The village of Kildimo and its peope are the stars of this opening sequence for 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.
Kildimo, Cill Díoma as Gaeilge, meaning the church of St Díoma is situated near the Shannon estuary and approximately fifteen kilometres from Limerick city.
The RTÉ camera crew is greeted with friendly salutes and observed with interest by local children and adults alike going about their business in the village on a clear but cold day.
This episode of 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 30 January 1980.
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.
