New Horizons: Ireland, 1960

I'll take you home again Kathleen acoss the ocean wild and wide and when the fields are fresh and green I'll take you to your home again [Music] visitors to Ireland more and more of them are flying in every year and as this couple will find out there's a new spirit abroad in Ireland and yet in this modern country they will discover many a reminder of an ancient past and as they travel through Ireland they will also discover hopeful signs of a prosperous future Dublin on the river liy is the political and population Hub busy quickening to today's Temple but not forgetting its Great Men of the past Swift and Bert and Sheridan and Joyce and many many others who have lent glory to Ireland geographically Ireland lies at the edge of Europe between the continent and ocean both influences have shaped the unique people here they've been and still are Guardians and exemplars of age-old ways and picturesque Customs the Lord mayor of gallway going to a traditional ceremony here on the West Coast to the ritual and color of the past is Blended the beauty of the renewing present an auburn-haired Festival Queen and others striking gallway Maids it is the Lord mayor's duty at the oyster festival to taste that is Sav the first of this year's crop then the celebrants get to the dancing in jig time the Irish jig is like a square dance a real its exact Origins like much in Irish history blur Into The Mists of time from gallway through the time littered Countryside to the hills of County CLA but be it Kerry with the Karne lakes or Limerick with trim thatched Cottages they say that every one of Ireland's 26 counties has its own character practices of the past serve the present in wolins they produce Tweeds which are world famous for quality and remarkably moderate in price from the unforgotten combination of wheel and spindle talented hands and Loom have come [Music] these the fabric can first be examined at leisure for selecting a skirt a suit or coat some choose to start at the beginning in an age of rising living costs Ireland remains a Shoppers Market some other goodbyes dutyfree at Shannon Airport Irish fashion houses are winning their places in the sunny world of high fashion particularly for original use of the Native material twe but now designers are being sought out as well for the whole range of their creations [Music] castles in Ireland remind us of the vein of battle through Irish history of anglo-norman invasion and repeated Rebellion but to one particular castle at Blarney in County Cork come Pilgrims from all over the world for to kiss the BL stone is to acquire the gift of a silver Tong or so the legend goes Ireland is much like Greece and Italy everywhere are signs of the past to season the atmosphere of the living present in this country they built for the ages the strong religious feeling which produced the earlier edifices still inspires it is one of the important influences in [Music] Ireland as they have in the past Artisans join in the creation of a window which will shelter worshippers patience care and quality these are the Hallmarks of Irish work manip shining to the glory of God another worker with glass shapes with loving patience a vessel for man's the ancient art of glass blowing one of the of human endeavor that weaves the covering of timelessness here like Irish Tweed or linen Waterford Crystal enjoys an international [Music] reputation one thing about Ireland there's plenty of room here here except during H show week when it KS irelands nearly three million people all get together it's the event of the year if there's one thing an Irishman loves next to a fair Colleen and a sweet tune it's a good horse among the best in the world have been raised here for centuries particularly jumpers [Music] Ireland's jumping teams consistently win honors in international [Music] meets the Irish sweep Stakes properly sums up the native love of horses and bra worthy contestants in an extravagant race where Hope of Victory remains Evergreen that same element of overcoming obstacles figures in another type of contest a CrossCountry cycle race over the kind of terrain which long has toughened the Irish spirit [Music] the emerald aisle is not all green purple Lakes smoke Blue Hills D Brown Moes Rocky hillsides dappled by Cloud [Music] Shadows clouds come frequently and rain but soon pass on but the grass does seem greener it's not everywhere that you can play golf with history looking over your shoulder or for that matter where a man's hotel is a castle everything from battlements to Native Brew Irish coffee whipped cream and a tasty [Music] afterthought Ireland about the size of Maine has 2,000 M of Coastline thousands of miles of streams 1/ of Europe's salmon Harvest comes from here it follows that if fish like it here so do fishermen [Music] off the hook and into the [Music] nest here there is time for a quiet ride time to understand the sense of wonder which has never left the people of Ireland and there's no hurry one jogs along in a two-wheeler or strolls under the soft and luminous sky from the people of Ireland to people everywhere goes the warm and friendly invitation come to Ireland stay a while your home again [Music]