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Track 1: Maurice O’Connell discusses his years in politics and in teaching. Track 2: Election for Fine Gael to Dublin City Council, and his involvement in community development in Tallaght is discussed. Track 3: The years from 1980-1990, and Maurice O’Connell’s involvement with the ‘Get Tallaght Working’ project. Track 4: Maurice O’Connell’s arrival in Tralee, and setting up home in Fenit, is recalled, as is the O’Connell house ‘Kent Lodge’ in The Spa, Tralee. Track 5: The Deasy family of Terryglass, Co Tipperary, his mother’s people, are recalled by Maurice O’Connell along with his relatives, the Hickie family, of Slevoir, on the shores of Lough Derg.