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John Connolly: Childhood Games; Corporal Punishment; Family Life
John Connolly: Childhood Games; John F. Kennedy
He talks about Christy Ring and Cork GAA and the atmosphere of match day.
John also talks a bout some childhood games. He mentions a holy well in Failhill called Fahy's Well.
Liam Foley: The war of Independence, Corporal Punishment, Music
Liam was born in 1940 in Water Lane. His father, John, was a cabinet maker, who also liked to play music, and could play…
John Collins: Working Life, Railways, Corporal Punishment,
John Collins: Working Life, Railways, Greyhounds
He relates incidents from his working life on the trains, such as episodes of vandalism, and describes how a thief was caught.…
Tags: Greyhound Racing, John Collins, Railways, Trains
Jack Byrne: Blackpool, World War Two, Sports
Jack (born circa 1926) grew up in O’Connell Street. His parents were both Northsiders. His father worked for the Post Office. His mother was born in 1888…
Musetta Joyce: Cork Arts Theatre, The Emergency, The Magdalene Laundries
Thomas McCarthy: Waterford, UCC, Fianna Fáil
Tom was born in…
Tags: Cappoquin, Fianna Fáil, Poetry, Politics, Tom McCarthy, UCC, University College Cork
Rev John Farris: Civil Rights, Christianity, Northern Ireland
Reverend…
Brother Con Higgins: Christian brothers, Education, Sport
Brother Higgins (born circa 1956) grew up in Madden’s Buildings,…
Mary Healy: Theatre, Gilbert & Sullivan, Society
Helen Prout: Film-making, Cinema, Youth
Helen grew up in Millstreet, where her father’s cousin ran a cinema, through which she developed a love of film.…
Eddie Daly: Road Bowls
Eddie (born circa 1949) grew up in Cloghroe, where road bowling was popular and started playing…
Tags: Bowling, Bowls, Cloghroe, Eddie Daly, Mick Barry, Road Bowling
Alan Kennefick: Irish Dancing
Tags: Alan Kennefick, Irish Dancing
Kay Dunne: Childhood, Opera, Camogie
George Glendon: Irish Army, World Wars, The Congo
Mick Moriarty: Barbershops, Fashion, Childhood
Mick is known as ‘The Baldy Barber’. He was born in Ballincollig in 1948. His father was a hairdresser and had…
Tags: Baldy Barber, Ballincollig, Blackpool, Dagenham, Ford, Hairdressing, Mick Moriarty
Colin Rynne: The Butter Museum, Archaeology,
As a child, he used to spend his summers in Co. Meath.
After his schooling, Colin studied…
Mary Morgan
Edith O'Regan: Grattan Street, Healthcare, Working Life
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