so drastically😢 Everything is so fast paced nowadays, everybody is rushing to get nowhere. We no longer stop to take in the beauty that surrounds us, instead we’re enslaved to materialism. I’m from Dublin myself, but have always longed for the peace and tranquility of the countryside. I have watched three episodes of this captivating series so far, and can’t wait to watch the rest. Thank you again, thank you!
Oh this takes me back to my childhood We had a lane and woods to play in. Mom and Grandma made butter,gathered eggs,hung clothes on the line,made homemade bread we didn't have an electric stove Mom cooked on a wood cook stove
2020 anyone watching this.. How simple life was then, wish it was the same now today as it was back then. Rip the great peaceful and simple lives they had.
The circuitous mode of conversation is a marvel. Instead of saying "I would like to buy a scythe stone", we have, "Well yous are still working at the scythe-stones? ...Well I suppose yous'd have one spare now or? ...Well that'll be ok now Frank, I could be doing with one."
I’m so glad I stumbled upon this and I will definitely be watching the entire series if possible. I remember watching it back when we first got a tv. With all the technology and luxury items at our disposal today, we have managed to erase the uncomplicated lifestyle of my youth. This programme was filmed in the early 70s, what seems like a few years ago to me. Those were the days!!
Can learn a lot from people like that. I don't think I blinked once or took a breath during the whole video. I was completely amazed. Thank you for sharing
My father was from Irvinestown in Fermanagh. This family lived exactly how his did up until the 1980s. Lovely hard working, highly skilled, peaceful people.
Tears of dignity and pride rose in my chest as I am most impressed by talent, skill and craftsmenship, such as It's just viewed now' omg, I'm going to watch them all, how much I enjoyed this first one of the series. Thanks for this! ♎🍯
My goodness! The one thing I always notice about these Irish farmsteads from the last century is how silent everybody is! My husband and I are always talking, laughing, singing, or humming all day long, now that we’re both retired! And our adult sons are the same way….we never run out of things to say and to laugh about! And it’s so different that six unmarried siblings chose to live together til death.
Ah jayz - I choked up a bit when I read your comment - it reminded me of a line I once read "I keep it in a part of my memory where it is 'summer', and always will be"
Loved to see the sacred heart and immaculate heart pics on their wall at the end. The simple nostalgic life lie within those loving hearts thru eternity!
Never heard of any one ever dying from hard work and good food but many today die from lack of hard work and eating processed shite,glad I am a hard working irish throwback Blessed be us Irish👍🇮🇪
Blessed indeed. But I have seen people's lives shortened by physical hard work - not sure if that counts as dying from hard work. The quality of the food was very important - as well as the volume. I've heard elsewhere of how on farms the second helpings as well as the best of the first, would go to the people (often men) who would do the most physically demanding work: food was fuel.
No, lives are shortened by hard physical work; and bodies worn out prematurely. This especially so when one is driven hard by the bosses who have no human sentiment; when the working man is driven at an inhuman pace. Please note that the old lads in this video move at a gentle pace. I have noticed that those who claim that "hard work never killed anyone" are usually strangers to toil.
@@markstuckey6225 you can't pretend that words like "hard" and "gentle" have exact, repeatable definitions. I would say that any work that's difficult to the point of chronic injury is, by definition, "backbreaking" work. That's how that word has always been used. Your claim that "hard work shortens lives" is also far too broad. Even backbreaking work will *lengthen* the life of a particularly slovenly person.
love this video thankyou retired bricky , graphic designer and lithographic printer now hardened NATIONALIST GET FIT TRAIN HARD FIGHT EASY WELCOME TO CAMP WESTERN FREEDOM
You gotta love the snooty, patronising attitude of some of the “contributors” on here. The people in this video lived a more natural lifestyle, out in nature and the fresh air, working with their bare hands..eating a plain diet and no doubt living well into their 80s and 90s. They weren’t sitting indoors 24 hours a day, deprived of vitamin D checking Twitter or Facebook every 2 mins looking for validation by how many likes they got. They were happy in their own skin & not anxiety-ridden because of social media. They weren’t stuffing their faces full of processed foods and getting type 2 diabetes and a plethora of lifestyle illnesses as result. In its purest form, that’s the way humans are meant to live.
Having a 3 year old son who has many challenges in his life - I must disagree. I realise what you mean - and of course respect your point of view, Also I believe that those people you talk of are just a small - very VERY small percentage of people nationally and especially globally. I am blessed and happy to be living in the 21st century, for my wonderful son's sake.Those old days? these people would be considered "wealthy", being land owners with all it imbues. Only the fit and healthy and wealthy survive in such a World.
@@aduantasIt’s the young that are dyin early now , cancer is at an all time high , I cannot see many of this generation living to see 90 , all the 90+ yr olds are NOT frm this generation but the last one ..
Love this....I come fm the mountains in NW Spain grew up walking in front of the cows to ensure the furrow came straight....milk the cows....gather the eggs....not a single machine....we ere not rich....but I do not think we were poor....
These gents don't seem to talk a lot to each other, but cram a lot of chat in when they have a visitor. A lovely video of a gentler, less complicated way of life. We shan't see its like any more, sadly.
Ah! I remember this series played on tv here in the States, in the 1990's I think. I particularly remember the silversmith one, the barrel cooper, and the bookbinder. I had recorded some to VHS. Happy to see episodes here, thank you!.
I definitely remembered seeing this series in the very early days of the Discovery Channel around 1986-'87 but I hadn't seen it on television since. Glad to see this posted here. I remembered Irish folk music frequently used on the series.
Helen Tucker: Yes, I've made my own from raw milk almost nothing like it except for Kerry Gold butter which I've bought here in the states. As close as you'll get.
Yes, though I prefer non salted butter. It does not keep fresh so long but once you get used to it you realise how much salt you were consuming. NZ butter is very, very salty and strong. I much prefer milder, non salted European butters.
@@stevebell4906 I don't live in the city. I fucking hate them. A town maby. I'm not advocating entirely going self sufficient im saying that the city isn't all its cracked up to be
I was reared in the 50s in exactly this way of life.It was work work work when you reached ten years old.We NEVER had a holiday anywhere.I am very conflicted on the debate as to which era was better.So much pros and cons for both I think.I could list off some of them but it would take all night.Suffice it to say it wasn't all roses back then as this series suggests.I LOVE these programmes dearly as they mainly portray the beautiful skills of the craftsmen and women then.We have IKEA now😡😡.Peace from Ireland to all.🍀🍀🍀.
Well done to the folks behind the camera who recorded this episode. I was born in the mid 90s in Ballymun, Dublin. Always had an affinity toward the rural lifestyle compared to city living which I find dismal. Hopefully one day I can afford to buy myself some land out in the countryside 🙏
How to be happy,going to confession and saying the rosary. Confession gets rid of depression,and the rosary makes one happy and optimist because most of our prayers get answered the way we like.
Dylan McGowan, do it now while you have the youth and the money for it. Notice the hard physical labor that is continuous all day, every day? Having a pipe and a mug in front of the fire is a blessing then.
I used to sit with my Dad every Sunday as a child and watch Hands. This brings back many very happy memories of childhood and my Dad.
Dan following the cattle along a lane secretly curtained, and perfumed with bushes and brambles. A place for children to play outlaws and pirates, the haunted country lane of everyone’s childhood.
Just wow. What a phrase. Transports me back to 6 years old
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Our childhood playing in open fields we learned how to plant spuds make up turf it taught us values in life .I love these videos pure class
My family is from Crumlin - I was born in Belfast and left Ireland in 1956. How I wish the world could go back to this simple way of life; forget the great reset, we need the great resist.
Since I have discovered this show I regularly show episodes of Hands to my children - 8 and 11 - and they love to watch it when they eat a bowl of something before going off to bed. The entire series is a miracle and to my mind more worthy of preservation than Star Wars
Totally agree
Such a beautiful thing to do with your children 👍
Some brilliant crafts and skills mostly lost now sadly I saw a lot of these things growing up in d west of Ireland I love all those programmes
Wat een hard werkende kunstenaars,top zeg,❤
Amen.
I remember seeing these programmes on the TV when I was a kid. They were contemporary then. I didn't much enjoy them thinking them boring. I rediscovered them in my 30s on the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ who were rerunning them over 10 years ago. I saw then what a wonder they are and the quality I had the maturity to appreciate. So great I can rewatch them now at nearly 50 on TH-cam. So cool!
This is UTTERLY EXTRAORDINARY. In almost every conceivable way it is extraordinary. What particularly moves me is the literary quality of the narration. Have you heard such well-written words on any TV programme in the past quarter century? It almost sounds like it was written by Seamus Heaney. Just think of how far we've fallen. And to think people were living like this just a few years ago. Amazing.
I know - they call it dumbing down. They dont want us thinking too much
aaarrrggghhh sure noooow ye not a professor are ya
Shut up. Stop talking like a female during her period. Emotional pansy.
I do wanna try that butter tho ngl.
Yes. Terrible.
This narration is pure poetry, fantastic to take a short peak back to yesteryear.
Loved this, my great grandfather Patrick McCormick came from Lisnaskea , and while I didn’t know him , my grandfather had that same lovely quiet way about him just like these lovely people. He even wore the same cap , reminds me of him a lot ❤️
As a stonemason I thank you for uploading and sharing this ..its a dying trade and few get to see what It can be
That is beautiful country, I pray God's grace that it stays country
Lovely story. Beautifully written very well narrated by Benedict Kiely. Thank you for helping me reconnect to my history. Our family of Scots-Irish became wealthy shopkeepers in Dublin. They built Castle Coole, around the corner from the town of Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh. My son and I visited from the states and learned the story of how building a castle can ruin your finances.
Hello from America! My mothers maiden name. Bonnie Besse Kelley! My middle name is Kelley! We come from a long line of O’Kelley’s. Very proud of that I am. A good and kind people with rich beautiful traditions
I feel like my family has had a similar lifestyle but I am 42 and am from rural USA (California, Idaho, Arkansas). I've made butter plenty, taken care of lots of farm animals, and my dad is a blacksmith. I feel blessed to have experienced the simple, good life 🙏
This reminds me of my granny's house. She lived in Co Derry with neither electricity, water nor any other amenities. Water came from a pump in the garden, light was from Tilley lamps downstairs and oil lamps in the bedrooms. Cooking was done on the range, which she lit every morning at 0600. Down the road Uncle David made butter exactly like that, and could make anything from wood. He made me a tiny wooden wheelbarrow when I was probably 5-6 years old.
Love Hands, watch them regularly, this family is all living together, and all have their jobs to keep them all going, amazing, however, this makes me so hungry for the current bread with the strong tea, and that homemade butter looks so amazing. Takes me back to my grandparents' rustic farmhouse in Wexford Ireland, no running water or loo inside the house, cooked most food over the open fire, and my gran made unpasteurized salty butter and spread it thick on warm current bread.
absolutely fantastic program, beautiful writing, beautiful narrative . And what saddens me even more today is to think that Loch Neigh the largest freshwater lake in Western Europe. Is polluted to the point of dying, i’d love to know who did that polluting
the narrater is my uncle, and writer, the late Benedict Kiely.
he had a very soothing voice...
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Helen Kiely-O'Regan I love his voice.
...... he use drink in MADIGANS IN DONNY BROOK.
He's good. You can tell he's not just reading something somebody else wrote. There's some poetry to it.
I'm half Irish; not until watching this series have I ever felt so connected to strangers. I know these blokes; my Grandad was exactly the same. :'-)
As much as we'd like to believe everything we see is a pristine slice of life, we can't forget the effect the camera's presence has on the people's behavior.
And now look, all the people wanting to return to a more traditional, or more manual lifestyle - the Artisans, those disenfranchised from the city. But who can teach these old skills? it is getting hard, forcing people to reinvent these skills. It takes a long time to learn. We let these lifestyles die - laughed at them even especially in the1980's. More-fool us. Being English, I know little of Ireland, but these videos are amazing. These people more so. Thank You for Archiving this series. They are Gems.
What a good life. I was a city boy here in Australia and went out to work on a farm clearing Mallee scrub and also growing grain/clover seed. I was a bricklayer before but the farm work was hard, it was long days and serious manual labor, especially loading out Mallee tree roots in 100 degrees and a burning sun. But it was no doubt the best few years of my life and I regret ever leaving and coming back to the city
I’m a week away from burying my mum...watching this is amongst the closest I’ve come to peace in recent weeks. Bless you.
Sorry to hear about your mama. Jesus loves you. Peace.
Prophecies is telling us Jesus's return will be very soon then we will see our loved one very soon.
Of course no one knows exactly when but I pray every day it's soon.
"God Bless" you my friend..
@@20greeneyes20 is he here yet?
I know it's been years but I hope you found peace in such turbulent times, stay safe, stay healthy.
without hyperbole, this video, for me, is the best thing I have seen on youtube, end stop. This is what I needed. Thank you for posting, thank you for sharing. Speaks to me.
I’m sure lots of you will know it,but for those that haven’t had their hearts touched by one of the best films EVER made,you simply must see THE FIELD.
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How marvellous this show was . They don’t make hardy folk like the Mulhollands any more I warrant . Such a well made and narrated document of a time and place which is rapidly if not totally disappearing . Glad I saw this .
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I first went to Ireland in 92’ as a 20 year old from London but having an Irish grandmother. I went to the dingle peninsula for a month and fell in love with the land, the people and a girl. I’m so glad I got to see “old Ireland “ as I call it that was much like this. Oh and a proper pint of Guinness too! I thought talk of the black ice cream were all exaggerated. No. It’s true. Rare now in Ireland but the occasional pint in certain pubs is blissful, and dangerous.
Well I didn’t think I’d end up watching the whole of that when it popped up on my feed. Brilliant. I love that there’s a home for this sort of content on TH-cam
Some will say these folks have nothing, some will say they have everything! It's all about perspective!
That was such a treat to watch, thank you for the upload 😊👍
This is everything I want to do in life. Such a simple self-sufficiency. Skills and knowledge that are seldom taught anymore.
The world needs much more sentimental grace as featured here...thank you for posting this charming time capsule of Irish country life...
It needs more porn. Can't be out here watching day old porn. Gotta have it fresh.
100%agree mod world some of it impersonal now 20yrs
@@ThisIsGoogle Well, today's RTE no longer produce this kinda stuff. Now they produce daily debauchery, encourage men to be women and women to be men, prepubescant genital mutilation and the killing of babies in the womb.
the world is having this sort of thing taken from it
as rabid consumers are replacing human beings
@@ThisIsGoogle - poor pathetic empty soul..
this was my mothers way of life, Fermanagh
Great job...
I love watching this video.
Greeks love Irish people and their families
We are very similar,Greeks are some of the most generous , kindest people I’ve met ..
When you see old stone buildings you have no idea how this could be built but this video gives you a big clue.
reminds me of Machu Picchu, stones that fit together so perfectly that they must've been carefully carved out to match
or maybe they just took those walls directly from the ground And rebuilt them in their final place, adding rounded edges for aesthetics
it's crazy to realize how much our eurocentric view blinds us to the simplicity of the olden days's crafts
I wonder what humanity was capable of many millennia ago, all the old forgotten knowledge that we've lost
what was our culture like in pre-historical times? and how much of it is still alive in many forms, present in almost all cultures all around the world?
how many versions of the same ancient myth? how many variations of the same old idea?
I hope one day we can unify ourselves as a single tribe again, one with all different kinds of ways to express ourselves, but yet deeply rooted in a common connection to our past and our species's.
How wonderful see these highly skilled men at work.
The mellow voice of the late Ben Kiely RIP. My great Uncle.
The more I watch videos such as these, the more I learn about & appreciate our heritage. As a much younger person, at the time these programmes were broadcast, I was more interested in pursuing my social ventures and interests rather than absorbing these beautifully crafted documentaries of our country and life. My formative years were a mix of city, town and rural and I have memories of farmsteads and lifestyles such as those documented here. Much of the rural land l roamed, explored and played in my childhood is now sprawling estates, supermarkets and other urban features of modern living; no longer a sleepy village. Such is progress - alas.
My grandfather (who died before I was born) was Jim Mulholland as well, left Armagh NI in early 1900's and emigrated to Canada. Not sure if these lads are related distantly but it gives me a sense of where he came from and what life might have been like for my unknown ancestors there. I have also been drawn to stonework through an interest, genetic? who knows. Thanks for posting these vids. Cheers.
i’m a native from armagh, it’s just ireland mate no “NI” needed🤝🏻
at the 17 minute mark there were two men talking and I had no idea what they were saying, but I loved every minute of it!
Weather, availability of a sharpening stone, that the stone could be used to sharpen more than just scythes and how much it would cost. You're welcome
Memories of days gone by…❤❤❤❤
Reading through the comments and just to clarify, this is an extremely romanticised version of rural life as a farmer in Ireland. Poor education, poor infrastructure/amenities, and 5 am starts in depths of winter are a reality this piece has left out!
Still a great look into traditions though
Troll.
Yes totally romanticized - it was a God-awful existence peppered perhaps with occasional joy.
Some of this series was shown on the BBC many years ago. A superb example of what television should include. All that is on BBC now is soaps, quizzes, antiques and cops and robbers.
The older these videos become ‘ the more precious they will become
Now in my 60's and English, my childhood holidays were spent in Donegal on my grandparents' farm. This video reminds me of the wonderful times I had there and the family and friends whose company I loved so much. Thank you for sharing this. I will now recommend it to my grown up sons who have heard so many stories of those holidays.
This takes me back to a time that was so real. I was born in co cork 1966 i left my mother land 1988 and arrive in the good old USA I'm here over 30 years and I miss the life of my youth. However we must forge on. This show brings tears to my eyes and a lump in my chest. A time gone by. A lovely time!!!
Jeremiah Quinlan, My Ancesters are from Cork County, The McNamara's, and. the McEnany's
So nice to see this and all the government is doing to day is destroy any thing that is anything to do with Ireland as fast as possible we are in a very sad country now unfortunately ,
You should take a trip back , don't regret it ,I couldn't leave here I would miss it so much .
I'm from cork myself you left a great island behind you .
I am also from Cork living in the UK since 96
As they say no place like home
I'm a rebel true and true and so proud to be 👍 as they say ( UP CORK) home is where the heart is 💯 ❤🙏
How reassuring to see people living in complete harmony with nature.
Miss those times ,I'm 53 from Dublin,when I was a kid me my two brothers ,and me ma, and Da, would head over to mayo just at the foot of cropatrick ,I would of been 2year old and went each year until I was about 6 it was very similar to this we now have a holiday home just up the road from where we went and still good friends with the family who would rent us a cottage ,it's such a beautiful place and I miss those times so much ,who needs to go abroad when we have such a beautiful country right here at our door step ...
Awe. My family are from tubbernavine, lahardane, near castlebar. Crough Patrick to my right and Nephin behind me. I remember the old days and old ways fondly.
I just recently discovered this program and I'm totally hooked. It's one good thing about YT, because without it i would have never known this show existed (in USA)
I'm glad I got to see this. Although born of Irish kin-despite being born and raised in Pennsylvania - this film touches me deep within my soul. I long to walk those green meadows of Ireland...
The Paddy's will always talk of home, no matter how far they are from it, and your yen is a testament to how well they told their stories. People are place, as much as place is. Good luck
I want to thank you so much for uploading this absolute gem of a series. It’s such a shame that the times have changed so drastically😢 Everything is so fast paced nowadays, everybody is rushing to get nowhere. We no longer stop to take in the beauty that surrounds us, instead we’re enslaved to materialism. I’m from Dublin myself, but have always longed for the peace and tranquility of the countryside. I have watched three episodes of this captivating series so far, and can’t wait to watch the rest. Thank you again, thank you!
Oh this takes me back to my childhood We had a lane and woods to play in. Mom and Grandma made butter,gathered eggs,hung clothes on the line,made homemade bread we didn't have an electric stove Mom cooked on a wood cook stove
2020 anyone watching this.. How simple life was then, wish it was the same now today as it was back then. Rip the great peaceful and simple lives they had.
Worth it just to hear the wonderful voice of Benedict Kiely alone.
The circuitous mode of conversation is a marvel. Instead of saying "I would like to buy a scythe stone", we have, "Well yous are still working at the scythe-stones? ...Well I suppose yous'd have one spare now or? ...Well that'll be ok now Frank, I could be doing with one."
This series is absolutely amazing. Did you all see that house they were living in? Wow.
I’m so glad I stumbled upon this and I will definitely be watching the entire series if possible. I remember watching it back when we first got a tv. With all the technology and luxury items at our disposal today, we have managed to erase the uncomplicated lifestyle of my youth. This programme was filmed in the early 70s, what seems like a few years ago to me. Those were the days!!
While the stone cutting and shaping was fascinating, I also found those cows to be interesting. I love how different places have very specific breeds.
Can learn a lot from people like that. I don't think I blinked once or took a breath during the whole video. I was completely amazed. Thank you for sharing
My father was from Irvinestown in Fermanagh. This family lived exactly how his did up until the 1980s. Lovely hard working, highly skilled, peaceful people.
Bless them all
Priceless window into the past.
I'm from Newfoundland Canada the way you pronounced scythe shocked me. They same way it was pronounced here when I was a kid the mid 60s.
Our proud old Irish way of life.
Tears of dignity and pride rose in my chest as I am most impressed by talent, skill and craftsmenship, such as It's just viewed now' omg, I'm going to watch them all, how much I enjoyed this first one of the series. Thanks for this! ♎🍯
A total delight to spend this time with Ireland folk for certain.
My goodness! The one thing I always notice about these Irish farmsteads from the last century is how silent everybody is! My husband and I are always talking, laughing, singing, or humming all day long, now that we’re both retired! And our adult sons are the same way….we never run out of things to say and to laugh about! And it’s so different that six unmarried siblings chose to live together til death.
These docus are GEMS!!!🎩
Enniskillen born and bred, this brings back fond memories of childhood for me👍
These kind of Docs are the best. I am either lulled into slumber with gentle awe or entranced in attention with captivating wonder.
I LOVE that they wear white shirts with starched collars! Beautiful labor! Gorgeous film!
I know! When our car broke down in 1970, the mechanic who came out from Coleraine was wearing a white shirt, tie and jacket.
@@MrSullismom I'm from Coleraine.
@@adamanderson3042 I've been to Coleraine
This documentary has so many memories for me as a child, and it is always {almost} summer on my Grandparent's Dairy Farm.
Ah jayz - I choked up a bit when I read your comment - it reminded me of a line I once read "I keep it in a part of my memory where it is 'summer', and always will be"
This is superb! I’d dearly love to own one of those sandstone scythe sharpeners.
Tremendous skills. Well done Irish people's, never let these capabilities die out !!!
it is gone already
Loved to see the sacred heart and immaculate heart pics on their wall at the end. The simple nostalgic life lie within those loving hearts thru eternity!
Really nice little peace of old Ireland culture. Thank you for the post!
My first experience watching this way of life. Wonderful!
It brings to mind the peace and tranquility of days gone by ! Wonderful story .
The imagery of the sentence at 2:38 is absolutely fantastic. Great writing.
GREAT TO SEE OLD TRADITIONS
Never heard of any one ever dying from hard work and good food but many today die from lack of hard work and eating processed shite,glad I am a hard working irish throwback
Blessed be us Irish👍🇮🇪
Blessed indeed. But I have seen people's lives shortened by physical hard work - not sure if that counts as dying from hard work. The quality of the food was very important - as well as the volume. I've heard elsewhere of how on farms the second helpings as well as the best of the first, would go to the people (often men) who would do the most physically demanding work: food was fuel.
No, lives are shortened by hard physical work; and bodies worn out prematurely. This especially so when one is driven hard by the bosses who have no human sentiment; when the working man is driven at an inhuman pace. Please note that the old lads in this video move at a gentle pace.
I have noticed that those who claim that "hard work never killed anyone" are usually strangers to toil.
@@markstuckey6225 there's a big difference between "hard" and "backbreaking".
@@tissuepaper9962 Hard work still shortens or deteriorates life; gentle work doesn't. Backbreaking is unsafe (breaking of backs; clue in the phrase).
@@markstuckey6225 you can't pretend that words like "hard" and "gentle" have exact, repeatable definitions. I would say that any work that's difficult to the point of chronic injury is, by definition, "backbreaking" work. That's how that word has always been used.
Your claim that "hard work shortens lives" is also far too broad. Even backbreaking work will *lengthen* the life of a particularly slovenly person.
Makes me smile to go back to the simpler times.
love this video thankyou retired bricky , graphic designer and lithographic printer now hardened NATIONALIST GET FIT TRAIN HARD FIGHT EASY WELCOME TO CAMP WESTERN FREEDOM
You gotta love the snooty, patronising attitude of some of the “contributors” on here. The people in this video lived a more natural lifestyle, out in nature and the fresh air, working with their bare hands..eating a plain diet and no doubt living well into their 80s and 90s.
They weren’t sitting indoors 24 hours a day, deprived of vitamin D checking Twitter or Facebook every 2 mins looking for validation by how many likes they got. They were happy in their own skin & not anxiety-ridden because of social media. They weren’t stuffing their faces full of processed foods and getting type 2 diabetes and a plethora of lifestyle illnesses as result.
In its purest form, that’s the way humans are meant to live.
LOVE your comment , absolutely agree 110% with you , was there ever anything wrong with simplicity !
Having a 3 year old son who has many challenges in his life - I must disagree. I realise what you mean - and of course respect your point of view, Also I believe that those people you talk of are just a small - very VERY small percentage of people nationally and especially globally. I am blessed and happy to be living in the 21st century, for my wonderful son's sake.Those old days? these people would be considered "wealthy", being land owners with all it imbues. Only the fit and healthy and wealthy survive in such a World.
@@willb1157 That's true. Wealth then was measured by physical prowess and what you could accumulate with your own hands and labour.
@@aduantasIt’s the young that are dyin early now , cancer is at an all time high , I cannot see many of this generation living to see 90 , all the 90+ yr olds are NOT frm this generation but the last one ..
@@lydialily846 eeehh yes because this generation isn't 90 yet, people don't just magically turn 90, because they did manual labour...
Love this....I come fm the mountains in NW Spain grew up walking in front of the cows to ensure the furrow came straight....milk the cows....gather the eggs....not a single machine....we ere not rich....but I do not think we were poor....
Absolutely loved ‘ Hands ‘ it was a beautiful programme, really enjoyed watching this episode again . Narrator voice is soo soothing ..
These gents don't seem to talk a lot to each other, but cram a lot of chat in when they have a visitor. A lovely video of a gentler, less complicated way of life. We shan't see its like any more, sadly.
Old country folk usually aren't too fond of too much talk.
Yes you CAN. You only need to try. I'm doing it and lived in English cities for thirty years. In fact its the future
Ah! I remember this series played on tv here in the States, in the 1990's I think. I particularly remember the silversmith one, the barrel cooper, and the bookbinder. I had recorded some to VHS. Happy to see episodes here, thank you!.
I definitely remembered seeing this series in the very early days of the Discovery Channel around 1986-'87 but I hadn't seen it on television since. Glad to see this posted here. I remembered Irish folk music frequently used on the series.
just a good old way of life I love watching these vids I am a Riley and I just feel so much at home watching these lads at work.
Wow, that butter making looked so good. Bet the taste is magnificent! ❤
Helen Tucker: Yes, I've made my own from raw milk almost nothing like it except for Kerry Gold butter which I've bought here in the states. As close as you'll get.
Yes, though I prefer non salted butter. It does not keep fresh so long but once you get used to it you realise how much salt you were consuming. NZ butter is very, very salty and strong. I much prefer milder, non salted European butters.
We are lucky enough to be able to freeze it.
Have you ever gotten Irish. Kerry Gold butter, from your grocery store, Delicious
Raw butter and cream is amazing
What a wonderful film! Priceless 👍
What a gem. Many thanks for your kindness in sharing this.
How many Irish must wish this was still the life.
@Jay M your cushty office job is what's rotting the insides of many.
@@kazsmaz As spoken by the man who wouldn't work this hard and live without all of the things in the city...
@@stevebell4906 I don't live in the city. I fucking hate them. A town maby. I'm not advocating entirely going self sufficient im saying that the city isn't all its cracked up to be
I was reared in the 50s in exactly this way of life.It was work work work when you reached ten years old.We NEVER had a holiday anywhere.I am very conflicted on the debate as to which era was better.So much pros and cons for both I think.I could list off some of them but it would take all night.Suffice it to say it wasn't all roses back then as this series suggests.I LOVE these programmes dearly as they mainly portray the beautiful skills of the craftsmen and women then.We have IKEA now😡😡.Peace from Ireland to all.🍀🍀🍀.
I'm one ,I so prefer that time no mobile phones ,just a much more peaceful time
Honest work and a simple life, wish I had half the skills these men had
Well done to the folks behind the camera who recorded this episode. I was born in the mid 90s in Ballymun, Dublin. Always had an affinity toward the rural lifestyle compared to city living which I find dismal. Hopefully one day I can afford to buy myself some land out in the countryside 🙏
Indeed its healthier being in nature.
How to be happy,going to confession and saying the rosary. Confession gets rid of depression,and the rosary makes one happy and optimist because most of our prayers get answered the way we like.
Dylan McGowan, do it now while you have the youth and the money for it. Notice the hard physical labor that is continuous all day, every day? Having a pipe and a mug in front of the fire is a blessing then.
There were plenty of wild animals roaming the streets of Ballymun in the 90s. 🤣
Im from America, but Im curious how much does land cost per acre where your at?
Fabulous and fascinating series - I visited nearby where my ancestors were flax growers nearby, they were born in Five Mile Town. Love Australia xxx
Wow, look how the lady makes butter, shows lovely details. I used to make it myself as a child on our farm.
I have always loved this series. It was beautifully thought out and produced. It showcased the best of Ireland , the land and its people.
2 of my great grandmothers made their own butter and for years I still had the butter paddles one of them used. Damned hard work .
Loved the whole hands series thanks for posting them
I remember watching this series and one set in England. Great.
This is wonderful. Bravo artisans.