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Pádraig Ó Duinnín: River Lee

Pádraig is one of the founders of Meitheal Mara and the Ocean to City race

Pádraig says he grew up in Coolcower, Macroom on a peninsula between the rivers lee and Sullane. He says it had a formative influence on his life. His father was a bus…

Derek O'Connell: Grattan Street, Healthcare, Working Life

Originally from Winter’s Hill, Derek describes his home and family: siblings, grandmother, his GP mother and his father who worked in insurance. He outlines his mother’s tasks and equipment as a GP. He describes his routine on school days,…

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Breda Sheehan: Blackpool, Childhood Games, Slogging for Apples

Breda (born circa 1950) grew up in Spring Lane, Blackpool. It was an industrial area with Goulding’s fertilizer factory and Ellis’s quarry.
She remembers a childhood game of swinging on a rope put up an ESB electricity pole. She remembers a number…

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Pádraig Ó Duinnín: River Lee

Derek O'Connell: Grattan Street, Healthcare, Working Life

Breda Sheehan: Blackpool, Childhood Games, Slogging for Apples