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Excerpt from the Memory Map where the Echo man Johnny Kelleher finds out from a friend who works at the mortuary that Christy Ring has died and passes the sad news onto Jack Lynch.

"There was a chap called Sean O'Mahony. He's still alive, I think…

A step-by-step guide to creating a memory map using Reclaim Hosting, Omeka and Neatline (draft document)

An excerpt from an oral history interview where the narrator recalls summer holidays.

Excerpt from oral history interview where the narrator of his fathers shop on Blarney Street 1960s

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"Down on to Blarney Street then. We had a shop down by the school then for years as well. When my dad retired from Cappaquin and we had…

Excerpt from an oral history project where the narrator reflects on the power of the Catholic Church and how the father of one family was adamant that his daughter would be named Valera despite protestations.


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My third sister was…

A description of all the cinemas in Cork city and the varying and distinctly different experiences they offered, from what was considered the best to the worst.

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"I've great memories too of the old cinemas. I can name all the cinemas.…

Bernie McLoughlin recalls attending the Opera House and people's love of music.

Excerpt from oral history interview where narrator reflects on his memories of leaving Cork on the Inisfallon, with a vivid description of the journey to and from England.

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"Michael O' Callaghan, I'm from Togher. My mother, my father…

Excerpt from an oral history interview

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"And then down at the end, we had Nosey Keeffe, now Nosey Keeffe did the most beautiful chocolates and boxes of chocolates and cigars. You know 'twas very exotic, the cigars now that people long…

Excerpt from an oral history interview where the narrator Paddy Marshall reflects on the Lido Cinema.

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"They used change the pictures in the Lido every Monday, Wednesday and Friday; were different pictures there. And I often went to…