Description
Track 1: Nan Conner discusses her local cousins. The origins of the family title are explained. Track 2: She talks about her father who was the head of the Longfield family. Track 3: A discussion on the Land Commission, and the financial situation on the estate in those days. The introduction of mechanised farming is recalled. Track 4: Other aspects of farming the land. Track 5: Eoin ‘The Pope’ O’Mahony, the great antiquarian who was a regular visitor to the house. Track 6: Her memories of writer and artist Edith Somerville.
