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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

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…

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…

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

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

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.

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…

Excerpt 1: Bridget describes the hunting of the wren Excerpt 2: Bridget talks about young adults and the wren tradition For more clips from this interview click here

Excerpt 1: Eibhlís tells the Cork story about the origin of 'the wren' Excerpt 2: Eibhlís recites the Wren's rhyme For more clips from this interview click here

Excerpt 1: Pregnancy made invisible by clothing (shawls)

Excerpt 2: Mary Russell talks about the practice of churching

Excerpt 3: Taboo about pregnant women going into churchyards

Excerpt 4: Belief that if a pregnant woman went into a…