The people and village of Glanmire in Cork are the stars of the opening sequence of 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.
The village of Glanmire (in Irish Gleann Maghair) approximately eight kilometres east of Cork city, is a busy place. Cars are being filled at the petrol pumps, children play outside the post office, and young hurlers are among the residents caught on film by the camera crew.
This episode of 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 18 October 1978.
Once a week, from June to September, the ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ film crew would arrive at a town or village in any county in Ireland. They would film the people and the place and return to RTÉ where the footage was edited and put to music.
This short film of around one minute’s duration formed part of the opening sequence for that week’s episode. But no-one knew which location had been chosen, and it was not advertised as part of the programme billings in the RTÉ Guide or newspapers.
So with this in mind, people the length and breadth of the country tuned in religiously, in case it was the turn of their town or village to have its few minutes of fame.
