Marie Murphy speaks about her people and her early days growing up in Roscommon, while her father worked as a postman in Pearse Street, Dublin. Marie came to Dublin in 1953 and began work in the GPO at the age of 16. In 1972 she opened a post office in Clonsilla and worked there for the following 23 years. She recounts her many rich and varied memories associated with her time as postmistress in Clonsilla.
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MARIE MURPHY, AGE 72, CLONSILLA
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MARIE MURPHY, AGE 72, CLONSILLA
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Additional information
Type: | MP3 |
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Audio series: | Fingal (north Dublin), first series |
Bitrate: | 128 kbps |
Download time limit: | 48 hours |
File size(s): | 43.88 MB |
Number of files: | 1 |
Product ID: | CDDNN01-56 |
Subject: | A postmistress remembers |
Recorded by: | Maurice O’Keeffe |