Provincial Vindicator News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The art of penny juggling as demonstrated by Donie Murphy from Cork city. With a few old coins and getting the angle of a breast pocket just right Donie Murphy makes penny juggling look easy for onlookers in Cork.  This episode of 'Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 12 April 1975.  Frank Hall's amusing and satirical series began on 29 September 1971 with the full title 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly Incorporating the Provincial Vindicator' which became known as 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.  The series allowed Frank Hall to follow his own interest in the lives of viewers throughout ...

How the characteristic vocal sounds of cows change according to the county of Ireland they reside in. Michael Flanagan shares his knowledge about the distinctive sounds cows make in different counties around Ireland. A cow from Newmarket in County Cork, Prolongs the moo or the loo, and a cow from the Athlone area say, she just says moo and that's all. He likens it to how people in Cork say the expression 'hey boy' with a prolonged accent, whereas A cow or farmer we'll say, from the Athlone area, just says 'hey boy' and that's that. While travelling around the different counties in Ireland,�...

Cha (Frank Duggan) and Miah (Michael Twomey)  discuss the drinking habits of Munster people and the demise of the Cork gentleman. Cha and Miah take to a park bench to discuss the drinking habits of the people of Munster and how Christmas is  Nothing more than a glorified booze-up. They discuss the fact that the Irish can no longer handle their drink, especially when it comes to foreign concoctions. However, when Cork people drank alcohol made in Ireland  They were able to lap 'em up like mother's milk. Gone are the days of the Cork gentlemen, who are described as a "vanishing race" as the...