Hootenanny, Ballycastle

Hootenanny, Ballycastle

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Details

Location

Ballycastle

Year

1964

Date

Production 24/08/1964

Length

08min 39sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Charlie Witherspoon reports from Ballycastle on the popularity of folk singing and the latest addition to the Lammas Fair – the HootenannyHe talks to James O’Kane, the Town Clerk on the idea behind the festival and Mr Bradley, who organised the event itself.  Mrs McGluckin came the whole way from Rathlin where she is the District Nurse. We get to hear some beautiful performances.  Charlie is shocked by the price of Yellowman but he’s too smart to eat it on screen. 

Notes

The Auld Lammas Fair is a traditional fair held in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. It is associated with the Lammas harvest festival.

 

The fair has been running for nearly 400 years, dating back to the 17th century.

 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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