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- Interviewer is exactly "Stephen Hunter"
Colin Rynne: The Butter Museum, Archaeology,
As a child, he used to spend his summers in Co. Meath.
After his schooling, Colin studied…
Mick Moriarty: Barbershops, Fashion, Childhood
Mick is known as ‘The Baldy Barber’. He was born in Ballincollig in 1948. His father was a hairdresser and had…
Tags: Baldy Barber, Ballincollig, Blackpool, Dagenham, Ford, Hairdressing, Mick Moriarty
George Glendon: Irish Army, World Wars, The Congo
Mary Healy: Theatre, Gilbert & Sullivan, Society
Brother Con Higgins: Christian brothers, Education, Sport
Brother Higgins (born circa 1956) grew up in Madden’s Buildings,…
Rev John Farris: Civil Rights, Christianity, Northern Ireland
Reverend…
Thomas McCarthy: Waterford, UCC, Fianna Fáil
Tom was born in…
Tags: Cappoquin, Fianna Fáil, Poetry, Politics, Tom McCarthy, UCC, University College Cork
Jack Byrne: Blackpool, World War Two, Sports
Jack (born circa 1926) grew up in O’Connell Street. His parents were both Northsiders. His father worked for the Post Office. His mother was born in 1888…
John Collins: Working Life, Railways, Greyhounds
He relates incidents from his working life on the trains, such as episodes of vandalism, and describes how a thief was caught.…
Tags: Greyhound Racing, John Collins, Railways, Trains
John Collins: Working Life, Railways, Corporal Punishment,
Liam Foley: The war of Independence, Corporal Punishment, Music
Liam was born in 1940 in Water Lane. His father, John, was a cabinet maker, who also liked to play music, and could play…
John Connolly: Childhood Games; John F. Kennedy
He talks about Christy Ring and Cork GAA and the atmosphere of match day.
John also talks a bout some childhood games. He mentions a holy well in Failhill called Fahy's Well.
John Connolly: Childhood Games; Corporal Punishment; Family Life
Nick Hennessy: Racism, Adoption, Childhood
He was adopted and lived in Dublin and then in County Kerry. As…
Maria Lopez: Galica, Language, Superstitions
She talks about differences between Galicia and Madrid. Maria talks briefly about ghosts and superstitions of Galicia and about the Galician language. She sees similarities in Ireland and the Irish…
Tags: Galicia, Maria Lopez, Spain, Supernatural
Eibhlís de Barra: Northside, Gender, Childhood Games
She recalls childhood games such as The Chaineys, and The Gobs, and Scaa, the latter two played with small stones. She quotes some of the skipping…
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, Childhood Games, Death, Eibhlís de Barra, Gender Roles, Halloween, Mardyke, Northside
Frances McCarthy and Betty O’Mahony: The Dixies, Christy O'Mahony
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Abu Dhabi, Arcadia, Ballyvolane, Betty O’Mahony, Blackpool, Blackpool Brass Band, Carnegie Hall, Christy O’Mahony, Churchfield, Fairhill, Farranree, Frances McCarthy, Gardiner's Hill, Glen Rovers hurling club, Mayfield Community School, North Presentation school, Northside, Second World War, St Patrick’s College, The Dixies showband, The Emergency, Tivoli
Liam Foley: Blackpool, Showbands, Arcadia
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcadia, Bill Haley, Bill Haley and the Comets, Blackpool, Blackpool National School, Clipper Carlton, Clothing, Commons Road, Donnie Collins Showband, Elvis Presley, ghost, Great William O'Brien Street, Joe Lynch, leper colony, Liam Foley, Music, Northside, Shane Fenton and the Fentones showband, The Devil, The Dixies showband
Vincent Power: Send ‘em Home Sweatin’
He talks in detail about the showband scene. Irish audiences had no access to rock’n’roll and its performers, but showbands were copycat…
Tags: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Albert Reynolds, Brendan Bowyer, Brendan O’Brien, Butch Moore, Capitol showband, Clipper Carlton, Elvis Presley, Grand Parade, Horan’s Ballroom, Jutland ballroom, Las Vegas, Limerick city, Majestic Ballroom, Mallow, Mayo, Music, Radio Luxembourg, Rory Gallagher, Royal Showband, Sexuality, Stardust ballroom (Cork), The Devil, The Dixies, The Magic Band
Pat Nolan: Northside, Cork Academy School of Music
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Boom Boom Room, Clipper Carlton, Cork Academy School of Music, Irish Defence Forces, Michael O’Callaghan showband, Michael O’Mahony, Music, North Mon, North Monastery school, Northern Ireland, Northside, Pat Nolan, Rory Gallagher, Showbands, Sunbeam, UCC, Viceroy Showband, Victor Showband