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Timmy Kennedy talks about the Activities of the Moonlighters in the Areas of Callinafercy, Keel Lystry and Firies Excerpt 1: Timmy explains how bigger farmers would grab the land of smaller farmers who couldn't pay the rent. Excerpt 2: Timmy tells…

Séamus Ó Dáiligh talks about Folk Medicine (An Leigheas Tíre).

Excerpt 1: Séamus talks about Mag Barton, a folk healer with a herbal cure for ringworm and skin diseases.

Excerpt 2: Séamus mentions that the only superstition was about the gift.

Bob Feiritéar talks about the Place of Food in the Main Festivals (Bia Cinn-Fhéilte) - Part one of two.

Bob Feiritéar talks about the Place of Food in the Main Festivals (Bia Cinn-Fhéilte) - Part two of two.

Seán Ó Sé talks about an Evaluation of the Place of Education in this Culture (Áit an Oideachais sa Chultúr seo a Mheas). Excerpt 1: Seán talks about teaching family background and teacher training colleges in the 1950s Excerpt 2: Seán talks about…

Mr Con Morrissey talks about Sport as a Form of Identity on the Northside

Excerpt 1: The corporation taking down the lanes for new housing estates in the 50s

Excerpt 2: The lanes and people keeping their own goats and pigs on the Northside of…

Mr Con O'Donovan talks about Sport as a Form of Identity on the Northside

Excerpt 1: The boundaries of the 'true' Northside

Excerpt 2: An international game of handball between Ireland and Spain

Mrs Dorgan talks about Old Country Stories.

Pádraig de Paor talks about Irish Folk and Fairy Stories (Scéalta).

An interview with Eilís de Barra about Life and Marriage in Tipperary and Cork City in the Middle of the Last Century (Saol agus Pósadh i dTiobraid Árann agus i gCathair Chorcaí i Lár an Chéid Seo).