| The Irish Film Institute via You Tube presents an eleven- minute colour film of the Howth Regatta of August 1942, with musical accompaniment added during the last few years. It is a joy to watch, for Howth still retained the beauty which caused St Colmcille to exclaim “Aoibhinn Bheith Ar Bhinn Eadair* in the 6th Century, and the Vikings to take a great prey of women in 821 AD there, and rename it Hoved (meaning Head), and Molly Bloom to say “Yes” repeatedly more than a millennium later. Readers can access the film “HOWTH REGATTA 1942 on You Tube without difficulty and they should really enjoy it. The Howth 17 footers are unique to Howth. About 20 of them were built in the late 1890s and first years of the 20th Century, and most of them are still in Howth. *It is sweet to be on Ben Edar”. |
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