Interview with Tony. Transcript of life history interview with 'Tony' from Cohort A (born 1916 - 1934) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male, Managers, senior officials, legislators. Tony started off by sharing about his childhood, family and education. He then
Church and State | Emigration | Community Life
Transcript of a life history interview with 'Maurice;' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male, Roman Catholic, married, . Maurice describes growing up around Dublin's southside among his his large and generally succesful family,
Families | Parent-child relationship | Emigration
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
Transcript of life history interview with 'Brigit' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials); Female, Roman Catholic, married and a mother. Brigit grew up on a subsistence farm in the West and was educated at a conve
Disabilities | Religious Personnel
Letter from Lady Clonbrock (Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton), wife of Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock) to Mrs Budson requesting help in the creation of sub-centres in County Galway for the collection of moss for surgical dressings. The moss was to be used for the tre
World War I, 1914-1918
Audio clip from a life history interview where the interviewee describes matchmaking practices in his local area during his youth. This audio clip was extracted from an interview with ‘John’ from Cohort B of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials)
Qualitative interview clips | Open audio clips
Audio clip from a life history interview where the interviewee describes the effect of migration to England on the Irish person’s identity during the 1960s. This audio clip was extracted from an interview with ‘John’ from Cohort B of the Life Histories and Social Change collectio
Qualitative interview clips | Emigration | Open audio clips
Audio clip from a life history interview where the interviewee describes making his decision to emigrate to London in the 1960s, to work in the building trade. This audio clip was extracted from an interview with ‘Bernard’ from Cohort B of the Life Histories and Social Change co
Qualitative interview clips | Construction workers | Emigration
Transcript of life history interview with 'Nora' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials); Female, Roman Catholic, married and a mother. Nora grew up on a subsistence farm in the rural west of Ireland, in a multi-ge
Emigration | Poverty | Community life
Audio clip from life history interview with 'John' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the larger collection Life Histories and Social Change. All names have been anonymised. Access to the audio clip is restricted to bona fide academic researchers and teachers, and to students that
Qualitative interview clips