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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

  Mixed Types

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

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Transcript of life history interview with 'Eileen' from Cohort A (born 1916 - 1934) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married and a grandmother. Raised in rural mid-west, Eileen grew up in a home where her father 'lived like a lord' while

Gender roles | Church and state | Emigration

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Transcript of life history interview with 'Liz' from Cohort B (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection (see Related Materials); Female, Roman Catholic, married and a grandmother. Liz grew up on a subsistence farm in the rural mid west, her parents manag

Emigration | Poverty | Nurses

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Transcript of life history interview with 'Joan' from Cohort A (born 1916 - 1934) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, widowed and a mother. Joan was raised in the rural Mid-West region. Her life story interview gives an insight into life in

Emigration | Community life

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