In January 2005, at his home at The Doon, the late Roy Mooney sat down to be recorded for Irish Life and Lore. The Mooney family have lived there for ovar 1,000 years. A wonderful recording on family history, memories of the Black and Tans and the Civil War, details about Esker Castle, the stronghold […]
The Bellingham family originally settled at Castle Bellingham in Co. Louth in 1660. John Bellingham, a descendant, now lives in an early 19th c. house on the Hill of Howth, and he also owns the Glencara Estate in Westmeath. This podcast is made up of soundclips taken from the several recordings compiled with John Bellingham […]
In 2012, we at Irish Life and Lore compiled and archived 81 recordings for a Heritage Oral History Collection. The recordings were arranged into various categories and are available on our website www.irishlifeandlore.com One of the categories is entitled The Irish Diaspora, and includes 10 recordings compiled in Toronto, Canada with business people who arrived […]
Over the past thirty years we at Irish Life and Lore have recorded some of Ireland’s best storytellers from around the country, and this week’s episode features their voices. They include Joe Clinton from Margaretstown, Skerries in Dublin; Maisie Cooper from Limerick city; Martin McMahon and Robin O’Connell from Meelick, Co. Clare; Eamon Kelly from […]
This week’s podcast celebrates the musicianship of one of Sliabh Luachra’s great masters – Johnny O’Leary who passed away in February 2004. He was the custodian of the tradition handed down to him by Padraig O’Keeffe and Denis Murphy. Sliabh Luachra extends from East Kerry and North Cork to West Limerick. In 2003 I visited […]
This podcast reflects the first section of Eamon Casey’s story, told in his own words. Parts 2 and 3 will follow. Eamon recalls his childhood and early life in Adare, Co. Limerick, his decision to become a priest, his ministry in his parish in Limerick city, his involvement in the Irish Chaplaincy Scheme in England […]
Two significant ambushes took place in Kerry during the War of Independence; The Lispole Ambush of 21st March 1921 and the Ballymacandy Ambush of 1st June 1921. The details of the ambushes are set out by two members of the old IRA, both of whom took part. Dan Keating and John Scannell give eyewitness testimonies […]
The paper mill was located beside the Camac River, and it was established in the early 19th century by Thomas Seery & Son. The fresh, clean water of the Camac was ideal for use in paper making, and the business thrived during the Great War. It went downhill thereafter and closed in 1922. The paper […]
This is a story worth telling as Bewley’s restaurant has been such an important part of the cultural life of Dublin life for so many years. A landmark in Grafton Street, the restaurant was run by several generations of the Bewley family who are of the Quaker tradition. The business was sold in 1980 to […]
The first Plantation of West Cork took place in the 1580s, and continued into the 17th century. The English Crown hoped to create English settlements which could be defended in the area as they had been in the broader region of Ireland. The planters were given vast acreages of land which formed the origins of […]
