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Country: Ireland Year: 12.1.1962 Dur: 26.40 View now or Purchase on DVD Croagh Patrick: A short commentary on the pilgrims on Croagh Patrick. (Please note that footage for this segment is unavailable) The Mass Rock: A short film showing the purpose of the mass rock and how the local people used it to warn others of the arrival of the “peelers”. (Please note that footage for this segment is unavailable) Men’s Sodality: The true story of a large inner city parish in Dublin. Unfortunately, when the men’s sodality came to turn out, it was found their numbers had depleted. So seven laymen took to the highways and byways to recruit new members and try to bring back former members. How well they succeed can be seen in this short film. Especially revealing are the characters interviewed for the programme, especially the person known locally as “Boxer”. -
Country: Ireland Year: 9.2.1962 Dur: 26.40 The New Ritual: The new rites of Baptism and marriage were shown in this item. Frederick William Faber: A glance at the life of the 19th century composer of the famous hymn ‘Faith of our Fathers’. The Irish College, Ranafast: Describes the activities of the college and shows the beauty of the surrounding countryside. Glenties and the Tidy Towns: The Radharc team visited the town that won the Tidy Towns Competition and interviewed the locals on their great achievement. View now in full or purchase DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 15.9.1962 Dur: 26.40 Originally broadcast as a programme of three segments. Penal Crosses: This short film describes what is a true Penal Cross . It also asks what their function was and the probable interpretation of the relief carved on them. The art of making these is still being practised today (1962). Aer Lingus : This film tells of the fleet of planes being named after great Irish missionaries and how the Company’s planes carry us to our various destinations. The ceremony of blessing the planes annually is also depicted. Manners in Church: Filmed in a not-too-anonymous church, this piece provides a brilliant commentary (with actors & actresses) on a tiny facet of everyday life. View now in full or purchase DVD below https://vimeo.com/342757641 -
Country: Ireland Year: 4.10.1962 Dur: 26.40The Village with the most
The Village with the most Vocations: This film tries to understand how so many vocations came from the parish of Doon, Co. Limerick. There are interviews with the parish priest, nuns, and the children in the convent school. In 1962, there were 117 nuns alive who were born in Doon. Sick Calls: This short film describes the rites and rituals involved in administering the Sacrament of Extreme Unction to people. It shows what preparations should be made for the reception of this sacrament. Stamps: This short film answers the question: What happened to those stamps we saved for the missions? Lourdes: A little girl from the heart of Dublin City tells, very much in her own words, the story of the patroness of her own parish, Our Lady of Lourdes. View now in full or purchase DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 18.10.1962 Dur: 26.40 Christy Brown – My Left Foot: This film documents the life of Christy Brown. It contains interviews with Christy and Christy’s mother. The programme shows how Christy typed and samples of his paintings. Mrs. Brown also describes how she looked after her son Christy and why she did it. Sunshine House: This film documents the holiday given to 120 boys and 120 girls each summer at Sunshine House, Ballbriggan. (Please note that footage for this segment is unavailable) View now in full or purchase DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 8.11.1962 Dur: 26.40 Tax on Kerry Cows [Fund Raising]: This segment was broadcast under several titles, including – ‘A Tax on Kerry Cows’, ‘Fund Raisers’, ‘Cows and Churches’ and ‘Milking the Faithful’. In this popular piece we learn of an unusual scheme in Ballylongford, in the Diocese of Kerry to gather funds for the two churches which are damp and wet. The parishoners of the Ballylongford imposed on themselves a levy of £1 a year per cow for five years. We are shown how the scheme operates. Retreat: The second part of this programme deals with a weekend retreat. It was made in St. Anthony’s Retreat House, Raheny. We learn how a retreat is conducted and what it means. Kylemore Abbey: The final film in this programme was made during a visit to the rebuilt and extended Kylemore Abbey in Connemara which had burned down a few years previously. The film includes an interview with the Lady Abbess. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 21.11.1962 Dur: 26.40 Church Symbols: This piece describes the symbols to be found in churches and their uses are explained. Emigrant Ship: This item brings us to a spot on the River Liffey where many have felt heartbreak. It is the berth of the Liverpool steamers, which have carried away so many Irish emigrants. The film also describes the work of the Catholic Social Welfare Bureau, which gives help and advice to intending emigrants. (Please note that footage for this segment is unavailable) Poaching: This is a not-too-serious look at the world of the poacher. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 13.12.1962 Dur: 26.40 Thanksgiving: A number of people from various walks of life tell us how they spend their time after receiving Holy Communion. Ballintubber Abbey: Viewers learn the strange history of this abbey, where mass is still celebrated after seven and a half centuries of struggle against weather, fire and sword. Small Farms: The final item in this programme introduces an element of optimism into the general, gloomy discussion on the future of the small farm in the west. Father Dennehy of Annascaul, Co. Kerry, takes the view that the lot of the small farmer is not as hopeless as it is painted. He illustrates his argument with examples from his own district of Co. Kerry. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 1962 Dur: 27.00 Programme repeats for information see: Croagh Patrick, Mass Rock & Men’s Sodality Tax on Kerry Cows, Retreat & Kylemore Abbey -
Country: Ireland Year: 12.9.1963 Dur: 27.00 Young Offenders – St. Patrick’s Institution: This programme was filmed in St. Patrick’s Institution and shows viewers, for the first time ever, what goes on behind its high walls. The boys are seen at work and at play. Members of the staff and some young offenders are interviewed. The programme ends with an interview with the Minister for Justice, Charles J. Haughey. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland, Korea Year: 26.9.1963 Dur: 26.59 Apostles: A young Dublin girl tells, in her own way, the biblical story of Christ calling his apostles. Churching: The film shows a young mother receiving the blessing for women after the birth of her child. The new English prayers now used in this ceremony bring out its true meaning as a solemn act of thanksgiving to God for the priceless gift of a child. Korea: This film tells the story of the Korean War and the deaths of seven priests. It deals especially with the life and death of Fr. Tony Collier. An attempt is made to assess the results of his death. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 10.10.1963 Dur: 26.40 Black Valley Church: The Black Valley is at the end of the Gap of Dunloe. Fr. Sears wanted to build a church there. Many said it was impossible due not only to shortage of money but also due to remoteness of the area and the almost impossible task of getting materials to the site. With volunteers from the area and Fr. Sears as clerk of works, builder, etc. the project was completed. There are interviews with Fr. Sears and local people. Station Mass: The preparation that takes place when a house has been chosen for the celebration of mass. In this film, Mrs. D. Casey, Derra, Brosna and other members of the household with their neighbours and the local clergy gather for the celebration. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 17.10.1963 Dur: 26.40 Holidays in Ireland: This film is a tongue-in-cheek inquiry into the way Irish people spend their holidays at home. It was filmed in Ballybunnion on an August weekend. Visitors and residents in the area are interviewed. Traditional Prayers: This item shows how in rural Ireland there are preserved traditional prayers to accompany all actions of daily life: rising, eating, crossing streams, when the clock strikes, raking out the fire and going to bed. Kenmare: The final item is a short story from Kenmare. It tells how the people of Kenmare got a church, how the church got a steeple, and how the steeple got a weathercock on top. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 7.11.1963 Dur: 26.40 Sermon in Stamps: This item features Alfred Langenbach, a man with an unusual hobby. He specialises in religious postage stamps and from his album he shows scenes from the scriptures, from lives of the saints, and from the religious life of countries all over the world. He is a German resident in Ireland and is chef on the staff of a Dublin hospital. (Please note that footage for this segment is unavailable) Touist, Co. Kerry: This documentary features a place, which very few people ever heard mentioned – Touist, Co. Kerry. Touist’s problem is depopulation and the answer which it is trying, on a basis of community effort, is to sell itself as a tourist resort. Radharc gives an interim report on the progress to date and shows a community that has decided to face its problems instead of running away from them. Touist in 1840 had a population of 7,400. Today (1963), it has a population less than 900. One marriage took place between 1959 and 1963 in the parish. (Please note that footage for this segment is unavailable)
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Country: Ireland Year: 21.11.1963 Dur: 26.40 The Radharc team visit a rural Irish town on Fair Day to try and discover if there is an honest man to be found. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 5.12.1963 Dur: 27.35 Anyone passing through Abbeyfeale, on the road to Kerry can’t help but notice the fine bronze statue in the main square. It was built in honour of one of the great leaders of the Land War, Fr. Casey, the parish priest. This film was made in the early 1960s and includes interviews with elderly people who remembered the late stages of the land war and the vivid stories regaled by their parents and elders. View now in full or purchase below as DVD -
Country: Ireland Year: 19.2.1963 Dur: 27.32 The Bell and the Ark: The programme deals with a visit to two fishing villages in West Clare: – Quilty and Kilbaha. Each has a little church that contains a strange relic of the past. A ship’s bell resides in Quilty while a wooden mass hut is contained in Kilbaha. The story behind these relics is told in this programme. Father Theobald Matthew: This is a biography in words and pictures of the Capuchin friar, Fr. Theobald Matthew who achieved world fame as the “Apostle of Temperance”. He has been recognised as “the man who lifted a nation off its knees”. Sadly Fr. Matthew died believing that his work had failed, not realising that others would follow him and build firmly on the strong foundations which he laid. View now in full or purchase as DVD below -
Country: Ireland Year: 25.3.1964 Dur: 60.22 Many of the people who knew Matt Talbot were still alive in 1960. The house he lived in, the place he worked – many of the streets of Dublin were still the same as in his day. This film is a unique testament of Matt Talbot, and the Dublin that he knew, told by people who lived and worked with him. -
Country: Ireland Year: 01.11.1964 Dur: 26.38 Condemned by the righteous, watched by police, surveyed by sociologists, they are called many names – tramps, vagrants, beggars. Everyone knows them to see but few know them to talk to. The film reveals the personalities behind the rags, and records the experience of the down and out in Dublin. -
Country: England, Ireland Year: 21.03.1965 Dur: 26.40 Graiguenamagh Abbey: The story of how a small Irish town in Co. Kilkenny tries to restore its famous abbey. Boat Train to Euston: An item filmed on the platform of London’s Euston Train Station, the traditional entry point for millions of Irish emigrants to England. -
Country: Ireland Year: 18.6.1965 Dur: 27.00 The haunting song ‘Boulavogue’ has kept alive the memory of Fr. John Murphy, the charismatic leader of the Rebellion in Wexford in 1798. -
Country: Ireland Year: 3.6.1965 Dur: 26.40 The practise and morality of bringing cattle over the border illegally is investigated and commented on in this documentary. -
Country: Ireland Year: 10.10.1965 Dur: 26.30 TDs. George Colley, Declan Costello and James Tully talk about how they see their chosen career. -
Country: Ireland Year: 14.11.1965 Dur: 27.10 A look inside the Dublin Diocesan Seminary immediately after the Second Vatican Council when the winds of change were beginning to blow. -
Country: Ireland Year: 19.11.1965 Dur: 26.35 St. Anthony – Co-Director: One of the directors of the Ampex company explains how St. Anthony is a Co-Director of the company. Glasnevin Cemetery: A short account of the founding of Glasnevin Cemetery by Daniel O’Connell. St. Patrick’s Goat – The Legend: This film gives the background to the legend of St. Patrick’s Goat. The documentary was filmed in Skerries and explanations are also given as to how the local boat club got their emblem.
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Country: Ireland Year: 23.1.1966 Dur: 26.26 In the 1960s Kilkenny set a headline for voluntary social services in Ireland under the leadership of an unusual bishop, Dr. Peter Birch. -
Country: Ireland Year: 1966 Dur: 26.10 Bishop Quinlan, In this programme bishop Quinlan describes the effects the Korean War had on himself and others. The Death March, or the Nine Days March, details the inhuman treatment endured by the prisoners. Some of the prisoners were shot due to their inability to keep up with the main group. Bishop Quinlan tells us of his joy at celebrating his first mass in Moscow after two years and ten months in captivity. St. Mullins, Pattern Day or Patron’s Day was a social and religious event in an area. This documentary details the events that take place on St. Moline day, 25th of July, each year in the parish of St. Mullins, Co. Carlow. It describes the drinking of water from the holy well and the practice of allowing the water to flow over babies heads. The custom of the Pattern Day has disappeared in many places. -
Country: Ireland Year: 4.11.1966 Dur: 26.40 The story of Edel Ouinn. Ireland’s most famous lay missionary, told by those who knew and worked with her. -
Country: Ireland Year: 15.4.1966 Dur: 26.40 This film documents the life of St. Brendan, the navigator (5th century). It describes his founding of the monasteries at Ardfert and Clonfert. But Brendan was a lover of the sea – he wanted to know what lay beyond the great sea known to us as the North Atlantic. Legend has it that he saw in a vision a land beyond this sea. According to manuscripts he and the monks built a boat, which they launched from Brandon’s Creek, Co. Kerry and sailed to the New World enduring many hardships and turmoils. There are many written versions of his voyage – the oldest is in a German library. His name lives on as the first of the great Irish missionaries and his story was an inspiration in the centuries that followed his death. -
Country: Ireland Year: 8.10.1968 Dur: 27.03 An investigation into the rising cost of getting married in Ireland in 1968. The film follows a young couple from engagement to their departure for the honeymoon, while in the background, a cash register rings up the various expenses they incurred. The total cost for Tom and Rosemary was a staggering IR�470. -
Country: Ireland Year: 15.10.1968 Dur: 26.18 In Ireland priests are not appointed to the office of parish priest until they are sixty years or older. Most people in other walks of life are thinking of retirement at this age. The reasons and problems that lie behind this are all explained in this film.
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Country: Ireland Year: 26.11.1968 Dur: 26.40 Adoption Day: A film that tells the simple story of a wonderful day in the life of a family in Cork City – the day they adopted their first child. The camera was present when the baby girl was handed over to her new mother and father and three fascinated brothers. There is an interview with Sr. Paul of the Adoption Society, which clears many points that puzzle people about adoption. ObeliskPark: A short account of the education of the retarded. -
Country: Ireland Year: 10.12. 1968 Dur: 25.27 This film explores the changing local Funeral customs in Cork in 1968. It features some interesting stories about the history of the graveyards at Matehy and Curraghkippane. When a British soldier who had shot a Catholic priest was himself buried in the Curragh cemetery, the grave moved overnight from Loughane Blarney to its present location – as if in protest. -
Country: Ireland Year: 12.12.1968 Dur: 24.47 This film looks at prostitution along the Leeside quays in Cork City. A hidden camera documented girls as young as 13 going on board ship. This documentary sparked a debate that ran in the media for weeks after the original broadcast. -
Country: Ireland Year: 12.10.1969 Dur: 26.43 This film fills in the background to the ordination of a bishop and examines the place of a bishop in the Ireland of 1969. It was filmed at Tuam on the occasion of the ordination of Dr. Joseph Cunnane, Archbishop of Tuam. -
Country: Ireland Year: 19.10.1969 Dur: 27.06 The Church of the Redeemer in Dundalk was designed to carry out all the recommendations of Vatican II, and many leading Irish artists worked on the project. This film traces every step of the work, from the discussion of the first plans to the blessing of the finished building.
