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Murty O’Sullivan: Masonry, building Trade, Celtic Tiger
Murty O’Sullivan, who grew up in Blackpool, is the third generation in the building trade as a stonemason, with the fourth generation just starting. He describes the tradition of families passing on trades through the generations and the difficulties…
Joe Fahy: Masonry
Joe speaks about his life in the trade. Joe's Father and Cousin were also interviewed for the project.CFP_SR00577_fahy_2016; & CFP_SR00566_fahy_2015;
Jim Fahy: Masonry, Apprenticeships, Emigration
Jim Fahy is a stonemason who was interviewed in 2015 by Michael Moore from the Cork Folklore Project, also a stonemason. Jim Fahy comes from several generations of stonemasons on both sides of his family. He describes the ‘closed trade’ system, which…
John O’Shea
Born in Ballymacthomas area of Cork in 1932. Moved to Gurranabraher with his family in the early 30s. Worked in Sunbeam for c. 5 years during the early to mid-1950s. He has written a memoir, Cork’s Red City (Cork: Litho Press, 2005)
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,…
Jane Ward: Grattan Street, Healthcare, Working Life
Jane grew up in Balbriggan and Skerries County Dublin. Describes her love of the Georgian house her family lived in and her love of old buildings and antiques before they moved to a smaller home.
Recalls her first holy communion where one girl…