Sunshine across the country makes for a memorable midsummer.
RTÉ News reports as people enjoy the outdoors rowing, swimming and fishing. Others follow more relaxing pursuits subathing and picnicking.
Summer is a coming in, well for a while it really looked as if it was, and, we thought we'd give you just a taste of it on this Midsummer Eve.
At Glengarra Wood in south County Tipperary, two women and a child take in views of the forestry and wildlife adjacent to the Burncourt river. The fine weather allows a workman the oportunity to paint a wooden bridge over the river.
The track accompanying this report is Felix Mendelssohn's 'Nocturne' from 'Midsummer Night's Dream', Opus 61, Number 7. It is performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelík.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 21 June 1979. The reporter is Jackie Hayden.
