Clicky Murphy owns the smallest pony and jaunting car in Ireland.
The jaunting car was specially made for Pippy the pony. Áine O'Connor chats to Clicky Murphy in the living room of his home in the company of Pippy. He describes his family's long love for animals going back 135 years. His grandfather started off in the jaunting car business at a time before the famine in Ireland.
I was on horses from the time I was able to walk... I drove ponies at the age of 9 and 10 years old.
Clicky Murphy describes how as a boy the streets of Dublin were full of jaunting cars and it was not until around 1924 that taxis appeared on the streets. He inherited the name 'Clicky' from his brother who acquired the name from clicking the horses.
This episode of 'First House' was broadcast on 24 February 1976. The reporter is Áine O'Connor.
'First House' was a magazine series featuring interesting people, places and events. The programme was presented by Tom McGurk and Aine O'Connor. The programme was produced by John McColgan and Barry Kelly.
