1934 Film of Ireland

Subject: RE: 1934 Film of Ireland
From: MartinRyan
Date: 22 Feb 15 - 08:28 AM

Anyone tried to name the tunes played in the sound track? "Pretty Girl Milking her Cow", ...

Regards

Subject: RE: 1934 Film of Ireland
From: Jim Martin
Date: 22 Feb 15 - 08:07 AM

& Kilkenny!

Subject: RE: 1934 Film of Ireland
From: Jim Martin
Date: 22 Feb 15 - 08:04 AM

Anthracite mined in Tipperary:

http://www.sip.ie/sip019B/history/history.htm

http://www.ballingarry.net/Slieveardagh%20history/the-mines.html

Subject: RE: 1934 Film of Ireland
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 22 Feb 15 - 07:18 AM

"black as ink."
Or as coal.

Subject: RE: 1934 Film of Ireland
From: MartinRyan
Date: 22 Feb 15 - 05:51 AM

Coal has been extracted from several small deposits in Ireland over the years - never enough to make a significant economic impact. Marble, of course, doesn't burn! ;>)>

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Subject: 1934 Film of Ireland
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Feb 15 - 12:04 AM

Subject: 1934 film of Ireland
From: Thompson
Date: 08 Feb 15 - 12:52 PM

Footage from 1934 Ireland including some rarely-now-sung songs, with the old Claddagh village, Killarney, Youghal (Ralegh's house…), etc

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Subject: RE: 1934 film of Ireland
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 08 Feb 15 - 01:56 PM

Wow, fantastic! Now safely gathered in among my YouTube faves. Thanks so much for this.

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Subject: RE: 1934 film of Ireland
From: Thompson
Date: 09 Feb 15 - 03:11 AM

You're very welcome!

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Subject: RE: 1934 film of Ireland
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 09 Feb 15 - 09:56 AM

Thanks. That's interesting.

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Subject: RE: 1934 film of Ireland
From: Thompson
Date: 09 Feb 15 - 11:06 AM

What a paradise America seemed then - refrigerators; automobiles - a working man able to buy them; good public schools, free and local; plenty work if you were willing… how different today…

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Subject: RE: 1934 film of Ireland
From: GUEST,Dei C
Date: 10 Feb 15 - 02:38 PM

Dear lord give me the strength to forgive my ancestors for allowing these hollywood types to make such a terrible film' full of lies and music that has no Irish heritage at all. I gave up at the bit which said we burn turf because Ireland has no coal mines. Me and my ancestors hail from Kilkenny one of the richest mining areas in Europle. famed for not just it's COAL but the finest Black marble in the world. At least three of my family died in Kilkenny's COAL MINES. lord save us from the sheer ignorance of foreigners!

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Subject: RE: 1934 film of Ireland
From: Murpholly
Date: 10 Feb 15 - 03:17 PM

I suffered the film right the way through. How patronising can you get!And whilst crops may well have grown well, there was still massive poverty and even starvation in the cities at that time.

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Subject: RE: 1934 film of Ireland
From: Thompson
Date: 10 Feb 15 - 04:04 PM

If you ignore the shamrock-bestrewn voiceover it's interesting, though - especially being able to see the Claddagh village, long since replaced by modern housing with no geese. And I've never before seen a turf cart that was clearly handmade from branches. I found it fascinating.