This is an 8mm colour cine reel of a children’s fancy dress parade and adult rag parade held on the streets of Clonakilty in July 1966 as part of the Festival of West Cork.
The video shown is published with kind Permission of Declan Murphy and the Murphy Family, Western Road. Thanks again to Declan’s family for recording the event and to Declan for going to the trouble of digitising the reels and letting them be shared here.
Photos of the event have already been published on the website. You can find them by going to the Gallery page and searching by year and event.