Bunratty Castle Folk Park

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2320
Date Released
19 Nov 1973
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bunratty Castle. DESCRIPTION: More of the Old Ireland is being preserved in County Clare at this unusual Folk Park. A representative of country life at the turn of the Century is on show in an authentic atmosphere for students of Irish History. SHOTLIST: Students arriving Folk Park Forge. SV students watching. SV man shoeing horse pan students watching. SV ditto. SV students talking to blacksmith. SV man holding horses reins. SV students watching. SV blacksmith heating horseshoe. SV students watching. SV hot horseshoe out of forge onto anvil, he starts hammering at it. SCU blacksmith hammering at horseshoe. SV man holding horse. SV blacksmith shoeing horse. SV students. SV blacksmith shoeing horse. SLV ditto students watching nearby pan to horse. SV pan students arriving Golden Vale Farmhouse greeted by Irish wolfhound and sheepdog. SV students around open peat fired fire place. CU Irish brown bread in iron pot. SV man at bellow wheel rotating it. SV students watching. SLV ornament on mantelpiece. SV students entertained by Mrs Mahon (farmer’s wife) to tea & fresh baked buns. SV man thatching roof. LV students watching man thatching roof. STV students watching. SV man thatching. GV Bunratty Castle. SV interior student in Great Hall of Castle. SV the Treasure Chest with its multiples locking device, pan to boy sitting in the seat of the Earl. GV interior deer horns on wall behind students. GV Bunratty Castle.
Local distribution only
Ireland release only
Keywords
Industry and manufacture
Locations
Republic of Ireland
Footage sources
Ireland
Card file number
99485
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
224
Story extras:
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'Bunratty Castle Folk Park', British Movietone News Issue No. 2320, 19 Nov 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30130 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)