Students and teachers from Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana, Co. Donegal with what must certainly be the first whole school Undertones/One Direction/Little Mix/J-Lo/Queen/PSY lip dub ever performed in Ireland.
Or anywhere.
Damn, we like these kids.
(Hat tip: Ciarán Nolan)
Brilliant! Loved it :)
Wow, that must have been a seriously fun day at school..love the ending!! Have you seen this one though…it’s by a school in Northern Ireland and IMO is even better than the video above!
Get outta here Janet you big ol’ loser, everyone knows Buncrana’s is way better, stop trying to advertise your useless one
others better , in my opinion
Yeah, but it’s a bit… Protestant, isn’t it?
It’s like an episode of Glee.
WOW!
Serious Kudos to the kids in Buncrana!
Fabulous!
+1
brilliant!
Love it
Thought it was a lot of fun but was surprised that it was so male dominated!
jaysus the craic must be mighty in your gaf
Ugh.
Watch it again Sheila… it’s very well balanced :)
There’s lots of girls in it, imo
Found it weird to be 100% white kids too.
i am presuming this is sarcasm..or irony…
It’s Buncrana…not overly reputed for its racial diversity.
Not at all. Should have said I enjoyed it and well done to them. Just surprised that they were all white faces (except for the Asian girl) considering how many different people live here now. Wasn’t a criticism but I could have expressed it better.
Stop complaining, u can clearly see french, polish and spanish flags! There are loads of different nationalities in the Scoil Mhuire and any form of racism isnt acceptable there!
Who is complaining and what’s wrong with being surprised by not seeing a variety of races given the demographics of the country. Did I say I thought they were excluded or the school was racially biased! I know teachers from a few areas and they have loads of different kids in their classes. Maybe Buncrana is an exception. Get a grip.
…you missed the Chinese girl then :)
Yeah, it was kind of ageist too.
there may be alot of white kids but there are plenty of different nationalities eg Spanish, Polish, Bhutanese, Dutch
Ah ffs, it was directed by a girl, take it up with her.
I’m not a girl!!! *flashback to primary school*
uplifiting and better than RTE
Love the ‘Everybody Dance Now’ dude.
Yeah god help him, no-one was feelin his buzz! Almighty vidjo all the same :D
I’m pretty sure that was Phillip Treacy.
Ahaha no my names Philip Cuffe :)
10 out of 10 for effort , but Choreography ?
My God it was worse than bad !!
Seeing this comment and your one from above , i can tell you are a bundle of joy …
I guess that’s because they did it in one take.
It wasn’t done in one take. There are multiple takes and multiple edit point in this one.
It was indeed done in one take. The parts where it fades out is when the music was not synced up with the ‘lip dubers’ because it was played out through the school’s intercom and it had a few problems with stopping and skipping.
Oh, maybe it was because it was done by children. Probably with little professional directorial experience.
you’re a killjoy Sheila… nice name though ;)
I think these things work better if you don’t over-choreograph them. You tend to sap the heart of the thing (‘gleeify it’ I mean) if you do. Effort, fun and ramshackle heart is way better.
There isn’t really any choreography in it, is there??! At 4:52 there is the transition year Zumba class going on, but that’s it as far as I remember, then the obligatory gangnam style at the end!!!
Ha brilliant effort! Wish this sort of craic was had back in my day!
Don’t be so harsh now. These kids had very little time to organise everything. I think it was 2-3 days maximum. They did 2 full run-throughs in one take in 1 day and worked extremely hard on it. And it is near to 100% white kids because it’s a small-town school in the Republic of Ireland, there would be few different races.
It seems can’t do something with good intentions these days, there’s always negative feedback no matter what! Positive feedback and constructive criticism is what boosts confidence, these kids are fantastic! Give them a break and lighten up, they looked like they had so much fun. And at the end of the day, it’s only a bit of craic!
In fairness, most of the comments are extremely positive…….especially from a Broadsheets audience!
When I was at school we did maths and poems and stuff. This looks a lot more craic and about as useful!
They have a lift in that school… what the? :)
Jim McGuinness was involved in getting them ready.
Was that a fire extinguisher going off at the back of the crowd at about 6:51?
That was the best and most original video ever.
I’m all emotional.
Girl in the lift is amazing! Love her reaction to the music lol really funny! Anyone know her name ?
…and you’d want that for???
her name is Suzanne Kelly.. Shes brilliant!!
Great stuff altogether!
Loved it! And many cultures were represented with kids from as far away as Muff and Dumfries included!
Brilliant Bernie!
muff
Muff ?
Yes, there is a town called Muff. They have a diving school too.
Where have you been… it’s a thing ya know :)
They dont have a diving school that was made up as a joke :)
OMG I love this!! Looks like so much fun too!! Well done to the great director (whoever she is!) and students!!
I know who this is!! You don’t fool me SIOBHAN TYNAN!!
Why is it that can I hear you saying that in Graeme Norton’s voice?? (circa Father Ted)
It was a male who made it Rainey Day Productions :D ! check him out on youtube :)
The director is the only and only Emile Rainey. And, he did a fantastic job, check out his page ‘Rainey Day Productions’ on Facebook! :)
Did they flood the Broadsheet comments in one take as well?
Oh this is such a welcome break from the usual shower of grumpy contrarian sh*theels that plague this site. All of whom will return first thing Monday morning.
Tears in my eyes. Superb stuff!
Great stuff.
Well done to all concerned, and loved the tumbleweed moment!
*sound of wind blowing across the prairies*
Brilliant joyful video with loads of laugh out load moments. Well done everyone involved. It’s not easy to make a Broadsheet audience applaud something (and on a Monday, no less)
From TY Students in Moville Community College, Co. Donegal
Well done Moville, I Like it!!
Well done to everyone involved.
But one question: if such a thing happened when I was back in a school (a long time ago now), I would have killed myself rather than participate. And the people I hung around with would have also probably killed themselves. Partly out of embarrassment, and partly out of a conviction that something as mainstream as this just wasn’t cool.
Where are all the scowling, anti-social, bad-tempered, angst-ridden, rebellious teenagers gone? Or is everyone well-adjusted in Buncrana?
Naw now adays its cooler to participate in activities rather than “act cool” and not :L
I’m confused.
all the “cool” kids were the ones that wanted main parts :)
Absolutely brilliant!! But can’t post to Facebook, endpoint not verified or some such;( well done everyone!!!