@garys_tours my husband is 50 and he told me their toilet was outside and they only got a TV when his sister who is about 62 went out to work! He said I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth
They have beautiful modern houses now; then it was adjusting to being a free state; establishing a government; World War Two; the fifties was all of that; the recent past; no progress yet. That came later with education; new houses; world travel and technology. The old ways are gone and people have much more now, but happiness and contentment have nothing to do with ‘things’. If they lose their religion or as it is expressed: “lose the run of themselves” it would be a tragedy. Values are what count when all is said and done. Being modern and sophisticated can be an empty shell not something that brings contentment or happiness.
Hi..i am from india. Thank you for postinng such an interesting video. I would like to see the rural, traditional irish houses. Lot of interesting informations 🎉❤.. do more on the old irish houses, their culture, customs please
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My grandparents where both school principles they went to school on horse and cart, not before milking up to 12 cows before hand. I myself was born in Dublin.
Great comment! Two of my uncles worked on the Shannon Scheme . It was a monumental project at the time to be fair. Mind you it was a long time before rural electrification reached my area in Murroe, Co. Limerick! By a curious turn of events my father who was in the Irish Army during WW2 ('The Emergency' as it was called here) was on guard duty one Winter's night when a German bomber passed overhead. It was lost having been involved in operations against Allied shipping in the Atlantic and was following the River Shannon northwards assuming (incorrectly) that it was the Thames in England. A machine gunner fired on the low flying bomber as it passed and an officer threatened to shoot him if he did not cease firing (according to my father) saying that this plane 'could blow us all to hell!' if it cared to. This plane crashed shortly afterwards in the Silvermine Mountains in Tipperary and its all very well documented. Tough times...
The rafters have been taken out of this house in the renovation, so there is no attic. Large families, who lived in these houses, also used the attic for sleeping.
This is so fascinating, I am actually thinking about building myself a house just like this one. ❤
You should try. If the local council in Ireland will still let you build it the way they did.
@garys_tours it's harder to build a traditional house here ( but all these modern boxes that look like eyesores are popping up everywhere!
I had a must wonderful childhood like that with my grandparents in Charlestown Mayo.
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My family lived like this till 1980,, used to boil eggs in a baked bean tin
My brother in law’s family did not even have an outhouse in Ireland. They used to poop in the barn with the horses. This was as late as the 1970’s!
@@garys_tours what's an outhouse , 3 rooms /2 beds /1 living room. Cook on the crane
@garys_tours my husband is 50 and he told me their toilet was outside and they only got a TV when his sister who is about 62 went out to work! He said I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth
Amazing. I'm from Ireland 🇮🇪
They have beautiful modern houses now; then it was adjusting to being a free state; establishing a government; World War Two; the fifties was all of that; the recent past; no progress yet. That came later with education; new houses; world travel and technology. The old ways are gone and people have much more now, but happiness and contentment have nothing to do with ‘things’. If they lose their religion or as it is expressed: “lose the run of themselves” it would be a tragedy. Values are what count when all is said and done. Being modern and sophisticated can be an empty shell not something that brings contentment or happiness.
Thank you for viewing. I will be back this coming March,April and May doing videos of Eastern Ireland and the North.
Hi..i am from india. Thank you for postinng such an interesting video. I would like to see the rural, traditional irish houses. Lot of interesting informations 🎉❤.. do more on the old irish houses, their culture, customs please
Thank you for the comment. There are several other video on my Chanel that deal with your interest. Go to Garys Tours on RUclips and search all of my videos and you will find several other video that will interest you.
@@garys_tours perfect. Thank you
1927 Rural Electricity came to Ireland at Ardnacrusha via the Shannon Scheme
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My grandfather worked there 😊
they are my favorite house ive worked on them and stayed in them no other atmosphere like them
I envy you. I wish I could stay in one for a month. Thank you for your comment.
My grandparents where both school principles they went to school on horse and cart, not before milking up to 12 cows before hand. I myself was born in Dublin.
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Where is this place...I would like to visit please.....thank you 😊
This village is located on the ground of the Killarney National Park in Killarney County Kerry Ireland.
@@garys_tours I had been to KNP. Is this house is open to public. ? Thank you
Thanks Siemens
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Great comment! Two of my uncles worked on the Shannon Scheme . It was a monumental project at the time to be fair. Mind you it was a long time before rural electrification reached my area in Murroe, Co. Limerick! By a curious turn of events my father who was in the Irish Army during WW2 ('The Emergency' as it was called here) was on guard duty one Winter's night when a German bomber passed overhead. It was lost having been involved in operations against Allied shipping in the Atlantic and was following the River Shannon northwards assuming (incorrectly) that it was the Thames in England. A machine gunner fired on the low flying bomber as it passed and an officer threatened to shoot him if he did not cease firing (according to my father) saying that this plane 'could blow us all to hell!' if it cared to. This plane crashed shortly afterwards in the Silvermine Mountains in Tipperary and its all very well documented. Tough times...
The rafters have been taken out of this house in the renovation, so there is no attic. Large families, who lived in these houses, also used the attic for sleeping.
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the windows were small because of the sunlight tax
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They had glass ???? Yes they had glass they weren't savages 😂
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Sir, In this environment, your manners seemed lacking.
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