The Fastest Reel in the West, Ireland 1972
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- John Conneely dances a reel in his unique style.
Gay Byrne introduces John Conneely from Knock, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, who performs a reel in his own unique style to the music of ‘George White’s Favourite’ performed by John Cleary. The remarkable thing about this is that John had previously been hospitalised for months following a fall on a building site in England which left him with a broken back.
Ciaran MacMathuna who is sitting in the audience describes John’s unique dance as “the fastest reel in the west”.
Planxty and the Chieftans who also featured on the show. - Zábava
He never would have dreamed that in 2021 people across the world would be watching him tripping-the-light-fantastic in 1972! That's immortality....
& 2024 :D
Fair play to him, struggling through his paralysis and getting his mobility back, and by God he is some man, a great reel, by a great Irishman. God bless you 🙏
@Billie Piper's Teeth 🤣🤣🤣 Billie Piper’s teeth - love it! 🤣🤣🤣
Aye, there ain't no paralysis there anymore begorrah! I imagine he can do his new wife a bonnie dance.
Luck of the Irish
Such a optimistic comb over.
You know he's dead by now right
A real gentleman in manner who can still dance a warriors dance. Beautiful clip and sad clip, the world has changed.
@Leona Bastet And young ones at that!
this is the i have seven sisters and we all share the same bathroom dance
The world has deteriorated from these times
This man is a very good dancer, got to praise him a lot for being able to dance so well after such a bad accident.
From the chin to the legs, every backbone broken. Bed- ridden 3 years recovering!
Doesn't excuse his hair though, does it?!
@@kathrynmcmorrow7170 unbelievable ❗️
@@rena388 I know! Gladly by age 63, he hadn't developed much degenerative disc disease that impaired his ability to kick up his heels!
@@kathrynmcmorrow7170 thank you 👍🏻
Congratulations to this honorable Irishman, an example of the will to live. From Argentina, greetings to all the wonderful Irish people.
Now that made me smile, and we need smiles these days.
Smiles, yes, but the idiots have their faces covered with muzzles !
Why do we need smiles let me guess because of covid lmfao. There's millions of these stupid comments. Y'all acting like you don't smile or laugh anymore since covid. Go away stupid person.
You have a nice day 😊👍 and dont mind the hate comments.
I lived in Ireland 89-95. Gaye Byrne show Friday nites....3 hours of a gentleman doing real interviews about real people and real life issues... no booming music no endless commercials no gratuitous sex and violence no bizarre people just great pure gentle entertainment. So sad the toilet we have created and live in today.... ps the man wasn’t even winded!!!
Yes, long before the lefties took over Montrose and turned it into a communist propaganda network.
I would assume montrose is the tv network?? Yeah I’m amazed at how leftist Ireland is now... they living off the profits of Apple and google etc....wait until the day of reckoning comes when their corporate tax rate has to get in line with the rest of the WTO snd they get even more refugees to settle per EU mandate.... their little socialist house if cards will crumble faster than Hunter Biden can light a Craic pipe
There was sex alright...don’t be delusional
@@emu9520 not to the extent that it is now given the forefront and perversion
@@brianog5267You said it Brian! Today is May 1st 2024 and Ireland has had over a million fakeugees dumped onto it by Judas Varadquar the double u ee eff man and Ireland is socialist no longer.
A mighty man! A true wonder,after being paralyzed.I love it that we can still watch him dance more than fifty years after this film was made!
He never skipped a beat.
Absolutely marvellous.
Thank you from Scotland.
This gentleman is truly incredible, he dances like a pro and who would have thought that he had broken his back in multiple places. Fantastic.x
No modern polish, just a man of the soil expressing the rhythm of his life and culture at the age of 63.
Fabulous Fabulous Fabulous ! Good for him and his spirit. They told me I would not walk again. I did . Inspiration for all injured people.
Fantastic dancer and such a gentle man! Loved it! Who, back then, would have thought the world could change so much as it has. Unrecognisable!
I thought my eyes deceived me when the woman inhaled a cigarette in the audience.
@@kathrynmcmorrow7170 💨Smoking was the norm everywhere and if you didn't like it as a non smoker and complained you were told where to go💨 !!..
Great dancing especially so for a man with previous back injuries...👏
It certainly has ,and not for the better.
It’s rather alien...compared to the 60/s70s.
Really miss thoses times.
@@mazcats66silver34 That's a fact. This was actually slightly before the era of "non-smoking area" introduction.
It’s heartbreaking but you’re correct my friend.
So this was in '72. We hosted the Eurovision in '71. We could have used him in the interval act. I know it's a completely unique idea to consider using mad Irish dancing like that at a Eurovision and it would never catch on, but still...
Timing is everything.
He was the father of Riverdance 😊
I thought ireland only puts shit acts through cos they cant afford to host Eurovision every year
A think it wad man heres a bugger me that wad deffo mak an arse of hisell , love the humour not unlike England the north east bin owa northern Ireland 4 the road racing 💘 love it place people the lot god willing wad try the Republic gettin on a bit had some great times with the Irish on hols ĺaughings like breathing thats why its love a lot like me arn folk***
🤣🤣🤣
The finest people you could ever meet. God bless the Irish. No more welcoming people on Gods Earth. Always up for the Craic! Great people. From an English man.
Amen
Unfortunately Ireland is getting increasingly less religious and more woke. I suspect we’ll see them become a lot less friendly in the next few decades. Poor thing to happen to such a merry people
@@1lobster oh, no! Oh, I am so sad to hear this. Gutted.
Marrying an Irish man this coming January:) according to my ancestry, I’ll be the first.
@@AJanae. I married an Irish girl from county Kerry in 1976. We are still together. I am blessed. She had a wonderful family that accepted me like one of their own. The men were tough and would put a fist in your face as quick as look at you,if you upset them but never to me. But they would buy you a pint afterwards and it would all be forgiven and forgotten. Many now dead, may they rest in peace. Good luck to you on your marriage, may you have many years ahead of you together. Wishing you love and luck.
God that reminds me of my dads reaction when mum said she was leaving him
😂😂😂😂
Thats really made me giggle lol
That made me lol!!!😂
🤨🤫🤣🥸🥃 Slainte
😂
I loved every second of it , my Irish roots are still alive .
I'm 36 and rely on a walker to help me get around. Hats off to him (and all the recovery aid from his nurse wife!) to be able to move like that at 63! I can't even fathom being able to do that. ☀️
I wish you good health
@@M_SC Thank you, and to you also!
Amazing lightness of the feet✅🇮🇪
God Bless Him, he made us smile here in low country of the USA tonight. Always nice to hear Gay Byrne's voice also, he was a legend. Brings me back to my younger days.
The shape of the lad though. Surely all muscle memory. Bravo.
63 wow that’s amazing, poor old John is long dead this was in 1972 , if he was alive he’d be 113, rip to this great man
Great man lol why
God Blessings and I know he is dancing in heaven with angels!
Since God sent him a great nurse to get him back to health,it's for Gods' glory to bring him to Heaven where he will dance and be happy and peaceful in his presence forever Amen! To come around from such a serious injury,and being immobile for years!....
I'm seeing a 70's video and almost crying, knowing that these times of freedom will never come back...
We've never had freedom, until now of course, because we can see clearer now.
@@weefyman That's a way of putting it, my friend. What I know for sure is that I was freer before these wretched 2020/21 years...
Yeh... that's why we call it history. To make sure it don't come back.
@@liammurphy2725 The current tirany is more powerful than never before, any time before was freer
@@pablomalaga4676 What is this thing called freedom and where can I get some?
This guy was a star. Who on Earth can give a video like this a thumbs down..?
Those three twirls were great ! put a smile on my face and a good giggle, fair play to the man, a real Irishman.
Amazing -it's as if his lower body belongs to someone else - and his top half is being brought along for the ride - but reluctantly.😀
😂😂😂😂
Brilliant comment 🤣
Amazing 🤩 comment laughed my bollocks off 😂😂😂😂. in the Irish pubs in Manchester years ago, it was only a matter of time before they would jump up at the sound of an accordion and go hell for leather.
I'm rolling about 🤣
The English have a stiff upper lip, the Irish the stiff upper body.
From start to finish I was just astonished!!!! So strong and sure, yet light as a feather. And he seemed such a sweet man.
The music reminds me of my dear Irish friend I lost back in the beginning of the year..she could play the accordion really well.
God bless her.
God bless you John. Still entertaining people in 2021 ❤️
"Gerrup ya good ting" was invented for this man
Amazing energy, and talent!
He didn’t even look out of breath.
Well done 👍
He keeps that up for almost two minutes. That's extraordinary.
He must be very fit to dance like that. Not even out of breath at the end. Amazing.
I love the steps and music of these iconic dances and the people who keep them alive throughout IRELAND and Wales 👍🏻❤️👍🏻
Brilliant - great to see a man dancing who knows what he's doing - and the dry Irish wit of the emcee.
That's how we put out wild-fires in Ireland.
😂🤣💖💖🔥👞👞🎼🎶🎵☘
Respect ❣️🥀😉
In between mine clearing.
LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This brings me such joy
That was grand, good to see his back is healed 💖
Bloody fantastic, far play to him
whenever I see a jig or any Irish dance, I can't stop smiling. And John did just that.. God Bless him and may be RIP
0:40 check out the lady drawing on a cigarette - you gotta love the '70's😀
Yes I seen her ,different times 🚬,some things for the better some things not so 😏
That was a joint
@@noelowens9976 😏👍
I think people who weren’t really into smoking in those days or who didn’t like it at all, sometimes lit 🔥 up just to fit in with the majority who did smoke during social occasions. Passive smoking was a part of daily life for non smokers so they may as well have been smoking anyway. A cigarette in a persons hand was as normal looking as a mobile phone today. Let’s just hope that phones don’t have the same knock on effect on people’s health.....
@@edwardogrady6587 It would serve the idiots right. Give the phones a rest people.
Whatever recommended this... thanks, the internet can be wonderful.
Monty Python was years ahead of its time....love it🇺🇸👏
That really great. I remember that show. Used to always watch the early Late Late shows. God be with the day
Awful bad accident but that didn't stop him god bless him.
what accident?
@@JustFiddler He said in the interview how he broke his back falling 40 feet when he was younger.
@@davidhuff5676 i see.... god bless him
He had a few near misses but I didn’t see any accident. Was there an accident?🤔
@Christo Genea yes, I did actually hear that, I was just looking at it from an angle that might have added some banter to an otherwise very unfortunate situation, bless him. In this case I can see that it clearly didn’t work
A fella' who suffers a broken back, paralysis, God knows how many procedures, back braces, therapy and rehab, and 16 years late in a Dublin TV studio, put together a Irish Reel that is incredibly dexterous and terpsichorean, surprised Angels and a few older viewers weren't weeping at the sight of him on the studio floor! Made us all smile just a wee bit!
Legend of a man.
😊😊😊
We now know where Keith flints double mohawk came from now
Dammit, u beat me to that! See mine above...
@@whyyoulidl after I made It noticed someone had a similar idea, the reply to gargamels haircut comment down the bottom lol, all we need now is someone to sync the vid with firestarter, give it a little loop like when Keith's getting ready to dance lol
@@rutgersplague4595 Yep, that HAS to be done; I can see that vid sync in my head now! LOL
@@whyyoulidl maybe someone can digitally do one side of the hair green and the other purple lol
@@whyyoulidl he's only gone and done it lol
I couldn’t love this enough!!
Seen this footage 11 years ago as part of "Anthony's Eye" by The Rubberbandits. Hadn't heard the original audio before or the introduction where John Kinealy speaks about recovering from a spinal injury & marrying his nurse. Have a new found respect for him now
Michael Flatley eat your heart out..This guy is amazing the speed WOW.!!! blown away..❤
Jeez our world has changed so much from those days, I say bring them back!
That was cool, the story of the man and his dancing, both.
What a lad!!! Jolly good show!
He didn't even break a sweat. He danced like a teenager.
If you had a teenage son who danced like that, wouldn't you be seriously concerned about him?
@@harpharpharpharp1971 LOL You got me there.
really!!! not even winded..... amazing
Awesome.. The reason adults can be so fun to teach even today! Over structured technique goes out the window - sheer curiosity and fun.
These are our origins, folks.
Kudos to the cameraman, those things were heavy, and monstrous to move. Yet he kept up with John's swift footwork all around the soundstage!
And unlike so many cameramen of this current era, they actually focus on the right thing! It’s so annoying when cameramen filming Irish dancers film the top half of the body. We’re missing the most important part, their feet!
@@SilverSoundAlchemy I dunno...
There were a lot of focusing and framing blunders during the Harknell era of Doctor Who.*
I think it really depends on the studio, production (live air has all its warts, with no editing), and operator.
There are a lot of variables to consider.
A wide shot is easier to frame and focus, even with a moving subject, black & white looks sharper than early colour, different types of film were used in studio vs location, and so on (which explains quality differences in Monty Python sketches).
At this point, I can't remember the frame-by-frame, but consider also, that film degradation over time kind of flattens the focus differential (per se), so it's harder for us to tell what mistakes might have been made in something that hasn't been reformatted/cleaned up for a digital medium.
The equipment used now is a lot better, reliable, and portable.
Live to air will always have an element of "reinventing the wheel," and it's easy to choose the few best bits after the fact, so we shouldn't judge the other 70% against those gems. 🤗
* Which has been restored, reformatted from film to DVD, etc., for modern playback.
@@maggpiprime954 ok so I’m literally talking about when people film Irish dancers for a show or on the news and they film the top half of their body. In Irish dancing, what’s the point? The top half isn’t doing anything! You’re missing “the money shot”, which is the footwork. When filming Irish dancing, I want to see their feet and legs, not their chest and arms which should be upright, straight and not moving.
This cameraman got the money shot- they got the dancer moving and dancing and showing what’s important *in Irish dancing* - the movement of the legs and feet. This isn’t ballet or some other form of dance where the top half of the body is moving and expressing, this is Irish dancing, where the movement is only in the legs and feet.
My whole point is that the cameraman did very well capturing Irish dancing. Many don’t. I don’t want to see an Irish dancer’s head and not their feet, it’s pointless.
@@SilverSoundAlchemy Ah, I see.
Good point. Sorry.
Fantastic ! Genuine warm hearted person who respects life.
Beautiful, just beautiful. 🙏👏👏👏👏❤
I so Loved this!😀
Thank you for posting.
Fantastic stuff - then the camera pans out and you see Planxty watching transfixed. 1972 - the year they started out - fantastic.
And Planxty's major influencer, The Chieftains are also there ☺️
@@CrossCuntryFranco and the man himself, Seamus Ennis, is there with his pipes. I wish the entire footage of that night’s show was posted on CZcams.
incredible: this former paralysed older little man with his pot-belly does really a fast reel!
Love this channel..some great stuff..keep them coming and much appreciated 👍
Oh yes! The way this man took off and cut up! Absolutely!! That was great!
Love it. 'And how's your back now, John?'.
Fair play to him, Brilliant
My personal favourite clip on CZcams .. every now and then I come back again . It never fails ..
God Bless this man...... Just amazing!
Pretty amazing recovery from something so devastating as a broken spine.
I wonder what size chest them trousers are?
He’s certainly got a fine farewell on him.
LOL, literally. They were under his armpits, Edit: Gay Byrne was a master of his trade, though I never remember him before colour TV.
He must share a Tailors with Simon Cowell.
They might be the latest Back support Trousers.
They look great.
Ask your mum!
I remember applying Deep Heat to my lower back on a particularly hot day. The perspiration carried the cream in a southbound direction, and I danced like that for a while.
What a heart-warming video. Bless him.
They were mighty times. Could anyone dance like this today ' I wonder.? There can be no doubt it was probably meant to be a comedy item' but it also respected the tradition. The accordion' was probably a red Paolo Soprani. This was long before the awful modern sounding accordion' took over.
these days its either twerking, or stupid tick tock dances
The Americans had "Soul Train" but the Irish had teetotalers from Kiltimagh.
And better off for it
That remark tickled me funny bone
I'm an American who grew up watching Soul Train and loved it. This guy however, is amazing. It goes to show there are great dance forms and amazing dancers in all the cultures. This guy from Ireland went from paralysis to making moves that rearrange the molecules in your brain! Thank you sir, and God bless.
Anne Herbert - that a BIG LIE!
@@trishameenaghan8009 Having "soul" or being absent from the drink!?
Incredible. He's not even breathing heavy at the end of his reel! He's a lot fitter than he looks.
Absolutely fantastic ,what a great bloke ,amazing and definitely not a man feeling sorry 4 himself !
Lovely video and real people ❤️👌☕☕
Yet here we are, almost 50 years later, Watching Michael Jackson due the Irish moon walk
Some of us don't admire Jackson, so didn't watch him when he was alive, and sure as the world won't give him any attention now!
Michael Jackson actually learned the moonwalk from Marcelle Marceau, the French mime who taught him many of his moves.
At that age and moving like a 5yrs old, greatness.
What a sweet, astonishing man and a purely delightful video!
Вот это да! Никак не ожидала от солидного дядечки такой прыти! Браво, мастер!
Very light, on his feet dancing the way Irish dancing should be no gymnastics. A role model for fitness in later life.
Ireland has lost one of its greatest characters Gay Byrne RIP. He had charm, wit, personality in Abundance and always had The Craic with his contestants
So true the real skill is lacking, not easy to dance and not move your body
Looks messy though very erratic I seen better dancers.
@@glennoc8585 I think the point is that he was paralyzed and could not move for I think he said, 3 years. So absolutely amazing that he can even do that.
@@paulaneary7877 yeah that impressed me.
Well done to John, you Put a smile on my face today 👍❤️😁
As some of the old folk used to say - "Jakers oh, boys a dear" lol that was bloody brilliant!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁☘
Me, before covid, heading to the toilet on a Saturday night.
my dad told that joke in 1975
@@JohnMullee Well now I've retold it in 2021. You're lucky to have known two men in life who possess comedy genius. I'm envious as I only know the one.
@@5p3ckyf0ur3y3d833k well, I gave me a good laugh, so I'm included to agree with you there
That really tickled me lol. Brilliant
@D R Absolument, oui.
Remember watching way back when⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ video
No one will ever fill Gay Byrne's shoes. R.I.P. 🙏
I'd say most if not all of them in that clip have passed on
Your doin well if you watched that live and can now use youtube proficiently
@@neilarmstrong6843 well some could be in their 80s, 90s today
No one will ever come close to Gay !
He doesn't look any different then as he did when I last saw him. Sad to hear he has passed away. He is one of the first Irish persons I was aware of.
Love this! Thank you! I am happy when I see this ☺️
I see Séamus Ennis observing
..probably one of the greatest Uilleann Pipers that ever lived...
В таком интересном возрасте,движения как у подростка.Браво!И стрижка тоже супер!
i feel like getting pished drunk after watching this,friday night here we go,free at last 2021
@Sonja Morrison oooops sorry,i was pouring a dram
Let's go and get totally muntered mark you sweaty sock bastard 🍻🥃 fuck the Rona.
FANTASTIC!!!!!!
Absolutely Fantastic👍👌👏
A True Irishman🇮🇪🍀
Oh my god, I thought he was going to topple over😆......Well done!😊
And the most impressive part was he didn't even drink a mere 20 pints of stout before his jimmy legs kicked in
Great shine on those shoes, respect for your self and your appearance is key to a well done reel.
I love how Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny are watching along on the side. Must've been a good show.
At the start ye can see the legendary piper Seamus Ennis, in the 1st row of the audience - with his pipes on his lap. A quality line-up
Bless him xx
Fantastic! Makes Michael Flatley look a bit amateurish. Thanks for sharing this. Love and peace.
Oh BS
An inspiration for me this ,,,, wat a great bloke ,,,, Irish ☘️ music wonderful xx 😘 fantastic xx thanx f sharing 🌸🥰☘️🌼🌸
Jaysus! Top tier example of dads & grandpas embarrassing their children in public by suddenly becoming a spaz. I need to study his movements & pass this on to the current generation of new fathers to ensure our children are properly embarrassed like we were back then.