I have kept myself locked away from the news for a week or so and in that time i find out the passing of the woman my Beautiful mama worshipped and in turn i too My Heart breaks None of us live forever but loosing her was loosing my own mama again and i cannot tell her so . This Beautiful woman i longed to be I did not fit in I was bewitched my my mothers huge collection of joyce , yeats and so on And the displacement of the irish people And to go on to marry a beautiful irish man My mamas dream RIP Edna , you live on when i am just earth ..
I am Irish apart from a little English blood which crept in from great grandmother. I have never been to Ireland but was brought up on old songs of Ireland and my grandmother could tell the most wonderful stories. Too late now. Perhaps in another life.i am writing this on the day of Edna’s passing. What a joy to listen to her videos. May she rest in peace.
Wow! Once read and especially heard never forgotten. She was a breath of delightful fresh air with the morale courage to confront all the trials and tribulations of a staunchly Catholic and conservative Ireland. Her and one my favourite actors Richard Harris showed fearlessness in their outspokenness which led many to find that for those objectors the truth hurts. RIP this most special of persons.
I left Ireland. 1982 to hopefully give my children a better start , For the war of divisions in fhe North of Ireland was ceaseless So I fled away. Immigration was so hard for decades, an my heart always yearned for home Yet I became adopted by my new country and today i have lived as long here Canada as my life in Ireland And my children prospered in the beautiful outdoors life here in this lovely Country of Canada The pandemic has got in fhe way of my return for a holiday. When younger my Irish husband would Take me to all the great circuits of Irish Horse racing, one of mh favorite memories was The Ballinasloe Horse Fair , the annual event attracts up to 80,000 visitors annually Today I reside. Happily in beautiful Vancouver. Mary Canada 🍁
My Scottish Son left Scotland for Ireland. He's bin met with racism. He's probably more Irish than the one's who are giving him grief. Young Scottish folk can't afford to stay in Scotland. English are buying everything. In Scotland. That's a fact. Never ever thought that Scottish people would face racism in Ireland. Never. 2024. Edna is my favourite. I'm a Scot.
@@marysmyth8288 Mayo and not welcomed. Travelling people and the neighbours over the road. Disappointed. Thought he'd be welcomed. No. He's bin tormented by both. They prefer the english. I kid you not
I appreciate this so much! Edna O’Brien is one of my favorite writers/people. Just fascinating. She’s right up there with Chekhov in my books. And there’s never enough of Edna O’Brien on the internet. Thank you. 🙏🏼❤️🌟😊
So nice to see Edna in her days of youth... The scenes of her walking by the cliffs beside the ocean or the forests were beautiful and a insight to how she gathered inspiration... Loved seeing the Irish people... Thank you
Really enjoyed that. When you see Ireland in the 60's, 70's and even before, you wonder did we change for the better. I'm in two minds about how we turned out!
so happy I happened upon this national archive film! I read Edna O'Brien's autobiography and have been very curious about her life since then. Thank you!!
I did a Masters deegree in literature in my seventies. I studied Edna O'brien and was totally absorbed. My grandmother was Irish and I have visited Wicklow, beautiful. Edna O'brien was a genius, as were many Irish writers. I loved her autobiography, which she vowed she would never write. A great loss.
That’s very astute. Deep thinkers like her are rarely valued in Ireland because they seem to take themselves too seriously, which is regarded as a major fault. Not having a sense of humour or being able to laugh at oneself is looked down upon here.
Wow, what a woman, what a straight talker. I love that! And stigmata from a kiss... That musta been some kiss! I discovered Edna from reading about Dave Allen performing in her play A Pagan Place, in 1974, I think. Now I must read her books!
Wasn't she extraordinary. My favourite author of all time and a writer who wrote like she was composing a musical score. Her voice and her presence were Ireland to me, the Ireland where my mother grew in poverty and during the civil war with England became truly Irish in her soul. 💚💚💚
Around 1976 I saw Edna O’Brien and Russell Hearty together in a bookshop in Manchester. They must have been working on this project at the time. I also saw her later that day when interviewed on Granada Reports at teatime.
E O'B was profiled on the Aquarius arts show. That was where she first came to know Russell Harty who would become a great pal, often accompanying her on first nights when she was on the judging panel of the Evening Standard theatre awards. On one such occasion, I saw them emerge from a car and make their way through the throng to the theatre entrance which, once they were spotted, fizzed and crackled with the spark of the papparazzi flashguns. Looking down I could see how tightly her grip on Harty's hand grew, and how she'd have been much more content to be at home, at her own dinner table with good company.
I'm watching it, also after she has just passed, as a 77 year old new citizen of Ireland. In fact I'm going there in 6 days with my oldest son. I've read her books and have always loved her. What amazes me about this video is that she has never mentioned what the British did to the Irish for 700 years. Maybe this is because she is being interviewed by a Brit.
That's not what she was about. She lived almost all her adult life in England, and said she couldn't have been the writer she was if she'd stayed in Ireland. Her early books were banned in Ireland!
A good interview, but very much of its time . What a pity the lip-sync is so often lost . I’ve always admired Edna O’Brien as a person , and sometimes as a writer , but she does tend to present a rather one dimensional view of her homeland. However, a lot that she so memorably describes is very true for that era - I know , I lived through it !
@jumperontheline its complicated. ☝️ although the same kind of thing today... the ruling class behaving very poorly towards the people. enacting policy that is detrimental to the people whom they are supposed to represent. right now weve had a stealth takeover of some sorts. the governement is being run like a business. that simply does not have the people interests at heart. . irish have been persecuted in their own homeland for centuries. and similarly were displaced too. had to flea. some were trafficked. they were treated as 2nd class citizens in the USA and people were racist towards irish. and got away with it. especially here in Australia under british rule. and 100k "trafficked" to Australia. after ww2 heaps of people had to immigrate.. it's some sort of social engineering program. the ruling class literally think of us all as farm animals. which reminds me of the higland clearances, another terrible bit of history 🙏 peace be with
Edna was a kind of literary feminist, women in Edna's world were labouring in sensuality whilst scared of men. I think she was writing more about herself. Great writer but she neither helped nor liberated women.
I'm watching this on the day of Ms. O'Brein's passing, and this 65 year old man of Irish stock is in awe. And in tears.
I have kept myself locked away from the news for a week or so and in that time i find out the passing of the woman my Beautiful mama worshipped and in turn i too
My Heart breaks
None of us live forever but loosing her was loosing my own mama again and i cannot tell her so .
This Beautiful woman i longed to be
I did not fit in
I was bewitched my my mothers huge collection of joyce , yeats and so on
And the displacement of the irish people
And to go on to marry a beautiful irish man
My mamas dream
RIP Edna , you live on when i am just earth ..
@@rockandrollpaddy
Absolutely loved Edna O’Brien huge fan of her considerable work , fellow Celt 🏴
She was a great Thinker and Narrator one of a kind. Will never be forgotten.
RIP - will light a candle tonight for Miss O'Brien. I've always loved her work and Irish illuminations.
I am Irish apart from a little English blood which crept in from great grandmother. I have never been to Ireland but was brought up on old songs of Ireland and my grandmother could tell the most wonderful stories. Too late now. Perhaps in another life.i am writing this on the day of Edna’s passing. What a joy to listen to her videos. May she rest in peace.
A fantastic clare woman .
Your ancestors may be Irish, but I am afraid to tell you that you aren’t truly Irish unless you have lived here.
@@annaine that makes me sad.
Wow! Once read and especially heard never forgotten. She was a breath of delightful fresh air with the morale courage to confront all the trials and tribulations of a staunchly Catholic and conservative Ireland. Her and one my favourite actors Richard Harris showed fearlessness in their outspokenness which led many to find that for those objectors the truth hurts. RIP this most special of persons.
This is a time capsule , Edna is an amazing talent and a natural speaker who gets into one’s mind 😌
I left Ireland. 1982 to hopefully give my children a better start , For the war of divisions in fhe North of Ireland was ceaseless
So I fled away. Immigration was so hard for decades, an my heart always yearned for home
Yet I became adopted by my new country and today i have lived as long here Canada as my life in Ireland
And my children prospered in the beautiful outdoors life here in this lovely Country of Canada
The pandemic has got in fhe way of my return for a holiday. When younger my Irish husband would
Take me to all the great circuits of Irish Horse racing, one of mh favorite memories was
The Ballinasloe Horse Fair , the annual event attracts up to 80,000 visitors annually
Today I reside. Happily in beautiful Vancouver.
Mary Canada 🍁
My Scottish Son left Scotland for Ireland. He's bin met with racism. He's probably more Irish than the one's who are giving him grief. Young Scottish folk can't afford to stay in Scotland. English are buying everything. In Scotland. That's a fact. Never ever thought that Scottish people would face racism in Ireland. Never. 2024.
Edna is my favourite. I'm a Scot.
@@jacqueline4905 Where in Ireland?
Mayo
@@marysmyth8288 Mayo and not welcomed. Travelling people and the neighbours over the road. Disappointed. Thought he'd be welcomed. No. He's bin tormented by both. They prefer the english. I kid you not
I appreciate this so much! Edna O’Brien is one of my favorite writers/people. Just fascinating. She’s right up there with Chekhov in my books. And there’s never enough of Edna O’Brien on the internet. Thank you. 🙏🏼❤️🌟😊
A wonderful journey with Edna O ‘Brien
So nice to see Edna in her days of youth... The scenes of her walking by the cliffs beside the ocean or the forests were beautiful and a insight to how she gathered inspiration... Loved seeing the Irish people... Thank you
She was 46 here!
@@davidodwyer9240 46 is not old. It's less than half of the age that she reached.
I know it's not old. But you said "see Edna in her days of youth" which is miseading. (Even though Edna was always youthful)
@@davidodwyer9240 No I didn't. That was someone else. / But let's agree that she was always youthful.
Really enjoyed that. When you see Ireland in the 60's, 70's and even before, you wonder did we change for the better. I'm in two minds about how we turned out!
Beautiful rendition I am in tears.
Its women like her that we need to teach the next generation of young women about to give them strong inspiring and powerful female role
so happy I happened upon this national archive film! I read Edna O'Brien's autobiography and have been very curious about her life since then. Thank you!!
I did a Masters deegree in literature in my seventies. I studied Edna O'brien and was totally absorbed. My grandmother was Irish and I have visited Wicklow, beautiful.
Edna O'brien was a genius, as were many Irish writers. I loved her autobiography, which she vowed she would never write.
A great loss.
So articulate despite her self deprecating words. Love to listen to her.
Edna's arduous striving for her personal dignity didn't allow her room to laugh. Lovely human. I wish her peace.
That’s very astute. Deep thinkers like her are rarely valued in Ireland because they seem to take themselves too seriously, which is regarded as a major fault. Not having a sense of humour or being able to laugh at oneself is looked down upon here.
Wow, what a woman, what a straight talker. I love that!
And stigmata from a kiss...
That musta been some kiss!
I discovered Edna from reading about Dave Allen performing in her play A Pagan Place, in 1974, I think. Now I must read her books!
Wasn't she extraordinary. My favourite author of all time and a writer who wrote like she was composing a musical score. Her voice and her presence were Ireland to me, the Ireland where my mother grew in poverty and during the civil war with England became truly Irish in her soul. 💚💚💚
Around 1976 I saw Edna O’Brien and Russell Hearty together in a bookshop in Manchester. They must have been working on this project at the time. I also saw her later that day when interviewed on Granada Reports at teatime.
E O'B was profiled on the Aquarius arts show. That was where she first came to know Russell Harty who would become a great pal, often accompanying her on first nights when she was on the judging panel of the Evening Standard theatre awards. On one such occasion, I saw them emerge from a car and make their way through the throng to the theatre entrance which, once they were spotted, fizzed and crackled with the spark of the papparazzi flashguns. Looking down I could see how tightly her grip on Harty's hand grew, and how she'd have been much more content to be at home, at her own dinner table with good company.
I have a trunk full of diaries and she gives me the glimmerings of courage to start a memoir.
Thanks you tube excellent video which captures emotions,nature,life.... everything.....
Aidan O'Beirne & Edna in the legendary Merriman Tavern in Scariff. Some of Ireland's finest musicians played there in the seventies\early eighties.
love listening to her
Beautiful video
I'm watching it, also after she has just passed, as a 77 year old new citizen of Ireland. In fact I'm going there in 6 days with my oldest son. I've read her books and have always loved her. What amazes me about this video is that she has never mentioned what the British did to the Irish for 700 years. Maybe this is because she is being interviewed by a Brit.
That's not what she was about.
She lived almost all her adult life in England, and said she couldn't have been the writer she was if she'd stayed in Ireland.
Her early books were banned in Ireland!
She was beautiful.
How lovely.
So lovely
What a beautiful woman right to the end !
Brilliant, ..
A good interview, but very much of its time . What a pity the lip-sync is so often lost . I’ve always admired Edna O’Brien as a person , and sometimes as a writer , but she does tend to present a rather one dimensional view of her homeland. However, a lot that she so memorably describes is very true for that era - I know , I lived through it !
Yes,Irish are thinkers.
R.I.P, Edna O'Brien.
Celtic queen she was.
I love her but I think she is wrong, she is a thinker and there have been many great Irish thinkers
She was possibly referring to philosophers, we don't need them anyway.
RIP
I can see from living in rural Ireland why so many have left.
But why does the dialogue go out of synch with the visual at around 18.00?
Because of the words of the devil, of course
genius
What a lovely country it was then despite all its problems. Hate what our country has become now with all
These bloody immigrants.
Yeah cos it's a known fact that Irish people have never immigrated to another country 🙄
@jumperontheline its complicated. ☝️ although the same kind of thing today... the ruling class behaving very poorly towards the people. enacting policy that is detrimental to the people whom they are supposed to represent. right now weve had a stealth takeover of some sorts. the governement is being run like a business. that simply does not have the people interests at heart. . irish have been persecuted in their own homeland for centuries. and similarly were displaced too. had to flea. some were trafficked. they were treated as 2nd class citizens in the USA and people were racist towards irish. and got away with it. especially here in Australia under british rule. and 100k "trafficked" to Australia. after ww2 heaps of people had to immigrate.. it's some sort of social engineering program. the ruling class literally think of us all as farm animals. which reminds me of the higland clearances, another terrible bit of history 🙏 peace be with
Does anyone know what that tune is at the opening scene?
The tune is Carrickfergus
@@junoxi Otherwise known as the Lonesome Boatman
The lonesome boatman is a totally different tune/ melody. This is definitely Carrickfergus
@@anneobrien4327 You're right, my mistake
☝️🤎🙏 RIP
Edna was a kind of literary feminist, women in Edna's world were labouring in sensuality whilst scared of men. I think she was writing more about herself. Great writer but she neither helped nor liberated women.