I turned 60 years old this year,I’ve been back in England nearly five years after twenty years in Ireland and I feel alienated in my own country. I’m so homesick and this film has made up my mind,I’m going back home to my lovely friends in Ireland.
My wife and I visited Ireland in 2015 and miss it terribly. My wife's heritage is from Kildare and Waterford, looked into retiring there as soon as we got back and found out the law for retiring from the US changed in early 2015, too bad for us. We agreed we'd both move there in an instant. We never met such friendly people ever, absolutely beautiful.
Brings to mind when on my lunch break from the Secondary school in the town my mother came to town to shop. I used to meet her at a local pub and we would go into the snug apart from the bar. My mother would be brought a glass of port and I would have a cup of hot tea with my sandwich. Such happy memories.
Since this documentary has came out, I have become a father to a son. I wanted to name him something with Irish roots, and its because of this I named my son Liam. Thank you for this.
Feel extremely homesick after watching this. Five years living in Toronto and I can’t put into words what Ireland means to me. It’s made me more grateful and patriotic.
I came home after 4 years in Toronto with similar thoughts. Very quickly, I became homesick for Toronto instead. Bu that was in 2010 when the Celtic tiger had died
Great to see the pub at Maam Cross again. I wonder if bartender Jack is still alive... We were hiking. Almost flushed out of our tent at night, so we came in soaking wet. Our jeans steamed as we drank Irish Mist near the fire. Rainy days went on for weeks. We installed our little tent beside the bridge and made day tours by bus, fishing trips on the lake, etcetera. One of those great memories in which we experienced the warm hospitality of the Irish. Some 45 years ago... Please stay safe!
Dano is my favourite character here and he nails it. If it wasn’t for pubs, many pensioners would have nothing. They must be hit terribly hard this year...loneliness is a terrible disease.
this resonates. the pensioners are us but when we are older, more or less. how we treat them is how we treat ourselves. the quality of life we avail for the weakest is a mirror of the health of our commons.
Pensioners around the world have suffered tremendously by the isolation of Covid. For many, it is like solitary confinement. I don't know about Ireland, but Japan is one of the very worst. There is no place for seniors to interact with anybody. They have to stay alone in their tiny apartments and watch the same old stuff being repeated over and over and over on television. It is a wonder that most of them haven't just given up.
So soul touching indeed. I needed a few tissues to get through this one. Thank you for creating & sharing this wee masterpiece, regarding the beautiful Irish & their pub history. To the Irish peoples, do keep your old traditions alive & well, for if ever gone, would be forever lost & deeply missed & that, would be so very sad. Long live the special, beautiful & amazing Irish!!
I visited Ireland back in 1997 on the aircraft carrier JFK. In all my travels I've never met a more hospitable people. The Irish are simply lovely. God keep blessing them.
These are the BEST kind of pubs. Family run and community based. Brings back positive childhood memories, decent establishments like this have been in decline. The wisest men with the most knowledge didn't all sit in universities. Best shared knowledge came from the family run, community based pubs. May your family keep going for generations (love and light throughout covid)
I used to live in Ireland, watching this movie I nearly cried. Such fond memories I have of Ireland and the people. Will always stay in my heart and mind.
One of the best films / documentary i have seen on you tube for a long time , a timeless classic , a big thank you ...these folk are a nation treasure with so much history..
Fun documentary. Was in Ireland, recently married to a Northern Italian who moved us for his forestry work to the Apennines. I’m of US Irish decent & loved seeing Ireland. Remember old “pubs”, bars there in the early 60’s on our visit. In Italy, too, remember the old bars, with salted hams hanging from old beams, sawdust on the floors, great conversation & meeting places. They, too, are almost all gone but a few remain in the Dolomites are thankfully still here. Good luck to all traditional pubs, bars & places where people can find friendship & chat. From Italy 🇺🇸🇮🇹
An Irish woman broke my heart 30 years ago. I never got over her. It took 15 years where I did not think about her every day. Never heard from her again. This film brings her memories back.
Not a drop of Irish blood in me. Yet when I visited Ireland for the first time with my family in 2018, my time in pubs chatting with the locals made me feel the pride the Irish have in being Irish, and the absolute joy which can only come over a pint and a story. Cannot wait to go back to Ireland to have a pint with friends I haven't met yet. This film is an excellent reminder of that feeling.
I got to experience a life in Ireland for a little bit and those are my sweetest memories, I'll always be grateful for all the kindness and friendship I found there.
"You'll be alright coming in but you will have to watch your step going out... Can I have another pint please."Lol. Absolute love the old Irish boys. Awesome 👍
It's just so strange to be so homesick for a place I've never been. Even when I was a kid in kansas seeing pictures or film from Ireland would make me wanna cry. What's wrong with me???
have been to ireland 2 times now and believe me these little bars are just as in this movie all over ireland and the people are fine welcoming people..people bying food and things on one part and drinking across the other side fantastic....one problem take an umbrella....but it sure is green and beautiful..
I feel lucky to have a Pub here in the states that is like these Irish pubs. Old building, unchanged, lots of history, good beer, conversation. Has a jukebox but it's rarely played. We go there to talk. They have like 600 different beers too
I’m living in the Middle East and missing this atmosphere what a great description of authentic pubs like these. Very good characters running them great story’s great people. Would feel like home in any of these pubs with Guinness. Very good documentary I hope the Lock down will not affect these people too much
A superb wee documentary shared. As I age, I realise that my ancestral homeland, Ireland, is exactly where I want & need to be. The genuine warmth & very welcoming nature of the Irish people & the beauty of nature abound, is what makes Ireland so very special. Many of my Irish ancestors hailed from Co Clare, Co Limerick & Northern Ireland & the other side of my family, from Co Roscommon, Co Galway, Connemara & other nearby regions, so I yearn to see these regions again & I look forward to entering a traditional pub, ordering a nice & creamy Guinness, then striking up a chat with the wonderful locals (of which there are still many abound!). Ironically, I just returned from Ireland & this happened to me time & time again & not just within the pubs. People are most happy to have a wee chat almost anywhere, especially within any type of eating establishment. I've watched this documentary many times over, as it's that enjoyable, however, it's quire bittersweet, when you see all the historical stories about the pubs & you see the many locals who used to frequent the pubs, but are now sadly forever gone. It's even more sad, when only 1 or 2 of the older generation are still alive & you see them visiting these lovely pubs, but are often seated alone, without their old friends from the past seated nearby. The best news however, is that they will "never ever" be lonely even then, as there'll always be a number of new friends to socialise with upon each ensuing pub visit. Such is the beautiful & special nature of the Irish. Ireland, the most wonderful Irish people & the precious, traditional Irish pubs still remaining, forever holding a special place within my heart & soul.
To anyone who speaks no Irish (Gaeilge), a seisiún (Irish for session) is when people just start singing & playing music. When it's a planned thing, a more formal (in timing) gathering for music & dancing, it's called a céilí (céilidhe in the old spelling) pronounced like kay-lee. There are many places where a sesh is quite common or frequent, even regularly. But a céilí is like, a party, a special occasion though the word is also used to mean the traditional music. Scotland does both too, sessions & - they spell it cèilidh in the Gaelic - those as well. Many in the states don't know bc it was heard not written, & sounds similar, but Irish language is properly called Gaeilge not Gaelic though Irish people usually just call it Irish, & Gaelic really is the name of the Scottish language. And of course they're closely related. Gaeilge has a hard G at the end there & the e is pronounced, just a little: gale-geh. But said quickly... Immigrants who had lost their language - & of course it was illegal for years in Ireland & had to be reclaimed, many places - well people didn't realize for awhile bc they didn't know the spelling & Scots-Irish is a thing. Lessons in both languages are in videos online, & dictionaries & grammars.
Brought back happy memories of our time living in Boyle, especially Paddy Daly´s, Gerry & Alice Mattimoe and Creightons bar. Not forgetting Hough’s bar in Bannagher, County Offaly. Great bars, great people, great pint!
Great film now. I'm only Irish on paper but call this land my home. I wish I could take over an old pub from an owner with no one else to take it on and keep on the tradition of whatever he's done for all his years. Getting to know the old regulars and listening to their wisdom and stories would be truly amazing I'd imagine.
This has been the best film I've watched in a very long time. I was fortunate to visit a number of pubs back in 2011. Limerick, Galway, Dublin. It was absolutely wonderful. People just chat, share life, & welcome you into their world. It's so pure.
I see these people and I know Im friggin Irish. I love my people..very hard working, or bar stool poets. What great living in those small towns, good people. San Francisco has lost its Irish touch in my neighborhood, which usta be Irish and Italian and German. I miss old SF. This was a GREAT show.
My mother was born there in the 1920's, My grand parents were a meeting of the Keane and O'Connor clans. I've never had the opportunity to go over there but I do have more cousins there than in the U.S. This movie really hit home and gave me a sense what she grew up in.
I was fortunate to grow up in Ireland in the sixties and seventies, in the heart of Ireland ‘ Ballyroan’ county Laoise. Those days of total freedom , hearing in the distance at 6 pm the bells ring of a church , meaning it was time to go home for dinner. Then later to the pub , and chat , sing and laugh about nothing. I know these days are gone , but there’s still a few thousand pints to get down, a load of sketches to do .
thank god .thank youtube for knowing still the true human feelings knowing people living on this planet .thank everyone who involved to do this documentary.
This Documentary/Film.. is amazing... it made me laugh.. and made me teary. Thanks to all involved for making this. I have been in two of these pubs several times and there is something extra special going into a family owned irish pub going back generations... well done to all and Please God.. Our Irish way of life will re-open soon. Go Raibh Mile Maith Agut.
Just come back from pub one wee gallon found this vid I'm back out before the wife gets home god bless all who watch this vid have a drink on me 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻from all in the UK stay safe in these bad times ♥️♥️♥️♥️🇬🇧
This reminds me of the pubs that I drank in some 20+ years ago, sadly most have closed now and the ones that have survived have gone all sports bar and modern. Would love to turn the clock back😪
This brought back lovely memories of our holidays in Ireland and discovering pubs like this and the friendly people. Missed it this year but will be back in County Kerry next year hopefully once this virus is under control.
History, love, commitment, cultural repository, safety-valve. What a beautiful concept. I love the Irish and everything they represent: the community, music, literature, and their pubs.
lovely yet melancholic at the same time ,i suppose much like the Irish themselves .I hope these beautiful dwellings can survive the current situation for we need these places now more than ever.
Wonderful! So much history, authenticity and tradition in these wonderful stories...no need for interior designers ...time and tradition have jointly designed the interiors of these wonderful pubs
I finally got to Ireland in Autumn 2019 after a lifetime of planning on it. I went by myself, rented a car, and drove around the entire coastline and much of the interior for over a month, which was a perfect amount of time. I was in pubs every day I wasn’t hungover from a couple of runaway nights in pubs from which I needed to recover, a couple of which are in this doc. I just couldn’t believe the people. Being Irish American, and loving to talk and meet people, I was of course welcomed everywhere (“Oh you’re an O’Shea?! You’re the spitting image of my cousin Jimmy O’Shea himself down the road. You should go see him. Let me buy you a pint.” Happened all the time.) I just came into some money and have nothing else going these days, and I’d go back tomorrow if anyone could. But even beyond COVID, the political situation is catastrophic, and I could see that when I was there.
Beautiful documentary of an era that's about to go wayside. Nice to see that there are still folks holding the grounds. A hundred more years to you all !
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Spontaneously laughed & smiled throughout at the intriguing participants. I hope the traditional pub culture survives & thrives.
We’ve seen this beautiful movie we just love it we watch it in the last lock down we’re in lock down again in Wales horrible and sad would love to be in Ireland rather be there beautiful beautiful music love you people.Peace to you all .🍷🎶🎶🐑🐑🐑🐑🎵🎵🎵🦠🦠🦠🦠😙😷
@@macker1788 problems with government's and lock downs what do you mean .We still love Ireland we love the Irish and Buskers and music 🎶 we listen to ocean FM radio .God Bless peace to everyone. 🌈🌹🌈🌈🌈😊😊😊😊😊😊
@@macker1788 I would never do that we love Ireland 🌈 hope that as cleared that up we have our holidays we were going to come this year so sad we couldn't come 😭 .We stay in house's. We watch a lot of irsh channels as well .We watch the late late show every Friday so good .I just meant Governments all round .We like Farmer Phil as well . Were really love we really do . Peace ✌️✌️
@@macker1788 We think the Irish are friendly of all people in the world .We do hope so we want to visit Dublin as well we hope to do two visits . Were feeling so sad at the moment . That's why we watch lots of things about Ireland 🌈 on You Tube . All for now with love .To Ireland 🌈🌈.
My life's wish is to go to Ireland and visit as many of these pubs as possible and meet some of the people who own/run them. I'm sure a few have passed, but some still remain. I've seen this movie about 5-6 times and it always warms me. We don't have that 'chat' culture in the pubs & bars here.
Irish people: Please, don't change. You are so wonderful. A huge kiss from a Spanish woman who, i n "her heyday", loved to go to Irish pubs...... and continue doing so!.
My Grandchildren want me to help them with a time capsule to bury on land we will be leaving next year. I'm going to preserve a copy of this and include it in the capsule. We hail from Kingscourt Co Cavan, and this film is, and will be, a thing of historical beauty... a treasure for sure! Thank you Janson Media!!!
Brennan’s pub in Bundoran is the cleanest , best run pub in Ireland. The ladies who run it have been there since I was.a boy I’m 72 . It’s my first stop when I arrive in Bundoran .
Lovely! Thankyou so much for this documentary. All my life I have longed to visit Ireland and its pubs and families. If walls could talk, if wishes were horses, I'd have a barn full. This just filled my barn!!!
I’m a rootless Irish American with no tangible connection to my ancestral homeland. This film made me tear up unexpectedly with an eery sense of nostalgia for a place and people I’ve never known
There’s a word for the feeling you describe. Anemoia. It is a very real and very powerful feeling. I have felt in deep in the Everglades in south Florida and any time I hear “Gymnopédies” by Erik Satie, especially if it’s playing off in the distance. Don’t ever discount that feeling in your gut. Follow that feeling wherever it takes you.
This is a great piece of modern history & makes me miss the land of my father, it is 3 years ago that I visited my cousins & had a family gathering in pub in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, I’m 76 now, and regret having only lived in Ireland for 2 years with my wife & 3 children, I love & I am saddened by some of the history of Ireland, I hope I can return again, thanks for a wonderful film capturing a part of our heritage, the people & the Irish Pub
Amazing, bloody amazing. I'm from Scotland, now in New Zealand, n it does break my heart to think of all this dissapearing, the same as in Scotland. But, in the name of "progress", what can/is, to be done? It'll be like when the trams all got taken away.....progress.....but what happens now? we are looking towards light rail n some countries have trams again....all goes round in a circle
Most times a person’s presence is so much more valuable than money. But, good idea to remind! I’m glad you kept the warm wood look. It’s a warming ambiance and easy to be part of. Always keep singing and loving each other!
Probably THE BEST Pub documentary ever! These are all fine people. We also are led to understand the wear and worry publicans experience in being hosts seven days a week and 52 weeks a year.
What can I say about the Irish pub? Heaven on earth! When I was a student in Ireland, from the late 70s to the mid-80s, my favourite pubs were: Galway • The Cellar - downstairs was students from RTC Galway, upstairs was the UCG crowd • The Hole-In-The-Wall - quiet Saturday afternoons • The Skeff - first round • The Quays - watched the banned film, Life of Brian • The Bunch of Grapes - compulsory stop on the crawl • The Kings Head - Irish music. In Cork: • UCC Student Bar - my first experience of watching MTV • Starries - The Western Star - riotous student pub • The Long Valley - great for long afternoons, reading a novel • The Abbey Tavern - quiet and close to the Chinese takeaway I once lived above • Bodega - full of sailors and hookers. Bodega on Saturday night & Confession the next day Then, there are a whole lot of other pubs whose name I can’t remember, but their pints were cheap and the craic was mighty.
Fantastic. Im an American from Irish decent. I hold fast to it. We have Bars, Lounges and Honkey Tonks. My Da was Honkey Tonker. I hung with him in my youth. Had a bige Italian group hear. I switched between the two. Live near New Orleans so I got to go in pubs. Loved the Pubs and music. Peace Out and Love You Gyes. MMLZZZ
More than a few bars in the American Old West began their lives in Ireland and were shipped across ocean and rugged land to their destinations. The bar in one of the favorite saloons of my younger days shipped from Dublin and arrived to the US territory in 1881. Amazing bar. Even drinking plain whiskey, the presence of the bar made it seem prestigious.
Love this, I really enjoyed this ! I am French n Irish. I have been in Pubs in Scotland to Wales! All so similar Horse trading n so forth. My Great Grand Father was Welsh from Builth. He was one of the Wild brothers. And raised race horses on our family farm in Virginia. Out side of Washington DC. My father loved him. I am an O’Brain and hope hope to come to Ireland and experience your wonderful life! Thank You,
Thanks so very much. I’ve travelled most of the world but there is only one country that calls me back & back again. It’s Ireland on the west coast, Doolin with the 3 outstanding pubs, outstanding music and people. Had to cancel trip this past year but I’ll be back as soon as we get this virus under control. All the best from Nova Scotia, CANADA.
I turned 60 years old this year,I’ve been back in England nearly five years after twenty years in Ireland and I feel alienated in my own country. I’m so homesick and this film has made up my mind,I’m going back home to my lovely friends in Ireland.
Come back, John. There's a cold stool with your name on it.
John come on home🍻 first pint on me.
Are you from County Mayo?
@@MrResearcher122 no limerick
My wife and I visited Ireland in 2015 and miss it terribly. My wife's heritage is from Kildare and Waterford, looked into retiring there as soon as we got back and found out the law for retiring from the US changed in early 2015, too bad for us. We agreed we'd both move there in an instant. We never met such friendly people ever, absolutely beautiful.
Love conversation rather than the sports bars with constant television. Chat and a drink, some stories. Humanity. Irish warmth.
There's nothing better!! The Irish are fantastic for a good chat, and they're brilliant story tellers!! I could listen to them all day!! 🍀
And charm...
yeah I worked in a bar, two rules: no tv and no budweiser...you'd be amazed how nice the place was
A pub feels more cozy
Many of old jabbering men who wouldn’t stop talking I had to rotate there jaws.
55yrs in Chicago but still miss Ireland where my heart will always be
Brings to mind when on my lunch break from the Secondary school in the town my mother came to town to shop. I used to meet her at a local pub and we would go into the snug apart from the bar. My mother would be brought a glass of port and I would have a cup of hot tea with my sandwich. Such happy memories.
Since this documentary has came out, I have become a father to a son. I wanted to name him something with Irish roots, and its because of this I named my son Liam. Thank you for this.
Feel extremely homesick after watching this. Five years living in Toronto and I can’t put into words what Ireland means to me. It’s made me more grateful and patriotic.
I came home after 4 years in Toronto with similar thoughts. Very quickly, I became homesick for Toronto instead. Bu that was in 2010 when the Celtic tiger had died
@@krichard2346 My brother came over around then too for the same reason. Toronto seemed better back then, better craic and more character.
I only discovered this doc last night and I feel the same as you
Haha I’m also in the GTA
No place like home
Probably going to pack my bags
5 years in China. Feeling the same. Would kill for some prawn cocktail tayto, a nice smithwicks and the craic.
@@jackpeng8289 haha I’m the same, the folks send over Tayto and they’re gone quick. Can’t even get a proper chicken fillet role here
Great to see the pub at Maam Cross again. I wonder if bartender Jack is still alive... We were hiking. Almost flushed out of our tent at night, so we came in soaking wet. Our jeans steamed as we drank Irish Mist near the fire. Rainy days went on for weeks. We installed our little tent beside the bridge and made day tours by bus, fishing trips on the lake, etcetera. One of those great memories in which we experienced the warm hospitality of the Irish. Some 45 years ago... Please stay safe!
Dano is my favourite character here and he nails it. If it wasn’t for pubs, many pensioners would have nothing. They must be hit terribly hard this year...loneliness is a terrible disease.
Cheer's dano
this resonates. the pensioners are us but when we are older, more or less. how we treat them is how we treat ourselves. the quality of life we avail for the weakest is a mirror of the health of our commons.
Pensioners around the world have suffered tremendously by the isolation of Covid. For many, it is like solitary confinement. I don't know about Ireland, but Japan is one of the very worst. There is no place for seniors to interact with anybody. They have to stay alone in their tiny apartments and watch the same old stuff being repeated over and over and over on television. It is a wonder that most of them haven't just given up.
Nice words Calvin
I wish I could cross the Atlantic and have a delicious pint of Guinness with Dano right now.
So soul touching indeed.
I needed a few tissues to get through this one.
Thank you for creating & sharing this wee masterpiece, regarding the beautiful Irish & their pub history.
To the Irish peoples, do keep your old traditions alive & well, for if ever gone, would be forever lost & deeply missed & that, would be so very sad.
Long live the special, beautiful & amazing Irish!!
What a lovely movie. I love seeing old traditions and customs being salvaged for the next generations.
I visited Ireland back in 1997 on the aircraft carrier JFK. In all my travels I've never met a more hospitable people. The Irish are simply lovely. God keep blessing them.
Prove it!
@@oldironsides4107clown!
A piece of Irish history and culture most of us will never know.
These are the BEST kind of pubs. Family run and community based. Brings back positive childhood memories, decent establishments like this have been in decline. The wisest men with the most knowledge didn't all sit in universities. Best shared knowledge came from the family run, community based pubs. May your family keep going for generations (love and light throughout covid)
I used to live in Ireland, watching this movie I nearly cried. Such fond memories I have of Ireland and the people. Will always stay in my heart and mind.
Lovely words, come back some day!
@@dannymcmince I will have to
Where you live now?
Ah don’t lie , you cried ❤️
One of the best films / documentary i have seen on you tube for a long time , a timeless classic , a big thank you ...these folk are a nation treasure with so much history..
Agree - it does what good docus do - moves your heart, mind and soul, and leaves you with something substantial.
Beautiful and you see the natural warmth, good nature and intelligence of the people.
Never missed the pub more in my life after watching this
Me too lockdown is truly horrible
I miss home
Makes me miss Ireland so much, 5 years away and just as homesick
@@nervesinapattern7261 same here
@@nervesinapattern7261 same here almost 10 years away
Thinking of going back
Fun documentary. Was in Ireland, recently married to a Northern Italian who moved us for his forestry work to the Apennines. I’m of US Irish decent & loved seeing Ireland. Remember old “pubs”, bars there in the early 60’s on our visit. In Italy, too, remember the old bars, with salted hams hanging from old beams, sawdust on the floors, great conversation & meeting places. They, too, are almost all gone but a few remain in the Dolomites are thankfully still here. Good luck to all traditional pubs, bars & places where people can find friendship & chat. From Italy 🇺🇸🇮🇹
An Irish woman broke my heart 30 years ago. I never got over her. It took 15 years where I did not think about her every day. Never heard from her again. This film brings her memories back.
Often nothing is so tristful as unrequited love.
Not a drop of Irish blood in me. Yet when I visited Ireland for the first time with my family in 2018, my time in pubs chatting with the locals made me feel the pride the Irish have in being Irish, and the absolute joy which can only come over a pint and a story. Cannot wait to go back to Ireland to have a pint with friends I haven't met yet. This film is an excellent reminder of that feeling.
Everyone in Ireland becomes your friend everywhere!
I hope the traditional pubs in Ireland and England make it through this pandemic. Cheers from USA.
What pandemic? You mean the one the television news and globalist governments created out of thin air?
I got to experience a life in Ireland for a little bit and those are my sweetest memories, I'll always be grateful for all the kindness and friendship I found there.
"You'll be alright coming in but you will have to watch your step going out... Can I have another pint please."Lol. Absolute love the old Irish boys. Awesome 👍
@@posttowersucksbigblackcoff6419 and we hate you
@@posttowersucksbigblackcoff6419 It must seriously suck being in such a minuscule minority
Best line in the whole video
lol are their pubs trailer pubs?
The old Irish boys as you call them, are what make the Irish pubs! They are the true "characters" of Ireland! ☘️
It's just so strange to be so homesick for a place I've never been. Even when I was a kid in kansas seeing pictures or film from Ireland would make me wanna cry. What's wrong with me???
Nothing mate,only been to Ireland once myself and I'm in England.
Cheers. 👍🍺
have been to ireland 2 times now and believe me these little bars are just as in this movie all over ireland and the people are fine welcoming people..people bying food and things on one part and drinking across the other side fantastic....one problem take an umbrella....but it sure is green and beautiful..
Go. You won't be disappointed.
@@thecatalunya1 lovely thing to say about my home 🇨🇮☘️ sad to see our sell out government turning it into a Communist country,,😥😥😥
Because it’s where you are meant to be☘️ Come over and find yourself and get lost in our peace and quiet.
I made my first trip to Ireland 4 years ago and fell in love with the country and the people. The most hospitable folk in the world.
Greetings to the People of Eire from Greece! 🇮🇪🍀🇬🇷
Please preserve this heritage,
I feel lucky to have a Pub here in the states that is like these Irish pubs. Old building, unchanged, lots of history, good beer, conversation. Has a jukebox but it's rarely played. We go there to talk. They have like 600 different beers too
I’m living in the Middle East and missing this atmosphere what a great description of authentic pubs like these. Very good characters running them great story’s great people. Would feel like home in any of these pubs with Guinness. Very good documentary I hope the Lock down will not affect these people too much
A superb wee documentary shared.
As I age, I realise that my ancestral homeland, Ireland, is exactly where I want & need to be.
The genuine warmth & very welcoming nature of the Irish people & the beauty of nature abound, is what makes Ireland so very special.
Many of my Irish ancestors hailed from Co Clare, Co Limerick & Northern Ireland & the other side of my family, from Co Roscommon, Co Galway, Connemara & other nearby regions, so I yearn to see these regions again & I look forward to entering a traditional pub, ordering a nice & creamy Guinness, then striking up a chat with the wonderful locals (of which there are still many abound!).
Ironically, I just returned from Ireland & this happened to me time & time again & not just within the pubs. People are most happy to have a wee chat almost anywhere, especially within any type of eating establishment.
I've watched this documentary many times over, as it's that enjoyable, however, it's quire bittersweet, when you see all the historical stories about the pubs & you see the many locals who used to frequent the pubs, but are now sadly forever gone.
It's even more sad, when only 1 or 2 of the older generation are still alive & you see them visiting these lovely pubs, but are often seated alone, without their old friends from the past seated nearby.
The best news however, is that they will "never ever" be lonely even then, as there'll always be a number of new friends to socialise with upon each ensuing pub visit.
Such is the beautiful & special nature of the Irish.
Ireland, the most wonderful Irish people & the precious, traditional Irish pubs still remaining, forever holding a special place within my heart & soul.
What a wonderfully made film! Great story-telling characters, capturing the atmosphere. Long may these pubs survive in this present world.
The Irish pub is a blessing to the world and my favorite place to pass the time. Especially if there's a seisiun happening.
To anyone who speaks no Irish (Gaeilge), a seisiún (Irish for session) is when people just start singing & playing music. When it's a planned thing, a more formal (in timing) gathering for music & dancing, it's called a céilí (céilidhe in the old spelling) pronounced like kay-lee. There are many places where a sesh is quite common or frequent, even regularly. But a céilí is like, a party, a special occasion though the word is also used to mean the traditional music. Scotland does both too, sessions & - they spell it cèilidh in the Gaelic - those as well.
Many in the states don't know bc it was heard not written, & sounds similar, but Irish language is properly called Gaeilge not Gaelic though Irish people usually just call it Irish, & Gaelic really is the name of the Scottish language. And of course they're closely related. Gaeilge has a hard G at the end there & the e is pronounced, just a little: gale-geh. But said quickly... Immigrants who had lost their language - & of course it was illegal for years in Ireland & had to be reclaimed, many places - well people didn't realize for awhile bc they didn't know the spelling & Scots-Irish is a thing. Lessons in both languages are in videos online, & dictionaries & grammars.
Brought back happy memories of our time living in Boyle, especially Paddy Daly´s, Gerry & Alice Mattimoe and Creightons bar. Not forgetting Hough’s bar in Bannagher, County Offaly. Great bars, great people, great pint!
Such an amazing doc. Everything i love about the warmth of Irish people. The beauty & purity of pub culture from days gone by. Wonderful x
The only Irish saying I know... " May you live as long as you want. And never want as long as you live..."
i like that
More philosophical, the saying I know is: "May you live as long as you want to, and want to as long as you live!"
Now I know 2 , as do you
A classic one is "May you aleays have wind in your back" but i like the more modern version more "May the wind at your back not be your own!"
The one you’ll hear most at a pub. Is some tiny old man screaming. “ gaaah I’ll cut ya tongue out”
Absolutely enjoyed watching. Its so good to see how ppl stick to traditions and cherish old times.
Great film now. I'm only Irish on paper but call this land my home. I wish I could take over an old pub from an owner with no one else to take it on and keep on the tradition of whatever he's done for all his years. Getting to know the old regulars and listening to their wisdom and stories would be truly amazing I'd imagine.
This has been the best film I've watched in a very long time. I was fortunate to visit a number of pubs back in 2011. Limerick, Galway, Dublin. It was absolutely wonderful. People just chat, share life, & welcome you into their world. It's so pure.
Loved it! I have never been to Ireland, but I feel a little bit closer to it after this movie! Some of my ancestors lived there! God bless you all!
I see these people and I know Im friggin Irish. I love my people..very hard working, or bar stool poets. What great living in those small towns, good people. San Francisco has lost its Irish touch in my neighborhood, which usta be Irish and Italian and German. I miss old SF. This was a GREAT show.
Geary blvd?
My mother was born there in the 1920's, My grand parents were a meeting of the Keane and O'Connor clans. I've never had the opportunity to go over there but I do have more cousins there than in the U.S. This movie really hit home and gave me a sense what she grew up in.
I was fortunate to grow up in Ireland in the sixties and seventies, in the heart of Ireland ‘ Ballyroan’ county Laoise. Those days of total freedom , hearing in the distance at 6 pm the bells ring of a church , meaning it was time to go home for dinner. Then later to the pub , and chat , sing and laugh about nothing.
I know these days are gone , but there’s still a few thousand pints to get down, a load of sketches to do .
The very best film on RUclips, thank you
thank god .thank youtube for knowing still the true human feelings knowing people living on this planet .thank everyone who involved to do this documentary.
This Documentary/Film.. is amazing... it made me laugh.. and made me teary. Thanks to all involved for making this. I have been in two of these pubs several times and there is something extra special going into a family owned irish pub going back generations... well done to all and Please God.. Our Irish way of life will re-open soon. Go Raibh Mile Maith Agut.
What a great glimpse in to a lovely time. Peace and love from this Englishman 👍🏻
Just come back from pub one wee gallon found this vid I'm back out before the wife gets home god bless all who watch this vid have a drink on me 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻from all in the UK stay safe in these bad times ♥️♥️♥️♥️🇬🇧
And God bless you too! 💚☘️
@@marybarry2230 when I come over mery I will get you half a gallon 🍺🍺🍺🍺
This reminds me of the pubs that I drank in some 20+ years ago, sadly most have closed now and the ones that have survived have gone all sports bar and modern. Would love to turn the clock back😪
This brought back lovely memories of our holidays in Ireland and discovering pubs like this and the friendly people. Missed it this year but will be back in County Kerry next year hopefully once this virus is under control.
It's already under control, but the govt. doesn't want to admit that because they ENJOY tormenting people.
Going August 2022. Can’t wait.
History, love, commitment, cultural repository, safety-valve. What a beautiful concept. I love the Irish and everything they represent: the community, music, literature, and their pubs.
lovely yet melancholic at the same time ,i suppose much like the Irish themselves .I hope these beautiful dwellings can survive the current situation for we need these places now more than ever.
Wonderful! So much history, authenticity and tradition in these wonderful stories...no need for interior designers ...time and tradition have jointly designed the interiors of these wonderful pubs
These are type of movies that I love to watch. Relaxing, beautifully produced with awesome people
I finally got to Ireland in Autumn 2019 after a lifetime of planning on it. I went by myself, rented a car, and drove around the entire coastline and much of the interior for over a month, which was a perfect amount of time. I was in pubs every day I wasn’t hungover from a couple of runaway nights in pubs from which I needed to recover, a couple of which are in this doc. I just couldn’t believe the people. Being Irish American, and loving to talk and meet people, I was of course welcomed everywhere (“Oh you’re an O’Shea?! You’re the spitting image of my cousin Jimmy O’Shea himself down the road. You should go see him. Let me buy you a pint.” Happened all the time.) I just came into some money and have nothing else going these days, and I’d go back tomorrow if anyone could. But even beyond COVID, the political situation is catastrophic, and I could see that when I was there.
Absolutely correct, globalism has infected Ireland as it has everywhere. Covid is a con ,its communism . A trojan horse.
don't mind them,go back again,we'll be grand.
Very moved by this film... I love the Irish...must be my Cornish blood.
Beautiful documentary of an era that's about to go wayside. Nice to see that there are still folks holding the grounds. A hundred more years to you all !
Wow, wow, and wow!!!!! That's a stunning piece of work and it makes me feel so proud to be Irish
I'm proud of them too, and I'm not even Irish!
@@timbimjim514 Thanks so much, dear Friend!!!
@@RobertoHWalsh God bless your wonderful nation of good souls.
I recall hearing the chants, "Up the Irish", and then the chaos and ruckus as we charged onto the rugby fields
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Spontaneously laughed & smiled throughout at the intriguing participants. I hope the traditional pub culture survives & thrives.
I've seen this on my DVD about 68 and a 1/2 times, so I have. Lovely doco.
This film is a real gem, I'm so glad I stumbled upon it.
The architecture and interiors look so nice there.
born in england to irish parents i am so proud
Good man☘️👍
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People like you played a vital role in our independence. Very grateful!
Me too
I was living in Tralee and some pubs were great
We’ve seen this beautiful movie we just love it we watch it in the last lock down we’re in lock down again in Wales horrible and sad would love to be in Ireland rather be there beautiful beautiful music love you people.Peace to you all .🍷🎶🎶🐑🐑🐑🐑🎵🎵🎵🦠🦠🦠🦠😙😷
So could we just love Ireland even with all there problems God bless 🙏🙏 🌈🌈🌈🌈💚🌈💚🌈
@@macker1788 problems with government's and lock downs what do you mean .We still love Ireland we love the Irish and Buskers and music 🎶 we listen to ocean FM radio .God Bless peace to everyone. 🌈🌹🌈🌈🌈😊😊😊😊😊😊
@@macker1788 I would never do that we love Ireland 🌈 hope that as cleared that up we have our holidays we were going to come this year so sad we couldn't come 😭 .We stay in house's. We watch a lot of irsh channels as well .We watch the late late show every Friday so good .I just meant Governments all round .We like Farmer Phil as well . Were really love we really do . Peace ✌️✌️
@@macker1788 We think the Irish are friendly of all people in the world .We do hope so we want to visit Dublin as well we hope to do two visits . Were feeling so sad at the moment . That's why we watch lots of things about Ireland 🌈 on You Tube . All for now with love .To Ireland 🌈🌈.
Only the Irish can make you laugh and cry at same time
So very true!
Yes that’s the culture between the devil and the deep blue sea. 😀
true
Lol. I love those “only the ___ can make you ____.” It’s never really true... just another person thinking they’re clever.
@@JustFiddler but it’s not.
I'd happily spend the rest of my life in any one of these pubs.
At least for a few hours each day, to meet my neighbors and to support MY local institution.
One of the best films (documentary} i have ever seen on you tube
My life's wish is to go to Ireland and visit as many of these pubs as possible and meet some of the people who own/run them. I'm sure a few have passed, but some still remain. I've seen this movie about 5-6 times and it always warms me. We don't have that 'chat' culture in the pubs & bars here.
Irish people: Please, don't change. You are so wonderful. A huge kiss from a Spanish woman who, i n "her heyday", loved to go to Irish pubs...... and continue doing so!.
One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in forever. Mostly just feels like you’re hanging out with them.
My Grandchildren want me to help them with a time capsule to bury on land we will be leaving next year. I'm going to preserve a copy of this and include it in the capsule. We hail from Kingscourt Co Cavan, and this film is, and will be, a thing of historical beauty... a treasure for sure! Thank you
Janson Media!!!
Brennan’s pub in Bundoran is the cleanest , best run pub in Ireland. The ladies who run it have been there since I was.a boy
I’m 72 . It’s my first stop when I arrive in Bundoran .
Are these the Brennan's who had the Old Crown in Digbeth and other pubs in Birmingham
Shirley Patricia Cooper no
I believe one of the sisters has passed away, Nan 14th august 2017 peacefully at home
@@binflynn1 They have..sad!
It closed its doors in September 2018 after 117 years. The reason. Nan Brennan died.
Lovely! Thankyou so much for this documentary. All my life I have longed to visit Ireland and its pubs and families. If walls could talk, if wishes were horses, I'd have a barn full. This just filled my barn!!!
How peaceful. The children look so happy and innocent.
Irish man and about to move abroad forever. This warms my heart and will keep me through the hard times. Thank You. A great gift this video is.
Been living abroad for 5 years, watching these will make you very homesick! Best of luck on your travels 🇮🇪
I’m a rootless Irish American with no tangible connection to my ancestral homeland. This film made me tear up unexpectedly with an eery sense of nostalgia for a place and people I’ve never known
Same. My Irish ancestors came over in the late 1700s and early 1800s. It makes me want to go so much.
At least you had potatoes.
Not many actually. My grandfather had to catch possums to survive the Great Depression
@@Halogalandwanderer My grandfather used to trudge barefoot in the snow up a hillside to get to school.
There’s a word for the feeling you describe. Anemoia.
It is a very real and very powerful feeling. I have felt in deep in the Everglades in south Florida and any time I hear “Gymnopédies” by Erik Satie, especially if it’s playing off in the distance.
Don’t ever discount that feeling in your gut. Follow that feeling wherever it takes you.
Visiting Irish pubs is on my bucket list. My wife and I found the owner with his kids in the way at @ 28:00 was adorable.
“His chauffeur’s outside waitin’ for him.”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Love that this is in my blood.
This is a great piece of modern history & makes me miss the land of my father, it is 3 years ago that I visited my cousins & had a family gathering in pub in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, I’m 76 now, and regret having only lived in Ireland for 2 years with my wife & 3 children, I love & I am saddened by some of the history of Ireland, I hope I can return again, thanks for a wonderful film capturing a part of our heritage, the people & the Irish Pub
this film is a treasure , the women and the men in this film are so endearing, appealing. I am moved after seing it thank you very much
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So laid back and charming. Is it the brew?
It is the character, tradition and love.
I watch this year round to calm my nerves… as a first Gen Irish American.☘️🖤
Amazing. A Finn living in Cork here, God bless you all.
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This is brilliant!!! I love Ireland, and I love the Irish!!! Beautiful country, lovely people!! And the pubs are a treasure! 🍀
This just warmed the cockles of my heart.
There's something heartwarming about a place that has never changed for generations.
Amazing, bloody amazing. I'm from Scotland, now in New Zealand, n it does break my heart to think of all this dissapearing, the same as in Scotland. But, in the name of "progress", what can/is, to be done?
It'll be like when the trams all got taken away.....progress.....but what happens now? we are looking towards light rail n some countries have trams again....all goes round in a circle
Most times a person’s presence is so much more valuable than money. But, good idea to remind!
I’m glad you kept the warm wood look. It’s a warming ambiance and easy to be part of. Always keep singing and loving each other!
I saw this on Amazon Prime & I glad some one put it on RUclips.
Probably THE BEST Pub documentary ever! These are all fine people. We also are led to understand the wear and worry publicans experience in being hosts seven days a week and 52 weeks a year.
This was great, just can't help but feeling that I watched this a few years back... Ah, as is the Irish pub experience...
There used to be corner bars, family oriented. You got local news, find a job, good conversation. Its rare nowadays. What a loss.
What can I say about the Irish pub? Heaven on earth! When I was a student in Ireland, from the late 70s to the mid-80s, my favourite pubs were:
Galway
• The Cellar - downstairs was students from RTC Galway, upstairs was the UCG crowd
• The Hole-In-The-Wall - quiet Saturday afternoons
• The Skeff - first round
• The Quays - watched the banned film, Life of Brian
• The Bunch of Grapes - compulsory stop on the crawl
• The Kings Head - Irish music.
In Cork:
• UCC Student Bar - my first experience of watching MTV
• Starries - The Western Star - riotous student pub
• The Long Valley - great for long afternoons, reading a novel
• The Abbey Tavern - quiet and close to the Chinese takeaway I once lived above
• Bodega - full of sailors and hookers. Bodega on Saturday night & Confession the next day
Then, there are a whole lot of other pubs whose name I can’t remember, but their pints were cheap and the craic was mighty.
Fantastic. Im an American from Irish decent. I hold fast to it. We have Bars, Lounges and Honkey Tonks. My Da was Honkey Tonker. I hung with him in my youth. Had a bige Italian group hear. I switched between the two. Live near New Orleans so I got to go in pubs. Loved the Pubs and music. Peace Out and Love You Gyes. MMLZZZ
More than a few bars in the American Old West began their lives in Ireland and were shipped across ocean and rugged land to their destinations. The bar in one of the favorite saloons of my younger days shipped from Dublin and arrived to the US territory in 1881. Amazing bar. Even drinking plain whiskey, the presence of the bar made it seem prestigious.
Well said . Seems all we can do is Reminence . Brn.63 calif
Oh how sad they couldn't leave them in place!
Love this, I really enjoyed this ! I am French n Irish. I have been in Pubs in Scotland to Wales! All so similar Horse trading n so forth. My Great Grand Father was Welsh from Builth. He was one of the Wild brothers. And raised race horses on our family farm in Virginia. Out side of Washington DC. My father loved him. I am an O’Brain and hope hope to come to Ireland and experience your wonderful life! Thank You,
What an absolutely beautiful documentary. Thank you.
A beautiful genuine movie with true traditions God bless the Irish
Brilliant documentary love irish pubs . Ive bn in a few over the years on my travels as a truck driver . I dont drink but the craic is mighty
“Smile”, “and respect each other”, yes!
Loved every second of this, thank you.
Thanks so very much. I’ve travelled most of the world but there is only one country that calls me back & back again. It’s Ireland on the west coast, Doolin with the 3 outstanding pubs, outstanding music and people. Had to cancel trip this past year but I’ll be back as soon as we get this virus under control. All the best from Nova Scotia, CANADA.