
National Geographic: Ballad of the Irish Horse
- Year:
- 1985
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In Ireland, horses are
an indelible part of the landscape...
of history and memory,
of a past and present
where the ancient magic
of the horse
still weaves its spell.
Their presence is pervasive,
as if horses help to define
Horses are the Irishman's sport...
Ireland is the birthplace
of steeplechasing.
Horses are Ireland's tradition.
Showjumping originated
on this green land.
Horses are Ireland's business.
This is the Irish National Stud.
Horses are Ireland's pleasure.
fields and farms to the hounds...
and thousands of families
keep horses for recreation.
This romance of the Irish
and their horses
was born of the land,
nurtured by necessity,
and fostered by ancient bonds.
It is one of the oldest
love stories on earth:
The Ballad of the Irish Horse.
Ireland
Ireland of myth and mystery,
of wild shores and soft rains,
lush pastures and rich soil,
where the past still lives.
Even today, Ireland remains,
as it has been
for thousand of years,
largely agricultural.
Here, the story of man and horse
stretches over the centuries...
A saga woven of threads
of tradition and history,
custom and religion,
that binds them
inseparably in the fiber
of Irish life.
While the rest of Europe
was transformed
by the Industrial Revolution,
Ireland remained essentially
untouched and unchanged.
Until only 40 year ago,
most families in Ireland
needed a horse
to plow the fields
through the week.
On market days,
to a wagon to haul his produce.
On Sundays, horse and wagon
took the family to church.
the old Irish ways
and language survive.
And the people of
Ireland keep horses
in their lives
and on their landscapes.
Here, people still go ton fairs
at villages
and country crossroads
to buy and sell horses
as they have for centuries.
In Napoleonic times,
quartermasters from European armies
came here to buy
for their elite cavalry regiments.
Today at the Great October Fair
in Ballinasloe,
the flavor of a lost age lingers.
If she's there for 50 pounds,
she's there.
The trading is still punctuated
by the slapping of hands
a middleman still brings buyer
and seller together.
And a bit of earth
on the horse's hindquarters
still shows that a bargain
has been struck.
Like his father and grandfather,
John Daly is a horse breeder.
He came to this fair
with his father.
Now he brings his son, Alan,
knowing the boy
will follow in his footsteps.
And today he has come to buy
Alan a pony.
We'll go and see
something else anyway.
Stand back a minute there, lads.
What do you carry on
the book down there?
Fourteen two.
The man says seven.
I'll give you eight.
Give him 1,000 pounds.
Give him to him for 1,000 pounds
and that's the price.
And after that, say no more.
I'll give you 800.
Well, I look at it this way.
Your lad will be
getting a good pony,
and he's a good rider.
And I like to see him
getting the pony
If you tell me
you'll take it for them
I'll divide it
the last 200 pounds.
That's 900, right?
Give him 1,000 pounds.
Go on, give him 1,000.
I tell you what I'll do.
I'll go away and leave you
for an hour to think about it.
And you might get a better lad.
I'm here to sell him.
That'll be 1,000 pounds,
the both of yours.
like a fiddler.
That will be 1,000 quid
and get the money.
Give him a check then
for 1,000 pounds.
Will you break the board?
Go on. Give him to him now. Sold.
Hold out, hold out.
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