
Show Info
- Status: Ended
- First Aired: April 17, 1978
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 37
- Networks: RTÉ One
- Genres: Documentary
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Hands(1978)
Overview
A unique, multi-award winning series of thirty-seven documentries on Irish crafts capturing the final years of traditional rural and urban life in Ireland during the seventies and eighties.
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Season 1
37 episodes • 1978

Season 1
37 episodes • 1978
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Textiles - Wool Spinning | Apr 17, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Textiles - Patchwork | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Textiles - Lace | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Textiles - Embroidery | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Textiles - Donegal Weavers | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Textiles - Dublin Woollen Mill | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Textiles - Donegal Carpets | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Textiles - Tailor | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Textiles - English Silk | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Wood - Carriage Building | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Wood - Cavan Cabinetmakers | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Wood - Cavan Cooper | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Wood - Leitrim Chair Maker John Surlis | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Wood - Dublin’s Viking Longship | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Wood - Harp Making | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Wood - Hurl Making | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Wood - Irish Spinningwheel Making | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Wood - Shannon One Design | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ceramics - Carley’s Bridge Potteries | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ceramics - Belleek Potteries | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ceramics - Clay Pipe Works | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Metal - A Dublin Silversmith | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Metal - Powers Of The Metal | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Stone | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Leather - Dublin’s Workhorses | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Leather - Shoe Making | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Leather - A Dublin Bookbinder | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Leather - The Saddler | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Leather - Curraghs | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Willow, Rush & Straw - Rushwork | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Willow, Rush & Straw - Basketmaking | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Willow, Rush & Straw - Wexford Thatcher | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Miscellaneous - Fermanagh Country | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Miscellaneous - Stoneground | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Miscellaneous - A Dublin Candlemaker | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Miscellaneous - Of Bees & Bee Skeps | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Miscellaneous - Lighthouse Crafts | Apr 7, 1978 | 0.0 |
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