Éamon DeValera wishes everyone a joyful Christmas and a new year of progress and happiness

Filmed for American audiences, December 1929, Movietone 4-535 © #UofSClibraries

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Inis Oírr, May 1929

Multiple people on the beach in traditional Aran clothing

Cow escapes into the ocean while another cow is wrangled on the beach

Dogs running around

Currachs rowing out to larger boat

Movietone 2-922 ©
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Inis Oírr, May 1929

Multiple people on the beach in traditional Aran clothing

Cow escapes into the ocean while another cow is wrangled on the beach

Dogs running around

Currachs rowing out to larger boat

Movietone 2-922 © #UOfScLibraries

(2/9)

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Boy with a donkey and cart [redux]
Three donkeys outside
Town square scene with horses, donkeys and carts

May 1929

Movietone 2-922 © #UOfScLibraries

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Donkeys

17 May 1929

We think some of this may have been filmed in/near Killarney

MVTN 2-922 © #UofSClibraries

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Various scenes of GAA games, indoors in New York:

Gaelic football matches with Tipperary versus Kilkenny
and Mayo versus Cavan

Hurling match between Offaly and Cork

Filmed inside at Madison Square Garden

Filmed on 20th February 1929

Movietone 2-27 ©
#UofSClibraries
(5/5)

#IrishMastodon #MastoDaoine #OldIrelandInColour

Various scenes of GAA games, indoors in New York:

Gaelic football matches with Tipperary versus Kilkenny
and Mayo versus Cavan

Hurling match between Offaly and Cork

Filmed inside at Madison Square Garden

Filmed on 20th February 1929

Movietone 2-27 ©
#UofSClibraries
(4/5)

#IrishMastodon #MastoDaoine #OldIrelandInColour

Various scenes of GAA games, indoors in New York:

Gaelic football matches with Tipperary versus Kilkenny
and Mayo versus Cavan

Hurling match between Offaly and Cork

Filmed inside at Madison Square Garden

Filmed on 20th February 1929

Movietone 2-27 ©
#UofSClibraries
(2/5)

#IrishMastodon #MastoDaoine #OldIrelandInColour

Various scenes of GAA games, indoors in New York:

Gaelic football matches with Tipperary versus Kilkenny
and Mayo versus Cavan

Hurling match between Offaly and Cork

Filmed inside at Madison Square Garden

Filmed on 20th February 1929

Movietone 2-27 ©
#UofSClibraries
(1/5)

#IrishMastodon #MastoDaoine #OldIrelandInColour

Shipping cattle and pigs by boat

1929, Inis Oírr

Scene looking towards the shore. Cattle and pigs are hoisted up onto the deck with pulleys and rope.

Movietone 2-921 © #UofSClibraries

#IrishMastodon #MastoDaoine #Ireland #AranIslands #Irish

"We'll play it by word."
"What?"
"We'll play it by word."
"I will not."
"Why don't you speak to them (why-donch-ye-speak-te-em) in Gaelic?"
"Do it in Gaelic Caty (?)."

1929, Inis Oírr

Movietone 2-921 © #UofSClibraries

#IrishMastodon #MastoDaoine #Ireland #AranIslands #Irish #Gaeilge #Gaelic

"We'll play it by word."
"What?"
"We'll play it by word."
"I will not."
"Why don't you speak to them (why-donch-ye-speak-te-em) in Gaelic?"
"Do it in Gaelic Caty (?)."

1929, Inis Oírr

Movietone 2-921 © #UofSClibraries