This is my uncle Joe...God rest him.. he died five years after.. Patrick the older one died at the age of 87..in 1987.. Irish was the language of the house growing up in South Galway.. This video brings back memories 🥲

As a child growing up these two men would not have been out of the ordinary at all, I grew up in rural Ireland and saw many people like these men , it's not until I grew up and traveled that I saw people like this as uniquely Irish and a connection with our old culture and customs , honest earthly people living a simple but less complicated life , god bless them and may they rest in peace

He said it’s been a good life and he is a happy man, that says it all

Guys like this fella absolutely fascinate me. I wish there were still fellas like him knocking around

I'm 63 and remember my grandparents living like this in rural Florida. No phones, electricity or car. I used to love spending time on their farm away from the suburbs where I lived with my parents. My parents got them hooked up to electricity and it was the talk of the farm community. They thought they were rich. And they were , in ways people could never understand. God bless them.💖

as a english man this is where my dad was from russmuc in galway what a brilliant and lovely man he was loved him with my heart i miss him every day he passed on 15 years ago love ya cloeman and all ways will xx

I grew up in the sixties in Antrim and from an early age we worked on the farm with my father. We had little or no money and life was really hard. I left school and got a job and later left the country. I will be going back soon Ireland is always in your heart and I have fond memories of working on the Farm.Beautiful country beautiful people.

This reminds me of my Leitrim uncle, a country tailor. He didn't have electricity or running water until the 1970s. He told me once that he could run through the house in the pitch black. And it sure was pitch black in the Irish countryside at night! I also smiled at the hearth. When I first visited him in 1976 he still had it. He had wanted to put in a cooker, but my grandmother (born in 1870) wouldn't let him do it. "What would I have to look at in the night?" And speaking of Irish hearths and kitchens, my Leitrim aunt came to visit us in New York in the 1970s. Of course, we took her around to see the sights and one of those sights was a 17th century Dutch home just north of New York City. We walked into the kitchen and she immediately started walking around the kitchen naming off everything there. The docent was shocked and she just had to ask how she knew all this. "Sure, I was using most of them just last week!" The look on the docent's face was priceless. I miss those two. I can say, with no shame, that I adored them. They were salt of the earth and the examples of their lives has much to teach us "modern types".

He's 59. My god. He looks 90. I'm supposed to be able to work until I'm 67 in today's world. I feel young suddenly seeing poor old Paddie at 59.

I am 67, I grew up like this on the north west coast .great memories.

My ancestors were Irish farmers and I always wondered how they would have lived. This is fascinating. What a lovely man.

What a beautiful and simple life. Compared to now in compressed city life with its stresses and strain. How I wish I had lived that wholesome life!

Lovely memories for me! 73 now. Born in London my Aunty born in Quilty brought me up! I went to school as a 8 year old I think in County Clare, Quilty. Been there loads of times in the school holidays & I am lucky to have fond memories. I always remember going to Euston London many times to get the Irish Mail train to holyhead & then on to the Hibernia or the Cambria ships to Dun Laoire. WOW the crossings were rough! I am lucky.

Sound quality is impressive, whoever filmed it on the day

I was born in Carrickfergus and moved to Canada in 1954. I have never been back since but maybe someday I will get a chance. My parents told me all about my homeland. These two must have been a pair when they were younger.

my mommy grew up on a farm in Ireland. I used to love hearing the stories of how they looked after the animals. I was so shocked when I studied animal care and learned how animals in factories are treated. I always try and buy local produce and meat from local farms now.

I'm humbled by these fine men❤️

It's great to have videos like this. The next generation won't relate to this idea of life style.

Old before their time but they have lived and loved their lives.

absolute respect god bless men of nature of the power of mother earth

Gives me an insight into how my grandparents lived, thanks.

My uncle Ned lived like this too in the Wicklow mountains what a story teller you would listen to him for hours he had to move down to the village of Roundwood because he was getting on I'd go and visit him he had "new technology" a light in him bedroom and running water and electricity kettle and a toilet in his whole life that's all that changed 😅 I often wonder what he would make of today 🤔💚💛🇮🇪

special story. Glad these men's lives were preserved for us on film.

Where do you unearth these clips, CR? They're amusing, nostalgic, captivating - and not just for the subject content, but for the wonderful detail of a world now gone. It's a long time since I've seen a man wiping a cow's arse with a hank of hay. Brings a smile to my face every time! Wherever you get them, many thanks for the work - you're a treasure!

What a beautiful channel. I was born in Belfast in 1972. This is a brilliant channel to discover. ☘👍

We come from a different country, but I have seen an identical way of living where we come from. Simple, hardy, subsistence farmers with open fires etc. Hardworking , honest and god-fearing people.

I am of galic ancestry and native American, growing up on a farm we grew every thing we ate. we fished, hunted and butchered animals raised on a 150 acre farm. we were lucky to have a tractor but still milked cows and chopped weeds and wood. our main cash crop were tobacco and cotton, very labor intensive. my grandparents lived into their eighties, raised seven children and have many grand , great grand great great grandchildren who know how to work for a living. I just retired after 45 years in a factory.

This reminds me of my Grandad he was brought up on a farm in County Mayo.

I could watch them boys all day long fascinating stuff RIP

This gives me nostalgia for something I never experienced.

It's been a long time since I've seen a loaf o bread cut like that , happy memories of real food and real men !

What a treasure it must be to have this video of your uncles to reflect upon. I am sorry for your loss.

I love listening to this man speak

The conversations over tea must have been great 👍

Them boys where hard as nails as we irish say God bless my irish bros in arms

what a lovely fella. amazing how some people lived every day like this, without all the shit around modern living. just got on with stuff . God bless the Irish. great people to whom we all owe a great debt.

I grew up on a farm in the 70s. It was 128 acres we had about 5 hogs 30 some head of cattle, two horses, about a dozen chickens. Every year we had a garden, and we raise tobacco. There was a little country store about 2 miles up the road where I had credit. Every Friday my dad would stop by the store to pay off my bill. That was the way I got paid for doing chores. I would go to the store and get a bottle of RC Cola and a bag of tater chips. And sometimes I would have Ethel make me a sandwich. “Put it on the bill”, I would say.

Wow he looks older than 59. Hard work on the farm ages everyone

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. Blessings

My wife’s father and his brother were just like this..living together for decades just the two of them in a similar dwelling...great life..very hard work..they had 100 acres which was seen as a good farm compared to most..life has changed in Ireland now..a lot less community etc

Proper men, in touch with the land and the nature, this is the way to live, self sufficient

Tough times. Though men god bless them 🙏

Thank you for sharing these videos. Incredible pieces of history.

I can understand about 1 out of 7 words that he speaks. I am a native speaker of what we call "English" here in America. It is amazing to think of all of the momentous world events these men lived through as they toiled daily on their little plot of land, blissfully uninvolved in the madness of modernity.

fried egg sandwich my favorite, and for a day up the bog bottle of tea in a woolen sock a cornbeef sandwich i remember it like yesterday

I want so badly to research the Irish side of my family; I was born in the US as the third generation on one side and second on the other. I have been blessed enough to visit Ireland and never met a kinder, harder working, or more thoughtful people. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I’d come home, somehow; I was even allowed to help a family cut hay and work sheep! 🤩 I grew up doing both in the U.S. How can I feel homesick for a place I’ve only been once, and for a short time?

Looks like some damn good bread.

I just found out my buddy Derek Doyle of ballyshannon passed RIP

Nice big Aberdeen Angus there, I grew up next to a farm that reared them , stern looking beasts

A hard life but a good life. R.I.P. Lovely men.

Big farm for the time. Those old folks gave their bodies a fair doing. The calluses on his hand to hold the súgán like that, and he said they made 30 of them. It was hard but simple times, now it's easy but complex times.

How primitive life was back then... and I was 7 when this film was made!

As I got older and well educated, I thought my culture was so strong and invisible 👍 so strong 👍🍀➕🌙

Thank you a lot it beautiful and god bless always

I'd love to meet people like that life slow laid back simple things in life were gone to modern keep shovel tipping

This is the sort of life my grandparents/great grandparents generation would have lived and yet they just got on with it and didnt moan and complain about how hard they had it unlike those today who have really been spoiled and pampered in life they should try to go back and live the lives those men lived and then they would really understand the meaning about what a tough life really is.

Simply Beautiful thank you so much for sharing and God bless all

Beautiful video thank you alot ❤❤❤

There’s an old farmer near me who still lives like this. No running water, outdoor privy etc. He looked into getting electricity installed recently (after he had a stroke) but the quote was over £20,000.

Amazing great captured video. Superb.

It's hard not to contrast with our current society.. My God, we drive through fast food places & get an entire meal in 2 minutes.. They had no running water, no elec, phone, tv... Purely fascinating to me

This chap looks old for his years and shows how hard life had been for him but he shows contentment in his lot and his thoughts are on his elder brother. As for a previous comment from a niece it is sad to find that he past away in his mid 60's. A very nice short story

Those were the days, when people actually had a community and actually looked after each other.

Coming from The Netherlands, the accent is very hard to understand. But the fragments of conversation I can follow are fascinating to hear. What a wonderful time capsule to be a part of, albeit for only a couple of minutes. Thank you for sharing.

A simple basic life. Now we have smartphones, electricity, cars and we're still complaining.

When I was a young nurse in rural Ireland, we encountered an elderly woman complaining of abdominal pain I was helping her undress and was shocked to observe what I thought was a large growth on her back and upper abdomen, I asked-her how long she had the unusual shape on her tummy and back, “ och thats me truss, I’ve never taken it off “. The truss had embedded itself under layers of skin and accumulated dead skin.

From America...we stand solid with the Irish!!!Just saying!!!My mother 100% Irish and My father Half Irish and Dutch...I am an Irish American!!

Olden days. In ireland people were more content then no TV Internet or mobile phones the man interviewing sounded like Cathal Shanahan

What a great accent. I hardly caught a word, but still managed to catch the gist

The year I was born. Rural England was like this too. I really really miss the old ways.

This os the story of all my fathers friends and lots of his family

The amazing Seamus Heaney evokes these marvellous images in his pastoral verse

Fascinating.

Good video, reminds of a few old farmers I knew years ago though probably not quite as rustic as these, I thought he was going to start lifting the cows tail up and down to try to pump the milk out

I love this because I am Irish 👍🍀🥊🌙🇮🇪➕🌙

No television, no telephone... only life.

What a great video, I look forward to see some more if available 😊👌

These were HARD men! You could roller skate on them. God bless, and rest easy.

No one is gonna comment on his amazing hair?

Thank you 🍀

These men knew what bathroom to go into. They were not confused about that.

great clip

2:53 “I’ll get a hatchet and cut the whole thing off” 😂😂

I am American Irish and studied at University College Galway for one year in 1973. It was a wonderful experience!

he was making history never once occured to him

Mr Flanagan look's closer to being in his '70's, rather than the stated 59 years of age. Life and work was obviously so much harder in those days. I also love the old, all the girls in the family becoming nuns concept. From my understanding, this had been a very common scenario in Irish society, with it probably being more prevalent than in other Catholic countries. Also, boys being heavily encouraged/pressured into becoming priests or brothers as well.

My god what hard workers they were god bless them u wouldn't see this today times changed

I'd say them two boys have very interesting chats in that house, I'd love to overhear em for a few hours. Last of a generation and a nonexistent way of life

Owl Ireland was amazing 🙌🇮🇪😍💚💚💚

My best mate came over from Ireland.He and his brothers used to take the horse to school,or drive an old car…his oldest brother was 12 at the time…

Great video 🇮🇪👍

some fade, joe was rocking it back in the day

59 years old ? He looked older - a hard life 😐

Thanks for that. Excellent documentary.

I was so annoyed when he was explaining why they were twisting up the Hay and the narrator talks over him

I'm shocked at how much they look like my Irish American farming relatives from Texas, great uncles and great grandfathers etc.

I loved the way he was making rope. It's how our ancestors lived wherever we are from now. I would say he'd had a rough live as it's said he's 59 but he looks somewhat older.

Great people I remember county Wexford like that

Fantastic video thank you

Invincible 😀☘️🍀