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- Tags: 1950s
Dr. John Curtin: Orthopaedic Hospital, Working Life, Healthcare
He remembers thinking St. Mary’s was a very progressive hospital but the layout…
Joesph Fahy: Masonry, Working Life, Family
James 'Jim' McKeon: Northside, Sport, Writing,
Helen Goulding: Shandon, Catholic Church, Childhood
She talks about her childhood. People had little but shared a lot. Boiled eggs were eaten at Easter time. Everyone was involved…
Helen Prout: Fairhill, World War 2, Worklife,
In this interview, Helen recalls life in…
Geraldine Healy: Children's Games, Schooldays, Western Road,
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
Fergal Crowley: Patrick Street, Munster Arcade, Black and Tans
Eileen Jones: Blackpool, Shawlies, Sunbeam,
There was…
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Banks, Blackpool, Bonfire Night, Childhood Games, Christenings, Clothing, Dublin Hill, Eileen Jones, Killcully, Midwifery, Murphy's Rock, Razza, Roches Stores, Shandon Street, Shawlie, Shawls, St Mary's Hall, Sunbeam, Thomas Davis Street, Traveling Community, Welsh's Lane
Eileen Claffey: Childhood Games, Food, Farming, Festivals, Irish Language,
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Celebration, Childhood Games, Cork 2005, Eileen Claffey, Farming, Festivals, Food, Irish Language, West Cork
Donnie Walsh: Gardiner's Hill, Sport, Republicanism,
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Bonfire Night, Catholic Church, Coca-Cola, Donnie Walsh, Electrification, IRA, Puck Fair, Sport, The Curragh, Well’s
Derrick Gerrety: Douglas Street, Loafers, Dublin,
Denis P. Long: Working Life; Balckpool; Austrailia
He worked for the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) but wanted to earn better money and went to Australia in the 1950s. He tells a funny story about visiting a rocket range and meeting someone…
Dan Jones: Stonemasons, Family Life, Poetry
Creena O’Connell: Gurranabraher, Shawls, Allotments
She recalls a…
Pat Speight: Northside, Childhood Games, Schooldays,
Breda McNamara: Orthopaedic Hospital
Breda Sheehan: Blackpool, Childhood Games, Slogging for Apples
She remembers a childhood game of swinging on a rope put up an ESB electricity pole. She remembers a number…