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Johnny Chris Kelleher: The Evening Echo, Schooldays, Tuberculosis

Johnny Chris was born in 1929 in Fair Lane, later called Wolfe Tone Street. His mother, Mary Margaret Kelleher (1901 - 1970) was married twice; her first husband died of TB in 1924; she had to get a job selling newspapers to support her family. His…

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Derrick Gerrety: Douglas Street, Loafers, Dublin,

Derrick was born in 1950. He grew up in St Joseph's Square, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, in a working-class enclave within a middle-class area. He describes his childhood as idyllic. The houses in the square were rented from the Sisters of Charity;…

Mary Mulcahy: Grattan Street, Healthcare, The Marsh

Mary grew up on in a tenement on Grattan Street where there was a toilet in the yard strong sense of community. She attended school in St. Maries of the Isle as most children from The Middle Parish did and Came home for lunch. Played children’s games…

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Johnny Chris Kelleher: The Evening Echo, Schooldays, Tuberculosis

Derrick Gerrety: Douglas Street, Loafers, Dublin,

Mary Mulcahy: Grattan Street, Healthcare, The Marsh