Episode 2 features stories of the Clare coastline. John Daly and Michael Falsey tell us about the herring fishing industry around Quilty. Randal Counihan talks of ravenous seals and slaveships. Pa Joe Mahony and Senan Blunnie talk of turfboats and seaweed. Tommy Fahy on how a
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Episode 3 features stories of the working lives of women in Co. Clare. Susan Williams in Kilfenora and Maura McInerney in Killaloe talk of hard physical labour. Peggy Hogan in Feakle tells us of the magic of the washing machine. Susan Barrett in Inagh and Annie Corry in Tulla t
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Episode 4 features stories of Christmases past in Co. Clare in the West of Ireland. Stories of the magic of Christmas candles in the days before electricity, the hustle and bustle of decorating the house, what 'Santy' brought children, the aromas that remain forever in the memor
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Episode 5 features stories of life in the towns of Co. Clare. Madeleine Killeen and Pat Foudy tell unusual stories of the lives of children and women in the town of Ennis. Frank Sheedy and Mary Angela Keane tell us of the eclectic mix of people who frequented the tourist town o
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Episode 6 features stories of life on the land in Co. Clare. There are stories of farming and of the crafts associated with it, of entertainment and of the rhythms of rural life in Co. Clare in times past. John Vaughan from Kilfenora tells us about the tradition of wintering out
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Episode 7 focuses on Robin O'Connell from Meelick, in South East Co. Clare - poitin maker, Gaelic football supremo, tradition bearer, free spirit. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Margaret O' Connor, who made lovely recordings of great people in O'Briensbridge, Co. Cl
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An interview with Catherine McCarthy, Bridget Mongans and Mary McDonagh, recorded by John, Jim and Joe McDonagh, and David McCarthy as part of the Clare Traveller History Oral History Project. The three women talk about their lives, the work their parents did, their experiences
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Episode One features great stories and great storytellers - not long folk tales or professional story tellers, just people who love language and know how to turn a phrase. -Paddy Malley from Feakle tells us about finding a 4,000 year old gold hoard in his field - Chris Droney fr
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This is an interview with Catherine McCarthy, carried out as part of the Traveller Oral History Project. Catherine talks about her childhood growing up in England, Ennistymon and Ennis. She recalls the progress of housing from a wagon to a cabin to a council house. She recalls t
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An interview with Brigid 'Bunty' Mongans, carried out as part of the Clare Traveller Oral History Project. Bunty talks about her family and childhood living and travelling around West and South Clare. She recalls traditional Traveller occupations such as tinsmithing, farm labour
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This dataset comprises the entries in the original database which was searchable online via the <i>munsterwomen.com</i> website, the digital resource element of the Munster Women Writers project. The dataset contains bibliographic and biographic information on 560 women writer
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This is an interview with Thomas Barry of Moanreel, Inagh, county Clare. The interview was recorded in Thomas’s orchard in Moanreel by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Paula Carroll on 6 April 2024. Thomas talks about his apple orchard and the many varieties of apples he grows, th
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