The people and the town of Nenagh in Tipperary are the stars of this opening for 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.
The opening sequence for this episode of 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly’ features the town of Nenagh in County Tipperary. Nenagh is situated north of the Silvermines Mountain range and ten kilometres south east of Lough Derg. Nenagh is also home to the 12th-century Nenagh Castle.
The main shopping street of the town is Pearse Street, formally known as Castle Street. It is bustling with people going about their business. A couple of people stop to chat with a garda outside the men's outfitters and ladies' clothing shop John Slattery and Company.
A bus travelling from Kickham Street onto Pearse Street vies for road space with a donkey.
This episode of ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 5 February 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, around one minute in 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 unfailingly tuned in, just in case it was the turn for their town or village to have its few minutes of fame.
