The Humours Of Kitsy Cotter, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick, Ireland 1974

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Limerick woman Kitsy Cotter shares her wit and wisdom on countrymen, Dublin Women, pints of porter, buttermilk, and marriage.
In Abbeyfeale, County Limerick Frank Hall meets witty local woman Kitsy Cotter who believes the recipe for a happy and healthy life is a pint of porter every day, either before or after breakfast.
It would put the cockles in your heart going.
Kitsy is determined to fix up a local man with a Dublin girl who he says are more classy and have better legs than country girls.
He says the girls down here are too country.
According to Kitsy, buttermilk is the secret to the Abbeyfeale schoolgirl complexion.
While Kitsy believes that countrymen make wonderful husbands, she says that the key to a successful marriage is for couples to keep away from the bedroom as much as they can.
The countryman is great. He’s a great ole sticker.
This episode ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ broadcast on 3 January 1974. The reporter is Frank Hall.

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@lydialily846 29 күн бұрын

Back when “ gay “ meant happy 😂

@crystalpower1217 13 күн бұрын

😂😂

@paulbreen8533 28 күн бұрын

When I was a kid, all the old people in the village had lived most of their early lives without TV or radio. They had a much more engaging and interesting conversational style than the sort of grunting that goes on nowadays.

@orlalolo4585 26 күн бұрын

Village life changed forever, especially now with the government putting ppl from all parts the world into our small towns and villages , Ireland is not the Ireland of even 5 years ago sadly

@edwardoneill9559 25 күн бұрын

The EU will destroy Ireland

@ericablair4425 25 күн бұрын

And no smart phones ! More human !

@noelfleming3567 10 күн бұрын

Well said sad times now 😢😢

@tinasavage674 26 күн бұрын

The world needs more kitys 😊

@alanoneill3065 15 күн бұрын

I like the affection that the young folk have for Kitty

@fluffybunny7840 21 күн бұрын

The holding of hands…so sweet ❤️

@matthewmcmahon6032 29 күн бұрын

Wonderful to see Kitsy it brings back happy memories when I met her every morning on my way to school in Abbeyfeale in the early 60s - a wonderful lady

@thresagraham8181 27 күн бұрын

How wonderful 😁👍🌻

@noelfleming3567 10 күн бұрын

Simple times nicer times❤

@twomeymichael2000 28 күн бұрын

Wonderful character Sad that these people are far and few in Ireland now Watching the video takes me back to my childhood

@jimbrennan3953 27 күн бұрын

She's a great character of a woman. There used always be various types of characters around in communities back then, before mobiles and multiculturalism. Despite the abundance of doctors and engineers from overseas nowadays, they don't integrate or have an understanding for our own unique quirks and ways

@stephaniewalker3288 26 күн бұрын

God bless her where ever she now is ☘️

@scottfree3759 28 күн бұрын

The hands! Sweet!❤

@FabianMacGintyONeill 29 күн бұрын

You could scour the improv comedy clubs of the world and you'd never find a better person to do 'Yes And' than a rural Irish aul fella or aul wan. She never misses a beat throughout the whole video. Amazing

@NeverBelieveALie 29 күн бұрын

@seandelap8587 29 күн бұрын

These sort of characters are needed in modern Ireland more than ever but they are fast dissapearing unfortunately

@ciananmacreamoinn9253 28 күн бұрын

You find these characters every day still in every community in Ireland...you just have to find them!

@jamesbradshaw3389 26 күн бұрын

@@ciananmacreamoinn9253 I have to fully agree with you

@elizabethcurtin4468 14 күн бұрын

That type are all gone now ,very sad.

@orionxtc1119 14 күн бұрын

Irland now part of Africa

@Kittiesdawn 27 күн бұрын

Love her…

@aileenwarren5916 14 күн бұрын

My mother was from.Abbeyfeale and she remembers this lady couldn't understand her accent ha ha as she has been in london since the 60s but thank you utuve for the memories for my mother

@d.beaumont9157 12 күн бұрын

What a wonderful lady. She reminds me of my grandma Gilligan. The words came thick and fast. Tuning your ear in as a young lad was hard work, never stopping to take a breath. We had no TV in those days. I miss listening to her tales.

@electricrussellette 27 күн бұрын

I remember growing up in the 80s, the old people would shake your hand and not let go until they finished the story about one of your grandparents growing up and how they were "the devil of a man altogether!"

@jamesbradshaw3389 29 күн бұрын

I have just learned a lesson from this fine woman Kitsy Cotter, from now on I am going to drink a tall glass of Porter every day, as a nondrinker I will also have to learn how to come with hangovers but if it makes me laugh so loud and heart like this lady I will be halfway to Heaven, But I refuse to wear a similar flat hat/cap, I will not do that, what would the neighbors say, I have my standards to live upto

@theeggtimertictic1136 29 күн бұрын

Will we ever see characters like this again? Has the internet killed them all?

@FabianMacGintyONeill 29 күн бұрын

This island will never run out of entertainingly mad people. Recently moved back to rural Westmeath and the characters are abundant as ever!

@itsmeitsme99 28 күн бұрын

The European Empire is slowly eradicating wonderful people like Kitsey. Sad.

@AffectionateAstroStation-lx5is 12 күн бұрын

Fucking mobile phones were the worst thing ever invented .

@elizabethcurtin4468 14 күн бұрын

My dad was from glantin,And he married a Kildare women.mum loved it there.

@laurasands8322 26 күн бұрын

That was a view of Ireland despised by the politicians here now who want a multi racial progressive Ireland.

@jasonobrien1989 10 күн бұрын

Wonderful memories.

@jamesbradshaw3389 28 күн бұрын

In her younger days Kitsy Cotter, got herself into a lot of trouble caused by heavy drinking, staying out late, mixing with high society, gambling on the horses and dogs, illegal fishing and brewing and selling Poitín, illegal butter trading across the border causing trouble, always knocking over the dustbins on her way home from the pub on dark nights, often suffering black eyes and bruised lips, her lovely hair in a mess after fighting for refusing to leave the bar, I could tell you much more about my dear 3rd cousin but I think it would be best if I keep some of our family secrets our dearest and most lovely Kitsy Cotter for some other time

@ME24689 28 күн бұрын

We'll take all that with a pinch of salt.. 😊

@anthonyduffy1278 27 күн бұрын

@james She sounds like a lot of fun!😂🤣👍🏻☘️

@jamesbradshaw3389 27 күн бұрын

@@anthonyduffy1278 She was great fun, full of life and a wild woman

@jamesbradshaw3389 26 күн бұрын

@@ME24689 please do and enjoy and have fun

@naomiobrien3136 21 күн бұрын

Sounds like a great character 😂

@palecap 29 күн бұрын

Reminds me of Johnny Mealy of Moneen Roe, Clogh, Co Kilkenny, may God be good to him.

@rightturnclyde1564 20 күн бұрын

My Mum's from Moneenroe - I'll ask her if she remembers Johnny Mealy 😀

@palecap 19 күн бұрын

@@rightturnclyde1564 Brilliant. He lived on the road up to Sacred Heart Church from the N78 by the Railyard

@rightturnclyde1564 19 күн бұрын

I have family buried in the graveyard there, and family still in the Railyard. Lovely place

@timothyosullivan2904 29 күн бұрын

I remember many moons ago Frank Hall doing interviews with Kitsy Cotter on a few controversial issues and getting her views on many different stories .

@jamesbradshaw3389 26 күн бұрын

2nd cousin Kitsy Cotter was full of fun great wit but when she went drink, fights would break out all over the place,, dear old Kitsy Cotter was never knocked down she had too much fighting spirit, she went undefeated and when she passed on to her heavenly reward with howling laughter and a wide smile on her face, it took over 25 minutes for her to complete her journey through the Golden Gates, Saint Peter keep asking more quests so he could set back and enjoy the great fun of meeting and chatting with |Kitsy Cotter as she entered into Heaven but she has not changed her way and still drinks a pint of cool black Porter for her breakfast early each morning then sits back and smokes a fag, them old woodbine are her favorite

@AffectionateAstroStation-lx5is 12 күн бұрын

@@jamesbradshaw3389. Shut up you fool your not funny.

@connoroleary591 29 күн бұрын

Poor woman died on the breadline, meanwhile, her character achieved immortality as Mrs Doyle in Fr Ted 😂

@jamesbradshaw3389 29 күн бұрын

Good but you are not as funny as this fine lady was, God rest her soul in eternal peace in Heaven, I bet St Peter said to this new angle as she entered into heaven, have your fun but keep the noise down, this is a peaceful place, we don't want every drinking poter for breakfast every morning, that will not be allowed

@taizymcc 28 күн бұрын

My dad was from Abbeyfeale. He met a Dublin woman.

@ShoJ369 27 күн бұрын

Kitsy would have been delighted 😊

@Bagpipe13 12 күн бұрын

Love it ❤

@davidmorris6278 26 күн бұрын

Bless her

@timothyosullivan2904 25 күн бұрын

AH Kitsy was a Star in her own wright May she rest in Peace .

@spike6643 7 күн бұрын

Fantastic! There's a wee village beside me in Perthshire that was full of irish characters like this in the 60s. They came for the potato picking initially. Lovely people in special times.❤

@spike6643 7 күн бұрын

Ps.. their descendents are all still here and sit on the Celtic bus with me. Great people!

@catherineoconnell3213 29 күн бұрын

@67 never see the likes of it, no more...... 21/05/2024

@markruddle5136 29 күн бұрын

Was this the same Kitty Cotter that recently passed away in Abbeyfeale aged 104? If it is, her recipe for life is very sound.

@memisemyself 29 күн бұрын

I think it's her.

@jamesbradshaw3389 29 күн бұрын

104 years of age, she proved herself right and the doubters wrong

@connoroleary591 29 күн бұрын

No. It wasn't her. The lady who lived to be 104 was called: "Kitty" and they owned the largest restaurant in the town. The lady in the video has a similar name, but she is definitely not a business woman, and her hallway is a basic working class dwelling from 1974.

@markruddle5136 29 күн бұрын

@@connoroleary591 Thanks.

@jamesbradshaw3389 28 күн бұрын

Working class you say, but we are all working class, yes, if you have to work for a living, very few of us have our own oil wells and gold and diamond mines, I have only in small gold mine, which provides just enough to be able to keep a large pack of wolves away from the front door

@rabc1558 29 күн бұрын

She reminds me of Pauline dooley from the fair green

@roundtowerproductions 28 күн бұрын

Irish National Treasure. Kitty Cotter should be on the back of an Irish Bank Note If Ireland ever takes back her Sovereignty.

@jamesbradshaw3389 28 күн бұрын

I second you on that

@tay7366 24 күн бұрын

She was 38

@user-lh4sb2pn9s 28 күн бұрын

Чудове відео. Велике велике велике спасибі усім ірландцям і Уряду Ірландії за підтримку України.

@trixiteresa9887 27 күн бұрын

❤🎉

@jamesbradshaw3389 22 күн бұрын

Whey, they you would understand

@gerrynicol3951 11 күн бұрын

Who was the reporter

@sunshine-bs2jx 26 күн бұрын

I wonder what age she was there

@laurencesmith-ct9th 11 күн бұрын

She wore a belt whenever she felt a pain in her didly push , a comical vest to save her chest from common cold or the cush . She drank quinine and spirits of wine whenever she felt the drop ................................