Track 1: Sir Richard Molesworth discusses the background of the Staples family background, and his youth up in South Dublin. Track 2: The maternal side of his family, the Freers are discussed. His memories of Lissan House in Co. Tyrone, the oldest house in the district, and also his ancestral home. Track 3: His schooldays, enlisting in the Royal Air Force and offering to serve voluntarily overseas. His posting to Londonderry. He also discusses the atmosphere in Dublin during the Emergency period. Track 4: His work experience with his brother-in-law, Horace Dowd, in the fruit business in Lismore, and his other work in the picture framing business. Track 5: Early memories of his youth, his wife Marjorie and his time spent with the Air Force in New Zealand. Track 6: Anecdotes of his college days. Track 7: He talks about the family title, and what it means to him. Track 8: Lismore in the 1940s and the Usshers at Cappagh House, where his brother Sir Gerald married Henrietta Ussher.

Sir Richard Molesworth Staples, 17th Baron (b. 1914)


Sir Richard Molesworth Staples, 17th Baron (b. 1914)
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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): | 7.46 MB, 14.46 MB, 8.13 MB, 15.94 MB, 18.50 MB, 2.51 MB, 6.47 MB, 4.68 MB |
Number of files: | 11 |
Product ID: | CDGH02-57 |
Subject: | Lissan House, Co Tyrone |
Recorded by: | Maurice O’Keeffe – Irish Life and Lore |