Track 1: Neil Travers describes his early life and his education. He recalls his grandparents, his father’s involvement in the Boer War and the First World War, and his later occupation. Track 2: His father, who was invalided out of the First World War. The burning of Timoleague House and the building of a new house on a nearby site. Track 3: Following his early education, he attended an agricultural college in England, before returning home. In 1965 he moved to Crosshaven after his marriage. Track 4: Taking over Timoleague House after his father’s death and being involved in market gardening. Track 5: His paternal grandfather, Spencer Travers, was killed by a bull on his farm, Neil recalls this tragedy and discusses farming practices on his grandfather’s farm. Track 6: His family’s connections, and their membership of the Cork County Club in the South Mall in Cork city. Track 7: A discussion on the town of Bandon, the Protestant community there and their persistence. Rural electricity came to Timoleague in 1937, and Neil explains its early arrival.

Neil Travers (b. 1935)
Neil Travers (b. 1935)
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Additional information
Type: | Disk, MP3 |
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Audio series: | Great Houses of Ireland, second series |
Bitrate: | 160 kbps |
Download time limit: | 48 hours |
File size(s): | 7.17 MB, 7.67 MB, 8.02 MB, 6.38 MB, 9.78 MB, 3.49 MB, 4.64 MB, 14.12 MB |
Number of files: | 6 |
Product ID: | CDGH02-08 |
Subject: | Timoleague House, Co. Cork |
Recorded by: | Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore |