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Tommy Rooney: Second City Jazzband, Cork Academy School of Music
Tommy Rooney was born in 1931. He was reared in Crosshaven and was the eldest of nine. His father’s family were from Dublin. He joined the army in 1945 at the age of 14 and remained in the service for 12 years. He played music during some of that…
Sean Lucey, Terry McCarthy: Blackpool, Dixies Showband
Seán Lucy was born in 1936. Seán is from a family of four. He started work as a radio and television repairman in 1950, before becoming a professional musician in 1960. He played the clarinet. He played with the Butter Exchange Band, a brass and reed…
Rev John Farris: Civil Rights, Christianity, Northern Ireland
Reverend Faris is a Presbyterian minister. His family had connections with Cork. He discusses his childhood impressions of differences between Northern Ireland and the Republic, as well as commenting on aspects of the Christian ritual year.
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Pat Nolan: Northside, Cork Academy School of Music
Pat is from John Street on the Northside. He was educated at the North Monastery, which was good for general studies but did not teach music. The school environment was harsh. He left school early. His father bought him a second-hand saxophone, and…
Billy McMurty
Billy McMurty was born in the 1930s in South Armagh to a Catholic mother and Protestant Father who was a marine engineer, Lived in Larne during the blitz. Grew up in Cobh after World War 2 and recalls Cobh through the decades. Speaks about education,…
Biddy Barrett, Felix Barrett, Anthony Hegarty, Denis O'Flaherty
Biddy, Felix, Tony and Denis gather to reminisce and share their early memories of Christmas traditions in Donoughmore, Cork city, Liverpool and Northern Ireland, family life, cooking on the bastible and range, supernatural belief, ‘the wran’ and…