This is an interview with Michael ‘Hookey’ Farrell of Whitegate, county Clare. The interview was recorded in Whitegate by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Tomás MacConmara in 2011.
Michael recalls his childhood on the farm, the War of Independence and the Black and Tans, stories he heard about the Scarriff Martyrs, the impact of a childhood injury leaving him disabled for some years, the origin of his nickname Hookey, school, social life, hurling, farming, bringing in hay, music, blacksmiths, May Eve traditions, the banshee, fairs and markets, killing the pig and wakes.
The interview is accompanied by an abstract summarising the interview's contents.