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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2015
- 1984 RTÉ documentary about the Blasket Islands, the work of linguists and anthropologists there in the early 20th c., and the autobiographical literature produced by islanders such as Tomás Ó Criomhthain & Peig Sayers.
Anyone interested should go and read the The Islandman by Tomás O'Crohan. Great insight into a tough wholesome life on the island. It made my visit this summer so significant. The book gives great insights into a life pre all modern conveniences and just the solidarity of neighbours to rely on. To me the book carries as much of the the island atmosphere than any visit can.
Thanks for the plug. Just ordered it and am looking forward to reading it!
@@claireryan8074 You will have to read through the editing (or maybe translating) to appreciate it. However its a totally different insight into life there than the Peig story, it might be because he was true islander, slightly different generation, or his life as a man... The two books should have been studied in schools to give a balanced view.
Really love this channel half Irish ☘️ man I am with a love for the proper life of these great men and women
The paternal side of my family was Irish from Co Mayo, but I grew up in England, so I know nothing of the native tongue of these wonderful people. I know nothing of the narrator Kieron Moore either, but I do know that he has a profound knowledge of the Irish language, and has used it to make what was already (I'm searching for adjectives} a thing of absolute beauty into a masterpiece. This is an experience that will not be forgotten, neither will these amazing people, thanks to this lovely film.
Absolutely excellent, thank you so much. The world needs people like this, not Corporations as everything is today. Every country is a fictitious corporation telling man who is the master what to do. Thanks again.
So true thank you for your truth
I am hooked on old footage of Ireland 🇮🇪 , wondering who they were , what their lives were like , the dreams they dreamed of, were any of these folks distant relatives of mine ? with Love , from USA 🇺🇸☘️🇮🇹
Go to:
CR’s video vaults
on you tube and you will find a lot of very good old footage.
Best of luck.
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Thank you for sharing these documentaries. A treasure chest of nearly lost skills.
Such a nice film, my family are from Kerry and I visit often, what Professor George Thompson said near the end about break up of social cultures in 1984 really has come true today
The TV was an attack on culture and the internet was it's death blow. 40 years ago in this area people were still wearing clothes they made from curtains. Everyone was so happy and so wholesome though. Everything started changing when the cable lines were put in. Before that this town had no television service. Now there's TV and internet and the young kids are running around smoking meth and pretending they're gang bangers.
I'd listen to the old peoples stories all day.
Thank you for this profound and heartfelt documentary of an amazing culture of strong, yet gentle people. We can learn so much about our own cultures from people who put simpler but difficult daily challenges ahead of the apparently unending 'quest for highly technological success' within our contemporary capitalistic societies. As an Anthropologist, but more significantly 'an ordinary human being', I am optimistic about much of our current global youth who are recognizing "the values" that historical communities like The Blasket Islanders contributed to peoples' overall mental, physical, and spiritual health. The current world has so much to learn from those who came before us, so documentaries such as this one are most appreciated in healing and advancing the many depressed and hopeless feeling people today. Clearly, we cannot and should never return to purely ancestral ways of life, but I believe that histories like this of The Blasket Peoples will help to enrich our humanity's future.
i totally agree
Thank you for your words of understanding i was close to tears looking at this video of times past ,PD
Totally amazing, thanks
fabulous film.. thank you. heading there on Tuesday. I go every yr... soothes my soul..x
Watching in Colorado USA. Thank you for this film.
Fascinating documentary , absolutely brilliant
We have lost something very unique in Ireland.. Its simplicity, beauty and general happiness of the people
we have socialism, globalisation, multiculturalism, the irish heading for minority status and lgbtq obsession. How far we've fallen
@@kevinbetsy-w9424 An bhfuil Gaeilge agat?
@@DCFelix67 Tá Gaeilge agam agus aontaím leis an ráiteas.
Those things have been lost in all western countries.
Treacherous politicians sold out to the EEC proffering the 'globalist' approach.
My heart bleeds at the beauty.
And the incredible men, women and children of the Blaskets!
Awesome Wish I could see it in person
Wonderful documentary, such beautiful people and culture!! Values that we are sadly forgetting in society.
Just there last week. Been there many times leading groups. Film well done. Thanks.
A fantastic account of a beautiful, hard working people.
What a treasure! Thank you for this valuable documentary! And thanks to the lady at the information desk in the Blasket Centre for the recommendation of this film!
I have got to go to this island. My lineage is from Kerry and I've always dreamed of being in Kerry by the sea - this would jewel that experience.
I am going to go and stay in County Kerry for an extended stay.
Did ya get to yet? (:
Well did ya go?
Thank you for the upload!
O'Sullivans well represented in these parts of Ireland and long may it continue.
Fascinating look at these beautiful places!
Loved hearing port na bpucai pop up in the score!
Very interesting history. We once looked across from Dunquin and thought about who these people were and what their story was. This is similar to the story of Saint Kilda.
Superb film of lost world.
When the Englishman was speaking at the end about the island people’s culture disappearing, as though it was some kind of crime against humanity, it occurred to me that this has happened countless times through the centuries and millennia all over the world, from many causes. It seems a bit cliché to use the metaphor of the ocean moving in and out with the tide, bringing some things to the shore and swallowing others, but it’s apt! There are still nomadic tribes in east Asia and Siberia who try to maintain their ancient languages and cultures, just as ancient societies tried to do the same thing, and these changes are bemoaned as though it’s the first time a pristine culture disappeared into a dominant culture….cultures and peoples ebb and flow like the ocean with a kind of inevitability. Cultures and languages are either recorded or passed down, or they aren’t; in this case, we’re lucky bc of the books and films and art which has recorded this unique culture and has kept it alive. Of course it’s sad when the change is inevitable, such as the “fish failing,” but humanity either adapts to a new culture and is absorbed by it, or it dies. We can embrace change and celebrate iti, as Percy Bysshe Shelley did, taking comfort in the inevitability of change (“Naught may endure but mutability”), or we can let it crush us. The only choice is to endure, or to give in to the sadness.
It’s a beautiful place. I’v been watching some videos about this island and the people that lived there. It’s so sad they lost there culture, language and there land in a way. The way I see it is the world lost something to, like we do every time people have to give up there culture and language.
What I haven’t understand is why they had to leave?
Many of their descendants are living on mainland in the area. Irish still spoken - maybe not as widespread, but all cultures change and blend and are still enjoyed.
The population were emigrating to USA and other places,and I believe the men remaining were too old to man boats,which they needed to fish and go to the mainland.
Very enjoyable!
It hurts knowing i will never be going back to feel and see the island 😢
Excellent.
Clár den scoth a léiríonn ré an oileáin atá imithe. Tá sé chomh deas a bheith ag éisteacht le cainteoirí dúchais na Gaeilge.
glcork, Sea aontaím.
Does anyone know why the oars on the boats have such narrow blades? Is this still common?
Yes, though I'm not an expert... the boats are very light and buoyant.. like curricles? the oars are multifold... they work like on oar on a punt, a rudder, but mostly, the curragh uses the prevailing tides currents and seas... and the oars are like using the engine to get out of harbour, or beyond the current or the slipway into open sea... and then for direction, rather than propelling - they need to be tough. long and unbreakable - a thinner handle and a wider blade would less useful in the seas you meet - though, if you've ever seen a curragh race - they can make the Oxford Cambridge look slow
@ 37:21 - the man looks exactly like a Basque - I would be so curious to read their - Ancient DNA results.
Go hiontach ar fad, go háirithe d’aon duine atá ag iarraidh feabhas a chur ar a chuid Gaeilge
Are my eyes actually seeing oars, that have no paddles? Can someone kindly tell me a bit about this? Perhaps the history? Thank you so much. Warmest regards, Cameron of Ontario.
type of sea... much more choppy than the Pacific... control rather than speed..
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At 54:00 when he says the words to Port na bPúcaí, can anyone please provide the words he's saing as Gailge? GRMA
Port of ghosts?????
@@barryosullivan8742 Port na bPúcaí means (basically) Music of the Fairies/Sídh. But I can't quite catch what he is saying about the song. I mean, it translated what he is saying, but I was hoping I could have the words he's saying - in Irish.
@@OCiarmhaic port is a jig. Dance in 6/8 time. Danced in hard shoes usually.
@@OCiarmhaic Taim ag iarraidh na focail a bhaint, ach ta se deachair.
Bron orm.
@@materdeimusicd.buckley2974 Go raibh maith agat as do iarracht.
A lost world. WE are desensitised, selfish, uncaring, intolerant and may just outlast climate change.
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Are the people speaking Gaelic?
Yes
There speaking old ancient language oldest in Europe if not the world druidic language that came from Irish Ogham now Gaeilge Gaelic long live the Irish gaels who brang Gaeilge Gaelic to Scotland and the Isle of man and parts of Wales the Scottish were pics from picland spoke pictish wipe out by the Saxons Irish called it Albain mac MC ní ó all irish Gael blood lines Tál 🇮🇪
Lost wonderful ancient culture.
Peig smoked a pipe!
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There's footage of, I believe it's Thomas' grandchild - as a baby - with 1st 2 bottom teeth.
That is the most Gorgeous baby you could ever see.
I recommend interested folks - search for film footage on The Island and view this child.
I see this film was made in 1984. The film I reference would likely be in the early 50's, since they departed the island in 1953.
I suppose that baby would now be about 65 - 67.
I know that seems aged, but I assure you - it really depends on the person.
(I didn't expect to write an article, although I have degrees and post grad Research: Journalism, Sociology, History, at least - and minus any typos - I'm too tired to edit, I hope you enjoy the read and the value of information I share below)
Thanks,
M. Beth
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Thoughts are 99.9% of all our reality (Quantum Physics) and your Soul is timeless. The person you know yourself as remains constant - and at a varying degree I suppose, but I feel no different as my "me" since I was in College - and I graduated college in 1981.
Born Irish as Paddy's pig, North Side Chicago (Go CUBS!!!), on December 20th, 1958. In 2 weeks my "Calendar based age will be 61, in Numerology that's a 7 - (I like 7's) -
28° Sagittarius, as Astrology indicates that is my Sun Sign and degree and it is @ Gallactic Center - a point of Quantum level Energies -
There's more to that, but I won't bore you, and Astrology is one of the most fascinating subjects I have ever enjoyed studying - and I mean from the Ancient Astrology - Vedic - to the Western.
The true information from the Ancient Vedic is absolutely Mind Boggling - it is one of the values I considered when I realized that: "What we read in Modern Classroom History Books is largely Fiction" - a Produced Version of History - that will change in a reasonably short amount of time.
Like this film's value - Imagine going to the Islands from this film in about 500 years, as an Archaeologist, if the books and films had not been completed - barring they don't slip down the Black Hole at the Smithsonian.
This planet has been the home to more than 1 Advanced Civilization of People's - the Ancient Maps, Artifacts, Petroglyphs, Cave Art, Buildings, Oral Histories, and that Academics write off as Myths - all indicate this fact.
As the Author and Acclaimed Expert: Graham Hancock, wrote and speaks to, *"We are a Species With Amnesia"
For a number of reasons, information and Artifacts that depicts the facts is stored in a few locations and some scattered about the world in Museums, yet they continue to be both withheld and ignored.
At what point the stories were packed away, only those with the keys might know, for what purpose, one can merely speculate. My guess would be a basic 2 fold - Information is Power, and thus one reason would be that the World's Powerful - not really a large group, sees it in their interest, the second and a worthy consideration would be, to prevent Public Fear - our Planet undergoes physical and Energy fluctuations on an apparent time Repetative basis - Pole Shifts and Climate Changes - the latter being both natural and environmental (caused by and/or assisted by its inhabitants productions of various pollutants).
Had the Ancient writings/texts not been edited (I speak at minimum to the Bible and the KJV Edition included) no religion arguments please - fact is - Constatine directed Christian Priests (and there was more than 1 perespective practicing the Religion at the time, his selection was not the older and more authentic version) *and* his direction was to establish a 1-State-Religion.
In an era when there were multiple Religions and countries often allowed for multiple pagan practices with multiple "gods" -
I'm in now so I will complete the point/subject. The reason for 1 state religion is for a supporting the Emperors position - as the era was absent of radio, tv, computers/www, it was a method to build a standard of cooperative behaving Public, have a venue to stream information in both directions, and to gain a power base of Ideaology. The Priests had to bring this Religion to a Public that was already happy having choice and already had ideas of what was working for them, thus those Priests had to make it Marketable and Appealing for practice.
They had to had a Book of Reliigious laws and resource information - Jesus was a Practicing Jew but he also was teaching the facts of the intended interpretation of the Torah - (Jesus was teaching Quantum Physics interpretation of the texts 2000 years before Quantum Physics discovered the Universal Laws of Physics, specifically the Law if Attraction) - these teachings were very accurate and freeing of fear based interpretation - free of requiring a Priest's involvement to assist one gaining access to God and Heaven - that was a real threat to the Elite Power figures and it did not serve to make a Public follow the Emperor's ideas of how they must be his sheep.
Thus the Priests drafted their *Version of the Torah as the Old Testament and sat about gathering all the more recent and current writing influenced by Jesus*
These were individual pamphlets, letters, and Gospels i.e. Books. The gathered all the available and determined which ones would best align to their Intended Religion and Cannonized the selections - had the scribes records these "with their interpreted edits to be compiles and serve as the Christain Bible" - (they also indicated a standard they said they held each Book/Gospel to and this remains the foundation book for the Christian Faith - and more specifically the Roman Christian/Catholic Western World's Christian Faith. The Eastern Christians - often under the title of Orthodox - like Greek Orthodox - withheld, refused, or sanbagged at the Council of Nicea..
Those whom were Rome area practicing Christians that refused the interpretation and likely knew exactly what was at hand - were labeled Gnostics and accused of being Heretics - most were killed.
This is an example of why and how information gets diluted, destroyed, and/or removed. Also why there have been noted Book Burnings - i.e., the Library of Alexandra.
The Priests made decisions like giving Jesus a birthday on December 25th - as it was already a holiday with mass celebrations in the entire Ancient World - including Egypt - remember Rome ruled Egypt from just the 1st Century AD and Constatine was Emperor in the 4th Century AD - Late 300's -
It is said that they adapted the story 9f Jesus from a previous Religion and that a like story can also be found in one of the Egyptian "god stories".
This does not mean Jesus did not exist, he did, it just means the greater details and facts became altered to meet their needs for a 1 State Religion.
If/When I resume my research - I will focus in this area for the available facts - and they are there, in spite of all efforts to erase them.
Jesus literally was teaching very advanced information - thus there are relics of these facts in a few locations locations - part in the "Nag Hamadi Library" finds and in other Christian Religion texts. (The finds concern me as they were held for over 40 years before copies were released - that is unreasonable and most suspext, by anyone's standards.
Interested Persons may find compiled Gospels in the Book titles "The Gnostic Bible" and/or individually - i.e." Gospels of: Thomas, Mary, Judas, etc. I would Google search the list and the Gnostic Texts.
For those devoted to the current Western Faith - I suggest you may - continue and just ignore the findings, Search for lists 9f Edits - both Original Bible - Catholic Bible, the Edits by Popes - 1 or 2 but very limited - 1 from 8th Century were Jesus referred to reincarnation and can't recall the other, the King James Edits and Deletions - and the post KJV - deletion of 22 books.
*there's a reason it includes the mention on the cover: King James *Version* - use the dictionary to define "Version" -
Mercy, There's not a quick reasonable closure here - lol.
Anyway, let me attempt by proposing - what we know is a bucket of sand compared to the World's beaches.
My research on both History and Religion culminated in the realization that - it would take a large budget, a dozen or more experts, and an audience with the Pope, to gain a truly comfortable clarity on the greater accuracy of Jesus and what all he was teaching - it does delight me that they left enough in the Bible that one can crossreference and verify that the texts were clearly edited and for the point of less clarity - specific too as to the particular subjects that allowed them to maintain their version and to keep their roles mandatory - secure in their Power and their venues for earnings.
On a side note: I do believe Pope Francis would reveal so much to the Public, but the Bishops and Cardinals keep an offense against it - he sneaks morsels out and the PR guys come behind him and tell the Press he was mis-quoted. I may really like this Pope!
As to the point - were far better for the wwritings by the inhabitants of this beautiful cluster of Islands and there's far more in the deptsbof dirt, archives of the Vatican and Caves owned by Rothschild.
Even more in the carvings left in stone *and in the Current DNA revealing the Ancient Lineages matching the Oral History of peoples whom were Seafaring this world and currently living in places life Hawaii, the Easter Islands, and New Zealand. *See: *"Skeletons in the Cupboard"* 5 🌟's
There are fabulous Truths yet to both be revealed and to be shared, about who the Irish and Basque truly are and all the lineages of humans throughout time.
I know, I should write a book - I will. Look for my pin name "Carole Cole"
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Weren't they all related to each other.
Why did the people of the island all look identical to each other, almost like clones.
Most westerly isles in Europe?? The Spanish Canary Islands??
the canary islands are part of africa
Look at a map.
The Great Blasket Island - the most westerly point in Europe - is the largest Island of a group of islands located 3 miles off the tip of the Dingle Peninsula 13 kilometers west of Dingle town.
You would think they would have had healthier teeth given their diet of fish etc etc.
its grand . rachaidh sé díreach go hifreann !!