The Story of Turf Cutting in Ireland -- Irish History Documentary

I lived in Scotland for a short time and used to cut the turf..it was said it warmed you several times...cutting it...stacking it...carrying it home...stacking again...carrying it in the house..and burning it....

Farmers all over the World are same. Toiling hard getting nothing to feed the world. I salute the farmers of them world and particularly of Ireland. Thanks.

As a child in Derry, our fire always had Turf on it, at Christmas time it was just so wonderful to come home from school and that smell of the turf filled the whole house.

My mother, who passed away at the end of last year, came from Cavan and was always talking about her life there. The number of times I would hear her talking about the bog, and cutting the turf. I grew up with all these stories in my head, so it is wonderful to watch this and learn more about the life she knew.

Absolutely outstanding and thanks so much ! As times toughen , we'll need to draw on this proven knowledge just to survive .

Loved it, don't worry. These methods will be in use this decade

There is something so visually satisfying about watching how they cut the peat out. That almost always, they are cut in smooth blocks with such perfect rhythm makes it so satisfying to watch.

My mother, brothers and I would head down to the bog every year after the turf was cut and start footing it. Long days, mam would bring a big picnic and baby brother would be under a makeshift tent to keep him out of the sun. Showed my children how to foot turf last year

I'm 80 years old and got in on the last of the"old days". My Grandparents in rural Texas and my other Grandmother in rural Arkansas (that's Ar-kan-saw) All you people pining for the "good ol'days" have no idea what you are talking about. I have been there; Done that. You couldn't hire me to go back. A very good film. Thank you for posting.

I love this video series. I traveled to Ireland twice, and I love Irish history and cultural. (I, like millions around the world, am of Irish descent.) I love Ireland, and watching these videos fills my heart. Erin go bragh! ☘💚☘

Oh my god I'm gonna take a nap, this cured my insomnia

Thank you for taking the time to make this documentary. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it brought back memories of my Grandmother's farm. Since I was the younger of her grandchildren I had the chore of cutting, stacking and fetching wood for her kitchen stove. She could regulate the temperature precisely to a recipe's needed temp to cook & bake. And she never cooked on any other type of stove. Now at 68, I 'm still teaching my daughters as much of the 'old school' ways as they want to learn. And both can cook as well or better than my wife (don't tell her I said that). And she's a a good cook. Bless The Emerald Isle.

We're a tough old race, I'm so proud of my Irish heritage

I couldn't stop watching this - what a wonderful, albeit hard and honest way to live - I'm left wondering whether we have actually moved forwards since those days - or backwards. Thankyou.

Coming from the island province of Newfoundland in Canada, I was just reminiscing with my mother about a memory, when I was only knee high, of being out cutting turf for the woodstove with family members :-)

I'm not Irish, but see the cultural rural roots of my (American) European ancestors in this documentary. There is much honor and the continuaty of civiliazation carried forward as a whole by the agricultural knowledge of the people portrayed in this film. No food no, civilization. Peace.

I'm English but my father was from a place called ardtresna in sligo .we used to go over a couple of times a year in the 50s and 60s always cut turf and picked spuds you where expected to I loved it

This was a great video. Not much of Ireland comes across my path. I like old farming and factory machinery. Thank you for posting .

Exceptional video of the utilitarian and hard working Irish people.

Although I deplore our modern ways and culture, our lives in many ways cannot function without certain technologies... Obviously to go back to the earlier ways of life would be giving up many comforts... It is very possible that Man may be forced to go back, through a cataclysmic event on the Good Earth... I really learned from this very well produced video... Thank You