Hall’s Pictorial Weekly in Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1976
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Ardara in County Donegal and its people are the stars of the opening sequence for ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’.
Ardara in Irish Ard an Rátha meaning ‘high rath’ or ‘high ring fort’ is located on the river Owentocker in southwest Donegal.
People go about their daily business, and the presence of the camera crew attracts interest from young and old. Two of the town’s hostelries are shown here, Nancy’s pub and FX Cannon’s corner shop and bar.
Once a week, from June to September, the ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ film crew would arrive at a town or village in any county in Ireland. They would film the people and the place and return to RTÉ where the footage was edited and the theme music added.
This short film of around one minute’s duration formed part of the opening sequence for that week’s episode. No-one knew which location had been chosen, and it was not advertised as part of the programme billings in the RTÉ Guide or newspapers.
So with this in mind, people the length and breadth of the country tuned in religiously, in case it was the turn of their town or village to have its few minutes of fame.
This episode of ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 27 November 1976.
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Full of beautiful characters & beautiful smiles , what a lovely place to live back then a real community. Salt of the earth .
Very nice footage.
Im From Glenties 3 miles away
Very good :-)
Those 70s!
I was on a farm in a small place called letterbara a phone box post office and pub loved it people weren't so friendly because of my Scottish Glaswegian accent but can't please everyone
Its only 7yrs before i was born but looks like the 1950's 😂
All Euro's ,the good old days !
I've had a few pints in Nancys 😎
Thought the bloke in the thumbnail was Donovan for a moment.
Everybody does seem very close in that video. Wink 😉 wink 😉.....🎥
Ireland before the "joys" of diversity and multiculturalism.
@captainteeling7002
8 күн бұрын
So true, Look at Bundoran, Kinlough, Sligo, Letterkenny, Manorhamilton, Donegal Town, all losing to DIEversity
Ah Nancy's bar fond memories!
There was a boy down there called Bosco Magill's, anyone ever hear of him...
@aidandoherty5076
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Sadly died a couple a few weeks back, he suffered for awhile with mnd
@goalltheway-pm8xs
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@@aidandoherty5076 coincidence I brought him up,, what a guy called Enda callaghan, used to take the anglers out on the boat? What age would that man Bosco have been? Thanks
@rangecomand
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Owned a Draper shop in the town
@goalltheway-pm8xs
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@@rangecomand Enda or Bosco?
@rangecomand
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@@goalltheway-pm8xs Bosco's as far as I know