Old Ireland

Returning Home to Co. Mayo for Christmas, Ireland 1993

Returning Home to Co. Mayo for Christmas, Ireland 1993 Tears and cheers as emigrants are welcomed home for Christmas at[…]

Change Comes To Clonmel Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1967 Clonmel in County Tipperary is a town caught between modern progress and[…]

A Spring Afternoon in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 1983 Scenes from Clonmel on a quiet afternoon in early spring. Farmers,[…]

Illicit Poitín Making in Connemara, Ireland 1968 The makers of poteen produced illegally stand to make a tidy profit but[…]

The Village (1969) – A village in Ireland 1 Takes a look at life in the village of Dunquin in[…]

Kilbeggan Whiskey Distillery Restored, Co. Westmeath, Ireland 1983 Restoration has begun on a Kilbeggan Distillery which was once the main[…]

Dublin City Gun Club, Ireland 1962 The City of Dublin Rifle and Pistol Club for civilians now has thirty members.[…]

Ireland Under Attack, 1977 The brigade of the Southern Command are deployed in Sligo for a military exercise to prepare[…]

Crookhaven Village Community Spirit, Co. Cork, Ireland 1975 Retired journalist Pat Murphy on the fabric of life in and around[…]

1929, Inis Oírr, Oileáin Árann “We’ll play it by word.” “What?” “We’ll play it by word.” “I will not.” “Why[…]