Description
Track 1: Tracing his ancestors. Life beside the coast and the quarrying of limestone. Track 2: The older generation quarrying the limestone. Transport of limestone by boat and cart. Track 3: The collecting and transporting of limestone from Ballinrobe, journeymen stonecutters. Track 4: The importation of marble and other materials in recent times. Also, the stone dust problems in the workshop. Wages in the 1950s for stonecutters. A discussion on the difference between machine work and hand work. Track 5: Journeymen on the move for better wages. The introduction of rural electrification in 1953 to the area. Track 6: The box tombs locally, worked on by his ancestors for the Blacks, the local landlords. A discussion on the tools of the craft. Track 7: Tracing the maternal side of his family. The mobile film shows. His belief in ghosts and the changing times.
