Transcript of a life history interview with 'Teresa' from Cohort 1 (born before 1935) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, widowed, and a mother. Teresa discusses growing up on the family farm in the Border region and how she, her sister, an
Families | Parents | Parental Role
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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Francis' from Cohort 2 (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Male, Roman Catholic, married, a father. Francis discusses his isolated upbringing on two family farms in the Mid-West and the friendships and
Families | Parent-child relationships | Agriculture
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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Anne' from Cohort 2 (born 1945-1954) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married, a mother. Anne discusses her happy and well-off family life within a friendly Dublin community and the mores aro
Families | Childhood | Customs and Traditions
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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Juliette' ; from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, unmarried, of Jewish background. Juliette discusses her dislike of school and childhood and feeling ostracised because of her religi
Discrimination | Hobbies | Social Class
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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
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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 'Rachel' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, married, a mother . Rachel discusses growing up in the Mid-East of Ireland and moving from a student into her field in the civil servi
Families | Childhood | Employment
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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Karen' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married, a mother. Karen discusses her upbringing in a busy household in the South-West region and living in Asia for a y
Gender Roles | Childhood | Social Life
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Transcript of a life history interview with 'Cathy' from Cohort 3 (born 1965-1974) of the Life Histories and Social Change collection; Female, Roman Catholic, married, a mother to both children by birth and foster children. Karen talks about the challenges of being a foster mothe
Families | Childhood | Employment
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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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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 '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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