This episode of the Discovery ’70 television show, featuring hosts Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson, follows the Blake family’s lives in County Clare, Ireland.

Opening: Street in County Clare. Commercial activity, families walking. Men chat, play games. Title Sequence (0:31–0:59). Hosts at Irish graveyard. Celtic cross (stone). Song: “Come By The Hills.” Dysert O’Dea (1:44). Stone structures, Celtic cross. Dolmen in Burren (2:17). Bus passes castle in country (2:43). Dysert O’Dea abbey yard. Closeup: carved faces over doorway (monks / bishops) (3:06–3:37). Hosts near farmhouses. Group of men use ropes, reign in bucking horse in field (4:13). Horse neighs, lies down. Scariff veterinarian John Blake prepares shot of medicine. Men hold ropes, he administers shot, uses knife to remove something from bloody hoof, gives instructions. Closeups of men’s faces (5:18–5:22). John slaps horse to get up. They leave. Car pulls down gravel road (5:33). John driving through woods. He and wife Eileen O’Brien converse by radio telephone (shots between house / car) (5:47–6:29). Blake children ride home via horse-drawn cart. Eileen emerges from house (6:50). Children learning Irish (primary school) (7:00). Shots of classroom, children shouting in Irish. Virginia discusses language’s history / modern teaching. Boy holds “Exploring Space” book (7:19). Teacher with host by blackboard holding doll (toy). Teacher begins lesson in Irish. Closeup of young boy’s face (wearing tie) (8:08). Students sing in Irish (closeups: bored / distracted expressions). Host sits among children at desk near Paul Blake / Michael Blake (6 y.o. / 8 y.o.), discusses relative decline of Irish language (8:58). Ennis Calf Market (9:45). Ennis Market Square. Closeup of calves. Nile Blake (12 y.o.) with John practices bargaining for livestock amid crowd. Boy / older man slap (shake) hands (= deal is made) (10:38). Closeup of calves licking boy’s hands (10:46). Pigs in small red pen at market. At crowded carts: men buy hardware, woman buys flowers (woven bag), girl buys colored pens (11:04). Eileen takes notes during veterinarian visit (11:26). Host explains tuberculosis / blood testing for cattle. Various shots of small team testing cows. John gives cow shot. Eileen observes, takes notes. Two men hold cow’s head while veterinarian examines (12:08). John jumps horse in field (12:35). Acoustic concert, Scariff Inn (12:55). Girl with guitar sings, male guitarist plays: “I Once Loved A Boy” (Irish ballad). Audience members listen intently (13:16). Man sings “Whiskey in the Jar” (13:40). Audiences smiles, claps along, sings (13:51). Harmonies (14:06). Hosts sitting amid audience (14:39). Pregnant Friesian cow in field with people (15:06). Blake boys watch as father helps pull calf from mother’s vagina (15:15). Calf in grass (15:30). John pulls on calf’s legs (15:45); zoom on boy watching. Newborn calf sitting in grass (15:59). Blake family watches mother / calf in field. Father gestures, explains birthing process. Patty (owner) brings water for John to wash hands (16:37). Cow / calf in field. Family walks to car. Bell-tower; Virginia at St. Joseph’s church, Tuamgraney (17:06). People light candles (17:23). Woman sings / plays organ (17:28). Congregation sings, including Blake family. Closeups: older and young congregants’ faces. Churchgoers sit. Service begins (18:02). Priest speaking (18:16). Hands holding rosary with diamond cross (18:24). Female congregants in hats / headscarves. Blake family praying. Family in small rowboat (River Shannon / Lough Derg, going to Holy Island) (18:45). Abbeys / churches (monastic settlements) at Holy Island. Closeup: stone altar piece, girls point to carved details (Jesus) (19:30). Family walks amid structures with picnic supplies, passing round tower, looking up (19:42). Cows grazing in fields (20:11). Monolith in field (20:19). Hosts in sweaters by monolith. Hosts by yellow flowers. Book covers: “Conor Cruise O’Brien Introduces Ireland,” “Annaghkeen” by Deborah Love. Credits (21:39–end): . Executive Producer: Jules Power. Producer: Monroe E. Carol. Writer: Joseph Hurley.

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