Dilin O'Deamhas

Vas_Guy

Remember that irish programme that was on saturday mornings called Dilin O'Deamhas.

There was a lady playing the harp

If I remember it had a section about a family in the country and it was like a puppet show.

Do'nt remember much else

dolliemix

Dillin O deamhas o dee

Indeed I do. It was really boring!

topper75

Tá a Dhadó

lord lucan

Sweet jesus!! Flashbacks!!:eek::eek::eek:

WindSock

Yeah I remember. The theme tune was a bit diddley i.

lord lucan

Click the little player near the top of the page,it's a version of the tune.

http://www.thespeks.com/tn-dilin-o-deamhas.html#lyrics

dolliemix

lord lucan wrote: »

Click the little player near the top of the page,it's a version of the tune.

http://www.thespeks.com/tn-dilin-o-deamhas.html#lyrics

Cool! Did you see the suggested actions you could do for PE class to this song?

Maybe we should suggest it to the people reading this thread?

lord lucan

dolliemix wrote: »

Cool! Did you see the suggested actions you could do for PE class to this song?

Maybe we should suggest it to the people reading this thread?

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Mike 1972

RTE once admitted it had the lowest viewing figures of any of their programmes.

dolliemix

Mike 1972 wrote: »

RTE once admitted it had the lowest viewing figures of any of their programmes.

Yeah come to think of it. It had the same effect on me as the music to Fair City does on me now. Switch over immediately!

topper75

Mike 1972 wrote: »

RTE once admitted it had the lowest viewing figures of any of their programmes.

This would be funny if true. However, RTÉ didn't have a clue who was watching what back then, being realistic, outside of surveying eight people walking down Grafton St.

Firetrap

I remember the theme tune well. From memory, there was some character in the opening credits who went up into the sky holding onto some balloons. And some reference in the song to it. Can't remember anything else about the show, mind you.

dolliemix

topper75 wrote: »

This would be funny if true. However, RTÉ didn't have a clue who was watching what back then, being realistic, outside of surveying eight people walking down Grafton St.

Grafton Street wasn't pedestrianised back then so they would have blocked up the path!

Firetrap wrote: »

I remember the theme tune well. From memory, there was some character in the opening credits who went up into the sky holding onto some balloons. And some reference in the song to it. Can't remember anything else about the show, mind you.

I think the character might have been a mouse?

dolliemix

Can't believe nobody has put an episode of it up on youtube yet!

This will have to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxmabBQGnYI

And here are the words as Gaeilge if you want to sing along karaoke style

Dilín ó deamhas ó deamhas
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí
Dilín ó deamhas ó deamhas ó deamhas ó
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí.

Chuirfinn mo rún chun suain,
Chuirfinn mo rún 'na luí,
Chuirfinn mo rún chun suain go ciúin
Le dilín ó deamhas ó dí.

Is buachaill aniar aniar
Is buachaill aniar an fear
Is buachaill aniar aniar aniar,
'S is cailín ón sliabh a bhean.

Caithimis suas is suas é,
Caithimis suas an páiste,
Caithimis suas is suas is suas é,
'S tiocfaidh sé 'nuas amárach.

WindSock

Can anyone translate it?

Was the show in Irish? I can't remember the show itself, but I remember i didn't like it as I thought it was a cartoon from the intro but wasn't.

From what I can remember the intro was a boy with red cheeks going away with balloons. I presumed he was Dilin.

dolliemix

dolliemix wrote: »

Can't believe nobody has put an episode of it up on youtube yet!

This will have to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxmabBQGnYI

And here are the words as Gaeilge if you want to sing along karaoke style

Dilín ó deamhas ó deamhas
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí
Dilín ó deamhas ó deamhas ó deamhas ó
Dilín ó deamhas ó dí.

Chuirfinn mo rún chun suain,
Chuirfinn mo rún 'na luí,
Chuirfinn mo rún chun suain go ciúin
Le dilín ó deamhas ó dí.

Is buachaill aniar aniar
Is buachaill aniar an fear
Is buachaill aniar aniar aniar,
'S is cailín ón sliabh a bhean.

Caithimis suas is suas é,
Caithimis suas an páiste,
Caithimis suas is suas is suas é,
'S tiocfaidh sé 'nuas amárach.

Don't know what Dilín O Deamhas means, looks like its being used as a name, but the verses without going into them word for word mean

Verse 1 : I would trust Dilin O Deamhas with my secret!
Verse 2: He's a guy from the West. And his woman is from a mountain
Verse 3: I will throw him up, I will throw the child up and he'll come back tomorrow.

Profound are what?

THe song is a traditional song so I don't it's got anything to do with the program on RTE

topper75

Memory is fading with age now, but I recall a stopmotion thing á la Wallace and Gromit. There was a Grandad (Dadó) and a granddaughter who was the star of the show. There were other characters, possibly animals, but I can't recall. Some illustrated animation in the opening credits had a kid hanging onto a rising a balloon or something. Can anyone shed further light in the absence of a youtube clip?

nlgbbbblth

dolliemix wrote: »

Can't believe nobody has put an episode of it up on youtube yet!

1) It wasn't repeated after the original run

2) Irish people don't go in for archiving shows on VHS as much as the Brits. If Dilin O'Deamhas was English it'd probably have a DVD release at this stage - from Network. www.networkdvd.net

3) RTE haven't even featured it in clip shows. Generally indicative of their attitude to archive programming.

Dilin O'Deamhas was first broadcast in September 1983 as part of RTE's new autumn schedule - along with Emmerdale Farm. Broadcast around 4.00pm a couple of weekday afternoons with weekend repeats.

If anyone is interested my review of the Bosco DVD contains a little bit of general commentary on RTE childrens' programming. Read it here.

dolliemix

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

1) It wasn't repeated after the original run

2) Irish people don't go in for archiving shows on VHS as much as the Brits. If Dilin O'Deamhas was English it'd probably have a DVD release at this stage - from Network. www.networkdvd.net

3) RTE haven't even featured it in clip shows. Generally indicative of their attitude to archive programming.

Dilin O'Deamhas was first broadcast in September 1983 as part of RTE's new autumn schedule - along with Emmerdale Farm. Broadcast around 4.00pm a couple of weekday afternoons with weekend repeats.

If anyone is interested my review of the Bosco DVD contains a little bit of general commentary on RTE childrens' programming. Read it here.

lol! I was only joking but I'm impressed with your knowledge

wharf_rat

i thought dilin o deamhas was on before the news at 6 for 5 minutes and it was mamo agus padraig? and mamo was an old woman school teacher type and padraig was a bit of a head case - we used to have a great laugh at it in school - id love to see it for old times sake - Jaysus i remember the first episode of bosco cos i had to take the day off school cos i was sick - it was hillarious - i was only 12 but i remember thinking this is some load of ****e

Dublin Dilettante

My primary school teacher was one of the presenters and my sister's friend was also involved in some capacity. And I still never watched it.

darkdubh

One thing i remember about the theme song was that it had a sample of children laughing at the end.

Ballygob

That scared me almost to death as a kid!! Shudder!!

RayM

An episode of Dilín O Deamhas has been uploaded on the RTE Player.

A few other children's classics too, including Pat's Chat, Bosco and Wanderly Wagon.