Transcript of a life history interview with 'Ruth' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; .Female, married, a mother. Ruth describes a childhood marked by deprivation and fear of her father, who was physically abusive toward her mother

Parent-child Relationship | Childhood | Parental Role

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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Lorraine' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married, a mother. Lorraine discusses feeling slightly sheltered but happy growing up in Dublin and her path from scho

Families | Childhood | Parental Role

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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Louise' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Roman Catholic, Female, unmarried, no children. Ruth discusses the small family farm in the West and her school life up until leaving after prim

Agriculture | Childhood | Social Welfare

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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Thomas' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male. Thomas discusses the history of farming in his prosperous, close extended family and studying/working in Dublin for several years before r

Agriculture | Childhood | Social Life

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Transcripts of life history interview with ‘Betty’ from Cohort B (1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials); Female, Roman Catholic, married, and mother. Betty grew up in Dublin in difficult family circumstances. In her interview, she d

Family | Poverty | Community

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Transcripts of life history interview with ‘Sarah’ from Cohort B (1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials);Female, Roman Catholic, married, mother and grandmother. Sarah grew up in the mid-west of Ireland in a disadvantaged area. In he

Family | Education | Immigration

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Interview with Daniel. Transcript of life history interview with 'Daniel' from Cohort B (born 1945 - 1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male, Service, shop and sales workers. Daniel shares his childhood experiences, of his families, of school and community

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Interview with Geoff. Transcript of life history interview with 'Geoff' from Cohort B (born 1945 - 1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male, Managers, senior officials, legislators. Geoff started off by sharing his childhood experiences, emigration, families

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Transcripts of life history interview with ‘Vincent’ from Cohort B (1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials); Male, Roman Catholic, married, and father. Vincent grew up in the Dublin region and was the second youngest of 7 children. In

Family | Politics | Relationships

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Transcripts of life history interview with ‘Darren’ from Cohort B (1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials);Male, Roman Catholic, married, and a father. Darren is the youngest of 5 children, and grew up in a rural environment near the

Family | Education | Farming

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Transcript of life history interview with 'Susan' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married and a mother. Susan grew up in a working class housing estate in Dublin, and spent some time in and out of state ca

Mental health | Gender roles

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Transcript of life history interview with 'Pauleen' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, separated and a mother. She also decribes living in one of the new suburban developments outside of Dublin and growing so

Marital dissolution | One-parent families | Antisocial behaviour

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