Cappoquin in County Waterford and its people are the stars of this opening sequence to 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.
Cappoquin in County Waterford is on the River Blackwater at the foot of the Knockmealdown Mountains. The hub of the town is Main Street, where Saint Anne's Church of Ireland is located.
On the corner of Main Street and Castle Street is the Blackwater House. This pub is undergoing refurbishment. One of the painter and decorators on the job gives a wave to the passing film crew.
This episode of 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly' was broadcast on 8 January 1975.
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.
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.
