Offaly Remembers 1916-1966

The film made of the 1966 Commemoration parade on Easter Monday 1966 may be the first film made of a public civic event in Tullamore. It was commissioned by the organising committee for the parade and was made by Eamonn O’Connor Studios, Limerick. The cost was £265. In 2015 funds were provided under the aegis of the 2016 commemoration to have the film restored and digitised (Midland Tribune, 2/7/2015). The script was by Denis Wrafter and the commentator was Padraic O Raghallaigh who worked with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (which commenced broadcasting on 31 December 1961). The Offaly committee had been chaired by Alo O’Brennan and the secretary was Paddy Minnock of Offaly County Council (Midland Tribune, 14/1/1967). The film was later deposited in the Offaly County Library and was shown on a few occasions since the 1970s. It was made available to the public in 2016 and has now been uploaded to the Decade of Centenaries site on the platform provided by Offalyhistory.com on behalf of the contributors to the project. The film is about twenty minutes long and in black and white.

[@1mocara]

A wonderful slice in our local Irish history, it needs to be part of our children’s education, if every school catchment area could research their own local history, can u imagine the wealth of first hand knowledge we have,

[@geraldinesmith7160]

Brilliant to have this film, thanks for sharing.

[@doniekeyesmusic]

Fantastic footage..

[@iankelly2110]

Great peace of our History I cannot wait to show my Father

[@themadfarmer5207]

The poignant moments of the images of the old IRA members. Their dignified and determined facial expressions even after all those years. Irrespect of which side of the civil war they took afterwards ...those men faced down the might of the British army. Their likes will not be seen again

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@invisibleray6987]

Michael Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzmichael

[@greenlightzone]

I feel old

[@niamhosullivan1291]

our Nation is now dead and our political class killed her, we sat back and let them. 😢

[@seanohare5488]

Break away from the weak as hell EU

[@damienholden2132]

What s it all about Patrick perce

[@damienholden2132]

Who this fin Gail or fal.