Recording No: 5
Interviewee: Ronald Sparling and Betty Walsh (née Sparling)
Date of Birth: 1933 and 1939 respectively
Interview Location: Adare, Co. Limerick
Recorded by: Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore
Series Title: Rhineland Palatine Irish Heritage | Oral History Collection
Date Recorded: 26/7/2023
Recording Length:I hour 8 mins.
Keywords: Sparling’s Jewellery shop, Rathkeale; bike shop in 1930s to 1970s; bike track racing 1930s and 40s in Ireland; Fair Day in Rathkeale; Palatine community in Rathkeale; the Travelling community in Rathkeale; the 1920s Troubles in West Limerick