“ LAND OF THE SHAMROCK “ 1963 IRELAND TRAVELOGUE DUBLIN CORK KILLARNEY CELTS XD38964

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Dating to 1963, Castle Film’s “Land of the Shamrock“ is an idealized travelogue of Ireland, with highly romanticized narration. The film was sold for home viewing on a portable 16mm projector by the general public, who would buy them through camera shops or a catalog. The film opens in the Irish countryside, with flowers and sea visible (0:17). A woman in a skirt walks in a field with sheep (0:22). At 0:28, we see cliffs by the sea followed by a farmhouse with stone walls between fields. A man uses a horse-drawn till. A middle-aged woman on a country road follows behind cattle, tapping them with a stick. We zoom in on her serious expression (0:50). At 0:54, an Irish Traveller (“tinker,“ says narrator; an ethnic group also known as “Pavees” or “Mincéirs”) moves along a country road with wagon pulled behind; wagon packed with bags, belongings, and a small dog. Goats f