Saint Colmcille & Derry City, Ireland 1962

In 1962, Aindréas Ó Gallchóir retraced the Irish steps of Colmcille in the Telefís Éireann programme ‘I Remember Colmcille’, billed in Irish as ‘Tá Cuimhne ar Cholm Cille’.
This clip shows places in Derry associated with Colmcille, including St Columb’s Well and the Long Tower Church, which was traditionally thought to be built on the location of a monastery founded by Colmcille. People still drink from St Columb’s Well every year on Colmcille’s feast day on 9 June.
‘I Remember Colmcille’ was first broadcast on 23 December 1962. Téann Aindréas Ó Gallchóir ar lorg Cholm Cille i nDoire.

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Spoken in a beautyful language in a wonderful voice about the great most holy Saint Colmcille and Derry city, Derry, Ireland, Ireland was known the world over as the island of Saints & Scholars and will be again

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Irish is such a beautiful language. I can get by in Spanish a bit, but the only cupla focal I have as gailge are the swear words I wasn’t supposed to hear when I was young.