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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)
Eleanor Ford and Rita Sisk
Rita Sisk: Grew up in Shandon. Worked in Sunbeam during the 1960s until the birth of her first child.
Eleanor Ford: Grew up in Gurranbraher. Worked in Sunbeam during the 1960s before emigrating to London. Later returned to Ireland.
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…