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Excerpts from an interview with Jamsie Kearney about the belief in fairy forts. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Narrative about someone run a bulldozer through a Lios in Leitrim and his land moved, slid into the next valley.
Excerpt 2: The biggest Lios in Granrioch near Teereltonand how the Ceol Si used to be heard announcing death.
Excerpt 3:…
Excerpt 2: The biggest Lios in Granrioch near Teereltonand how the Ceol Si used to be heard announcing death.
Excerpt 3:…
Excerpts from an interview with Joan Spriggs about divorce. For this interview's catalogue entry click here.
Excerpt 1: About the Millfield cottages built for the Sunbeam workers.
Excerpt 2: Emigration narrative.
Excerpt 3: About the mother working full time and raising a family with an alcoholic husband.
Excerpt 4: Opinion about unmarried mothers…
Excerpt 2: Emigration narrative.
Excerpt 3: About the mother working full time and raising a family with an alcoholic husband.
Excerpt 4: Opinion about unmarried mothers…
Excerpts from an interview with Margaret Maher, Geraldine Cronin, Angela O’ Donoghue and Maureen Conty about urban folktales. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Woman who found a lizard in her stomach in Greece.
Excerpt 2: Woman who found a snake in her stomach in Turkey.
Excerpt 3: Modern Legend: Cats in a Chinese restaurant in Dublin.
Excerpt 4: Modern Legend: Dogs in a Chinese…
Excerpt 2: Woman who found a snake in her stomach in Turkey.
Excerpt 3: Modern Legend: Cats in a Chinese restaurant in Dublin.
Excerpt 4: Modern Legend: Dogs in a Chinese…
Excerpts from an interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Platform dances in the summer and farmhouse dances in the winter.
Excerpt 2: About House dances and card games to raise money for Christmas; the main game was 41. The activity was called 'the gambles'
Excerpt 3: Preparing for the…
Excerpt 2: About House dances and card games to raise money for Christmas; the main game was 41. The activity was called 'the gambles'
Excerpt 3: Preparing for the…
Excerpts from an interview with Patrick O’ Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Changes in working in the bog to cut turf.
Excerpt 2: Going to Cattle markets and fairs in Rathkeel and Listowel.
Excerpt 3: Bigger fairs in Listowel the dealing in cattle.
Excerpt 4: Employment, hiring fairs and working…
Excerpt 2: Going to Cattle markets and fairs in Rathkeel and Listowel.
Excerpt 3: Bigger fairs in Listowel the dealing in cattle.
Excerpt 4: Employment, hiring fairs and working…
Excerpts from an interview with Síle Ní Laoghaire, Dónal Ó Céileachair and Gobnait Creed about Saint Finbar of Gougane Barra. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: How st Finbarr gave the name to Gougane Barra.
Excerpt 2: St Finbarr's parents, his father from Connacht and his mother from Bandon.
Excerpt 3: What st Finbarre looked like and why he wore a beard to keep him warm during the…
Excerpt 2: St Finbarr's parents, his father from Connacht and his mother from Bandon.
Excerpt 3: What st Finbarre looked like and why he wore a beard to keep him warm during the…