Recording No: 257
Theme: Sport
Interviewee: Mabel Lyons
Date of Birth: 1921
Interview Location: Kill, Co. Kildare
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: 1922-2022: A Century of Change (part 3)
Date Recorded: 07/07/2021
Recording Length: 01:04:47
Keywords: T.S.Lyons, breeder of Clydesdale draught horses; The Sand Pits, Kill; Economic War; Summer Shows in the 1930s at Tullow, Co. Carlow; Ernie Lyons, motorcycling legend; Irish Soldier in Boer War; Working in Kelletts drapery store 1940s; Priests Hill, Punchestown; Arnotts Store; Expert in Irish Linen and buyer in Northern Ireland 1969; Beginnings of Roadstone; Hacked from RDS Spring Show to Kill, Co. Kildare.
