RTE1 closedown 1986

[Soundgarden4eva]

Thanks for posting this. Time travel is an actual fact. And you've just proved it.

[groovy162]

eire ga bach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[seanmharify]

i was 12 years old:( miss it

[vix121]

I'm Proud to be Irish.

[TIVids]

Cant stop watching it. Memories of childhood plus realisation that future of Ireland is in the hands of the people. We cant trust gov any more. We must export out way out of this for the sake of our families and our country,

[luxyaltz219]

Up there with Deutschland über alles , The Star-Spangled Banner and I am Australian ( unofficial australian anthem ) as one of the most beautiful orchestral scores ever ...... Ireland my homeland forever x

[hadders81]

I used to cry when this came on because i didn't like the water shots. Kept telling me ma to knock it off. She never did.

[Feisty1967]

This is interesting, I'm English and our TV used to close down in a similar way with the National Anthem. However, we weren't treated to a slideshow of our beautiful English countryside as you were treated to a view of the beautiful Irish countryside.

[bajadom]

The scary thing is look at the time it closed down !!!

[austinstacksabu]

2.50am? Either Christmas night or after winning another Eurovision.

[PatGleeson123]

@austinstacksabu

The only time I remember RTE closing down this late in the 80's was after showing a World Boxing title fight. I remember them showing The Deer Hunter, and having to restart the film back to the start after an hour because a Dublin transmitter went down. It only just ended in time to see the main fight :-) During the Olympics in '84 RTE 1 closed down just before 6am, after the closing ceremony and John Treacy winning silver in the marathon earlier.

[breizhcatalonia1993]

@austinstacksabu i am an expert in eurovision an as far as i know you didn't win eurovision in 1986 ;)

[clearskies]

i remember it well! and the anthem is still played. love it!

[jmeenan1]

irish and proud to be

[iVenge]

they took over from the snakes that Paddy drove out; eire is infested with spiders, and they vote too.

[waitingforbrain]

what a crap way to play our anthem! should be played by a tin whistle and some fiddles

[foneill9]

I remember it first came on apx 1971. At that time, it was state of the art camerawork, and it used to impress overseas students. Very different world in those days...

[burlearth]

cos we worship spiders in Ireland.

[dodsource]

The closing "sunset scene" is a shot of an island off the dingle peninsula on the coast of county kerry called "an fear marbh" which in Irish/Gaelic means "the dead man". the name originating of course from the fact that the island looks a little like a man, dead or otherwise lying in repose on the sea. i remember those closedown sequences fondly too. i remember being fascinated when i saw "An Fear Marbh" with my own eyes when i went to the Murioch Gaeltacht during the 90's

[Thesurus02]

FrozenFartLicker, The Irish have got more brains than you. At least we're doing something while you're sitting on your arse typing bigot comments on your computer all day long.

Get a fucking life! Even your name sums up what you are.

[NHY2006]

That is timeless

[njomahony]

frozenfartlicker...*snigger*

[burlearth]

yeah, but that's evey country you ignoramous. Talk about being dumb.

[clearskies]

idiot!

[Thesurus02]

I have tears in my eyes when I hear my national anthem.

Great stuff.

[komodoman]

The good old telly days, me eyes are wetting...

[AnthonyUK]

Is this early morning or afternoon? Closedowns should be between midnight or 1am or immediately after the last programme has ended with a quick weather forecast and goodnight with the clock and this sequence after a look at tomorrow's programmes.

[Donny1916]

God this brings back so many memories. Remember when TV actually closed down.

I miss my country :-(

[jet3529]

@Donny1916 I know, I agree with you, what Country did you used to live?

[basicsandwich]

Fanstastic! Timeless! Great piece of music! Would like to know where it was filmed as well?

[epmorris]

The music is the Irish National Anthem I believe. :-)

[EuroReporter]

Anyone know when they filmed this? I was in Ireland in 1981, and RTE 1 tv had it on then. But don't you think it a little odd, all close ups, and at the end, finally, gasp.. a view of a hill and sunset. With all the lovely Irish scenery I'd love to know the thinking behind this piece. Someone must know. The rendition of the national anthem is wonderful.. is it played by the RTE Symphony Orchestra ??

[knickie07]

thats a quality piece of closedown! they must have been using this for a while cos i was only born in 1985 but can remember this!

[GBCOne]

RTE's usual high standards ;-)

I suppose nobody has a clip of the RTE1 news from about three years ago when one of the newsreaders phones went off during the broadcast....

[djfmitv]

Now that's how to do a shutdown :)

[mutezone]

Yes, I want to see the testcard for RTE1 & RTE2 of that era as well please.

[M81PV]

And the test pattern? The analog channels of Ireland and UK never broadcasted test card in the 80s and 90s in their closing of transmission?

[allenjeremy]

That is a unique clock at the start of the clip which you can tell is a mechanical timepiece.

[pookerville]

This is fantastic! I believe that this is Irish TV at its best!