107 Year Old Irish Farmer Reflects on Change, 1965

During his youth, this man saw and interacted with people born in the 1700s. During his last years, he got to hear The Beatles stirring up the world. Let that sink in.

This dude literally just witnessed humanity go from a farmer-based society to an early space-faring civilization.

At 107 years this guy is more responsive than I am at 31

The man was born just 5-6 years after the Irish Famine ended. His parents lived through one of Ireland's worst disasters. He must have grown up living in its shadow.

This man went from muskets to nuclear weapons in his lifetime

The truly incredible thing is that we are listening to the voice and experiences of a man born in the 1850s 170 years later. Now that’s quite unique.

My Irish grandmother lived to a few days short of 104 years old. She was sharp like this fellow all the way to the end. She milked cows by hand until she was 90 and cooked on a wood stove. Never learned to drive and never wore a pair of pants-always a long dress. Until she was about 80, she walked to town (2 miles each way) to work as a cook for a restaurant-her "side" job. Then, she would walk home. She never wanted or asked for help. Ah, me Grandma was an exceptional lady with 4 boys serving in WW2. God bless all their memories.

Amazing! He's 170 years old now in 2023. I hope he's well and in good health wherever he is.

1858 he was born. To think of the changes between then and 1965. Basically, the modern world grew up around him! Just incredible.

Only us 1860s kids can relate to what he's saying.

The fact that we in 2023, can watch and listen to a man born 165 years ago talk about whatever. Its mindblowing, like we are using phones and all and he was amazed by simple farming machines

What a blessing to see. I’m privileged to live in a house built in 1768. Wish the walls could talk. Humbling to see this gentleman from the past and how resilient people like him were.

Imagine that in 1868 when he was 10, he would've met someone born most likely in the 1780's or 90's.

This man was 30 when Jack The Ripper was stalking London.

Im 59 years old and my grandfather was born in 1894. He remembered the sinking of the titanic fought as a united states marine in france at the battle of bellewood. He lived to be 94. I can still clearly remember the day in 1976 when we were driving to town and he saw his first ultralight airplane. We pulled over and he jumped out saying over and over that's amazing. I yold him it was called an ultralight airplane and he compared it to the model A ford that any man could afford that. At 12 years old i was fully aware of how much change occurred during his lifetime. I miss him like crazy.

For anyone who is not Irish, the gentlemans manner of speech is, or was at one time very typical to county Clare, difficult to discern if you're not used to it, but men 30 or 40 years younger than him would speak exactly the same way, its not to do with his advanced years, I knew quite a few people in my youth that were exactly like him

It's so fricken incredible that we're here, in the year 2021, listening to somebody born in the mid-1800's

Being this self aware and coherent at such an age is honestly a blessing..

Sharp as a tack and very well spoken. I bet he saw more grief and hardship in his life than any man could take in this modern world.

I was so lucky that my grandfather reached 101. This is incredible to see and hear that he could still understand the interviewer at that age and answer coherently