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- Collection: The Folklore & Ethnology Department, University College Cork - Sound Recording Archive
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An interview with Christine Keanes and Allison about divorce
Excerpt 1:Unplanned pregnancy and enforced marriage as reasons to vote yes in the divorce referendum. Excerpt 2: Accessibility to divorce will be easier for the rich.Excerpt 3: Accessibility to divorce easier for the rich 'write to the pope…
An interview with Denis McGarry about Blazon Populaire and heroic fallout in Cork Northside sporting ballads.
Excerpt 1: Song Holyhill About sports on the Northside of Cork city (original composition)Excerpt 2: Memories and opinions About the urbanisation of Hollyhill and the compulsory purchase orders which transformed the rural environment.Excerpt 3:…
An interview with Michael Kiely about blazon populaire and heroic fallout in Cork Northside sporting ballads
Excerpt 1: Context introduction to the reconstruction of the women's gaol songExcerpt 2: The Gaol of Sundays Well, sung to the tune of the Jolly BeggarmanExcerpt 3: Background and song The Poor Fairhill Boy sang to the tune of Jonny Jump upFor more…
An interview with John O’Shea about blazon populaire and heroic fallout in Cork Northside sporting ballads
Excerpt 1: Nostalgic remarks About not listening to the local poet Sean O' Callaghan when he was alive Includes a verse of the Lloyd George songExcerpt 2: About Sean O' Callaghan's way of composing songsExcerpt 3: About the writing of 'The Armoured…
An interview with Hanna O’ Callaghan about blazon populaire and heroic fallout in Cork Northside sporting ballads
Excerpt 1: The Boys of Fairhill older recording.
Excerpt 2: The Killeens Hunt older recording
Excerpt 2: The Killeens Hunt older recording
An interview with Karen, Liz and Tracy about the informal economy of Cork's Northside
Excerpt 1: About Didlums and informal economy.Excerpt 2: About the informal economy.Excerpt 3: Getting loans from a Manage.
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An interview with Eilish de Barra about the informal economy of Cork's Northside
Excerpt 1: About Pawnshops, their symbolism and their necessary role when men were put on slackage for a week.
Excerpt 2: Occasionally the pawnshop would lend back a suit for no money to be paid off the week after.
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An interview with Margaret Maher, Geraldine Cronin, Angela O’ Donoghue and Maureen Conty about urban folktales
Excerpt 1: Woman who found a lizard in her stomach in Greece.
Excerpt 2: Woman who found a snake in her stomach in Turkey.
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An interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century
Excerpt 1: Platform dances in the summer and farmhouse dances in the winter.
Excerpt 2: About House dances and cardgames to raise money for Christmas; the main game was 41. The activity was called 'the gambles'
Excerpt 3: Preparing for the wren (St…
An interview with Patrick O’ Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century
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.
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