Those were the days: Documentary looks back at happy nights at Redbarn dancehall

A nostalgic documentary recalls the top stars and magic moments at the famous Co Cork venue, writes Des O’Driscoll.

MILLIE wants a hotdog. It’s the Redbarn ballroom in east Cork in August 1964 and the word has just come through that the international star playing the venue wants an item of food that the staff are only vaguely aware of from American films.

What will we do? As ever, ballroom owner Jerry Lucey has a solution. “Just get four sausages and put them into a piece of bread and she’ll be fine.”