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Mary O’Driscoll: America, Blackrock, Customs, Festivals, Fleadh, Fitzgerald’s Park, Immigration, Miltown Malbay, Poverty, Traditional Irish Music, Willie Clancy,
Mary at the time of this recording was the Cork Folklore Project's manager,
She was born in Des Moines Iowa, in the United States and moved to Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota when she was 8 years old. She had one sister who died when she was 10…
She was born in Des Moines Iowa, in the United States and moved to Minneapolis, St. Paul, Minnesota when she was 8 years old. She had one sister who died when she was 10…
Marie-Annick Desplanques: Brittany, Breton, Coiffe, Crêperie, Foodways, France, Children's Games.
Marie-Annick Desplanques grew up in Brittany, west France. She moved about frequently as a child because her father worked on the railways. She discusses food, games, Christmas in France as well as moving to Ireland from Newfoundland and the…
Marie McAllen: Ballyphehane
Marie was born and raised in Ballyphehane, before and after development of corporation housing. Her Mother’s family name was Cronin and her grandmother was Halloran who owned Halloran’s orchard where the Ballyphehane Church now stands.
Marie Crean: South Parish, Cinemas, Black and Tan’s
Marie was born (in the 1950s) and reared in High Street, in the South Parish, off Douglas Street; she thinks the street was formerly Quarry Lane. Some of her area was altered to make a new road. She went to school in South Presentation.
She recalls…
She recalls…
Marie Finn: Barrack Street, Blackberry-picking, Catholic Church,
Marie (b. 1938) grew up in Barrack Street. She left school at 16 and started working.
She talks about the games she played as a child and recites part of a rhyme. You could pick blackberries and sell them to a sweet-makers. Oranges and bananas as…
She talks about the games she played as a child and recites part of a rhyme. You could pick blackberries and sell them to a sweet-makers. Oranges and bananas as…
Maria Lopez: Galica, Language, Superstitions
Maria was born in Galicia, in Spain, in 1958.
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…
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…
Margaret Newman: Blackpool, Housing, Childbirth,
Margaret was born circa 1920. She talks about her pregnancies and the births of her children. She lived with a relative and describes her housing situation at the time; she looked after her relative after he became blind.
She tells a story about…
She tells a story about…
Margaret Farmer, Catherine McCarthy, Helen Donovan: The Emergency; The Black and Tans;
Margaret remembers that her father used to shout “Up the Mollies” when he had drink taken. [Note: These particular Mollies were agitators controlled by Joseph Devlin MP in opposition to William O’Brien]. She recalls the days of the Black and Tans; on…
Margaret Newman: Sunbeam Factory; Christmas, Nicknames,
Margaret Newman was born in 1922. She explains that before the Sunbeam factory there was a flax mill, which employed some children in the late 1800s.
How children ordered their presents from Santa.
Note: This is one of 4 interviews conducted with…
How children ordered their presents from Santa.
Note: This is one of 4 interviews conducted with…
Margaret Newman: Shawlies, Blackberry-picking, Laneways,
Margaret Newman [born 1922] talks at length about the shawls women wore, where they were bought, the types of shawl, and their uses.
She talks about the Bandon railway line, which was so slow you could lean out of the windows and pick blackberries.…
She talks about the Bandon railway line, which was so slow you could lean out of the windows and pick blackberries.…
Margaret Farmer & Eileen O’Sullivan: Toys, Christmas, Nosey Keefe’s
Margaret Farmer was born in 1914 and talks very briefly about Christmas. and Nosey Keefe’s shop.
Eileen O’Sullivan also talks Christmas and about Woollams’ toy shop, and about Hadji Bey, an Armenian who sold Turkish Delight on McCurtain St.
Eileen O’Sullivan also talks Christmas and about Woollams’ toy shop, and about Hadji Bey, an Armenian who sold Turkish Delight on McCurtain St.
Margaret Newman: Greenmount, Cures, Working Life,
Margaret (born circa 1920) grew up in Greenmount, near The Lough. There were 4 in the family; her father had passed away and her mother, Kate, went out to work.
She got cocoa and buns at her primary school. She tells a story about finding out that…
She got cocoa and buns at her primary school. She tells a story about finding out that…
Marcus Bale: Argentina, Alcohol, Buenos Aires, Culture, Folklore, Hanukah, Irish Literature, Jews, Passover, Dance, Drink Culture.
Marcus describes his childhood in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina and his subsequent move to Ireland. Subjects covered include Marcus’s Jewish upbringing, how he came to live in Ireland, cultural differences between Argentina and Ireland, as well…
Mahbub Akhter: Bangladesh, Immigration, University
Mahbub talks about growing up in Bangladesh and coming to Cork to work and study.
Mahbub recalls life a child and talks briefly about a game he played called carom [Carrom]. He describes the family’s diet, consisting often of rice. He studied…
Mahbub recalls life a child and talks briefly about a game he played called carom [Carrom]. He describes the family’s diet, consisting often of rice. He studied…
Lorraine Twomey: Orthopaedic Hospital, Family Life
Lorraine grew up on the grounds of the Orthopaedic Hospital. Her father was the Gate Porter. Her father moved into the gate lodge in 1955 and a year later he married and it became the family home till his retirement in 1991.
Lorraine was one of…
Lorraine was one of…
Lode Vermeulen: Immigration, Netherlands, Family,
Lode is from Amsterdam and came to Cork to learn English and to experience another culture. He compares Holland and Ireland.
Lode (b. 1974) talks about growing up in Amsterdam, Holland. He compares Dutch and Irish behaviour and likes the easy-going…
Lode (b. 1974) talks about growing up in Amsterdam, Holland. He compares Dutch and Irish behaviour and likes the easy-going…
Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ O’Sullivan: Ballyphehane
Lizzie hails from Wolfe Tone Street on the Northside of the city. After spending a few years in England as a young adult she returned to Cork and was an early resident of the Corporation development in Ballyphehane. Lizzie has lived in Ballyphehane…
Liz Steiner Scott: America, Customs, English market, Children's Games, Maternity, Religion,
Liz was born into an upper middle class, liberal, Jewish family in 1948 in a suburb of New Jersey, USA. She has one brother and one sister. Her maternal grandparents lived close and were part of their family life. Her father commuted daily to New…
Pat Sexton: The Loft; Cork Shakespearean Company, Dr Lucas, Quaker Meeting House, Pearse Gunn of the Loft.
Life in The Douglas Street area in the 60s 70s and 80s. Theatre in Cork and The Cork Shakespearean company. “The Loft”.This is the first of two interviews with Pat for The Cork Shakespearean Company (The Loft) collection. The second is…
Liam Ó hUigín: Henry Street, Bonfire Night, Childhood Games, Messenger Boys.
Liam was born circa 1940. His father was a docker. His mother died when he was 10 and his aunt reared him; she was a widow at 32 and had her own children.
He was a messenger boy in the 1950s; he talks about the job and its good and bad aspects. He…
He was a messenger boy in the 1950s; he talks about the job and its good and bad aspects. He…