Over Ireland

Add to my DVD Execellence series. Love the DVD series

"Over Ireland" is a fast-paced tour by helicopter. Scenes are colorful and show us many interesting places and sights. The views are well planned to make the best use of light and shadow. Scenery varies from countryside to city to coastline to mountains to hold ones interest. Care has been taken to keep the viewer oriented and in the moment. Maps highlight the next area to be traveled. The background music enlivens the journey. The commentary gives us a sense of the spirit of Ireland and generally covers the scenes provided. Captions conveniently identify many of the sights. A great many scenes are covered very quickly in five to seven second sequences, with a few sequences of greater length. I prefer to linger a bit and pay more attention to the view however. The photography is often the better side-view from the helicopter which shows us so much more than the forward view so common in similar videos. But the helicopter is moving fast so pay attention. The fast pace seems a bit too hurried. For a colorful, fast-paced aerial tour with an interesting commentary backed by some good Irish music, this is the ticket.

I absolutely love this DVD. It takes me back to places I've visited and showed me more places that I need to explore. Whenever I miss Ireland, which is often, I pop this DVD in and it takes me back to where I want to be. It's a great gift!

We got to watch "Over Ireland" on PBS one day and abslutely loved it. I have always wanted to go to Ireland and have an Irish heritage. My brother was able to go a few years ago. He just passed away three days after Christmas. He LOVED Ireland so much; was into history and was planning on going back some day for another visit. He had seen "Over Ireland" and thought it was awesome, too. I particulary LOVE the song at the end "I Will". It is the most beautiful song I have ever heard. I wish there was a cd available with that song and others on it by the same artist. But I believe that song was an original song written for this DVD. I can't find any CD's by that artist. Anyway, I purchased this DVD in order to feel closer to my late brother. This DVD is well done and will be the closest I will ever get to Ireland.

Scenery - fantastic, what can I say.Music - At times far too loud and I much prefer natural sounds like water, seagulls etc... Music is a choice of the director and not always the choice of the viewer!! Would have been better without. You have the option to watch the dvd without the commentary but not to hear the commentary without the music.Commentary - Ok but in parts this was totally drowned out by the music !!!!! Which was a big, big mistake. I bought this as an educational tool for foreign students, however I had trouble making out what was being said so they would have no chance !! Sorry but the quality of the music and commentary was a big disappointment to me. I hope the makers read this and take on board my constructive criticism. Thank you.

Have been looking for this a while and just love watching all the shots of Ireland.

This was a refreshingly beautiful look of the great Isle of Ireland! It didn't disappoint at all. We've traveled there and found this DVD provides coverage of the beauty and the diversity of the land. To see aerial views of many familiar sites, gave us breathless thrills. The accompanying music and narrative were superb. Soothing and enjoyable too. We have watched it many times and shared it with friends and family. We'd highly recommend this DVD for its beauty, diversity, cultural information and history.

Now I can visit Ireland any time I want. This has become my favorite DVD & can see the awesome landscape whenever I want!

Toller Film mit Luftaufnahmen aus einem Heli über Irland. HAb ihn meiner Mutter, einem absoluten Irlandfan und -kenner geschenkt, sei war total begeistert und ich auch - macht richtig Fernweh. Also für alle, die gerne nach Irland wollen oder ihr Fernweh stillen möchten, ist diese DVD absolut empfehlenswert. Leider ein bisschen kurz, mehr Filmmaterial wäre natürlich schöner gewesen, da kann man länger träumen und staunen :)

Loved it. Beautiful scenery, well presented. It kept you informed as to where you were. We are going to Ireland in May for a visit, and this was a huge help

This is a video taken from a helicopter over Ireland with great discriptions of the places below - lovely music and great watching on a large screen TV.