Family Life on a Farm, Co. Kildare, Ireland 1966
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2021
- ‘On The Land’ pay a visit to the Gillis family Farm in County Kildare.
A look at family life on a farm near Kill in County Kildare. Alan Gillis describes how he got into farming and gradually built up their stock of dairy cows in the production of milk. With the dairy herd now numbering forty, the plan is to increase the herd and the milk yield.
All cows are named and numbered.
This episode of ‘On The Land’ was broadcast on 19 July 1966.
‘On the Land’ was a weekly programme for farmers broadcast from 1962 to 1971. Jack White, Head of Public Affairs, Telifís Éireann, wrote “Good cover of farming is a basic duty for a television network that serves an agricultural country. Telifís Éireann is anxious to do its bit to make for a better life on the land. (RTV Guide, 9 February 1966. Vol.1, No.11, p.6) 
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Days that will never be seen again
God bless those days.Give anything to have those days back. They were the best.
I hear you and agree..
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Well one day, “time travel” may be a reality. Would you be interested?
The farm was the backbone of the Irish economy during these times.
God bless that family
Never lived this life but for some reason I miss it.... must be human nature
You have got that correct
Great to see, this lovely family, hard-working farmers living the Life of Riley with 2 houses, In my town, people would love to have that old house to live in, they feel like they struck gold
Brilliant video as always. Keep them coming!
From Wikipedia: 'Alan Gillis (born 22 September 1936) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician and Farmers' leader. He was president of the Irish Farmers' Association from 1990 to 1994. He was elected to the European Parliament at the 1994 European election for the Leinster constituency. He was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in the European Parliament. He lost his seat at the 1999 European election to party running mate Avril Doyle. He stood unsuccessfully as a candidate at the 2007 general election in the Kildare South constituency.'
His wife Irene died in April 2020. She was predeceased by her son Stephen. Alan and Irene had two other children born after this was filmed - Anna and Barry. Alan died on 6th May 2022.
I remember Alan Gillis in the media in the 1970s. Sad that they lost a son at that age.
Alan Gillis, I didnt catch the name during the video I remember him from the IFA.
Thanks for posting this info.
God be with the days..
YES
Lovely video reminds me of my summer holidays in Midfield Swinford with my Granny Grandad OBrien beautiful memories I will never forget 💚
Honestly dude, your Doc's are amazing. Much appreciated
Dude you say, we must be neighbours
2021...and still the same down little rural villages which is 👍
Thank you it beatiful video
Very nice life
A lovely film. RTÉ reporters had very Anglo accents back then!
Dublin West brits
No, they were just well spoken. That is an Irish accent.
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Some mighty cows and yields for 1966.
I understand this is only a snapshot of that families life but it looks positively idyllic compared to the Louth/Meath farmers I grew up around. They had things much harder in the same era.
Sadly, Stephen (aged 2 in this film) died in 2018 unexpectedly RIP
GREAT BEFORE FOREIGN INFLUNCE
It wasn't great. They only show normal families in these documentaries. There was a lot of mad dysfunctional families on farms back then too
Superb!
That figure of 700 has risen sharply in modern dairying as the number of lactations has fallen due to pressure for more production in modern pharming
The majority of his cows were milking 12-1800 gallons any cow not giving more than 700 gallons after her second lactation was culled.
Imagine all the archives RTE has got in its vaults from years and years ago.
They should rerun them it would be a welcome break from the constant wall to wall covid farce.
@@cattlewranglerwalsh116 Yes very true.
Alan Gillis RIP May 6th 2022
Is the farm still going
@@sir243_simr I have no idea, there may have been other children in the family who continue to operate the farm.
Pure class thanks for sharing 🙏🏻💪🏻🇮🇪👍🏻☘️☘️☘️
Jaysus fitters must have been earning good money in the 50s!
It's really not that different in rural parts of Ireland today.
The good 👍 oul days before telly or phones or internet’s or any such of a thing? And we spoke proper English, and We minded our own business. We didn’t know what we had….
And we helped each other save the hay bring turf home for free
Very true, my father was brought up on a farm in West Cork and he still reminisces about the great times they were. Simple times.
great video. fair play.
Are the family still on the farm??
The kids would be adults in their 50's
RIP cows ☹ and possibly the fella in this video
Nope he'd still alive at 85yrs😉
@@johnflynn1639 Good to hear! 👍hope he's keeping well
@@johnflynn1639 Did any of the young lads take over the farm?
A lot of pressure on those cows to stay above 700 gal. cull line...
A better world
What a beautiful, pastoral scene as lovely cows chew the cud. And then the narrator intones "but if she does under 700 after her second calf, she's culled straightaway".
I know😬 I was all content like the cows looked then 🤣
I was hoping it would end on a high note!
@@PeppyZeb yes bit of a shocker 🥺😅
With modern pharming pressure that figure of 700 has risen sharply as the number of lactations has fallen due to push for more production.
@@michaeloconnor9809 not entirley true. Plenty cows now producing 10000 kg milk and going well into 10 or 12 lactations.
That house and land probably worth 50 million now
REAL NEWS typical towny , everything about money
I would love to marry a Irish cow! Beautiful! : )
Lol
I was thinking the same. Oh not the marriage part.
They would refuse your offer
He was a very organized farmer
Very wealthy family for 1966
Interesting
cows happy out...
How did that cow lose its tail?
Probably got it caught in a trailer during transport. Tail docking was allowed one time, it was done with a rubber ring put on the tail to cut off the blood supply.
Just the switch got lost, it happens. Gets caught or snagged on something or stepped on by another cow while she's lying down.
Culled for not producing more than 700 after her 2nd calve? How flipping mean is that. The poor lass just wanted to live. I know its a long time ago but blimey. I don't half feel sorry for them. And their male calves that don't even get to suckle now in a lot of farms.
This wasnt ablut family life. It was about how much milk these cows "gave". .
How did Cherry loose her tail?!?! A cow doesn't just loose a tail
Another cow probably gnawed it off during transport. It happens.
Usually gets snagged in something, or stepped on while she's lying down. It happens. It is like tying a rope around our waist long enough to brush the ground and just give it time and it will get caught or tangled on something.
At the same time and place the Irish RK Church was preying and abusing the young and vulnerable . Not a great time to be alive for many!
What a stupid comment. Some bad apples in the church as in wider society.
@@meadowm1742 but the wider society doesn’t pretend… big diffrence
islamaphobic comment
@@Alphae21 Islamophobic? You got that right, I am, and for very good reason. Islam is, amongst others, a primitive, violent, discriminatory and backwards medieval doctrine. All those Islam dominated countries have medieval lifestyles. Where people want to leave in their hundred thousands and nobody wants to enter. Shake off the past my friend. For the sake of humanity and yourself.
@@mvl6827 im islamaphobic too, i assumed you were blindly hating christianity while liking other religions, my mistake
The music is cringe