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| Interviewee: The late William Geary, New York And Kilrush |  |
| Interview location: New York | |
| Audio series: Clare county, third series | |
| Product ID: CDCL03-24 | |
| Subject: A member of the Garda Siochána, dismissed in 1928 and exonerated in 2000, tells his story | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O'Keeffe | |
| Recording date: June 2004 | |
| Length: 46:00 | |
| William Geary's life spanned the whole of one century and parts of two others. He took part in training the Volunteers during the War of Independence. He entered the newly formed Garda Siochána, and while he was stationed in Kilrush, it was alleged that he took a bribe from the IRA. This led to his dismissal, and for 72 years he fought to clear his name. | |
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| Interviewee: Michael Howard |  |
| Interview location: Tarmon, Kilrush, Co. Clare | |
| Audio series: Clare county, third series | |
| Product ID: CDCL03-39 | |
| Subject: Memories of the Troubles in west Clare (Part 1) | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O'Keeffe | |
| Recording date: November 2004 | |
| Length: 37:39 | |
| Growing up in a Republican household Michael has many vivid memories of the Troubles. He also spoke about the incident in Kilrush in 1928, when Garda Superintendent William Geary was dismissed from the force. | |
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| Interviewee: HANNAH McCONNELL (née McConway), BORN 1913, MOVILLE |  |
| Interview location: | |
| Audio series: Donegal county, first series | |
| Product ID: CDDL01-38 | |
| Subject: Long memories of Inishowen | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe | |
| Recording date: 2010 | |
| Length: 66:56 | |
| Hannah McConnell was born in 1913 and grew up in Leckemy on the Inishowen peninsula. Her mother died while Hannah was very young and she and her six brothers and three sisters were reared by her aunt. Hannah’s early days were challenging as she had to work very hard and her schooling was limited. She has a wonderful recall of 1922, when her three brothers, George, Harry and Joe, joined the new Garda Siochána force. She discusses the Economic War of the 1930s in fine detail. The town of Moville in the 1920s and 1930s is described as are the dancehalls and the general entertainment and pastimes. Hannah worked in a drapery shop owned by the McLaughlins for three years followed by various other employments. She then returned home to Leckemy to care for her father and her aunt until their deaths. She later married and moved back to Moville. | |
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Number of files: 4 File size(s): 6.89 MB, 3.69 MB, 16.57 MB, 34.02 MB Bitrate: 128 kbps Download time limit: 48 hours |
| Interviewee: MICHAEL KILKENNY, BORN 1918, DUBLIN (Part 1) |  |
| Interview location: | |
| Audio series: Donegal county, first series | |
| Product ID: CDDL01-47 | |
| Subject: A ministerial driver | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe | |
| Recording date: 2010 | |
| Length: 72:49 | |
| Michael Kilkenny was born and reared in County Leitrim and as soon as his education was completed he joined the Garda Siochána. From 1939 to 1947, he served in Dun Laoghaire and in Lauragh in County Kerry. In 1947, he was appointed to Rathfarnham in Dublin and he began his career in 1949 as a Garda driver for Dan Morrissey T.D., Minister for Industry and Commerce. Following the subsequent change of government, he was appointed to drive Ministers Dan Spring, Frank Aiken and Frank Ryan. He gives a great account of his time with all these politicians. In 1952, he was appointed as driver to Seán Lemass and in 1953, as driver to Taoiseach John A. Costello. Michael discusses his experiences during his working life and the life of a politician and its demands. | |
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| Interviewee: MICHAEL KILKENNY, BORN 1918, DUBLIN (Part 2) | |
| Interview location: | |
| Audio series: Donegal county, first series | |
| Product ID: CDDL01-48 | |
| Subject: A ministerial driver | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe | |
| Recording date: 2010 | |
| Length: 39:08 | |
| In the second recording, Michael recalls his time as a driver for Dan Morrissey T.D. While he himself was not driving Charles Haughey, he was very well informed by other drivers of Mr. Haughey’s less than mannerly treatment of them. Michael explains the logistics and system involved in driving the government ministers and relates that Paddy O’Neill was his superior during most of his career as a driver. He describes humorously the occasions when Minister Erskine Childers would decide to take the wheel himself much to the consternation of the appointed driver. Michael served as the very first driver to the newly-appointed Minister Jack Lynch. He retired in 1981. | |
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| Interviewee: RAYMOND SWEENEY, BORN 1940, CASTLEGROVE, LETTERKENNY |  |
| Interview location: | |
| Audio series: Donegal county, first series | |
| Product ID: CDDL01-49 | |
| Subject: A ministerial driver | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe | |
| Recording date: 2010 | |
| Length: 39:08 | |
| Raymond Sweeney was born into a family of eleven children, three of whom died at a very early stage in their lives. His father served as a garda in Glenties and Raymond followed in his footsteps. He was stationed in Monaghan, Finglas in Dublin and in Sligo. In 1965, he was appointed to the Transport Division where he served for thirty-two years. His work involved ministerial driving and, in this recording, he recalls his first permanent position driving Cormac Breslin, Ceann Comhairle, with whom he worked for six years. He later drove for Parliamentary Secretary and Labour T.D., Frank Cluskey, for ten years. He drove Ministers George Colley, Ray McSharry, Paddy Harte and other high-ranking politicians. Raymond has many interesting anecdotes to relate about his working life. | |
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Number of files: 4 File size(s): 6.64 MB, 8.04 MB, 6.28 MB, 10.52 MB Bitrate: 128 kbps Download time limit: 48 hours |
| Interviewee: Jim Fay (b. 1933) |  |
| Interview location: Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin | |
| Audio series: Fingal (north Dublin), second series | |
| Product ID: CDDNN02-05 | |
| Subject: Politics | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore | |
| Recording date: 2012 | |
| Length: 53:24 | |
| Track 1: His father James was a Garda in Blanchardstown, where Jim grew up. The family lived in the gate lodge of an old estate where the Manley family had once trained horses for Queen Victoria. Track 2: Recalled his father’s day-to-day work as a Garda in Blanchardstown in the 1940s. Jim’s interest in politics from an early age. Track 3: Joined the ESB in 1957, based in Fleet Street. Moved to Ferbane, Co. Offaly, to work in the power station there, and later spent some years in Coventry, working with BTH. Track 4: Recalled that his father, with Mark Twomey, formed the first Fine Gael branch in Blanchardstown; Jim joined the political party and recalled some local branch members at the time. Memories of his involvement in property development, and because of his work as a councillor, he witnessed the corruption which was prevalent in planning matters at the time. Track 5: Formed a company, Fay International, with his brother Brendan, and gained contracts for building plants in Iraq. Track 6: Recalled the Iraqi war, and his experiences in Baghdad. Track 7: Reminiscences of his days on the council in the 1970s. Track 8: Discussed the “Main Line of Resistance”, which was a military plan generated by the British and Irish governments during the Emergency years for the defence of this country should the Germans invade. | |
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Number of files: 8 File size(s): 7.17 MB, 6.79 MB, 8.08 MB, 12.64 MB, 1.93 MB, 7.10 MB, 10.59 MB, 5.84 MB Bitrate: 160 kbps Download time limit: 48 hours |
| Interviewee: BERTIE CAREY, AGE 74, TALLAGHT (Part 1) |  |
| Interview location: | |
| Audio series: Dublin county (south), first series | |
| Product ID: CDDNS01-14 | |
| Subject: Memories of Kerry long ago | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe | |
| Recording date: 2008 | |
| Length: 47:40 | |
| A native of Kerry and a long-time resident of Tallaght, Bertie Carey is a former Garda who was stationed in Kevin Street for three years. He later went to England, where he joined the Irish Guards. In this first interview he speaks mainly about his young days growing up in Kerry. | |
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| Interviewee: BERTIE CAREY, AGE 74, TALLAGHT (Part 2) | |
| Interview location: | |
| Audio series: Dublin county (south), first series | |
| Product ID: CDDNS01-15 | |
| Subject: Experiences guarding the public | |
| Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe | |
| Recording date: 2008 | |
| Length: 38:59 | |
| Bertie Carey, in this second recording, relates many anecdotes concerning his time in the Garda Siochána, and in the Irish Guards. He also recalls his time in Tallaght, and the immigrants to the area. He also describes helping with the local Neighbourhood Watch. | |
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| Interviewee: Jim Butler, Born 1943 |  |
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| Audio series: Great Houses of Cork and Kerry, first series | |
| Product ID: CDGH01-05 | |
| Subject: Belville House, Portmagee, Co Kerry | |
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| Track 1: Jim Butler discusses his ancestry and his early days in Belville House. Track 2: Jim Butler recalls his father William Samuel Butler who joined the Garda Siochána, and returned to Portmagee in 1923 on the death of his father. The division of the family lands is also discussed. Track 3: The house, orchard and walled garden are described as they were in Jim Butler’s childhood. Track 4: The decision made by Jim Butler’s grandfather to convert to Catholicism. Track 5: The local traditions of farming and fishing in former days. The Butler family owned the first tractor in the area, bought in 1947. Track 6: Jim Butler recalls the decision to move house, which was forced upon him due to the deterioration of Belville house. He explains that his father had had a house built for the district nurses in the 1930s and it was to this house that Jim relocated. Track 7: Jim Butler’s mother, who came from Sligo and whose surname was Clarke, was a district nurse in the Portmagee area where she met her husband. Track 8: The vicinity of the house and the outbuildings are described. | |
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Number of files: 8 File size(s): 2.76 MB, 2.29 MB, 5.78 MB, 2.21 MB, 6.18 MB, 7.24 MB, 7.11 MB, 10.10 MB Bitrate: 128 kbps Download time limit: 48 hours |
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