The London Irish
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- A montage of clips from the RTÉ archives relating to emigration of Irish people to London. The footage spans three decades and was assembled by film-maker James McDonald (Shanakee Films) as part of the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the London Irish Centre in Camden Town in September 2014.
Many thanks to the staff at the RTÉ Archives for their assistance and permission for the footage to be included in the film.
Excerpts of the song 'The Aran Exile' by Frank Harte and Donal Lunny also feature. The song is found on their album entitled 'There's Gangs of Them Digging' published by Hummingbird Records.
Copyright: RTÉ / Hummingbird Records / Shanakee Films (www.shanakee.org)
The original programmes that these excerpts were taken from are all available online courtesy of the RTE Archives at the following links:
Irish Squatters in London in 1989
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Emigrant Irish Speakers London 1968
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RTÉ News London Office Opens 1962
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Late Late Show St. Patrick's Special London 1980
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Irish in Britain Directory
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Emigration to London
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Irish Emigrants in London
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I am of Irish descent, living in London in the 1960’s by far the biggest problem for Irish men was alcohol. After my father died in a work accident
my mother had a widow’s pension with 3 children still at. School it allowed us to live a frugal life until we started work. I would say that we have been treated very well in England, I have nothing but thanks for the way we were treated and the opportunity to study and progress our lives.
Lived in Kilburn 1980.s loved pubs .. music ...rough place but real alive buzzing.
Lovely stuff a real time capsule of that time,and the Irish centre in Camden a place I spent many a happy evening with me much missed old mum drinking and chatting and enjoying the music and atmosphere.
Awesome to get a glimpse into Irish history love from Australia. Thanks for posting x
Greetings from Ireland.
Lovely Song in the background from the late Frank Harte, singer and music collector..
Lovely to see Gay Byrne rip & so in control as always ,,,,
A fascinating look in to the irish past. It would be interesting to see more footage of this bygone era.
Bygone?
I know its easy to be wise after the event, but in reality it would have been better for those travelling to England to have done their homework and avoided the big cities wherever possible, although the herd instinct would attract them to places like London where they were more likely to mix with their own kind. Without realising it at the time, I was plunged directly into the UK way of life by joining the armed forces in England. This was in the mid 60's and I was in my late teens and not too set in my ways, so my 100% Irishness was soon watered down after mixing with every ethnicity that existed in England, Scotland and Wales, with no group dominating as we were all under the same rules and regulations. Its also fair to say that a lot of those emigrating to England at the time from Ireland weren't house trained and lacked the basic skills like doing laundry and housekeeping and eating properly.
That mixed in with the drinking culture in a crazy cycle of work, eat, sleep in a big city adds up to a potent lifestyle.
The big cities were where the work was though, and where Irish arrivers would more likely find an Irish community.
@@heliotropezzz333 Yes, thats true. But its also true of other groups like Asians or West Indians who seek to have a little Pakistan or a Rasta community in the cities where they settle, instead of attempting to blend with the indigenous community. Granted this would be difficult for the examples mentioned because of obvious racial differences but second generation Irish are indistinguishable from any other native walking down the street. Unfortunately the attitude of the natives of England hasn't changed towards the Irish and in most cases regard them as not quite up to par...no one of us once the accent is detected. I have a brother who has lived continuously in England for over 50 years but is still seen as Paddy from Ireland. The thing that left the biggest impression on me after I first set foot in England was the class system. If there was a scale of 1 - 10, I would say that the Irish would be pigeonholed between 8 and 10. Not so much in the Urban areas but certainly in the exclusive rural towns and villages of England. No travellers or Irish admitted signs outside upmarket pubs in Hampshire/New forest area is an example.
Thankfully Ireland has come a long way economically since the 60's and have gained their place of respect among other developed nations.
A lot of irish people bring so many friends with them and hang around with so many of their home locals that they may as well never leave home, the amount they learn about other races..They bring "home" with them.
@@MrFootballfu I think that's for security and comfort. English life in big cities is very different to life in small Irish communities. It takes some getting used to and can seem lonely at first without some link to 'home' and 'the familiar' but the Irish are great travellers and you find them all over the globe.
Haven't you noticed? .... We are addicted to the potent lifestyle as a nation. We shall self destruct in unison while dreaming a collective of daring fantasy, while downing cheap "It'll do" beverages. I am he that was, is and is destined to be.... An irishman with an itch.
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So sad the you man what he said,you have to keep going on in them awful conditions.
he died in a motorcycle accident in galway in 1993...rip patrick...
5.07 if only there was a computer screen to hide behind back in those days he'd be the man right behind it.
Every man for themselves in broken Britain.
That'd why the English voted Brexit.
The poor working classes were truly pissed off.
But why vote for Brexit?
@@francisdonnelly9361 To piss off people .
Excellent point
@@francisdonnelly9361 as a poor person I think ...only my opinion that the "working classes who built Britain looked around and saw governments Sell fuckin everything. .privatise everything allowed unrestricted immigration and Thought 🤔 you Are not only greedy but uncaring and voted Brexit.
@@stevendouglas3860 That will only give them the opportunity to do even, more of the same. The more important thing is who is voted in.
Those doss houses wtf ...
This probably 88
Lovely people , hard working .
Now it looks like a future war zone
Buffalo dance club in camden town
Was Gay trying to put on English Accent
A nice man. But, I never understand why he, and many others, thought they needed to sound "proper". It always has such an inauthentic sound to it. Neither fish nor fowl.
Gay Byrne
just a gay south dubliner