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 This special collection consists of 33 CDs of recollections of the 1916 - 1922 period, recorded and edited by Maurice O'Keeffe, Tralee. The interviewees are people who lived through that period, or their direct descendants, who speak of the experiences of their parents, who lived in various parts of Ireland.
The CDs are accompanied by a book entitled 1916 and its Aftermath - Echoes from History, written by Jane O'Hea O'Keeffe, Tralee, which details aspects of each recording and provides many illustrations of photographs and letters not previously available in the public arena.
Read the Foreword by J. Anthony Gaughan.
 Buy the Book - €15/$15
Buy the 33 CD Collection - €500 / $700
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Foreword by J. Anthony Gaughan
In this CD collection of Recollections of 1916 and its aftermath - Echoes from History and the accompanying book, Maurice O'Keeffe and Jane O'Hea O'Keeffe capture the atmosphere of our revolutionary period. Those interviewed were good story-tellers. They recalled incidents which impacted vividly on their young minds and imaginations. For the most part the events they remembered were dark events.
There was the terror struck on all and sundry in Tralee and its neighbourhood by the notorious Black and Tans, known as "Big Paddy and the Jew' in 1920-1. Then the incident witnessed by the father of Mike Christopher O'Shea. Mick O'Connell, father of the later famous footballer had to come to Caherciveen from his home in Beginish Island. As the Angelus bell began to ring he removed his cap and knelt down on one knee in the street to pray the Angelus. He was approached by two members of the Black and Tans, Coffee and Allen, and ordered to say "To hell with the pope." He refused to comply. The Tans beat him mercilessly with their rifle butts and walked calmly away.
But, as more than one interviewee acknowledged, not all members of the Crown forces were repressive. The people at Camp addressed the resident RIC as follows: Buckley is a gentleman Barney is a spy Phelan is a traitor and a traitor he will die, Not forgetting Shelbourne And Burke is worst of all He made the people shiver when he came from Annascaul
These interviews were conducted by Maurice O'Keeffe during the past few years and in so doing he has ensured the preservation of information which otherwise would have gone to the grave. Herein are valuable snippets of information which add colour and sometimes extra detail to well known events in the narrative of the War of Independence and its aftermath.
The book, compiled by Jane O'Hea O'Keeffe to accompany the recordings, will be of interest to local historians, students of our revolutionary period and Irish people at home and abroad.
Sample audio from each of the CDs
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