Transcript of life history interview with 'Aine' from Cohort C (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married, and a mother. Aine grew up in the Dublin region, and recalls the strong sense of community that characterised the a
Family | Education | Immigration
Transcript of life history interview with 'Niamh' from Cohort C (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic (lapsed), unmarried, mother. Niamh is 1 of 6 children in her family, and she grew up and has lived in the South East of Irel
Education | Family | Parenting
Interview with Rita. Transcript of life history interview with 'Rita' from Cohort A (born 1916 - 1934) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Twin, Professional. Rita describes her childhood experience, her perception in the changes seen as compared to the pa
Church and State | Community life | Leisure time activities
Interview with Mark. Transcript of life history interview with 'Mark' from Cohort A (born 1916 - 1934) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male, plant/machine operator/assembler. Mark started by sharing his childhood and his family members. Thereafter, he recount
Customs and Traditions | Community life | Leisure time activities
Transcript of a life history interview with 'Janine'; from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married, a mother . Rachel discusses differences between the maternal and paternal sides of her family and divisions a
Families | Childhood | Employment
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
Transcript of life history interview with 'Angela' from Cohort C (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, cohabiting and a mother. Angela describes the independence that she experienced growing up in a close-knit community in th
Antisocial behaviour | Credit | Disabilities
Transcript of life history interview with 'Edward' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male, Roman Catholic, single. Edward grew up in a close-knit family in the Mid-West region and following the death of his father he became the ful
Poverty | Politics | Construction workers
Transcript of life history interview with 'Phyllis' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials); Female, Roman Catholic, married. Phyllis grew up on a small, self-sufficient farm in the West of Ireland. Her mother had
Factory workers | Well-being
Audio clip from life history interview with 'Eileen' from Cohort A (born 1916-1934) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials) which is archived at the Irish Qualitative Data Archive. All names have been anonymised. Access to the audio clip is thro
Qualitative interview clips
Transcript of life history interview with 'Nuala' from Cohort A (born 1916 - 1934) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married and a grandmother. Raised in a labourer's cottage in Mid-East region, all of Nuala's family worked in the local
Child labour | Trade unions | Factory workers