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29/07/2026

Growing up on Sheriff Street, 1970

RTE broadcast on 26 November 1970.
The reporter is Patrick Gallagher.
Courtesy of RTE.

23/07/2026

A classic bit of Irish horse trading from Castleisland, Co Kerry, filmed in 1973.

Maurice "Mossie" Reidy is looking for £300 for his mare, while Mr Raymond wont go above £225. Despite the efforts of a mediator to strike a deal, neither man is willing to budge.

A brilliant snapshot of the art of Irish haggling and rural life, captured in an episode of Halls Pictorial Weekly in 1973.

21/07/2026

Bob Dylan fans riot in Slane, Co. Meath, 1984

Clips courtesy of an RTE News report broadcast on 8 July 1984. The reporter is Joe O'Brien.

18/07/2026

Richard Harris tells a story about working on a London theatre production of Macbeth with an anti Irish leading actor.

16/07/2026

A Postman in West Cork has been delivering the mail by cycling his 27 mile route for 42 years.

‘Newsround’ visits the town of Goleen, where for 42 years, local postman Mike Sheehan has cycled and walked with the post, anything up to 30 miles a day.

His friends calculate he has worn out a total of 22 bikes, 96 pairs of tyres, 240 pairs of brake pads, and that at a conservative minimum, he has cycled the equivalent of ten times around the Equator, just doing his job.

The mountain terrain makes for some steep climbs and the other two Goleen postmen prefer to use a car or a motorbike.

Does this mean it is the end of the line for the cycling postman? A ‘Newsround’ report broadcast on 2 November 1975. With thanks to RTE.

11/07/2026

A trip back in time through the streets of Dublin, the year was 1963.

Video thanks to CIE/ Pat Clifford

09/07/2026

How to Speak Cork (1972)

"There's one thing about us in Cork. We have a beautiful accent."

Cork man James N. Healy takes a look at the Cork accent through the ages.

Clip from Hall's Pictorial Weekly, broadcast on RTE on 21 October 1972.

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