How well behaved were those kids. Credit to their parents.

@DCFelix67

2 жыл бұрын

But we only saw them for five minutes. 😃

@patosullivan8391

2 жыл бұрын

@@DCFelix67 😂

@angelamary9493

2 жыл бұрын

It was a different generation ..

@missadda8890

2 жыл бұрын

Corporal punishment in the schools cane in primary school,leather strap in secondary school and more of the same at home if you stepped out of line the mindset children should be seen and not heard did us the world of good in my opinion but sadly there were some abusive teachers so they had to put a stop to it.I was raised in Cork in the same era and i would'nt swap it for the world happy days going to bed with a hot water bottle etc etc.

@jaynestag95

2 жыл бұрын

No tech.....lot calmer with lots of space to play in

I come from a family of 12 and the Mammy in this video reminds me of our Mam who passed away in 2011, she done everything for us and her loss still cuts deep, 7 girls and 5 boys the same as this family....god bless this family wherever they may be today.

@tireachan6178

2 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of people to have your back. A good mother is like a blessing you only get on loan unfortunately. May she rest in peace.

@jamesmccluskey5756

2 жыл бұрын

@@tireachan6178 thank you mate

@hmq9052

2 жыл бұрын

Don't you know?

@pamelathomas847

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great Irish mammy ,nothing like one

@angusmeigh5141

2 жыл бұрын

The food and clothing bill for that family must have been enormous!

One can nearly hear the distain from the interviewer, these are the citizens who built and moved modern Ireland forward. Hopefully this family prospered and did great things with their life, Kudos.

@Dabhach1

2 жыл бұрын

I assume this is RTE, so distain is a given. Families this size were not the norm when I was growing up bit neither were they that unusual. 6 or 7 kids was normal.

@mathonamoore123

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dabhach1 hi, big you grew up in the 50s then, you're right. I just said the same thing!. My father told me that too. Please read my comment! God bless xx ps. So how did the families, of 6 or less manage without contraception?

@eddiebirch2067

2 жыл бұрын

And England , and I mean that positively , from an Englishman

@carolinamoonbeam

2 жыл бұрын

The narrator was RTE’s Patrick Gallagher RIP. Paddy was a really nice guy. He loved talking and listening to people and found them and their stories fascinating. So it is genuinely not disdain your hear in his voice. He was not stuffy in the least and actually had a great sense of humour. What you heard in his voice was him just trying to be detached and professional when narrating and, to be fair, he couldn’t help the fact that he had a posh Foxrock accent! 😊 Paddy did an RTE programme on the Sherriff Street flats in the 1960s that you can still watch on KZread and he also did programmes such as ‘Seven Days’ and ‘As the Crow flies.’ Still worth a watch, even after all these years.

@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733

2 жыл бұрын

@@carolinamoonbeam you obviously don't understand the one child policy. They hate these kinds of people. Fact.

I was struck by how attractive the mother is with her flawless skin and shining eyes. All the children look amazing as well.

@wynbrown7321

2 жыл бұрын

Yep in those days we didn't have any food with additives etc.

@jessica6513

2 жыл бұрын

Not vegan or close to it lol

@VampireSock

2 жыл бұрын

We arent half bad. Wink.

@monikamona6844

2 жыл бұрын

@@wynbrown7321 I was shocked to see cornflakes! That what we.call.junk food

@1STBUCKLEY

2 жыл бұрын

She looks amazing

I’m From A family of 13 and I’m from Donegal and we had a wonderful childhood

@mb8219

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

All these kids were well turned out and well behaved, it took me back, there were 9 off us.we lived in Clondalkin which was a village when we were growing up, just outside Dublin! We were the same, always had food on the table, a good pair of shoes and a warm coat in the winter, we were poor but we didn’t know it! Thanks for this timely reminder off how blessed were really we’re.

@elterrifico9522

2 жыл бұрын

Times certainly have changed. And not for the better

@eamisagomey

Жыл бұрын

#were

@Smudgeroon74

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the demographics of Clondalkin has changed dramatically in the past 20 years. The gael is a minority now...

@derick3482

Жыл бұрын

the good ol days

I'm the youngest of 11 children.My mother was 90 last August and still going strong thank God.Some days in the summer she walks the 4 mile round trip to mass...!!! One of friends called her the Roy Keane of mothers.!! They don't make them like that anymore for sure.I can honestly say I feel sorry for the current generation growing up.We hadn't much in terms of material wealth.No holidays..no car.. and our clothes were hand me downs.But we had each other.Out on the street running wild.

@innar204

2 жыл бұрын

cant understand the roy keane reference

@brendanoconnor3128

2 жыл бұрын

@@innar204 Roy Keane was considered one of the hardest working and toughest players in the world at one stage.Although not the most skilful.He did all the simple things brilliantly.You might say he was a great multi tasker.

@fluffybunny7840

2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days...

@yvonnepower2046

2 жыл бұрын

God bless her xx

@yvonnepower2046

2 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky to have your mommy, she sounds like a lovely, good woman!! God bless her x

Beautiful children, hope they are all doing well today ……..

No doubt these kids have helped progress Ireland to a modern nation! We owe that mother and her undying love and care for bringing up and nurturing these children

I'm from a family of 11 our father died when he was 37 and our mother rared us on her own, she is like this mother, they don't make people like her anymore. My mam died in 2007 aged 73 she even managed to buy her own house from her widowed pension.

@Svetlana-says-it-as-it-is.

2 жыл бұрын

🙌🏽

@sylviekins

2 жыл бұрын

She sounds like an amazing lady❤️

@jennymclarney9730

2 жыл бұрын

It must have been very hard for women left to rear so many children .

@tonyburke9334

Жыл бұрын

Your Mum was amazing, God be good to her🙏

@gingerfellah5665

6 ай бұрын

Yes they do, I am a mum like that

when families had nothing but were happier and thats a fact .we all shared a room 6 of us . laughing .fighting .crying . but happy . not like kids of today .bored .cheeky .want want want . spoiled

@sdrtcacgnrjrc

2 жыл бұрын

Dunno, I mean I get your point, but I come from a big family of this vintage, and happy we were not

@hometruths9411

2 жыл бұрын

Not nothing, they had company and love and care

@mcmurder8835

Ай бұрын

Let's not slide into tropes though. I have a smaller modern family in an area nearby, and we're extremely happy, as are all our neighbours...

The children are so calm and well behaved: no constant screens may be part of it!

I come from a family of 12, my wife from a family of 13, times were hard for us all but also good,we were very well taken care of by our dear parents, We never had more than we needed, we never went hungry, when I look back now I know that our father and mother worked miracles each day to put food on the table and keep us clothed, My parents went without so the children were looked, my Father and mothers were saints I once worked with a man who came from Dublin, he told me he came from a family of 24, How times have changed Kids now have far more than they needed is the shape of toys etc. The. Beatles were correct when they wrote and sang all you need is love ( also food, shelter, protection and the love and care of your parents)

@mariewalker4010

2 жыл бұрын

Amen God bless

@wynbrown7321

2 жыл бұрын

Yep same here. We had security with our parents. They were brilliant coping with very little.

My mam is one of 6 kids . I am one of 4 . Had a lovely childhood in Ireland 🇮🇪 family was always important to us . Brought up respectful and grateful for everything we had . Always with grandparents, cousins etc.

Isn't it incredible that a working class (carpenter) father could support a large family? The house was cramped of course, but they certainly didn't look "poor" to me & their mother obviously had time to teach them good manners as well as keep them clean & fed.)

@vickyalberts6716

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I can’t understand. How on earth was one man’s wage enough to support a large family back then? Yet it seems common that the husband worked and the wife stayed home.

@rensha8635

2 жыл бұрын

The kids didn’t all have an iPad and iPhone each that’s why !

@fgrimesdoe5821

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to inflation no can afford a house near Dublin ⭐

@lisagreenhalgh7031

2 жыл бұрын

Inflation has made it too expensive rents and mortgages are a huge expense you got more for your money back then

@kristinesharp6286

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickyalberts6716 not building enough. Not wanting people to have 10 kids anymore. The rent for a house with garden 3 bed was 2.70. He got paid 23. Working overtime for another 4-5. Basically 10% of his basic salary, just one full time worker paid for the rent without needing overtime. Imagine.

Those children not high on sugar sweets and eating well and well-manned the mum and dad done a good job bless them.

@RockyRoader

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, this is probably the best-behaved they ever were. "We're going to be on telly, so no messing!"

My daddy was of 13 from Liverpool, My grandparents married in 1925 and my nan had her last child 1952, I am one of 62 next generation, in 2021 we have 6 generations in the extended family , the sadness now is I only have 2 aunts and one uncle left, nearly all gone including my parents and 3 siblings RIP to all 💖

My grandmother had 13 children and all have done well one was born with the umbilical cord round his neck so was what we in Ireland was called a bit slow but he was very much loved 🥰❤️

we need this today

Say what you want about this family but they are united and she's a good mum making breakfast and looking after all her children so kudos to mum and dad for raising their children 👍

Ahhh the good old days where The Irish Property Market was for the Common Working Man and before It was made a Ponzi/Pyramid investment game where Foreign Arms Dealers could 'invest'/flip housing for a tidy profit margin. To whom do we owe our Allegiance today?

@Buildbeautiful

2 жыл бұрын

Our little country is going down the shithole thanks to greed and corruption

Well done that family - no doubt their children will be contributing well to society with the upbringing they've had. It demonstrates the love and selflessness of the parents and shows what can be done with meager means.

@mcqcjc8409

2 жыл бұрын

will be contributing...their children are at least 52 y.o now U are turbo-stupid...4 minute film and he knows it all...they can b anything DUDE

Lovely family, thank you to each one of you for giving a glimpse of your home life. I wish you all well and a happy Christmas(if any of the family happen upon this clip, and read the comments)! Best wishes from where I live now, a small village near the Baltic coast in southern Sweden! I grew up in Dublin in a family of five and the breakfast scene reminds me of those days. I used to love the Jersey milk from the pint bottle because it was always creamy!

Any woman who has even one baby deserves a medal. This woman deserves a case full of medals! She is blessed to be able to have so many kids, so God bless her and her family. I wonder how they are all now? Hope all are doing well.

@carmelparakh1677

Жыл бұрын

I had five sisters and six brothers and two have passed away .I love all of my family sooooo much

how wonderful i wish i could go bac to the 70s thisworld has broke my heart

There was 21 children in a family near where I live , 17 survived , all born in a small house 🏡

This probably was the last generation in Ireland with more than 3 siblings in a house. Those were the innocent times.

@catherinehastings2309

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's not. I knew lots of families with four, five, six and even ten children during the 80s and 90s. Even now I know families nearby with six children.

@kristinesharp6286

2 жыл бұрын

I was born a year after this in an Irish neighborhood in the US, one of the most Irish neighborhoods. I was one of 2 kids which was most of us. Everyone was 50% Irish or more and just about everyone had living family born there. Out of 60 kids in my grade about 3 were in families with more than 5 kids. 2 were youngest. Maybe another 3 kids there 3-4 kids in their family. Half the houses were tiny though in my neighborhood and 2 bedroom. This house in the video very spacious. Also most everyone had to pay tuition for Catholic school, not free like over there. But very important. And less nuns to teach. Hiring 8 lay teachers who all have families is more money than 8 nuns living in the convent house next to the school all together. I only had 3 teachers who were nuns. They converted a part of the convent to a preschool since the 4 didn’t need the whole house towards the end.

@mcmurder8835

Ай бұрын

My Mrs is from a family of 6 in Donegal. Not unusual.

My auld Maw came from a family of 18 and my Dad from 12. They were dirt poor growing up in Edinburgh. Both of them turned out to be decent hard working people, but most importantly they were happy 😃

My dad was one of 14 living in a room and kitchen in a tenement,they got a tangerine and one wee present each for Xmas and were happy because everyone was in the same boat and helped each other out.

Dear Family, Thank you for sharing a little glimpse into your lives. I hope that you have all had good health and have enjoyed happy lives x

Lovely proper full cream milk out of the bottle on the cornflakes. Reminds me of my childhood when we’d all fight over the top of the milk.

She made it look so easy. and the place so neat and tidy.

Love seeing large families🤗 I'm the 9th of 10 children. My parents had nine girls and one boy ( he's the 4th oldest) Dad was an electrician and we always had our needs met. My husband is from an Irish family of 9 children. Six boys and three girls. We both have great childhood memories. Big families are wonderful.

I'm from a family of 12 my mother passed away 20 13 Xmas eve it was the sadest Xmas we ever shared as a big family together remembering all the great times was wonderful to reflect on so so different from the world we live in today il always remember Hector grays toy shop at Xmas god bless my wonderful mam and dad for all they did for us I can't imagine how hard it must of been

@chee5935

2 жыл бұрын

Awww......my dad passed Xmas day in 2015. They say all the good ones go at Xmas.

@martinacaffrey4411

2 жыл бұрын

Good old Hector Greys - you took me back 👍

@bahoonies

2 жыл бұрын

@Frank Murphy I'm very sorry for your loss Frank. I'm from a family of six. There could have been 9 of us but Mam had 3 miscarriages. Dad died in 1993 but Mam is still with us. She's 95 and very frail now but still living in the old family home. Hector Gray's shop was great. I was never in it as a child but sometimes Grandma would buy us toys from there at Christmas. When I look back over the years, I realise how little we had. But we had enough to be very happy children. When I was 11 or 12 and was being bold or not doing my schoolwork, Dad sometimes threatened to send me to boarding school to sort me out. But I quickly realised that it was an empty threat because he could never have afforded to do it lol.

@md61211

Жыл бұрын

Hector Grey's!!! I bought my pivoting drinking duck there

A lovely family of children and mum and dad. You can tell they're a family enveloped with love, care and devotion.

How the hell did they survive...without mobile phones or Facebook? THAT was real living, kids today exist.

The children looked healthy and contented - obviously well fed and well loved - and their mother looked a picture too, with lovely skin. All good.

I love this story. I am the 4th of 15, born and lived in Williamstown, Navan, Co. Meath. God bless your parents and all of you.

Omg I fcuking love this !!! Bet she was the most amazing mother 🙂 we have everything these days and still there's mother's out there that should never have had them .. this makes me so happy🎄

It's so lovely to have a big loving.family. A tribe. That lady looks amazing, full of vitality and beautiful.

Wow this is incredible to see. I can not imagine ten children, this mother is amazing

what a blessing

My Nan was from Dublin and had 11 children. Bless her, she was only 4'11" Her Son Tommy weighed a huge 13lbs. Out of 7 boys Tommy grew up to be the shortest. Her other 6 sons were all over 6'. She kept an immaculate house, worked 3 jobs, cooked breakfast every day and attended mass daily without fail!

She's an awesome mother, Children were taken good care. Father too looked so caring

Large families were normal throughout Ireland during these times my own father comes from a large family although you would wonder how they managed so much in such a cramped space because most of the houses where they lived were of a very basic size.

@animalunaris

2 жыл бұрын

The kids would no doubt be out playing most of the day if they weren’t at school to keep them out from under their mother’s feet.

family is everything, bless them all 15/05/2022

My own mother came from a family of 13 with 2 children dying young. They were considered to be a small family in their village back then. The butcher had 20 children!

@mysticgeneie4668

2 жыл бұрын

He couldn’t half sling his sausage.

@md61211

2 жыл бұрын

Who remembers the Broadburys of Dalkey?

@chchwoman9960

2 жыл бұрын

@@mysticgeneie4668 Hahaha. Brilliant!

A great Irish mammy

@nickyjohnstown7177

Жыл бұрын

Big for a family small holding for a farm but the way he came out that gate I'd say good road frontage.

I am from a family with 14 kids.. My parents are from Sweden. Reminds me of our family

She's a powerful woman, God bless her. The daddy has it easy👍🏻🧚‍♂️

@willross6554

2 жыл бұрын

How would you know was you there?

The cinematography in that last scene was remarkable for such a report/documentary of the time.

I come from a family of 14,, I used to think we were poor, no clothes or shoes never enough to eat,, But I never really knew how rich we were to have us altogether with a great woman who I was privileged to call my mother,,every mother with big families should be called blessed mother for that’s what they are,, saints,,🌹🌹🌹

My own father was the youngest of 12 children. What's so amazing about that? It's life, God bless us

What a lovely family. Father works hard. Beautiful children. God bless you all.

They Say those days where tough..now they are tougher .. empty..unsafe times..we are afraid to have lots of kids nowdays for many reasons..back then it was different..just better..no One was spoilt everyone was grateful..less fear less technology more Happyness and meaningful life.

@benhur1959

2 жыл бұрын

I always said to myself I would love to travel back in time to just see what one day was like again in those times. Happy memories I had

Awesome, lovely video. We weren't a big family on Clonard Road, Crumlin, but remember the smocks the mammy and granny wore, and brilliant neighbours, THE O' HARAS , SADIE DOYLE, AND My friends the Woods.

I love to See these Kind of film,so interisting what life they hed at that time...Susie denmark

You cannot get more blessed than this.

My mother was 1 of 14. My poor nanny was a conveyor belt. She was the gentlest and most loving mother and grandmother. Never raised her voice nor said a bad word or cursed, and for a Dublin woman that’s unheard of. She came from Whitehall.

I'm the eldest girl of 11 and I bet the older girls cried like I did everytime my mother was pregnant, as I was like a second mother.

Children were so well-behaved back then. No tantrums, no spoil, and no looking at their iphone or playing games. Hmm, maybe it’s the era of the years they were brought up. Like in today’s society, social media and modern technology makes people lazy.

@carlaconnor8347

2 жыл бұрын

Man, shut up. You moron. Spoilt kids and murderers are in every generation

@dariasz4049

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlaconnor8347 u r a common, vulgar n low example of a modern generation. Get lost u ****!

Would love to see how they are today. She is a great woman. God bless her and her family.

God bless her and her family!

They seem like a lovely family with lots of love to give. Thankyou for a glimpse of a simpler time.

I’m one of 15 kids, mom lost 3 so that makes it 12 living, I was born 9th after 8 boys, then another boy, next 3 girls, then another boy, and last was a girl as she passed away. We were all very happy then. ❤️❤️❤️

Hats off to large families.

Love this video beautiful children ❤️ there was 10 of us I have 7 brothers and 2 sisters our dear mother passed away last year she was devoted to her children and wonderful mother ❤️

God bless the children!

My grandad had 22 brothers and sisters. Grew up in the north of England. Poor as church mice, but always worked hard.

Is there no more videos of them all later on in life. I’d love to see that…..

We need more families such as this all over the West.

Such a beautiful, short vignette of this family. I'm curious about their whereabouts today; presumably the parents are gone, but the children. They're all older than my daughter. I'm from a family of 10 children. Mom also had three miscarriages when she and daddy were living on the homestead. No, we were not Catholic. :):)

@johhny711

2 жыл бұрын

I lived across the road from this family ( Halls ), they all did well and at least a few of them still live close to where they grew up on Gurteen Avenue.

@gburahbondo2948

2 жыл бұрын

@@johhny711 thanks for this info. Was curious to know

@gillianm9367

2 жыл бұрын

@@johhny711 Really enjoyed watching this, I was 2 in 1971 so they must all be in their mid- late fifties now. They seem like a lovely family, hope they are all still close and happy ! 🌞

@melliecrann-gaoth4789

2 жыл бұрын

@@gillianm9367 Blessed with the parents they got…..

@Dermot2927

Жыл бұрын

Looks like the mother died last year and her husband predeceased her (from a Google search). When it said "peacefully, surrounded by her family" there was an added poignancy. A lovely family, probably not unusual in that era when there were different priorities and different things to get stressed about.

The footage is fascinating great job

Beautiful family and amazing mum❤️

I love big Irish families. The greatest thing you possess is your own people.

I come from a family of 8 My mam did 2 jobs has my dad had lung cancer , he did screws at home I had a wonderful childhood 😍

Lovely children and beautiful harmony, love and respect.

I know a fella from a village called Dunloy who was one of eighteen. So I said to him you must have had the biggest family in the village he said no the neighbors had twenty.

My father grew up in a family of 13, my mother in a family of 9, it surely wasnt that wild

I've 11 brothers and 2 sisters.. 12 boys total and 2 girls, 2 sets of twins also

My great grandmother was the same, she had 12 children including my grandmother from 1936 to 1954 and lost her 1st and 3rd child when they were a few weeks old. At the moment 7 remain including my grandmother

God bless big families

I'm from a family of 12 all of us are healthy. It's a blessing to have a big family!

God bless

What a wonderful family 💞

What a great times all in the table,no phone 🤳🤳 ,just eat and happiness

I would love to see an update of this family. Are they all still alive I wonder?

How nice it used to be back then, but look how sad it is today.

What Healthy Looking Lady, Her Hair Is Shining And Her Skin Is Amazing. What A Lovely Attitude To Life, Lovely Family. God Bless The Mam And Dad And All The Children.💖💖

Look how well behaved they all are. That’s like our house

Fantastic....

Amazing ❤

Powerful stuff

Amazing beautiful mother my mum was like her when I was growing up in a family of 8 sister's and brother's

these women made of strong stuff.....big families are amazing they will become a force to reckon wit as they get older✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@Alphae21

2 жыл бұрын

🐵

Amazing 🤩 kids and family

It's mad to think these kids are all in their 50s and 60s today 🤯 hopefully everyone is alive and well

@seandelap6268

2 жыл бұрын

There's a good possibility they are even the parents could still be in some cases those of child bearing age during that time would most likely have been born during the 1930s and 1940s an age group which stil has a large percentage of living people.

They're all great and well behaved! I like the idea of them popping on to here to watch this occasionally.

They look like a lovely family.

Hi i come from a family of 16 so this is very familiar to me. Lovely times fond memories too. Do you know if there is any film footage of the IGB *Irish glass bottle house company* my dad was a foreman there from 1946 50s 60s.70s & 80s it would be brilliant if you had some footage to watch.. cheers.