The 1916 Rising Oral History Collections
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Pádraig Thornton (b. 1936), his wife Anne (née Tobin) (b. 1939), and her nephew Brian Hand (grandson of Liam Tobin)
€6.99–€10.00Select optionsPádraig Thornton (b. 1936), his wife Anne (née Tobin) (b. 1939), and her nephew Brian Hand (grandson of Liam Tobin)
Frank Thornton was Captain, 26th Battalion of the Old IRA and was active during the revolutionary period. Pádraig Thornton initially recalls his childhood days when his father Frank was away from home during the Emergency years. The Thornton family came from Drogheda, and Frank moved to Liverpool to a job as a ship-building painter prior […]
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Edward Brennan (b. 1931)
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Track 1: Edward Brennan outlines the British Army ranks of the three Dublin Brennan brothers in 1916, and explains that his father, Edward Brennan, served with the Irish Guards, and fought in France in 1915 to 1918. His uncle, Francis Brennan, served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and another uncle, Eugene Brennan, was in the […]
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Jack McKenna (b. 1918) and Sue McKenna
€6.99–€10.00Select optionsJack McKenna (b. 1918) and Sue McKenna
John Joseph McKenna was a descendant of Thomas McKenna who went from Monaghan to Wexford in 1798 to fight in the Rebellion. When it failed, he travelled to Bantry to meet the French invasion, which was aborted. Wounded in the hand and on the run, he intended returning to Monaghan, but made the decision to […]
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Kieran Jordan (b. 1959)
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Kieran Jordan recalls his grandfather, Stephen Jordan, who was born in 1887 in Athenry in Co. Galway. His father, Mark Jordan, had been involved with the Fenians and the IRB. Kieran remarks that in the early 1900s Stephen played football with a team named the Athenry De Wets, named after a South African general who […]
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Stan O’Brien (b. 1936)
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Stan O’Brien discusses the origins of the O’Brien family in Ballygiblin, near Mitchelstown in north Cork. The family moved to Galbally in Co. Limerick. Ned O’Brien was the eldest in his family, and he and his brother John Joe joined the Irish Volunteers when the organisation was formed. John Joe was working in Mitchelstown in […]
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Tom Duffy (b. 1955)
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Tom Duffy recalls his grandparents, both of whom were involved in the 1916 Rising. His grandmother Bridget Duffy’s involvement was through the Labour movement. She was one of the founder members of the Irish Women Workers Union, along with Rosie Hackett. He describes the origin of the Irish Citizen Army which, he says, had a […]
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Helen Litton (née O’Sullivan
€6.99–€10.00Select optionsHelen Litton (née O’Sullivan
Helen Litton’s father, John O’Sullivan, was born in Limerick and was the second son of Captain James O’Sullivan, a member of the Irish Volunteers during the Easter Rising, and Laura Daly, sister of Commandant Edward (Ned) Daly, who was executed after the Rising. Helen discusses her interest in history and talks about Laura Daly’s uncle, […]
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Vivienne Kettle (b. 1955)
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Vivienne Kettle recalls her mother’s family, the O’Flanagans, who had a poultry shop at 30½ Moore Street in Dublin. Her great-grandfather, Christopher O’Flanagan, had four sons who were involved in the Rising, Michael (who was Elizabeth O’Flanagan’s father and Vivienne’s grandfather), Frank, Patrick Joseph and George. Vivienne recalls her grandfather’s funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery in […]
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Edward Daly O’Sullivan (b. 1919)
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Track 1: Edward Daly O’Sullivan recalls his early memories of life in Limerick city where his father, James O’Sullivan, was the manager of the Bakehouse. He describes his father’s background. The prison sentences served by his uncle, John Daly, and his brother-in-law Thomas Clarke, in Fenian times, are recalled. Track 2: The involvement of his […]
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Laura O’Sullivan (b. 1924)
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Track 1: Laura O’Sullivan recalls the close friendship between her father, James O’Sullivan, and her uncle, Ned Daly, who was executed after the 1916 Rising. She recalls the circumstances which led to her parents’ initial meeting, and their marriage. She gives an account of the events of the week of the Rising and the subsequent […]
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Risteard Mulcahy (b. 1922), Part 1
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Track 1: Risteard Mulcahy recalls his father, Richard (Dick) Mulcahy, and his work in recording his contemporaries from the 1916-1923 period following his retirement from politics in 1961. (These audio recordings now form part of this Irish Life and Lore 1916 Rising Oral History Collection.) Risteard explains his belief that the Rising in 1916 was […]
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Jimmy Leonard (b. 1939) and Clare Duffy (b. 1934)
€6.99–€10.00Select optionsJimmy Leonard (b. 1939) and Clare Duffy (b. 1934)
Track 1: Jimmy Leonard discusses the Leonard family background. He explains that his father, Joseph Leonard, very seldom spoke of his experiences during the 1916-1923 period. Leonard was a member of Michael Collins’s Squad, and his son describes his father’s attempted jail-break of Seán McKeon from Mountjoy Jail. His time in Kerry with the Free […]
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Brigid Hogan O’Higgins (b. 1932)
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Track 1: Brigid Hogan O’Higgins explains the historical significance of her home, Kilrickle House in Loughrea, Co. Galway, which was partially burned during the Civil War. A description is given of her two uncles, James and Michael Hogan from the Clare Brigade, who had intended, before the Countermanding Order issued by Eoin MacNeill, to become […]
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Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth (b. 1950), Part 2
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Track 1: Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth recounts the background to the sale of Lissadell House in Co. Sligo, and the great responsibility which fell to him in making the decision to sell the property in 2003. Some historical family heirlooms which he decided not to sell with the property are mentioned. Track 2: Constance Gore-Booth’s relationship […]
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Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth (b. 1950), Part 1
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Track 1: Details of the 400 years of life at Lissadell, as lived by the Gore-Booth family, are set out. Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth’s first visit to Lissadell House in Co. Sligo, at the age of 17, is described. Track 2: Sir Josslyn describes his first meeting with his father at Lissadell. He also reflects on […]
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Grattan de Courcy-Wheeler
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Track 1: Grattan de Courcy-Wheeler describes the Grattan family background and his family connection to Drummin House and estate in Co. Kildare. Track 2: The Irish patriot, Henry Grattan, is recalled by Grattan de Courcy-Wheeler who is a great admirer. He discusses his grandfather, Dr. Robert de Courcy-Wheeler, known as ‘Diamond’ to his friends, who […]
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Sr. Íde (Hanora) Woulfe (b.1915)
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Track 1: Sr. Íde (Hanora) Woulfe’s mother was Catherine Colbert, sister of Con Colbert. Sister Íde explains that following Catherine’s mother’s death in Athea, Co. Limerick, she went to live in Ranelagh in Dublin, where her two sisters and her brother, Con, joined her. Following her marriage Catherine and her husband, Richard Woulfe, moved to […]
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Harry Boland (b. 1925), Part 2
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Track 1: Harry Boland discusses the Fenian membership of his grandfather, James Boland, and the great passion for Irish freedom which he passed on to his children; Gerald, who was born in Manchester, Harry, Edmund and Kathleen. Gerald Boland’s time in Jacob’s during the 1916 Rising is discussed, and interviewee Harry Boland’s own visit to […]
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Harry Boland (b. 1925), Part 1
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Track 1: Harry Boland discusses his family background, his grandfather James Boland, his father, Gerald, and his uncles, Harry and Edmund Boland. Harry Boland was responsible for the introduction of Michael Collins to the IRB and the interviewee recalls his father, Gerald, always distrusted Collins. Track 2: Harry Boland speaks of his family’s involvement in […]
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Celine Slattery (b. 1930)
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P. C. O’Mahony was born and reared in Killarney, and in 1907 he was attached to the office of the Western Telegraph Company in Brazil. While there he met Roger Casement, and his daughter Celine describes the Irish Club where they met. Her father had always been patriotic, she says. A few years later he […]
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Tom Slattery (b. 1932)
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Tom Slattery explains that the Slattery family came originally from Germany to Co. Clare. His grandfather, Thomas Slattery, was a farmer who owned several premises on Rock Street in Tralee and was a member of Tralee Town Council. The farm was later divided between his sons Thomas and John. Tom details his grandfather’s role in […]
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Diarmuid, Clare and Brigid Ring
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Clare Ring initially describes an autograph book kept by Tim Ring during his detention at Frongoch in Wales in 1916, and she reads some of the Kerry names written therein. Tim Ring never spoke about his experiences at that time, and Diarmuid explains why he thinks this was so. Clare reads from four lists compiled […]
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Denis Barrett (b. 1931) and Mary Barrett
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Mary Barrett describes the roles played by her grandmother, Rosalie Rice of Kenmare, Co. Kerry, and of her cousins, Tim and Eugene Ring of Valentia, in sending the telegram to America to alert the world that Ireland had risen in arms at Easter 1916. Her father Denis explains that there had previously been a series […]
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Michael Brendan Mulvihill (b.1949)
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Michael Brendan Mulvihill initially discusses the many members of his family who worked in the Irish Civil Service. He explains that his father often visited relatives in Ballyduff near Tralee, from where Michael Mulvihill originated, and he recalls visiting the old home which is now a summer house. He also recalls the importance to his […]
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